Parting moments bring you closer.
The thought of separation
Disturbs your sleep and hunger.
Want to be a winner…
Try to be together.
Take not anything for granted,
If you don’t want to be a loser.
Goodbyes play their part.
Short verse inspired by pictures Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Lisa YY
Date: 09-08-2022
Second Place
Picture: B
Word count: 40 words
Never mind about distance
No whine if no sunshine
Don’t care if drenched by rain
Just want to cheer you up daily, darling
On my way, love
Got bouquet--- heartily wrapped
May these flowers, so pretty
Bring you smiles, honey
Aug 5, 2022 9.42pm
40 words
Chosen Prompt A.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/578431145904755821/
Short verse inspired by pictures" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Lisa YY; judged on 8/9/202
Place 2
Flowers affirm my constant love for you.
Sweetheart, prepare to receive these
from January to December:
carnation, violets
daffodils, daisies
hawthorns, roses
buttercups, gladiolus
aster, marigold
chrysanthemum, hollies...
Never will I let oblivion
vanquish my vow*...
So help me, God.
( A https://www.pinterest.com/pin/578431145904755821/ and 40 words)
*Ecclesiastes 5:5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
July 29, 2022
2nd place, "Short verse inspired by pictures" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Lisa YY; judged on 8/9/2022.
Alighting the train, it began to rain
I won't let go of the flowers held tightly in my hand
While running, the road was slippery.
With every determination,
I'm running towards my lover.
Choice of picture :A
Word count : 40 words
Short verse inspired by pictures poetry contest
we drove the winding road
to this remote beach
with aquamarine waves crashing
. . . roaring
now, watching the scene
from the car
I read . . .
as you
caress my leg
. . . with serene love
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July 25, 2022
Poetry/Free Verse/Serene Love
Copyright Protected, ID 07-1475-950-25
All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France
Theme chosen D
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/578431145904764979/
Written for the Standard contest, Short Verse
Inspired By Pictures (40 words)
sponsor, Lisa YY, Judged 08/09/2022
Second Place
Drenched to the skin,
Propelled by the urge
Of eager anticipation
He rushes to greet her
Undeterred by freezing rain
And slashing, bitter wind…
Same day
Same train station platform
Same urgent desire
He refuses to accept
Her untimely demise.
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40 words maximum ~ Picture A
Short Verse Picture Prompt Contest
Sponsored by Lisa YY
Placed 1st
© 25th July, 2022
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*Image of Conhece-te a ti mesmo (Know thyself) by Pinterest.
Frisky as Two-Year-Olds
HIM: Anything unputdownable?
HER: Yes, and you?
HIM: Lucky, we're here, we'll continue indoors ... and leave the book!
HER: Don't forget the kids, I'll carry Puddy-Tat upstairs ...
HIM: I'll persuade Pup-Tart outside.
HER: Meet you at the rendezvous!
2022 July 25
*3rd Place*
Short verse inspired by pictures
~~Lisa YY: Judged 2022 August 09
*PS Grammar; 40 words exact
Old pallid lady seen here,
frail from cold,
snow-slicked roads,
sluggish old woman,
a young guy,
stopped, whispered,
I'll lend a safe fist,
life is an unwinnable battle?
guide the trembling feet,
and was proud of his strength and greet.
Written: July 24, 2022
Short verse inspired by pictures Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Lisa YY
Link C
40 Words
Simple moments, like the wind
Whispering through the leaves, content
Gifting each soul a taste of love’s song
Breathing promises, tenderness
Suggestions of the beauty and peace
Stirred to life, each touch tracing
Grace, the intimacy,
the closeness that abides
Short verse free style Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Lisa YY
July 19, 2022
Theme Chosen: Link D
40 words exactly
My words are birds hatched from ideas
and nourished by my own opinions, beliefs and memories.
Nature too provides me with inspiration and wings to fly!
I build nests using poetic devices and various poetry forms – often rhymed.
nests of many thoughts
creatively constructed . . .
birdlings I set free
June 5, 2020 for Line Gauthier's Rhymes and Reasons Contest
Checked by WordCounter- prose less than 40 words
I cannot write my poems quick, I must dwell with them for perhaps a day.
Ponder them, swirl them in my head, let them sink into my soul, let them dwell, and then like magic the words come spilling out . . .
wind is speaking words
and the moon is sighing rhymes-
the sun is dawning
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June 5, 2020
Poetry/Haibun/I Must Dwell With My Words
Copyright Protected, ID 20-1258-335-03
All Rights Reserved, 2020, Constance La France
Written for the Standard contest Rhymes and Reasons
sponsor, Line Gauthier
Second Place
Haibun - 40 words
Haiku - 5/7/5
October Suns
October suns are a fire
that set the orange leaves
aglow
sprinkling embers in Maple leaves
to make them blood red.
October Saturdays always have sunshine.
There are colors-plenty,
yellow, green, black
opal and tourmaline
with blue atomic skies
10/3/19
40 Words
45 or Less Words
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger
Roots
Buried deep and dark, roots promise worthy fruits
that feed and blossom from one common seed.
With solid branches multiplying thru so many years,
growing up and out from sound, established roots,
our ancestral tree of generations makes its stand.
Sandra M. Haight
~4th Place~
Contest: Rooting For 8 to 5
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
Judged: 01/09/2017
Rules: 5 lines of 8 words each - total 40 words
The old oak stands straight, sturdy and tall
I wonder what would happen, should it fall?
A pillar stiff and cold through ages past
It marks many a story held never told
and in darkest shadows lies more to unfold.
Contest Description
1/4/2017
hello soupers.. I’m back!... oh do quill a new poem in 5 LINES ONLY, each line MUST CONTAIN 8 WORDS, JUST 8 WORDS… excited?.. i am, so let’s light the creative fire using the concept : ROOTS... take this where your muse will lead you… just keep the whole content focused…
creative flow, extraordinary imagery , and poetic substance would go a longgg way! ..too many filler words are not encouraged.. remember we only have 40 words to play with!
the contest name is the title of your poem… kindly date your work and include this challenge so I’ll know it’s for me…
categorize as VERSE... (rhyme or free verse is accepted)
Darkness shrouds shrubbery compacted soil underneath branched umbrella.
Harmonious hums sweep away winded time, exposing base.
Planted within earth, treble tones influence fantastic alteration.
Turbulent environmental extremes inflict wounds; knotted below sight.
Notwithstanding, shade remains rested, footed and fixed; rooting...
01/04/17
Contest: Rooting for 8 to 5
Sponsor: nette onclaud
prompt:
hello soupers.. I’m back!... oh do quill a new poem in 5 LINES ONLY, each line MUST CONTAIN 8 WORDS, JUST 8 WORDS… excited?.. i am, so let’s light the creative fire using the concept : ROOTS... take this where your muse will lead you… just keep the whole content focused… creative flow, extraordinary imagery , and poetic substance would go a longgg way! ..too many filler words are not encouraged.. remember we only have 40 words to play with!
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