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Valentine's Poetry Contest - 01/27/2010
by JD Clay
Laurie Blum and Joe Cramer would like to announce a new poetry contest posted in the Contest Forum, complete with prizes for the two winners. They cordially invite all pathetic members to join us in "Heaven or Hell" this Valentine's Day. Be sure to check the announcement in the Forum on this contest as we will be offering two different categories.
Click on Valentine's Poetry Contest for a direct link to view and enter the competition.
Temporary Server - 01/23/2010
by Gavin M Roy
I have completed the move to the new temporary server. I will be moving the site back on to it’s normal server once it has made the move from California to the east coast.
Pathetic Hauntings Poetry Contest Winners - 10/29/2009
by JD Clay
Congratulations to the Winners of the Pathetic Halloween Poetry Contest! Along with the designated prizes, the top winners will also be featured as Poem Of The Day in the near future.
Without further ado here are the winners as selected by the judges:
1st Place: Maria Francesca
2nd Place: (TIE) Kristina Woodhill and Peter Humphreys
3rd Place: Jennifer Ragan
Honorable Mentions go to the following poets in no particular order: Siqurdur Haraldsson, Garth Hill, LK Barrett, Vikki Owens, Peggy Eng, Mary Ellen Smith, S.K. Kenworthy , Angela Nuzzo Elizabeth Jill, John Weaver, Thomas Hunt, Christopher Shin and Sean Rooney.
Please take the time to read ALL the entries in the contest; they are all frighteningly imaginative and ghoulishly composed.
Laurie Blum and Colleen Sperry would also like to acknowledge all the judges, from behind the scenes, who helped to make this wonderful contest possible. Thanks to ALL Participants!
Halloween Poetry Contest - 10/05/2009
by JD Clay
Calling all Vampires, Ghosts, Zombies, Pagan and Poets! Announcing a new contest in the Poetry Contests Forum called: Pathetic Hauntings . Laurie Blum and Colleen Sperry cordially invite all pathetic creatures to partake and share in the spirit of Halloween! The contest awards the top three entrants with Poem Of The Day honors and wonderful prizes. So get in a frightening mood and set your pens in motion.
Click on the Pathetic Hauntings link to view the contest and enter the competition.
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Poem of the Day for 02/09/10
Night Siren
by Therese Boling
We are the night sirens
nocturnal tempests of
narcotic temptation
We beckon
and you are emboldened
You tangle yourself
in the smoky tendrils
of compulsion
and you scent us like prey
while you wait to be
devoured
by opium kisses
and whispered
whiskey endearments
We're your own private
five alarm fire
the sleek heat of us
consumes
the last vestiges of
hesitation
and you spill yourself
your secrets
into us
Some things can only be shared
when neon signs
limn limbs
and the city breathes
damply around you
and the cries still
clinging
to faded wallpaper
and crumbling crown molding
have reshaped
the general landscape
Our baroque curves
and bordello sensibilities
are the new territory
that you've claimed
We are twilight's nightingales
and we sing our songs
inside your skin
inhaling your
exhalations
gasped confessions
late-night plea bargains
we trade sin for
satisfaction
and the sounds
of slick
crescendo
absolution.
We are the night sirens
we sleep alone
because it's easier
than ruining our morning ritual
of coffee and a cigarette
So we don our dignity
and our silk robes
and we show you the door
We know you'd stay
and that's enough
to make the leave-taking less
difficult
You will go back
to that daytime world
and your daytime woman
and your daytime secrets
and you'll suck us off of your
tongue
And wait for the sun
to go
down. 01/18/2010 Visit Therese Boling's Library
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