Sharing with you my entry poem to the International Poetry Contest

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GREEN, GREEN GRASSES

Green, green grasses, you delight my heart

You look magnificent and are glorified by your pure scent

Tempests may come and go, but you always renew

Are you shy and timid, or just a semblance of purity?

Your ancestors may turn brown and be buried in the ground

But your descendants emerge from the golden and scattered roots

The sunshine is your source of strength, and the wind is your breath

The rain is your powerful friend that lets you sustain


You may be small or tall, but you are vast and wonderful

People may dislike, ignore, or want to erase you from their sights

But they do not know your might, and you fight

But you understand their fright

Your thorns are razor-sharp, and your leaves itch their skin

That could create a deep wound

But for the animals, you are so tender, not a foe


Green, green grasses insects play hide-and-seek

Even snakes adore your shades and turn their skin green to help you mend

From the cruelties of the passers spitting, throwing, burning, and thumping you in madness

Green, green grasses; I see the dewdrops

They are like teardrops, pure and clean

You amaze my soul once in a while

You refreshed me and constantly swayed your leaves in love

I want to touch your leaves and smell your hay

Wishing someone would create a road at the center of your solitude

To feel the presence of humans who are not all unkind and toxic


Some of your generations serve as food for hungry birds

Pricking your sweet leaves and gently devouring the sip

Some of your kind have hard-to-trip bodies covered with itchy prunes

Some people want to see you invisible; their eyes are blind to seeing you cure

Your breathe, people breathe the air that carries them to their lungs

They do not see or feel it, but disregard the source and origin

From the green, green grasses that exude life


Green, green grasses, you embrace the earth, the universe of mankind

You cover the land, but your residue returns to the now-barren fields

The impact is so rare because you fertilize the land, the source of life

You adorn the land untilled by its owner

Bad occupants retreat, for you are there with vast accomplices

That withdraws the whims of the intruders

They cannot eradicate you with their filthy hands

You are magnificent, it is hard to uproot your roots with their bare hands

The smoke may spread, putting people at risk if intruders use force to burn

Thus making the scene fantastic, the real owners will be quick to rescue you

Bad elements may seek help by hiding in your thick shadows

But your thorns and itchy leaves denied their refuge and made an exit


Green, green, grasses, you serve many purposes

One thing humans must not forget to assess

That you are the semblance of life, hope, and prosperity

You are a true creation of God, the immortal One

And as you kiss the setting sun, your remnants follow your footsteps

Helping humans to feel life, aspire to hope, and enjoy abundance till eternity

You are the East and the West conspired by the South and the North

That is how vast you are in the universe of the immortals

Storms may rock you, but they can never carry you away

From the face of the earth to serve humanity

You may be wrecked, but the next day you will be green and green again

Because…. You are LIFE.



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Wonderful! You are a complete writer. Though, i write poems but due to lack of market and appeal, i stopped writing. Secondly, i don't know how to make money with my poems therefore I decided to quit wasting my time writing what will not bring money to my pocket.
 
I'm not good at poetry although I did get one published in a supermarket magazine which was about a day in the life of a checkout operator.

Your poem is quite lovely Starmix. I can see you put a lot of thought into it.
 
This was beautiful. You said "only 2nd prize"??? I would have won the 200th place :) Good Job!
Thank you, Mike, the winner was from U.S.A, the prize was $ 2000. Her poem was too short dunno why she won,lol. I will try my luck next time. The start month for submission of entry is August this year.
 
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