2018 Poet of the Year Contest

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Hello and Welcome to the Poets Pub's 2018 Poet of the Year contest. This contest is only open to those poets... More

Welcome to the 2018 Poet of the Year Contest
Let the Battle Commence (NehpetsEnal) Wk-1
Verdict (Vineha) Wk-1
It's Time (MansiJain605) Wk-1
In The Silence (_Imperfect_Writing) Wk-1
G.U.I.L.T.Y (most_bay) Wk - 1
I Wake to the Whisper (Michael Tyger) Wk - 1 (1)
surrender (Bill Temple) Wk - 1
When the Line Jumped (MichaelTyger) Wk-1 (2)
Not the Best (Dolphergirl) Wk-1
Lovestruck (undoubtedlymine) Wk - 1
Silly Old Bear (most_bay) Wk - 1
Prairie Reverie (orkneyman) Wk - 1
A Father's Blessing (orkneyman) Wk - 1
bright side (Violet Eden) Wk - 1
In the Key of Brave (MystresMyna) Wk-1
P.O.E.T.R.Y. (MansiJain605) Wk-1 (2)
Calls of The Monsoon (HauntingAngel) Wk-1
intuition (VioletEden) (Wk- 1)
Books (RoyalistWriter) (Wk - 1)
Growing Old (RoyalistWriter) (Wk - 1)
Blessings of life (reet72) (Wk - 1)
Blue Winter (SupaJayV6) (Wk - 1)
Mother's Perfume (johannahefer) (Wk - 1)
Sweet Flesh (Tbirdy72) (Wk - 1)
Survival Of The Fittest (_Imperfect_Writing) (Wk - 2)
BASIC SURVIVAL SKILL (MichaelTyger) Wk - 2(1)
The Recycle of Life (NehpetsEnal) Wk - 2
Three (Dolphergirl) Wk - 2
My Heart Swallowed (MichaelTyger) Wk - 2(2)
Survival Kit (most_bay) Wk - 2
lost battle (MansiJain605) Wk - 2
I Will Survive (MystresMyna) Wk - 2
Survival (ScottArroy) (Wk - 2)
sleepless night (VioletEden) (Wk - 2)
For the sake of an egg (ScottArroy) (Wk - 2)
Armed To The Teeth (HauntingAngel) (Wk - 2)
Double KO (SupaJayV6) (Wk - 2)
Bitter Reality (RoyalistWriter) Wk - 2
Apocalypse (most_bay) Wk - 2 (2)
Subsist (orkneyman) Wk - 2
Fantasy (Tbirdy72) Wk - 2
Iron Sharpens Iron (johannahefer) Wk - 2
Joy of Living (reet72) Wk - 2
Not Living But Surviving (RoyalistWriter) Wk - 2
Ancient Eternity (_Imperfect_Writing) Wk - 3
Eternity, a conundrum we could debate forever (NehpetsEnal) Wk - 3
For a Moment (MichaelTyger) Wk - 3(1)
Lyrical Eternity (MichaelTyger) Wk - 3(2)
Chronicles Of Love (most_bay) Wk - 3
Lost (undoubtedlymine) Wk - 3
eternity (MystresMyna) Wk - 3
Eternity Awaits (most_bay) Wk - 3(2)
Not an eternity (MansiJain605) Wk - 3
Eternity (ScottArroy) Wk - 3
Speed Up, Slow Down (HauntingAngel) Wk - 3
Falter (Dolphergirl) Wk - 3
Eternal Facade (SupaJayV6) Wk - 3
Eternities (orkneyman) Wk - 3
Timeless Existence (RoyalistWriter) Wk - 3
eternal memories (VioletEden) Wk - 3
Seeking Eden (ScottArroy) Wk - 3
I'll Forever be with Him (johannahefer) Wk - 3
hungry hearts (Violet Eden) Wk - 3
Now (reet72) Wk - 3
Fly Away (TBirdy72) Wk - 3
Peeping Tom (most_bay) Wk - 4
The Welcome Night (Michael Tyger) Wk - 4
Writing Sensation (Michael Tyger) Wk - 4
Freedom (Scott Arroy) Wk - 4
Day of Color (_imperfect_writing) Wk - 4
My Story (Dolphergirl) Wk - 4
CHRISTMAS (NehpetsEnal) Wk - 4
Freedom (most_bay) Wk - 4
Vacancy (orkneyman) Wk - 4
in this moment (Violet Eden) Wk - 4
unsold heart (Violet Eden) Wk - 4
Chaos (SupaJayV6) Wk - 4
What's Gone is Gone (RoyalistWriter) Wk - 4
Utopia! - more like uNOPEia (RoyalistWriter) Wk - 4
Candy Cane (johannahefer) Wk - 4
Christmas: For Less and More (HauntingAngel) Wk - 4
A love letter (reet72) Wk - 4
Moon's Gift (undoubtedlymine) Wk - 4
2018 (MansiJain605) Wk - 4

Survival (Bill Temple) Wk - 2

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its not about the battle cries

the screams and yells, the voices high


its not about the lightening strike

the overpowering armies, almost ghostlike


its not about the bodies piled

the bloodied path, destruction's mile


its not about the victory

for in the end, there's none to see


its not about defeating your rival

in the end, its just survival


it is about the tears we cry

as we simply try to get by


it is about the paths we hike

to adulthood from little tyke


it is about the days we toil

to reap our own battle spoils


it is, in a way, about a victory

the daily survival, of you and me

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