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06/24 Five Percent Battery

Neopoet.com wants to challenge you to write poetry about this month's topic that is provided below.

Topic: Five Percent Battery

Deadline: June 30th   2024

Objective:  Write a poem about the topic above

Guidelines: The title is left to your creativity. 

                       Poems may be any type but must be forty lines or less. One poem per member

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

 

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Winning Poem

Five Percent Battery

Submitted by RoseBlack

Running off fumes,
choking on smoke.
Sucking exhaustion
through pasty lips.

Engine's down a quart,
burn out,
Dark circles tell all,
who is about to fall.

Mercy lights,
Low battery,
jumper cables ignite.
Knock down, drag out fight.

Contest Details

Dates: Jun 25, 2025 — Jun 25, 2025

Status: Concluded

Winning Entry: Five Percent Battery

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Start/end date
2024-06-01T12:00:00 - 2024-06-30T12:00:00
Winning entry

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