Okey-dokey. I'm going
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Okey-dokey. I'm going
Okey-dokey. I'm going to start a poetry contest. You can submit your poems, and I'll judge the winner. Here are the rules:
-The deadline is August 15th
-You can only submit one poem
Well, I guess those are the only rules. Heh, heh. Anyway, have fun!
You should add: It must be your own, original work.
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submitted by Bookbug
(July 25, 2014 - 1:50 pm)
(July 25, 2014 - 1:50 pm)
All right, like Blue Fairy, I have made a post for this poem a while back, but I would like to submit it. Sorry if it's a bit long, and the spacing doesn't look right in the preview, but I can't fix it.
The Nursery's Night
The nursery window brings in light
On all the scattered toys
tonight.
On sleeping children, unaware,
Of happenings of then
and there.
The clock chimes two, then three, then four,
Then
there's a movement on the floor.
The old toy dog has moved a
paw,
For that's the signal which to them all
Means "It's
time to frolic, have fun, and play,
And do what we couldn't during
the day
It's time to roll and shout and run
And play in every
manner of fun."
The rolling horse with it's faded skin
And
stuffing poking from within
Rolls to the center of the room
(Which
must stay silent as a tomb
In all the joys tonight will bring
In
everyone and everything.)
The horse is followed by Raggedy Ann
And
the nesting dolls and the soldier man.
Then comes Rover, the
dearest toy
Of the sleeping girl and the sleeping boy.
Then
there comes Teddy, all brushed and fine,
And Dolly looking just
divine.
The soldiers march along in ranks,
And Jack-in-the-box
with his peek-a-boo pranks
Follows bouncing out the time With the
rubber ball the color of lime.
Then all the books jumped from the
shelves
And magically, they open themselves
To pages of
pictures, gay and bright,
And - poof!- with a flash of light
They
jump from picture to nursery floor
And all of then add to the
silent uproar.
First Goldilocks and the three bears, too.
Then
Little Red Riding Hood and Boy Blue
Are followed by Mary and her
lamb
And the little Dutch boy who saved the dam.
Then Snow
White and Beauty and her beast
Are followed by Robin Hood and a
glorious feast.
And every character from stories read, written by
authors long since dead
But leave the enchanting stories'
spell
That always are a joy to tell.
In the nursery, the toys
all are bursting
From this joy they've long been thirsting
And
Dolly's tea set is taken out
Then Robin's feast is past about
For
everyone to enjoy and eat
The cakes and cookies and all the
meat.
There is duck and turkey and chicken and ham,
And bread
with butter, or honey, or jam.
There are rosy apples and oranges
sweet
And plums and peaches and a raspberry treat.
There's
cream and milk and juice and tea
And on display is the princess's
pea.
Among it are salads, carrots, beans, and tomatoes
Nearby
are baked, fried, and mashed potatoes.
Blueberries, strawberries,
berries galore,
Nuts and berries! Soon they'll need more.
Pies
are served, and, wow! what treats!
Blueberry, lemon, cherry pie,
meat,
Not to forget there was ice cream, too.
Chocolate,
strawberry, and berry blue.
Gallons of ice cream, boy, what a
load!
There was ice cream in bowls and pie a la mode.
Then
later, there was music and dancing.
Dobbin the horse sure was
prancing!
The cat had his fiddle, and Boy Blue his horn,
And
everyone danced until the morn.
Soft light crept into the nursery
room.
Then each and every toy went- zoom!
And pictures flew in
to their books
Who went to their own little crannies and
nooks,
And all the traces were swept away,
So when the children
woke in the day
Neither would notice that when they slept
A
silent frolic the toys had kept.
(July 31, 2014 - 4:42 pm)
You must have heard of
The evil creature
That lurks in the shadows
And eats your fellow peers
he is...
THE EVIL CHAKADEER!
The evil chakadeer! the evil chakadeer!
The chakadeer is the one you should fear
The clever chakadeer! The clever chakadeer!
he can rip you to piecest like a leering fikarear
(if you know what that is)
The meanie chakadeer! The meanie chakadeer!
The big fat meanie that your nightmares fear!
The heartless chakadeer! the heartless chakadeer!
He doesn't care about a single brother, sister, mother or father
grandpa or grandma who he eats merrily
The chakadeer, the chakadeer, stay away from the chakadeer
Stay away from the evil, clever, meanie, hearless chakadeeeeer!
(July 31, 2014 - 9:10 pm)
Wow. Choosing one winner is going to be so hard! So I think what I'll do is choose a first place winner, a second place winner, and one honorable mention. What do you buggies think?
(August 1, 2014 - 1:00 pm)
OOOH! Like in Cricket! Sounds good!
(August 1, 2014 - 4:40 pm)
Wait! My sis is still entering. So don't judge yet.
(August 1, 2014 - 6:51 pm)
MUSIC
you hear notes
a small noise
fit together to
bring people joy
a ding
a ring
a special thing
composed into one
to help people sing
songs are ancient
songs are new
the beauty of music
a new point of view
laugh
dance
run
prance
a wonderful magical musical chance
all on the surface of music
in the palm of you hand just chose
but underneath
a sight to see
its hard to get through it
notes and sounds
round and round
how do you play them?
its hard just to say them!
squeak!
smash!
youre getting off track!
music is harder then it seems
but the end sound shines and gleams!
practice makes perfect
so keep up the work
whether you are
a him or a her
now this is the end of my little ryme
but keep doing what your doing cuz youre doing
just fine
(August 1, 2014 - 7:03 pm)
The Hunger Games
There is a spark that caused a fire
It's spreading throughout the town
You can throw on all the water you can
But this fire won't drown
It will burn down all the fences
Intil it's contained no more
And you might win the battle but it will win the war
The fire is tired of oppression it will not follow your rules
Even if it burns itself at least it burnt you too
You think you have it figured out but what you do not know
if water can not put out this fire ether can your snow.
(August 2, 2014 - 7:20 am)
Lord of the Rings poem.
the smoke in the autumn sky
the ashes like it's snowing
the ring is near the flaming eye
a shadow is ever growing.
The winds rush through with a haggard sigh
this wind, it's ever blowing
saruman has gathered th uruk hai
a shadow is ever growing
sometimes I bend my head and cry
the trees like dead me moaning
as maiden summer waves goodbye
a shadow is ever growing
YAY! Meh. Wasn't very good. :P
Mewmew says eick. She was startled by something!
(August 2, 2014 - 11:51 am)
the trees like dead *men moeaning
(August 5, 2014 - 8:48 pm)
Spring's Here
The snow has melted.
Warm winds gently blow on
the newly sprouted flower buds.
Picnic blankets are scattered
across the green landscape,
looking like the small, colorful flowers
decorating the bright bushes
that have regrown since the brutal winter
has ceased its freezing reign.
Children and laughter fill the air as
everyone comes out to play
and celebrate happily.
The smell of hot meat and
cold drinks fill the air, and
the scent of marshmallows and
chocolate wafts through the breeze
afterwords.
Even more fun times are yet to be had.
Winter's over.
Spring's here.
This is the best I could do! Hope you like it! -Pete
(August 2, 2014 - 1:20 pm)
I made a poem about autumn turning to winter, and you make a poem about winter turning to spring??? Don't copy my idea!
Eugene agrees. He says evac.
(August 3, 2014 - 9:43 am)
10 more days till the deadline!
(August 5, 2014 - 11:56 am)
My idea has nothing to do with yours.
Willy agrees. He says rzru.
(August 5, 2014 - 6:11 pm)
Um, it kind of has everything to do with my idea.
(Also, if we know each other in real life, why are we having this argument here?)
Eugene's only comment is bgnt. I guess he wants to trap you in a big net.
(August 6, 2014 - 1:26 pm)
Mine is spring and yours is winter! Opposites! Conversation over!
Willy says deaw!
(August 7, 2014 - 4:03 pm)