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Take me down if I’m breaking a rule somewhere… 😛
Okay, the contest is ended. We have our three winners, and beautiful winners they are. Congratulations to the writers of those winners— you’ve inspired me. Inspired us all, I’m sure.
Now that the contest is over, I’m curious as to which of you entered it, and equally curious to read your submissions. Pretty please?????? *puppy dog eyes*
I’ll be the guinea pig and lead the way.
Sanctuary
Nail-pierced hands on bloodstained stone,
Chipping, chiseling line by line;
Eyes whose anxious care alone
Guides the tools of love and time;One pillar down and one across;
Stained with sweats and agonies and fears,
Carved into the stone and moss
By scarred hands smeared with blood and tears.Centuries passed— years came and went.
Moss grew again on stony cross.
Men fought and died; with grim intent
Battles raged— grief, strife, and loss.A proud king cast from iron throne
Through fear and shadow fled away;
Pursued by foes with hearts of stone;
Hunted long through night and day.And fleeing still through wild and waste,
He came upon the chiseled cross
With time’s decaying, rancid taste
Reeking from the veiling moss.With foes behind and cliff before,
In wild and driving sheets of rain
The fallen king that veil tore,
And bared the work of toil and pain.The storm clouds broke, the cold rain ceased,
The sun thrust golden fingers down.
The stone with time and waiting creased
Showed its cross’s bloodstained crown.The nightmare died; mist rolled away,
His foes fled wailing through the trees.
Bright moss shone green by light of day;
The king fell broken to his knees.And still that cross stands there today—
Worn by time and marked by rain,
Draped in lichen’s slow decay,
A testament to love and pain.The tortured soul, the broken heart,
The vilest hands come day by day,
To drag concealing moss apart,
And tear the veil of time away.Okay, I’ll go next. I wrote about my beautiful homeland, Australia.
I’m Proud To Be Australian
By BlueJaySmallest continent in the world,
And yet the biggest island.
Discovered by Captain Cook –
I’m proud to be Australian.The native men all carried spears,
And worked with boomerangs.
Then convicts came and made this home –
I’m proud to be Australian.Our creatures are so wonderful.
Like the bird that’s called a lyre.
The Tassie Devil that screams at night –
I’m proud to be Australian.We have flightless birds and giant rats,
The duck-billed platypus,
And thylacine, though now extinct –
I’m proud to be Australian.A cake that uses six egg whites.
And spongy food called lamington.
A blackish paste that tastes like tar –
I’m proud to be Australian.With peach desserts and barbeques,
And ANZAC biscuits too.
A minty sweet to break your tooth –
I’m proud to be Australian.We also have some famous guys.
Like Burke and Wills and King,
An outlaw too, his armour, tin –
I’m proud to be Australian.A writer and a journalist
Banjo wrote the poems,
Like Weary Will and Mulga Bill –
I’m proud to be Australian.This land of ours has beauty too,
The blue mounts reaching high.
The forest lush, the desert dry –
I’m proud to be Australian.A giant rock called Uluru, (OOl-a-roo)
A bridge at Sydney harbour.
A place where you can pan for gold –
I’m proud to be Australian.We’ve had our share of trials here,
By fire, flood and drought,
But we have stood and stayed our place –
I’m proud to be Australian.There’s nowhere else I’d rather be,
I’ve lived here all my life.
This is my land; my home sweet home –
And I’m proud to be Australian.Oh and @kate-flournoy, your poem really good. I like it. 🙂
Giant rats!? Ugh… 😉 I’ve always envied you guys over there the platypus, though. 😀 Good work on the poem. You listed such a random bunch of stuff, and yet it wove a completely coherent picture. I love it. 🙂
Here’s mine…
Little Sister
I may not be your parent
Or the one in charge of you
But that doesn’t change
The affection I feel for youWith great expectation,
I awaited your birth
I always thought you
Were of great worthNow I play with you
And help when you cry
I dress your little body
And take you outsideI take great pride
In all you can do
Especially the things
I taught to youI hope you learn
From what I did wrong
And your list of mistakes
Won’t be longMost importantly, though
Above all these things
I pray, dear sister
That you’ll serve the KingI pray you’ll love God
With all of your heart
And that His wisdom
To you, He’ll impartSo wherever you go
And whatever you do
Remember, little sister
I love youAw… I like that one. That’s really sweet. Good job, @Jadamae.
Giant rats was what the first explores to Australia thought a Kangaroo was. So I was basically making fun of a few Aussie things while being proud of them. I definitely live in an awesome place.
😛 We do have rats. *shudders* But thankfully not giant ones. But we do get kangaroos in our backyard occasionally. They look very sweet, but have a powerful kick.
Thankfully not, if you mean about the powerful kick. Although when you see them box each other, well…you can guess.
However, having them in out backyard is real. Before the 2009 Black Saturday Bush fires, we use to have a lot of wildlife come in. Echidnas, Lyrebirds, a goanna, *snakes* 🙁 wallabies, wombat, koalas and a whole lot of birds too. But now we don’t have as many which is a real shame.
@kate-flournoyHey @bluejay, you don’t happen to know of Geoff Lawton do you?
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The name doesn’t ring a bell. What information can you give me to prompt my memory @daeus?
Ah, well, he’s kinda a niche guy. You would pretty much have heard his name if you were into permaculture and wouldn’t if you’re not. He lives in Australia though and I would venture to say he’s one of the top greatest minds in regenerative agriculture in the entire world. I thought of him because I was one of his students and one of the things he taught about was protecting a property from wildfires and you mentioned you had a bush fire. Anyway, kinda random. You should check him out though. Geofflawton.com. Awesome stuff.
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