a feature for their hard work, and finally that's what I'm going to do! I'm sorry that it took me a while, finals and graduation took precedence. Below are all of the winners, links to their entries and to a couple of their pieces (with the exception of myself; you can read my entries here) :
reddragonfly.deviantart.com/ga…NaPoWriMo 2014 Week One1
weather report 45 degrees
mostly sunny-
snowflakes on the windshield
2
Unclench my hands-
to get to you
I'll take this flight
3
spring snow-
examining the tread
on all my shoes
4
wind rising-
pine tree hissing
as it shakes
5
hold your breath
I don't want this feeling to go away
there's only us
6
sunny day-
but my headache
demands all my attention
7
a cold day
when I think I've forgotten-
butterfly bumper sticker
NaPoWriMo 2014 Week Three15
cat removing my tax forms
from the printer
for shredding
16
everywhere not covered
by the horse blanket
covered in mud
17
old ranch saddle
hand-carved and stitched-
Taylor Swift music from the counter
18
walking this path again-
today stopping
at cemetery not school
19
sweaty hairy saddle pads
home to be washed-
cats rolling happily
20
old photos-
that horse is gone, that building
but I still have the saddle
21
years of footsteps
a familiar indent-
walking up stone stairs
labruyere.deviantart.com/galle…NaPo XXX. You Know My NameThe universe is full of matter. Black
And formless and without substantial being.
Years exist between the stuff of stars
And time and consciousness have little meaning.
Warmth and light exists each million years
As light, compelled to travel, pierces space
With nothing in between but unknown stuff
And here a little planet holds its place.
And on it matter takes the form of beings
And in it hearts are made of tissue, strung
Between the bones and blood of sudden life
Alive and full of something. Mind is hung
Upon the soul imparted with a need
To know you and to fall within your aim.
This matter with a mind exists in space,
And in all the universe you know my name.
NaPo XX. Quatrain: ViciI am an open piece of work to you.
And all I know is how I've given in,
And all I have is all my best. It's true;
I'm sorry--you may conquer, but not win.
ayeaye12.deviantart.com/galler… 
erebus45.deviantart.com/galler…<da:thumb id="449449511"/><da:thumb id="451147870"/>
delice1941.deviantart.com/gall…*Waterfall*Waterfall music
Rainbow light, luminous spray
Cascade, crescendo.
2014 Delice1941
11th April2014
*Sail Boat*Albatros sailing
Ocean tossed, storm at sea
Feeling mal-de-mer.
2014 Delice1941
25th April2014
jaydanjercobain.deviantart.com…Day seven.___ missive/
___ordinate/
___jugated/
___stituted/
___conscious/
___liminal.
Day five.Come on my darling, let's scrape the sky.
We can paint the town in gold and
never stop to wonder why.
Come on, love, take my hand.
I won't keep you from
ghosts of wild fire,
cinderblocks
looming
and...
hades-flower.deviantart.com/ga…<da:thumb id="447140548"/>
wastelandnostalgia.deviantart.…on Self Worth in Other Hands...The light of your smile
Shines so bright it's deafening.
A shame; they stole it.
on Fluid Dynamics...Ripples;
Visual echoes of a past life.
One where your smile
Was brighter than the end
Of your tunnel.
lollirotcat.deviantart.com/gal…I didn't heal right (NaPoWriMo10)Broke the part of me
with my pretty perspective
I can’t see your eyes
concepts blowing from your breath
almost thought I could find a love poem from you
There is no one figure that drives me forward
no one inspires any magic
that feeling I want
I cannot love
Change is slow when done carefully
something drastic like violence
is quick
like a break
needs time to heal
but if it doesn’t heal right
might be broken again
(NaPoWriMo24)Nearly being stung was a turning point
try to kill a spider in my space
swat at bugs near me
with enough kills
next time it won’t miss
and I’ll deserve it
Insects everywhere
paranoia close
xyron7777777.deviantart.com/ga…EternalBorn in mid July,
A boy is learning to write
And be truly born
Never lost in thought,
Is the poet with his pen,
But rather, he's found.
Composed in silence,
Yet ring with echoing truths,
His words sung by all.
Too much noise to write.
Cursed with popularity,
Death of the poet.
The loss of his craft
Took his life but not his soul;
Words are eternal.
My AlcoholIt started out simple, you seemed so sincere
like a tall glass of water (or something equally clear).
Come on, bartender, it's just one more cup;
When you walked in you raised my spirits up.
But I didn't see
What you'd do to me.
You'd cause me to fall,
Like you're my alcohol.
You were there, like a drink in flame
But unlike the drink, you weren't a game
Turns out I'd learn, like it or not,
You're the reason it's called a 'shot'
But I couldn't see
What you'd do to me.
With you I feel so small,
Like you're my alcohol
Drowsiness hits, the room starts to spin.
It's about time the slurred words kick in.
I didn't think knowing you could be so risky,
Like chasing my vodka with another shot of whiskey.
But I didn't see
What you did to me.
Now I'm in your thrall,
like you're my alcohol.
When your fingers play across the hem of your skirt,
Just like that, my head starts to hurt.
I can't block you out, there's too many voices,
You're just one of a string
kiefer115.deviantart.com/galle…<da:thumb id="450723845"/><da:thumb id="445629267"/>
pailei.deviantart.com/gallery/…of long, long roadsshining, golden-eyed
light spinning on her tongue
she told him--
learn to love
unfinished roads. they have got
nothing but potential.
the boy who ate firethere once was a boy who ate fire.
he swallowed it in hazy columns,
scarlet and sparkling citrine on his tongue,
that churned down his blackened-chimney throat
to feed the ember of his burning heart.
there once was a boy who ate fire,
and he fell for a girl who walked on water.
she whirled across lakes, laughter
like the shimmer of sunlight on the surface
--a prism of sparks that shattered
and pierced his fiery heart
until it sprung up in a solar flare.
there once was a boy who ate fire,
who fell for a girl who walked on water,
but when he tried to declare his adoration
he opened his mouth and only smoke emerged.
she smiled sweetly and skipped away,
out over the endless sea,
but so determined was he
that he chased after.
but the waters swirled and swallowed his flame.
there once was a boy who ate fire.
he drowned.
moleboi.deviantart.com/gallery…<da:thumb id="448857952"/><da:thumb id="450459957"/>
vegetabelle.deviantart.com/jou…Fool's GoldCars on the highway ahead
Glitter like fool’s gold
In the sunset.
We take the routes
With long stop signs,
And drive below the speed limit
Just to be with each other longer.
I love the way you make me so dizzy.
Eyes closed and
Kissing in the elevator
Leaves me reeling.
I’m floating away in the waves
of swirling notes and bass drums
Breaking on my ear drums.
Pull me in and dance with me
As the ocean runs
Its fingers through our hair.
I’m glad my days of hopeless pinning
After you are gone,
But they are replaced with
Aches of loneliness
Because you can’t come home.
CoastalOur voices float across the airwaves
And sing each other out to sea,
As we are pulled along by riptides;
By ocean-current sleep.
I will whisper you a lullaby
As you sink down among; surrender
To the swirling tide of sheets.
As words begin to fail you,
(Though you insist you are awake,)
There is so much that you should know,
Your consciousness slips away,
But there are still words I’m scared to say.
What if you somehow remembered all
Those secrets I could speak?
Maybe I’ll tell you when I’m older
And not so much afraid.
All of these guys wrote some incredible stuff and accomplished something pretty awesome. Go ahead and take a look, you won't be disappointed!
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