NOTE: I screened all of these entries personally. If آپ کیا پیش a poem, but don't see it up here, it's because آپ didn't follow one of the link. If I doubted a poem's relation to the theme and asked آپ to justify it, and آپ did not justify it at all, یا well, then آپ won't find your poem here. If آپ didn't reply to my سوالات asking آپ to fix your poem so it fit into the five rules linked above, then your poem won't be here. This is to clear up any confusion.
If, however, آپ did follow all the rules and don't see it up here, it was probably due to human error, so سے طرف کی all means e-mail me and let me know.
Change in Judging: There will be no individual judging. A pick will be opened up اگلے week to vote for your پسندیدہ poem, as there were only a handful of entries.
And now, to the poems!
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Snow in the Desert سے طرف کی Contestant Number 1
The girl sat cross-legged
Among The swirling sand
Thinking of winters
And a thing called snow
Covering The ground in a pure white blanket
Eyes closed she reached out
Half expecting to feel a numbing cold
But was scorched سے طرف کی the sand
She opened her eyes
Letting in the glare of the midday sun
And resumed weaving a basket
For those in the west
Who would never know her name
With her sore, raw hands
Under the burning sun
But her mind stayed in winter
Always in Winter
One Of Them سے طرف کی Contestant Number 2
Beating hands
and floating tears,
Summed up سے طرف کی a thousand fears.
Say what آپ want,
but we aren’t free,
and we dream that one دن we can flee.
They are laughing
while we are crying,
and our little world is slowly dying.
Every day
and every night,
promise me that آپ won’t fight.
Do آپ Know This Face سے طرف کی Contestant Number 3
I just need one moment, can آپ spare it?
She’s been missing for six weeks.
Please, just tell me, I can’t bare it,
are آپ familiar with these cheeks?
these eyes? this mouth? this nose? this face—
آپ say you’ve seen this weathered child
in some black and rancid place?
in dreams? in songs? in cities wild?
She is your daughter, claimed سے طرف کی the streets?
Your mother, lost to the viral lesion?
Your sister, raped in bloody sheets?
Your lover, beaten for false treason?
آپ tell me that آپ know this face,
and that you’ve seen her everywhere.
Do آپ know the human race?
The race that’s won سے طرف کی those who wear
the weaker ones into the ground
and سے طرف کی the grace of their despair
the lucky ones are never found.
They evaporate into the air.
Between these dissonant rhyming cords
do آپ see the face of a brave girl?
And do آپ hear the roaring hoards
rising up against the violent world
and screaming loud, with one accord
that they will not take it.
Not anymore.
He Cheats And She Feels It سے طرف کی Contestant Number 4
آپ used to be all she talked about,
now your all she cries about.
آپ used to be the one,
until آپ got lost
With your charming, cheating fun.
She would get anxious when آپ came around,
Now she can't even look at you.
She was so strong,
until آپ broke her down.
Your self-pity
Your unawareness of her feelings
Your carelessness
Your cluelessness
Your anger
Your cheating
The animal you've become
Has hurt her
Has damaged her
Has broken her
Has shut her down
Has killed her.
She's holding on سے طرف کی a string
She's still strong enough
To walk strong against the anguish rain.
The rain is the hurt
Its the tears
Its the stress and the pain
The scars and wounds
The sickness and the cold
That آپ showered upon her.
That آپ put her through.
That آپ made her suffer through,
because of your selfish pity.
Have آپ recovered from your blindness now?
Libertas سے طرف کی Contestant Number 5
What would آپ do if آپ were free?
If آپ were free, who would آپ be?
Now, tell me friend, where would آپ go,
And everyone you'd like to know?
If only آپ were free?
If I were free I would do,
Everything I wanted to.
I'd take long walks along the beach,
یا lie in بستر with all in reach.
If I were free, that's what I would do!
If I were free, I would be;
Me and only me!
How else would I live my life?
As anyway else would give me strife.
If I were free, that's who I'd be!
If I were free, I would go,
The furthest that anyone can know!
America, Spain, Timbuktu,
I'd even go to Australia Zoo.
If I were free, that's where I'd go!
If I were free, I'd like to know,
Everyone I do not know!
I'd love the good, but the bad
They drive me crazy, make me mad.
If I were free, that's who I'd like to know!
As I am free I wish I can,
Free every woman, every man!
For every girl and every boy
I'd give them every single toy.
And let everyone do whatever they can!
Battle سے طرف کی Contestant Number 6
آپ go to بستر happy.
آپ go to بستر well.
Then آپ wake up sick.
You're rushed to the hospital.
You're lest with no help.
You're poked and you're prodded.
It feels like hell.
آپ wish it was over.
آپ wish all was swell.
Finally it's over.
All test have been run.
آپ hoped for the best,
so آپ can have fun.
You're stuck there for days,
before جوابات come.
They say آپ have cancer,
آپ have to stay.
Days turn to weeks.
There آپ lay.
Misery comes with each passing day.
Hate comes in every way.
Now آپ wake up,
days after chemo.
Your hair lies around you.
No comfort آپ find.
آپ can only hope.
Each دن brings tears.
آپ fight with your hardest,
but it wasn't enough.
In the end آپ lost.
But آپ learned alot more.
آپ know آپ helpd others.
آپ settled the score.
آپ couldn't and wouldn't,
ask for anything more.
Now all آپ want,
is to be able to rest.
For your famliy to be happy.
آپ wish آپ could help them,
through the pain,
but آپ can't,
آپ can only watch,
from the sky.
آپ can only watch them cry.
Hearts are now broken.
But your love,
is forever out spoken.
For twith out you,
there'd be no hope,
for those to come.
آپ put the doctors one step closer,
to finding the cure.
آپ may be just another person to them,
but to me your so much more.
Your one in a million,
your unequie.
I have just one مزید thing to say.
Plaese rest now.
Rest now and sleep.
May heven bring آپ happiness and peace.
Offshore Ramblings سے طرف کی Contestant Number 7
Yes sir, yes sir, on the road sir
Give me five mins , Ready to code sir
All it took was, twenty nights slogs sir
rest of the life, will monitor the logs sir
Change as آپ wish, delivery dates sir
don't get another vendor, please slash the rates sir
Thanks to your pounds, I دکان in the mall sir,
Anytime anywhere will شامل میں the call sir
Keeping آپ happy, is name of the game sir
Offshore “partners” are all same sir
Give me a certificate, as best doormat sir
I will frame it, in my two bedroom flat sir
I am the humble, offshore dog sir
Abuse my culture, in your blog sir
آپ are the holy one, who educates us nerds sir,
From آپ I learned , f letter words sir
At five pounds an hour, I am cheap sir,
will work on weekends, like meek بھیڑوں, بھیڑ sir
آپ take a week off, آپ have a cold sir,
My broken spondylotic, back can hold sir
Premiership scores, on my lips sir
when can I visit, مچھلی and chips sir
Give me the visa and let me fly sir
in your country I will die sir
آپ can then dance, on my grave sir
Free up the soul of, offshore slave sir
Cheers Sarah madam, how are آپ Mark sir
Can I make just one speech , in the Hyde park sir ?
I came across human rights, in twilight sir
All of them were, very very white sir
If, however, آپ did follow all the rules and don't see it up here, it was probably due to human error, so سے طرف کی all means e-mail me and let me know.
Change in Judging: There will be no individual judging. A pick will be opened up اگلے week to vote for your پسندیدہ poem, as there were only a handful of entries.
And now, to the poems!
**********************
Snow in the Desert سے طرف کی Contestant Number 1
The girl sat cross-legged
Among The swirling sand
Thinking of winters
And a thing called snow
Covering The ground in a pure white blanket
Eyes closed she reached out
Half expecting to feel a numbing cold
But was scorched سے طرف کی the sand
She opened her eyes
Letting in the glare of the midday sun
And resumed weaving a basket
For those in the west
Who would never know her name
With her sore, raw hands
Under the burning sun
But her mind stayed in winter
Always in Winter
One Of Them سے طرف کی Contestant Number 2
Beating hands
and floating tears,
Summed up سے طرف کی a thousand fears.
Say what آپ want,
but we aren’t free,
and we dream that one دن we can flee.
They are laughing
while we are crying,
and our little world is slowly dying.
Every day
and every night,
promise me that آپ won’t fight.
Do آپ Know This Face سے طرف کی Contestant Number 3
I just need one moment, can آپ spare it?
She’s been missing for six weeks.
Please, just tell me, I can’t bare it,
are آپ familiar with these cheeks?
these eyes? this mouth? this nose? this face—
آپ say you’ve seen this weathered child
in some black and rancid place?
in dreams? in songs? in cities wild?
She is your daughter, claimed سے طرف کی the streets?
Your mother, lost to the viral lesion?
Your sister, raped in bloody sheets?
Your lover, beaten for false treason?
آپ tell me that آپ know this face,
and that you’ve seen her everywhere.
Do آپ know the human race?
The race that’s won سے طرف کی those who wear
the weaker ones into the ground
and سے طرف کی the grace of their despair
the lucky ones are never found.
They evaporate into the air.
Between these dissonant rhyming cords
do آپ see the face of a brave girl?
And do آپ hear the roaring hoards
rising up against the violent world
and screaming loud, with one accord
that they will not take it.
Not anymore.
He Cheats And She Feels It سے طرف کی Contestant Number 4
آپ used to be all she talked about,
now your all she cries about.
آپ used to be the one,
until آپ got lost
With your charming, cheating fun.
She would get anxious when آپ came around,
Now she can't even look at you.
She was so strong,
until آپ broke her down.
Your self-pity
Your unawareness of her feelings
Your carelessness
Your cluelessness
Your anger
Your cheating
The animal you've become
Has hurt her
Has damaged her
Has broken her
Has shut her down
Has killed her.
She's holding on سے طرف کی a string
She's still strong enough
To walk strong against the anguish rain.
The rain is the hurt
Its the tears
Its the stress and the pain
The scars and wounds
The sickness and the cold
That آپ showered upon her.
That آپ put her through.
That آپ made her suffer through,
because of your selfish pity.
Have آپ recovered from your blindness now?
Libertas سے طرف کی Contestant Number 5
What would آپ do if آپ were free?
If آپ were free, who would آپ be?
Now, tell me friend, where would آپ go,
And everyone you'd like to know?
If only آپ were free?
If I were free I would do,
Everything I wanted to.
I'd take long walks along the beach,
یا lie in بستر with all in reach.
If I were free, that's what I would do!
If I were free, I would be;
Me and only me!
How else would I live my life?
As anyway else would give me strife.
If I were free, that's who I'd be!
If I were free, I would go,
The furthest that anyone can know!
America, Spain, Timbuktu,
I'd even go to Australia Zoo.
If I were free, that's where I'd go!
If I were free, I'd like to know,
Everyone I do not know!
I'd love the good, but the bad
They drive me crazy, make me mad.
If I were free, that's who I'd like to know!
As I am free I wish I can,
Free every woman, every man!
For every girl and every boy
I'd give them every single toy.
And let everyone do whatever they can!
Battle سے طرف کی Contestant Number 6
آپ go to بستر happy.
آپ go to بستر well.
Then آپ wake up sick.
You're rushed to the hospital.
You're lest with no help.
You're poked and you're prodded.
It feels like hell.
آپ wish it was over.
آپ wish all was swell.
Finally it's over.
All test have been run.
آپ hoped for the best,
so آپ can have fun.
You're stuck there for days,
before جوابات come.
They say آپ have cancer,
آپ have to stay.
Days turn to weeks.
There آپ lay.
Misery comes with each passing day.
Hate comes in every way.
Now آپ wake up,
days after chemo.
Your hair lies around you.
No comfort آپ find.
آپ can only hope.
Each دن brings tears.
آپ fight with your hardest,
but it wasn't enough.
In the end آپ lost.
But آپ learned alot more.
آپ know آپ helpd others.
آپ settled the score.
آپ couldn't and wouldn't,
ask for anything more.
Now all آپ want,
is to be able to rest.
For your famliy to be happy.
آپ wish آپ could help them,
through the pain,
but آپ can't,
آپ can only watch,
from the sky.
آپ can only watch them cry.
Hearts are now broken.
But your love,
is forever out spoken.
For twith out you,
there'd be no hope,
for those to come.
آپ put the doctors one step closer,
to finding the cure.
آپ may be just another person to them,
but to me your so much more.
Your one in a million,
your unequie.
I have just one مزید thing to say.
Plaese rest now.
Rest now and sleep.
May heven bring آپ happiness and peace.
Offshore Ramblings سے طرف کی Contestant Number 7
Yes sir, yes sir, on the road sir
Give me five mins , Ready to code sir
All it took was, twenty nights slogs sir
rest of the life, will monitor the logs sir
Change as آپ wish, delivery dates sir
don't get another vendor, please slash the rates sir
Thanks to your pounds, I دکان in the mall sir,
Anytime anywhere will شامل میں the call sir
Keeping آپ happy, is name of the game sir
Offshore “partners” are all same sir
Give me a certificate, as best doormat sir
I will frame it, in my two bedroom flat sir
I am the humble, offshore dog sir
Abuse my culture, in your blog sir
آپ are the holy one, who educates us nerds sir,
From آپ I learned , f letter words sir
At five pounds an hour, I am cheap sir,
will work on weekends, like meek بھیڑوں, بھیڑ sir
آپ take a week off, آپ have a cold sir,
My broken spondylotic, back can hold sir
Premiership scores, on my lips sir
when can I visit, مچھلی and chips sir
Give me the visa and let me fly sir
in your country I will die sir
آپ can then dance, on my grave sir
Free up the soul of, offshore slave sir
Cheers Sarah madam, how are آپ Mark sir
Can I make just one speech , in the Hyde park sir ?
I came across human rights, in twilight sir
All of them were, very very white sir