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Following are some of the entries submitted in the first acrostic-tanka poem competition held in December 2012 on Deep Underground Poetry hosted by yours truly, EngrVV.
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Death
Darkest kissed shadows
Elevate your spirit up
A force of Grim's hand
Touched your soul ripping it free
Hells fire you are heading for
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Storm​
Silent as it creeps
Twisting through cloud forms moving
Over oceans vast and wild
Racing toward land crashing
Madness erupts on lightening cries
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Ocean​
Out across vast open water
Casting lines to hungry eyes
Eager open mouths bite
Attached by steel struggle lost
Now gutted by their captors
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Lover​
Layers of tough skin
Over his poor bleeding heart
Veins crave the pulse beat
Ever falling without her touch
Rain shadows his view blinding
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Heart​
Healing segments seal
Each passing moment they share
And words on lips kiss
Reminding them it is real
Taking breaths of Patchouli
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Agony​
Aching within her
Grabs at her heart and squeezes
Opening fresh wounds
Netting her emotional
Yearning tied with no escape
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Break​
Blown into the wind
Running with the lost river
Escaping his grasp
Anticipation fading
Knees give way upon his truth
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Truth​
Tastes of bitterness
Rakes at her insides screaming
Undiluted pain
Tears every cell piece by piece
Hot burning hell lives within
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Magdalena​​ (CLICK TO SEE MORE OF HER POEMS) - Winner of 1st acrostic-tanka poem competition