Friday, November 10, 2017

3rd Period's 2017-18 Poems for Appelley Poetry Contest

“Space”
By: Seth Arnold

Such a small word
Such a big meaning
Described as nothing
Seen as everything

The stars twinkling
The sun burning
The moon glowing
The clouds moving

Day and night
Everything and nothing
Each with no meaning without the other
Light and dark

Earth
A bigger word
Describing something smaller
Our small world
All that we know

Everything
Nothing
Are they not the same?



Cursed
By: Luke Duffey

Floating some would say; slowly on her way
Moving slowly to find home; moving slowly now she’s gone
A foreign paradise, concealed within a realm of darkness
Creatures from the later life rest, waiting for the time
The moment to go back in time and find what is mine
What is mine is running out of time and is going blind
She is moving slower now to the same location
Some would call it a needed vacation from someone dear
Alone in the universe you could say
traveling , but she cannot steer
Trying to find what is mine here
What is mine has ran out of time
What was mine no longer lives, but moves slowly,
Slowly away from what lies ahead, my dear
You know not the pain i feel, but soon you will
Because i darling, face the same fate as my peers
The fate of a longing desire to find something here
You will have to find it and save my, my dear



“Little Lesney Letherwerwooth”
By: Susan Gareis

There’s a strange, strange world where sun sets North,
Water falls upward, and “good morning” is really “good night.”
Well come the day July the fourth,
Everything will set back right.

The near thought of things going “back to normal”
Gives everyone quite a fright.
“This is outrageous! Abnormal!
This is all being done out of spite!”

Well here comes along
Little Lesney Letherwooth to come save the day
“It’s been chaos for way too long.”
“Normality” must stay away.




“Stranded”
By: Emma Hill

You drift off away from me, old friend
Leaving me beached in the harsh, baking sun.
Then you crash over me like the incoming tide
Rippling over me with surges of relief.
But you recede as quickly as you arrive
And the waves of your return become more and more shallow
With every passing day
With each grinding, exhausting cycle
Bits of you become wisps of rising vapor
Evaporating until I can no longer recall your face.




“My Dream”
By: Kevin Jessup III

The wind and rain
Is hard on my brain,
And shows you how
Sane I really am,
And how I want to
Control what is dull,
And that I’m due
Who the mole and the shrew
Really are.

Music is swell,
Like you could tell,
That I try to
Sell what I have,
For the price
Of the love
For rice,
With the dove and the mice
From my pocket.




“The Shadows”
By: Anna Johnson

A forbidden place I never knew,
had never seen, had never looked
into the dark despair
that stood before me.

The tall darkness glided toward me
only his smile penetrated the black
standing before me, he outstretched his hand
his gleaming teeth bearing through a crooked smile.

The hand was haunting, yet beautiful,
his long fingers wrapped in lace,
the elegant hand was calling me,
so I met Death’s warm embrace.




“The Man”
By: Caden Maxwell

Jackson is good;
Jackson is great.
There is no room to negotiate.
~
He is a dude.
He is a guy.
He might just make you cry.
~
He has blonde hair.
He’s kind of small.
He does not want to be tall.
~
If you make him mad,
He’ll strike you dead.
Jackson can blow up your head.
~
Jackson is good;
Jackson is great.
Find this man a date.




“The House”
By: Jackson Paulk

There once was a very old house,
It was a dark and creepy halloween night,
Children were out trick or treating,
Their parents followed slowly behind.

There was but one house no one dared visit,
It was so lonely and dark and gray,
No one had visited the house for most of the night,

That was until clarence came round,
The child marched right up the hill no fear at all,
He was young and really quite small.

Clarence marched right up to the porch,
One knock then a second followed after,
The door creaked open there was no one there ,
Clarence seemed startled,
There was no one in sight and his parent were no where near.

Oh Clarence had no fear,
He started to peer right into that home,
An old lady appeared from behind that door,
She looked so happy with a bowl of candy in hand,
Clarence did not think twice he grabbed a handful of candy,
The old woman smiled happily as clarence walked away,
That was her first trick or treater she had , had today .




“The Zone”
By: Kathereyne Purser

Darkness falls that September night
There is no one to be seen,
To those whom are not know it may seem quiet,
But all breaks loose on fall nights
They come out one by one, slow and steady.
They’re screaming inside, yet no one can hear them,
Which makes the secret approach even more covert.

The dark consumes the innocent as they try to flee,
But they are coming for them don’t you see?
Surrounded by them there is nothing they can do
For they have entered the zone,
Where no one should ever go.




“Underneath”
By: Dominic Sasser

Glinting off the mirrored front, he sees his own reflection.
It is more than what he’s looking at, its whom he’s looking in.
A plethora of questions he has never thought to ask,
Pushing, shoving, straining to be heard was their ultimate task.
Mr. Daniel hears their plea, and implores himself from within,
Coming near to wearing thin.

He ponders, is this him, or is it all but a dream?
These thoughts flow through his head like fluids midst a stream.
He tries to hide his pain, tries to be inconspicuous.
His anger, his hatred, his loathing, disseminates to the rest of us.
One moment bears speculations, another they vanish like steam,
From the mirror which they gleam.




“Fishing”
By: Connor Senters

However you may look at it,
Either beautiful or grotesque,
There is one thing that stands out above all the rest.

Fishing is looked down upon by many,
as an activity for the lazy,
But it is in fact a sport for the wise, patient, and swift.
Wise for the bait choice,
Patient for the bite,
And swift for the hookset and quick action.

In fact fishing is most important,
A job worth pursuing;
And a skill worth keeping.

You see,
Most people stay away from it because,
It's gross and makes a mess,
But to the fishermen it's a sport best above all the rest.




“A Lost Love”
By: Molly Sims

Overflowing with greif and pain,
She could hardley bare anymore,
Her heart was torn into two,
This sorrow was unlike any she’d felt before.

For weeks she grieved all alone,
Drowning in despair.
Weeping and crying for hours each day,
Until at last she uttered a prayer.

“Why, oh Lord, has this happened?
What did I do to deserve such pain?
The love of my life you took from me,
Oh, what an angel you did gain.”

In silence she sat, awaiting an answer,
Until finally a voice chimed in.
Great wisdom and comfort he spoke to her,
Of the meaning that lied within.

“Be still my child and cry no more,
For your love is safe with me.
Your heartache is all apart of my plan,
A plan that will set you free.”




“Winding Roads”
By: Adalyse Smetzer

Imagine an empty street,
With trees all around you.
They are so beautiful, tall, and sweet.
The smell of pine enters you and it is so calming.

You have no idea how to speak to these “trees.”
You are just walking alone. Down the road.
But then comes a breeze,
And it is so terrifying, blowing you around.

Suddenly you end up on an entirely different path.
But it is fine because the road goes on.
Still feeling shaken up from the aftermath,
You walk on but then something strange happens…

This “tree” comes out of nowhere
And it just starts walking with you.
This tree is so bright and beautiful, you feel like air.
And then the road straightens out and everything is so clear.

Before you know it you have several
Trees by your side.
Life works out and you will be careful,
But even through the wind you will make your path.




“Nature”
By: Nicholas Smith

Nature flows continually around me
As I slowly float adrift down-stream.
The wind blows through the trees,
And the river current is as calm as ever.

Calmly floating down-stream eases the mind the stress filled life.
It can take away all problems for just enough time to think,
Think about nothing but the recurring peaceful thought of nature.
The peace and beauty is quite relaxing.

Anything in nature could ease the mind,
Not just floating down a river,
But anything that is peaceful and calming.
Nature will do you wonderous things.


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