Forever Distracted By Life
Race for the Crown 2024
Prompt 1
Write a poem about a ‘first kiss’ experience.
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Sonnet – Bliss
We spent the day together, we drove far
beyond where we needed to go, only
we didn’t have a destination. We
wanted to be plural, not singular.
Your hand found mine as I drove, you held it
together while on the motorway, free
to look ahead instead of in my eyes
but when they met it was time to go home.
I parked the car two doors down from your house.
Not too close, not yet, we were not ready
you met my eye, you said goodbye, you held
my hand, as my gaze drifted to your mouth
which was getting closer, or was that me?
Our first kiss was the first time I knew bliss.
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Prompt 1 Write about the first kiss experience
Breath hitched, fear battled with excitement
Stoked by words her imagination
Darkness, a dangerous element
Eyes closed in breathless trepidation
Waiting in silence for that first brush
Rose held herself straight in the dawn clear
An unconscious sigh and a faint blush
The mist stoked by heat began to stir
The two arms caressing oh so soft
Held her two cheeks with a fleeting touch
Swiftly she lifted her face aloft
Blood quick in anticipation much
The softness of his lips surprisingly gentle
Warm rays melted dew on her petal
Uma Vangal
Jan 2024
Why settle for two?
I want two of everything, I ask
Whether it be a wish wrong or right
A wish, gift , a blessing or words bright
Is it too much to ask for, I ask
You look like I’m giving a tough task
Always one is never enough, right?
What I want two of wonder you might
Does it really matter what, I ask
It does too, you know, if you ask me
Depends what you want, you say
Two of what is important to know
For me to decide why two not three
It is as clear to me as night and day
Why settle for two you can have three?
Uma Vangal
Jan 2024
Prompt 1 Write about the first kiss experience
Breath hitched, fear battled with excitement
Stoked by words her imagination
Darkness, a dangerous element
Eyes closed in breathless trepidation
Waiting in silence for that first brush
Rose held herself straight in the dawn clear
An unconscious sigh and a faint blush
The mist stoked by heat began to stir
The two arms caressing oh so soft
Held her two cheeks with a fleeting touch
Swiftly she lifted her face aloft
Blood quick in anticipation much
The softness of his lips surprisingly gentle
Warm rays melted dew on her petal
Uma Vangal