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Submitted by neopoet contests on Sun, 2024-06-30 22:20
Status: 
Concluded
Start/end date: 
Monday, July 1, 2024 to Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Contest description: 

Write a conversation poem. Some examples of conversation poems include Vincent Van Gogh, Vincent Price, A school yard bully, A loved one and an old friend, etc.

 

One poem per member.

Written in rhyme

40 lines or less

 

Date Due: July 31st   2024

 

Prize: 25 Dollar Amazon Gift Card, three-month premium, Recognition on your profile and published in our anthology.

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Winning Poem

 

The Quill-Poet's Parley

   By Rula

With a rustic nib, burnt out and done,
An undusted feather laid down, forlorn.
Whispering days an endless despair,
"Forsake me not in the attic's stale air."

"I had the aspiration, I had the will,
I always admired you, my precious quill.
You were my pal through tough times,
We often crafted some good rhymes."

What happened then? What went wrong?
Why did you neglect me that long?
Did you desert me for a better friend?
Could this be our friendship's end?

 

 "Never shall I relinquish you

For we're one, never two

Revive my quill, let stories ignite

Together we'll conquer the glooms of night."

Winning entry: 
The Quill-Poet's Parley
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