Post by Master of Tacos on Feb 10, 2020 12:42:18 GMT -5
Welcome to the February Poet Laureate Contest, all acrostics. Below are the poems I received, ordered randomly by RANDOM.org. Anyone may vote in this contest, and the poem with the most votes earns its author the title of Poet Laureate! Remember, still do NOT share the authorship of any entry with anyone but me until the contest is over (5:00 P.M. Pacific, Tuesday, February 18th).
Please give the poets their due courtesy and read over all the poems before voting.
Good luck to everyone, and may the best poet win!
Entry 1
Overdue
Will I live to see sunrise?
Ev'ry night I ponder deep,
Rising daily, friends to find,
Eaten, mangled, in their sleep.
Who among us could it be?
Once dear neighbor, causing pain,
Let's strike back before we die,
Vengeful justice for the slain.
Ev'ry time the mob is wrong,
Sends an innocent to die,
Are we monsters worse than they?
Needing death more time to buy?
Yes, it's time, I think, my friends,
One more jump into the fray,
Need a host to start things off,
Ev'ryone, I hope, will play.
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Entry 2
Joyous over the welcome nations of the Isles we receive,
Overwhelmed by the influence used to protect natives,
Yielding to no oppressor, instigator or darkspawn, we ...
Shine forever in this world.
