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Contests : Wergle Flomp Free Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2009 : Rachel Neal
A VILLANELLE OF LOVE AND SORROW
Do you know who you are, my Sea Monkey friend?
Beyond your glass wall can you perceive
my love, my life, my rainbow's end?
Don't be afraid as your mind comprehends
my fulfillment in that one whom I'll never leave.
Do you know who? You are. My Sea Monkey friend
you hatched in a world where I cannot descend.
How I long to embrace you! Yet you will not receive
my love. My life, my rainbow's end
mean nothing to you. I cannot contend
as mere breath separates you, Adam, from me, Eve.
Do you know who you are? My Sea Monkey. Friend,
it is you, a scant inch of life, that offends,
oblivious in your brine, making my soul grieve
my love, my life. My rainbow's end,
you wear not a royal crown. Do you only pretend
and thus protect your own heart as you deceive?
Do you?! Know who you are: my Sea Monkey, friend,
my love, my life. My rainbow's end.
Sent as a joke to Poetry.com, this poem won an honorable mention in the 2009 Wergle Flomp humor poetry contest sponsored by Winning Writers. Author Rachel Neal received a cash prize of $72.95.
About Rachel S. Neal
Rachel S. Neal began writing a few years ago when she took a career break as a physical therapist and picked up a pen. She can't seem to put the pen down and has been writing silly poetry along with more serious attempts at poetry, fiction, and non-fiction ever since. She was excited to find Wergle Flomp and the community of poets that understand and enjoy craziness. The Peeps poem is her current favorite work and is hopefully the first in a long line of Wergle Flomp submissions.
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