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Contests : Wergle Flomp Free Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2007 : Hilary Hanson
UNTITLED ("One Morning...")
One morning—I awoke
To Find Death next—to Me
His dark Head lay, so very Close
To Where my Pillow be
He said, "hey baby—
What's your sign?"
I Looked at him, Aghast—!
Hesitant, I Told him That
I'm an Aquarius—
His Questions had not Stopped— quite yet—
He'd More to ask of Me—
I really Really really like
The Word "eternity"
He took my Hand— into his Own
I felt his icy Thumb
He asked Me— Why I never Can—
Create a perfect Rhyme
I told him i'm a Freakazoid—
But that my Way is Better—
He said some Deathly Words about
My Thin and Ghostly Sweater
He said It Was quite Lovely, then—
He leaned in— Slightly More
He mumbled Something— about what It
Would Look like on his Floor
All this Attention seemed To Be
Some cruel and horrid Satire—
If you do not know Why, go now
And Google Up my Picture!
Let's face it, Friends, and not Deny
I'm ug-ug-ug-ug-lay
A set of nostrils Big Enough
To scare e'en Death Away.
Sent as a joke to Poetry.com, this poem won an honorable mention in the 2007 Wergle Flomp humor poetry contest sponsored by Winning Writers. Author Hilary Hanson received a cash prize of $72.95.
About Hilary Hanson
Hilary is an eighteen year-old girl from Rockport, Maine. Her favorite things to do include looking at the stars, shopping and making cookies and cupcakes. She loves rocky beaches and poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Hilary will be attending Columbia University in the fall where she plans to study Russian and Chinese.
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