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SPS Studios
http://www.sps.com/poetry/index.html
Announces Its Thirteenth Biannual Poetry Card Contest
Deadline: December 31, 2008
1st prize: $300 * 2nd prize: $150 * 3rd prize: $50
In addition, the winning poems will be displayed on our website sps.com.
Poetry Contest Guidelines:
Poems can be rhyming or non-rhyming, although we find that non-rhyming poetry reads better.
We suggest that you write about real emotions [...]

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One Real Story is having our annual cover contest. The hard-copy edition of One Real Story is coming and we need a great cover to present all your hard work. No theme and the same rules for submissions apply i.e. no racism, sexism… you know when you’re wrong.
Be political, be racy… be seen!
Even if you’re [...]

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Dog Star read by Will de Meo
Dog Star
In the distance
the Dog Star’s echo
It went out there when first
he faced his hungry abandon
It was already growing
deep in his braided chest
where no one had ever been
It sailed out over the city
and mingled with others
some centuries old
some from ancient packs
It reached from inside my ear
while I slept
reached into [...]

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THE MOON.
The moon
Oh catch the moon
Put a noose in its nose
Bring it back to harness
The icy wilderness of the noon
Sprinkle it with flowered dew.
Catch it before it runs
To penumbra of sun hide itself
Oh run and run to recover
From suffocation of grief & bart
Stiffen its dust with tears
Or the ceremonial flood
Of the tidings of [...]

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MY POEM
I write a poem every now and then,
just to make the time pass by.
The verses they all seem to rhyme,
the reason ,,,, I know not why.
There’s a little voice deep inside,
that tells me how to say it.
If I could write a musical score,
I believe we could even play it.
These are my little short stories,
that [...]

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The Architects of Destruction
You don’t need a weather vane to see the hard rain and
you don’t need a weatherman to keep you out of Iraq or Iran. You just need a plan Stan. The duly elected administration causes frustration
with their verbal masturbation.
They steal from the poor give to the rich
ain’t that a bitch.
The men in [...]

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FREAK
I see it now: the sea of faces
Lumped together to fill the spaces
They say people like us won’t get anywhere
What They don’t see is we don’t care
Surviving this long to me is winning
I can’t see the end, want to forget the beginning
All I see is what’s right now
All I hear is whys and how
And all [...]

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BANGING YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE BAR
For two
For four
For sixteen years,
They work
Till two
Or three
Of four in the morning.
And for hours they drink
They swill
Or chug
Ruby
Amber
And mahogany liquids,
Red and green syrups,
Recipes for relaxation.
Cognizant concoctions.
This will help
Put things in perspective.
This will make it easier.
Exhausting resources
To help pass the time
Or pay the rent
Or forget that
You need to pay the rent.
The [...]

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Starting this Sunday, I will begin announcing the winners for the One Real Story Poetry Contest. You’ll be able to read the poetry from our runners-up and listen to the winning poem in the One Real Story Poetry Podcast.
Thank you to all that entered and congrats to our winners!
Join the forum discussion on this [...]

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