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Neopoet Weekly 06/30/24 to 07/06/24

Date Due:  July 6th  2024, at 12 Noon Eastern Time

Contest Guidelines:  40 lines or less and written in any form of poetry, and one poem per member.

 Prize: One month Premium, Recognition on your profile and published in our anthology.

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Winning Poem

 

Wood-smoke

Submitted by Candlewitch

We mellowed...
reclining by the camp fire
after a day of splashing,
swimming, and water games.

I shivered as
evening came in to surround us
with a cooling breeze.
Your fisherman knit sweater
you placed about my shoulders,
staved off a slight chill.

Your glittering orbs
held me intoxicated.
As I felt the last of
the sun's rays
leach out of the sand

Quietly exchanging daydreams,
I noticed, wood-smoke, was
the color of your smiling eyes!

 

Contest Details

Dates: Jun 25, 2025 — Jun 25, 2025

Status: Concluded

Winning Entry: Wood-smoke

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Start/end date
2024-06-29T12:00:00 - 2024-07-29T12:00:00
Winning entry
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

11 months 2 weeks ago

Dear Mark,

sorry I am late...I thank you for your response! don't you just love those kinds of days/nights?

*hugs, Cat

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Candlewitch

Candlewitch

11 months 2 weeks ago

Dear Mark,

sorry I am late...I thank you for your response! don't you just love those kinds of days/nights?

*hugs, Cat