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amiskurie: booked!

Please we hid your poems, and left the first one.

Click the "modify" button, and upload the one you prefer.

Thanks

Solaceye: Love this line, trying to grap a clue so as to take a cue. Hope am falling into a right company of "word moulders". Need to know how to participate first as a designer before presenting my childish poem in future time.

Just by signifying interest, you'd be a designer. No special process/requirement

Everyone is welcome to participate.

chistar01: She didnt say there shouldnt be titles, she said titles are not 'compulsory', so its your choice.

Thank you!

Uyi Iredia: Leave the poem about God. You can hide the other 3. Thanks.

P.S: Got your PM. I was offline. What did you want to talk about ?

You've answered the question in my pm.

Please, read the instructions. You've omitted an important step.

What happens after the Nairaland submission?!

Thanks

hyper gig: THE DEMISE OF LOVE


Has the shovel not compelled me to the hollowness of the sands.

And deep down I start a new life of ease with no one to love or cling to.

When alive,you curtailed me into the pleasures of life nd got me drenched in the debts of love.

But now am a ruffled up skin with worm holes to contend with.

I was the chubby sort with a robust outlook but now am an outcast in this world. and that I seem to cherish.

Why not wish death for this fellow for amidst the thoughts of life he toiled nd got no love in return.

The amusements of life are of ephemeral length,so why fall in love.

Love sucks especially when u run out luck
Then u become stressed and abreast with fears. So its better to stay away,
For in that way u are gonna see another day.

Gag my soul nd tag my bone for I am no more.

Love killed me nd it's still killing me.

Please submit your poem here --->https://www.nairaland.com/1380020/nairalands-poet-competition-season-2#17151607
If you are not participating, ignore this.
Thanks.

Uyi Iredia: I write lots of poems. In particular between 2011 and 2012. I
occassionally write now. I'm sad because I lost a whole book
of poems and essays but I'll bear it and hope I start afresh. I
should be writing a few poems here.

Titles are not compulsory.
By the way, you need one poem to qualify.
Please choose one poem, and I would ask Mynd to hide the rest.
Thanks for participating.

Oahray: amy... Is that truly you?

Thank you for submitting.

HARDDON: dumnno sleeky Cuddly

no inspiration yet

#teamsiddonsipalomolook

but be rest assured, when it drops, itz gonno be short, precise and effective.

oh Dear Sweet Swingz, let me i pray thee, find my writing feetz once again!
let me dance to the rhythm of your beats
the gentle melody of your rhyme

Dude, you and this your rhymes.

na wa o o

HARDDON: mehn, those poems are huge!

may the good Lord give the moderators the patience and wit to will tru those vast planes

Really?

HARDDON: lilly cuddly,,,,

now this is more like it gurl

Lol, when are you submitting yours?

Submitted on July 24th; unknown Nairaland handle


No 4


Moment Of Love

The moment comes when you dream for love,
The moment when the present calls the future to fulfilment;
The moment when the future draws nearer.

The moment when love seeks companion,
The moment when you are ready to love;
The moment when life calls for love.

The moment when someone out there seeks your love,
The moment when someone awaits your appearance;
The moment when someone designed for you calls for your love.

The moment when you believe to find your missing rib,
The moment when you wait and feel love ahead;
The moment when you find that missing part of you that makes you complete.

.............Beware...........,
many will come in disguise to love;
.............But....................,
be not deceived by multitude of flatteries;
wait for the moment of love.

The moment when past is revealed before relationship,
The moment when nothing is hidden in a relationship;
The moment when you still love each other despite past lives;
With the knowledge that life is surrounded by past adventures.

Trust in the moment of love,
Hope in the call of the future; and
Believe in the one destined for you.

Someone who will never wish to see you in tears, or
bear to see you travail in pains and sorrow.
Someone who will understand every path you tread.
Someone you know not but believe is out there waiting for you; and
longing for your love.

Someone who awaits you just as you await him/her,
Each step taken brings that someone closer to you.

Someone who believes in integrity and honour of the body, not
defilement of the body before marriage.
Someone who believes in relationship to marriage,
someone who believes in the law of marriage,
......the law which states that.....
Marriage is honourable in all,
above all in a bed undefiled.

Someone who seeks to live for love to marriage,
when the appointed time comes;
Someone who believe that destiny will bring you both together,
when ready to meet each other.
Someone you believe can feel your heartbeat as you can feel their's.

Someone whose part of, you are and your part they are.
Someone who comes to take away the pains and memories of wrong relationships and past lives.
Someone whose heart seeks to build your's,
Someone whose character and charisma seeks your integrity and dignity.

....Before the moment of love....
Strive to make full proof of life ambitions,
Seek self asset not self liability;
Determine to accomplish your vision for life's mission with passion.
Then seek the moment of love and relationship.
Let character and charisma build your honour and dignity.

Believe in the moment of love that moment of fulfilment.
The moment when you are sort after for your virtuous character.

From She-blayze; Submitted July 23rd


No 3


Lost Paternity (Betrayal)

She's mine
So tender, so fine
We smile
Bright weathers, shy eyes

I cry tears
I have fears
She yells
Like my friend's babygirl

Yet I pretend
My peers do not relent
They drag me out to bartend
Enough beers in our tent

The music is loud
2face on a ballad
Realisation strikes hard
My friend-he had used his device on Sarah

My eyes are bloodshot red
My vision is cleared
I see more than I ever heard
Hatred fills my head

Bastard! He used her!!
He slept with her
While I tended mother
He tempted Sarah

I rushed to mother's hut
He rushed to my hut
I returned, she was hurt
My friend-he blamed it on the cult

She could not report him
I cannot forgive him
Sarah my (lost) Pride
My naïve bride

The Dibia casts his stones
He looks stoned
The infant is "His"
Not yours!

Submitted on July 15th; unknown Nairaland handle


No 2

Treasures Of Beauty And Character


Seven seasons had gone by, gone with her night dreams,

Wishes of a single mother in fight for success not ice creams,

Men have come for shelter, many have come to pet her,

A woman so resolute, giving in to no man’s offer.



On a lonely journey she had set upon seven seasons ago,

son to care for, men to run from; not even their ego,

Busy and choosy, waiting for her prince to emerge,

God of the sky has a place for her to find him even at large.



He who shall find you a princess has found a treasure,

God has blessed the face that shall kiss the lips for sure,

The soft skin and wet body of a beautiful lady all abundant,

They lay fallow for seven seasons and blessed is he that shall plant.



Who can find a woman so resolute even in pain and suffering?

Faced with a word living so fast on shamelessness and fake offering,

A son to make into a man and herself to hide from vanity and lust,

Seven seasons without handle makes the breasts want to burst.

Self control, prayers to Christ in God- her watch word,

Not a man, not a woman can change her faith and not in this world,



Blessed is the day you were born o’ beautiful woman of virtue,

Honoured is he who shall make you feel like a woman when in romantic adventure,

Beautiful eyes, kissable lips all made into a colourful skin.

What else can a prince desire in a princess for his wonder land I’m asking?



Blessed are you O’lady of beauty waiting and praying,

Let your tears bring smiles, for you have found your prince charming.

You have been denied of a romantic touch and sexual healing for seven seasons,

Rejoice O’lady of beauty, your heart desire has been granted for good reasons.

Submitted on July 7th; unknown Nairaland handle


No 1

............ Life or Death..............

Steepy hills,rigmarolic pathways.
A rude defiance to the veteran wayfarer.
A mystery to the Sages.
Who have taken wisdom like the pinch of salt.
With no agony, sigh or throatedness of groan.

I see wide terrains dive into the yellow horizon.
A smile of pride surrounds my lips.
I chew my frailty and my fears.
I stabbed my worst fears at his back.
I see not blood.
I hear no moan.
I see no result.
I saw death mocking me in a sarcastic baritone.
What is life?
Is it not death itself?
For why you think you are alive.
You answer questions made exclusive to the citizens of the Grave.
The worst pains seep in through the noble pores of your skin.
Like the black earth shrouds the so called death.
Where light is dark.
And laughter is ululation.
So tell me,when is man truly alive or dead?

Submission via Email:

Step 7 – Go to your mailbox.
For e.g. yahoo, msn, hotmail, gmail, etc.

Step 8 – Click the "Compose" or "New" button.
Just the regular way of sending emails.

Step 9 – In the "Subject" or "Title" field,
put in your number from the submission thread.
Your username isn't required.

Step 10 - Type, Paste or Place your poem.

Step 11 – Click “Send”

Step You - Wait for the list of the Top 20 Contestants
To view grades in real time CLICK HERE
This function is now available!
You can see how all contestants are graded, LIVE. Very transparent and easy!

Failure to adhere to simple instructions could result to Automatic disqualification.
Because of the complexity involved in this competition, it has to be properly implemented to accomplish results.
Therefore, we need people who understand how tasking this is;
people who would cooperate with us to make this a success.
Thank You!

ROUND 1 INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION.

Submission via Nairaland:

Step 1 – Go to the official submission thread CLICK HERE

Step 2 – Click the “Reply” Button

Step 3 – Type, Paste or Place your poem.
The same way you’d do with your regular post. Nothing has changed.

Step 4 – Click the “Submit” button

Step 5 – Look at the post above yours, and take note of the number.
If the person above you is Number 0, it means you are Number 1.
If the person above you is number 1, it means you are Number 2.

Step 6 – Click on the “Modify” button.
And then, put in your Number i.e. Number 1 ,2, 3.....

classicdea: I'm in. I design and I write.

No problem.
Which do you prefer? Both can be accommodated!
This means you'd write in Round 1, and if you qualify for the next round, you'd do both.
However, if you do not qualify for Round 2, then you'd have the choice of backing out or designing for another poet.
Let's keep a positive mind, and hope you make it through
Thank you!

[quote author=life_style]where are the poets ? [/quote]Lol, they are healthy! The competition is three weeks away. You'd see them soon.

djibola: I am in;as a poet.what's the topic for the first round again?

Any topic of your choice! You can either submit any poem you've written in the past, or write something fresh.

Freestyle round - there are no rules or limits. It is only in the second round you'd have to use our topics.

princesa: e be like say, i go join you get cold feet

There is absolutely no cause for alarm.
We would only commence when all poets are ready.
There is enough time to write, rewrite, and edit.

Lots of resources and training to improve one's writing.
Thus, start practicing and writing from now.