ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇 Would Like To Congratulate The Winner Of The July DS Poetry Contest Alice Berezetsky, And Her Winning Poem 'Realm'

Realm

Destiny is almost free

Oh infinitesimal degree...

Languid water

How much longer

Will you nurse against your will

Ocean sighs, forbidden dream

To be dazzling crystalline

Silent water tells no lies

Burdened by the sun...

By Alice B.

ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇 Would Like To Congratulate The Winner Of The June DS Poetry Contest Anna Betts, And Her Winning Poem 'Grey Like Water'.

 Grey Like Water 

 

Grey morning

Blue hidden behind a slow

Crawling thickness

Too much in the mix

Yet,

I don’t remember which step

Got left out.

The morning will be slice and served

Anyway

Rush, hustle, hassle

Nothing in its right place

So why this mourning

Throbbing magnified

Dulled by age, time, life

Ordinary trivia

I miss him.

That place is empty

In one week exactly it will be

Four years

Almost exactly

A chasm yawns

Swirling into the open

Like water.

By Anna Betts

ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇 Would Like To Congratulate The Winner Of May's DS Poetry Contest Emilio Merisier(2xWinner), And His Winning Poem 'Other words'.

Other Words

My era has sank into darkness

By tears of an unknown poet

And now I believe as words

Sell me to the outside of the

World, so the children may read

On the edges of my fragile soul

…

Break me

The eyes of others have seen

Hope but not boundaries

And have cursed the impossible

Sell me by pieces, let the wind

Lead me to the fragrance of

Her closet why not her bedroom

So, the children may love again

...

Sing me

Under stasis rubbles, sing me low

So, I may hear my single voice

Instead of bullets every night

So, I may hear her sighs again

Within mine and the blackness

And, I may hear my mild peasants

My shoe shiners and my children

Of death hanging in cars

Author: Emilio Merisier
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THANK YOU!

Dripping Silence (A.K.A. Mark Hoffman, which is me), Would like to take this opportunity to say Thank You for your friendship. I consider Dripping Silence as a new genre of poetry. Creative writing that's based less on self experience, and solely on self observance. All poetry and graphics are done solely by myself.

Here is a list of important Dripping Silence information. You might want to save this somewhere to use as a reference.
1)The Dripping Silence website address is www.drippingsilence.net
Feel free to register yourself on the site, It's totally FREE. By doing so you gain more access .
2)There is a DS Fan Page here on Facebook, Click the link to easily find it, www.facebook.com/dripping.silencepoetry
3)There is a Dripping Silence Poetry App also here on Facebook. Here's the link, www.facebook.com/DSpoetry
4)You can also find Dripping Silence on Twitter, Again another link:)
http://twitter.com/DSpoetry
5) DRIPPING SILENCE POETRY VOLUME 1, is due out in all major book stores at the end of this month.
It will be available at Barnes&Noble, Borders, Amazon.com etc,etc
6) Dripping Silence also as of recently just signed on with Speaking Volumes, who will be publishing DRIPPING SILENCE POETRY VOLUME 1 as an E-BOOK, it will be available to download on any electronic reading device i.e, iPad, Kindle, Nookbook
7)Dripping Silence holds a monthly Poetry Contest. Which had previously been a weekly contest.The winner will have their poetry posted on the Dripping Silence website, ALWAYS complete copy rights, and credit going to the winner.PLEASE submit ALL poems via email to me here on Facebook, or to drippingsilence@gmail.com.

8)DRIPPING GRAPHICS WEBSITE- COMING JUNE 2011, A brand new website devoted to DS graphics. www.drippinggraphics.com, Email: drippinggraphics@gmail.com
8)DRIPPING SILENCEWEAR- COMING FALL 2011: A clothing line for both Men & Women made up of t-shirts, Pants, Hats, and Sneakers.

MUCH THANKS&LOVE:)
DS

Brain Damage

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It seems like my head

Has recently lost

My brain

What else can explain

Why I'm going insane

I just don't feel the same

As I did yesterday

But I say, Fuck it!

I'm better off this way!

ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇 NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON- 'DRIPPING GRAPHICS'

 http://www.facebook.com/DSpoetry

ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇 Poetry Contest-MAY

Hi Guys,
Dripping Silence is now excepting entries for the DS monthly poetry contest. As usual the contest is open to any friends of Dripping Silence, Fans of Dripping Silence, or any person in the group 'Articulated Expression'. If you have your own poetry/writing group, poetry/writing Fan page, or just someone interested in teaming up with us then send me an email.

REMINDER- This is NOT a cash prize contest. The winner each month will have their poem posted on the Dripping Silence website, with complete copy rights, and credit going to the winner. If you haven't visited the site yet here is the link,
www.drippingsilence.net

There will be Judges viewing and scoring your entries for each contest. Each poem is judged on a point system. The person with the highest score added up from all the judges will become the winner. The four different categories we score on,
1)Title, 2)Originality, 3)Flow,4)Ending,
Each category gets a score 0-5,

Rules are,

1) Please submit/email your writing to
-Dripping Silence here on Facebook,
-Drippingsilence@gmail.com
-ArticulatedEXP@aol.com
2) IMPORTANT!! Each entry must have the TITLE in the subject line of your email. IT WON"T BE ENTERED IF ITS MISSING.
3) Send each entry in its own email. Meaning not more then ONE poem per email.
4) Allowed only up to 5 entries per person for each monthly contest,
5) NO short stories.
6) All poems must be submitted by midnight on the last day of each month,
7) Any poems containing writing that you wouldn't want your mom to read will NEVER win, so please don't waste anyones time in submitting such a piece,
8) Include a picture if you want it to be added to you're poem,
9) All poems submitted will be sent a notice of conformation your poem was received. If you don't receive a notice please contact DS right away.
10)Most important of all rules HAVE FUN:)

The winner will be announced the first week of the each month. Then posted on the DS website.

So gets those pens moving. Any questions feel free to ask.

Dear Friends

Poetry & Graphics by ↁ℞ⓘ⒫⒫ḮƝǤ ㄢi⺃꒰㊕亡乇

http://www.facebook.com/DSpoetry

Dripping Silence Congratulates The DS March Poetry Contest Winner Justin Blackburn And HIs Winning Poem 'Before I Opened Myself To Love'.

Before I opened myself to love

I sat stiff in stairwells

feeding penguins poison,

confused as to who or what I was.

I did not know to go up or down,

most of the time I tried to disappear.

I watched the people walk while

making crude judgments to nothingness.

I beat myself up behind the schoolyard,

cooked bullies breakfast,

stayed in on Saturday night,

befuddled by being, crying hard.

Before I let myself go to Mother Nature

I looked at the moon and hated her

for being so bright yet so far away.

I played in the grass and got a rash,

thought the sewer was a stream,

and came down with some fungus disease.

I screamed my throat red at invisible fiends

scared to death of the wind and trees,

thought everything was out to get me.

I pissed prayers out through my eyes,

sat at home and stared out the window all night,

waiting for something but I never knew what.

Before I let myself realize my true endless potential

I thought nothing made any sense

and I thought I was right.

I stayed home and slept all day,

watched soap operas all night,

thinking suicide had eyes prettier than any summer.

Now I know and look back as laughter

understanding why I was like that,

and when I find myself embarrassed or sad

I realize who I am, who we all are,

and an eternal glowing feeling fills my heart.

I take full acceptance for anything anyone has ever thought about me.

Justin Blackburn

www.justinblackburnlovesyou.com

February's Dripping Silence Poetry Contest Winning Poem-Second Chance, By Nelson Skyshy Wetaaka

If only tears were laughter

A second chance

You would give to the male race

Your bitter hate

Is honest and innocent

It is a desired vengeance

For a dear loss

But turn the other cheek

Maybe a fat peck

You will get

Flirting is escapist

It is being so close

Yet detached

For once bitten

You are now overly shy

Even in obvious liking

A second chance

May seem a foregone repeat

But it is a chance

Worthy a leap

I Miss You

I MISS you each time I look outside

I MISS you all day and night

I MISS you so much I cry

I MISS that sparkle in your eyes

I MISS the way they shined

I MISS how you would call just to say 'hi'

I MISS how you would always stop by

I MISS having you in my life

I MISS your presence

I MISS your protectiveness

I MISS my Best Friend

I MISS you so very often

I MISS all the amazing things you do

Dear Dad

This entire poem is TRUE

But mostly I just 
MISS YOU!

This poem is dedicated

To the best man I've ever known

And will ever know

My Father David Hoffman

I MISS you terribly

I'll love you always

Your son

With love

Mark

"Romanticism" Sonnet 1