Best Duplex Poems

You trod
over
frosted 
farmland
upon
your brow
was ice
and I
felt your
mind and 
knew your
heart and
that was
a sad
device

Smoked out
your life
widowed
your wife
you'll not
have that
daughter
fair nor 
dark haired
son to
toss up
midair

I dropped
you there
from my
dark lair
my sight 
was true
I shot
you through
bid you
adieu
for you
wore green
while I 
wore blue




December 6, 2016
For the 'DUPLEX - Poetry Contest'...

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An Honest Man

Christmas
Eve and
he is
rushing
home with
gifts for
his wife
in bad
traffic.

He texts
“Dying
to get
home.” Then
nothing.

His wife,
not far
away,
and some
minutes
later,
can hear
sirens.

He was
always
true to
his word.

For Jan's Duplex Form Contest: 2 syllables per line...

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We had the sun

We had 
the sun
when our 
love was 
brand new
When each 
day was 
a dream,
when you 
cherished 
the view

Then came 
the rain,
when my 
tears filled 
the sky
When you 
pulled back 
your heart,
when you 
whispered 
goodbye


There was 
no moon,
when the 
darkness 
had died
When there...

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Alone
Couple
A crowd
Seasons
One hand
Sextet
Sin count
Octave
Cat lives
Two hands
Sports team
Dozen
Bad luck
Fortnight
XV
Grown up
Haiku
Golf holes
'nam age
One score



(7th December 2016 - entry to "duplex" contest)

Note: The 'nam reference was a bit obscure. There was a song in the eighties by Paul Hardcastle called "19" referring to the average age of a...

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Christmas


Every
Christmas,
our close
kinfolk
arrive.
We share
our love,
great gifts,
good food.
Round the
table,
we all
hold hands
and pray;
give thanks
and praise
that now
one more
Christmas
was shared
jointly
with love.
  

Sandra M. Haight

~1st Place~
Contest: Duplex
Sponsor: Jan Allison
Judged: 12/10/2016
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Blue skies,
Sunny
Zion
Morning.
At two-
Twenty,
Weather
Warning:
Flash flood
Danger!
All the
Canyons
Closed to
Travel.

Hikers
Deep in
Keyhole
Canyon
Are now
Out of
Cell range.

Water
Rises
Swiftly,
Swirling,
Whirling
Tree logs,
As rain 
Lashes,
Flash flood
Crashes,
Smashes
Through the
Narrows.

Seven
Bodies.

December 8, 2016
For contest: Duplex
Sponsored by Jan Allison

In memory of the hikers who perished in Keyhole Canyon in Zion National Park, 2015....

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DESPAIR

Dark night
outside
Only
lanterns
shed light
The cold
creeps up
my spine

How long
before
daylight
will warm
my soul
my heart
my core
so hard

Today
she kicked
me out
I hurt
I'm lost
alone
what do
I do?

I hold
my dog
sole source
of warmth
We'll find
a home
We will
We will

I'm sure...

The world
Is vast
Somewhere
Will be
A home
that lasts
That loves
Welcomes

I'm sure...

***

1st place in contest: Duplex
Sponsor: Jan Allison
December 7, 2016

Checked with How many...

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Split family

My pain
within 
my heart 
wont die

I try
in vain
to be 
happy

The sun
shines the
rain falls 
seasons
changing

The bonds
broken
daughter 
hurting 
time lost

Memoir
happy
but sad
mind cries 
hearts tears
 
Soul longs 
for love 
all gone
 
With new 
love for
me true
but one
never 
again
never 
the same
 
Now lost
always
to live
without
is pain
to love
again
for sure

As one
never...

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UNTIL FOREVER

Oh, d e a t h 
sad end-
with DEEP
sorrow
I weep.

My tears
endless-
F A L L I N G
always
farewell.

My LOVE-
mom, dad,
grandma
sister
b a b y .

R e p o s e
in peace
U N T I L
I come
to you.

_________________
December 7, 2016


Poetry/Verse/Duplex
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Trojan Flower

Demon
Seeds that
Grow with
Your vine
Only
Bring forth
Bitter
Blush wine
Nectar
Of love
Gift from
You a
Trojan
Flower
Only
To be
Revealed
As a
Poisoned
Shower.



Dec.06.2016
DUPLEX - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: JAN ALLISON 

'Duplex' which is 2 syllables per line and builds up to tell a story
Minimum of 20 lines...

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Bitter Sweet Revenge 

                  Your love 
                  hurts me
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Duplex

Dead End

I loved
each day
the sun
shone on
this world.

I was
the one
that you
chose for
your girl.

I wore
your ring
upon
a string
of gold
around
my neck.

Nosegay
roses
pressed in
pages
keepsakes
young girls
collect.

Until
one day
you asked
if you
could take
out my
best friend.

So, with
these words
my love
for you
came to
a quick
dead end.

12/7/16

Duplex  
Jan Allison...

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red of wrath


dusk jams
  the light,
     her teeth
        gnashing
           from wrath
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Villain

Caged in
boxed-in
in love
with a
villain

Handcuff
to evil
nowhere
to run
away

Turned light
to dim
fond of
stealing
peace; joy
 
Closed hand
bruised face
regret
repeat
please stop

Thoughts of
slaying
villain
escape
bondage...

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I am N8LM a protocol droid,
an oil bath is good when I’m annoyed;

  Perilous journeys leave me so annoyed, 
  I prefer trips that are less than a parsec;

It’s better to travel less than a parsec,
if you get caught it is all your...

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