its been good !

Hi folks : Well the contest officially ends today! I'll be compiling the entries and getting them off to the judges over the weekend. today is also the last day of national poetry month so here's the last poem of the celebration.

Twenty seconds to Midnight

By Lawrence R. Berger

It's not enough time!

Quick, someone hand me the knife!

The ball is falling!

Corks are popping!

Champagne is flowing!

Blood is drip-ping from my pen!

Lord God help me there is just not enough time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

how the hell can you write anything decent in just twenty seconds?

(c) 1999 first published in Instant poetry(just add words!)

And with that the calender begins again and a new poetry year starts!

By the way, I'm currently working on the third edition of Instant Poetry(just add words!) for a 2010 release. I'm accepting pre-orders for copies so if your i interested e-mail me at laughingl@yahoo.com

for details and I'd love your comments on this blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy poetry new years! see you next week.

This is it!

We're down to the last full week of National Poetry Month! I hope you've enjoyed the poems I've posted they have been some of my best work! This is also the final week to enter the Skysaje Enterprises 5th annual poetry contest. details follow the poem:

REPLY FOR A GODDESS

By Lawrence R. Berger

You offer me a treasure

far beyond the dreams

of mortal men

And just one single night with you

would satisfy the eternal lust of Zeus himself

Ah but alas i am only a man

With naught but human emotions

Frailties

And I couldn't possibly worship you as you truly deserve

for I am but a mere mortal

and I have no powers to grant

All i have to offer you would be my heart

Ah but then again tell me please how can i give you

that which you already own?

(c) 1999 Lawrence R. Berger First published in Instant poetry (just add words!)

here are the contest details:

Skysaje Enterprises 5th annual poetry contest

$250.00 grand prize and three $25.00 Honorable mentions

Submission guidelines:

1. submit up to 5 pages per submission.

2. all works must be typed in 14 points font or greater.

3. Author contact info must appear on every page

4. a $15.00 non refundable entry fee must be included with each submission.

5. submission deadline 4/30/09

Make checks payable to L. Berger

and mail submissions to:

Skysaje Enterprizes

50 amesbury Rd.

rochester, NY 14623

see you next week.

All things end.

Hi folks : Well it's that time again . Here's this weeks Poem:

Donation$

By Lawrence R. Berger

Excuse me sir

My name is Lawrence R. Berger

and I'm a proponent of reverse pan handling.

Would you like some change?

No, really would you?

You see as I walk out of my house on the way to the bus stop

I always pass the same three people. It never fails they are there every single day.

The first one has a chain around his neck

held together not with a lock but with a banjo.

The second is a man of color

not black but silver from head to toe.

I found out recently his name is Tron.

the third just had his legs blown off in the war

and all of them have cups in their hands begging for change.

I've learned something living in the area though.

I've learned its really money they are after.

they count on the fact that people will through coins in the cups

and say i don't need the wake up call.

They have gotten to know me too

and they know that as a poet

All I can offer them is change

(c) 2000 Lawrence R. Berger from Dragons Dance volume one

Only two weeks left on the contest. see previous posts for guidelines.

Sorry for any confusion!

hi folks : I want to apologise for any confusion last week. Yes it was April fools day and the start of National Poetry Month! but those of you who follow this blog regularly know I post every week. so here goes:

The meek shall inherit the earth but not the mineral rights!

In the bible

we are taught that the meek shall inherit the earth

that human beings were created in the image of God

and given dominion over the rest of creation.

We're also taught that shortly there after

along comes old Mr. Satan and he steals it all away

No this has prompted myself and some of my friends into thinking

that maybe that first lesson aught be changed to read something along the lines of

the meek shall inherit the earth

but only what's left after those who hustle

I've got to say that that would be fine with me

I'll gladly let the hustlers keep

the cancer

the ulcers

the stress

and the greed

I'd gladly take the pleasure of watching a sunrise

right on off their hands

I say let them keep the psychiatrists couches

and the operating tables

Let the hustlers keep the mineral rights

I'll just keep my sanity thank you

(c) 2009 Lawrence R. Berger

The contest ends April 30th, 2009!

Don't miss your shot at the $250 .00 grand prize or one of the three $25.00 Honorable mentions !

here are the guidelines:

1. submit up to 5 poems per entry.

2. typed in 14pts font please!

3. author contact info must appear on each page submitted

4. a $15.00 US non refundable entry fee must accompany each submission

Make checks payable to L. Berger

and mail to:

Skysaje Enterprises

50 amesbury rd

Rochester, NY 14623

see you next week.

happy national poetry month!

Yes folks today starts the annual month long celebration of all things poetic so here's this weeks effort:

bubble gum

by Lawrence R. Berger

Soft and warm between my teeth

an old lover returns

sweet yet tangy inside my mouth.

Over and over she dances

building ever more desire

slowly she turns up the heat

stoking the fires

Until

her passion no longer

containable

She Explodes

releasing the rapture of the moment

and then

she slides along my tongue for

one

more

Tango.

Some of you may have guessed it but yes this is my signature poem

. It was first published in instant poetry(just add words! ) and later recorded on my CD. What can i say? its national poetry month ! I'm bringing the a game .

And don't forget the contest closes on April 30th! here's the info again:

1. Authors name and contact info must apear on each page submited

2. maximum of five pages per submission

3. any and all styles accepted

4. must be 14 pts type or better

5. a $15.00 US non refundable entry fee must accompany all submitions

6. classic mail only ! electronic entrys will not be accepted.

Make check payable to L. Berger

and mail to :

Skysaje Enterprises

50 Amesbury rd.

Rochester, NY 14623 USA

see you next month!