Poetry Contest

Ralph Copleman ralph at earthdreams.net
Sun Oct 27 07:36:29 PST 2002


Here's my entry.

The Seed


Crack open a possibility
And get your bet down
Roll the dice through the warm furrow
Call forth the soaking, roiling heavens
Breathe deep the gifts of sunny summer days
And absorb the muscled mercies of a gardener¹s hand
Commune with the change of seasons full and season¹s end
Stretch out your sweet intention.
Gather close all the children
Whisper the truth
Behold the future
______

It's eleven lines.  This may disqualify me.

Possible excuses for breaking the rules:

1.  I took a little poetic license.
2.  Math has never been my strong suit.
3.  I'm just another counter-dependent pain in the neck (not really a valid
excuse, except to a counter-dependent).
4.  I deserve special dispensation because I'm from New Jersey, where people
are extremely sensitive about not winning the Grand Prize of poetry contests
such as this, which is a free round trip.
5.  It's in honor of *next* year's OSONOS.

Ralph Copleman

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