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The Top 5 Poems of the Month

June 2004

Our winning poet for June is Gaylen Fay Walker.
Read Gaylen Fay Walker's biography and more of his poems

The Night Falls

As the day is ending,
the colors fill the sky.
The outlines of the mountains
kiss the sun goodbye.
The stars begin to twinkle
in the afterglow.
Over the dark terrain
the moonlight starts to flow.
The ground begins to cool,
a nip is in the air.
The shadows of the night time
are casting everywhere.
The earth is slowly turning
towards another day.
While many of its creatures
sleep the night away.

Gaylen Fay Walker

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Here are the other four poems chosen by our imprint editors as winning poems for June. All other poems submitted for the Top 5 Poems of the Month for June are being considered for various anthologies.

This Poem Was Written Shortly After My Grandad Passed Away

Grandad I watched you fading, and slowly slip away,
I knew your time was close, it was getting closer by the day.
Although I already knew, nothing could prepare,
Prepare me for the worst, when you were no longer there.
I know sometimes it seemed like I didn't really care,
But I think you already know that I couldn't bear.
I couldn't bear to see you, whilst you were so ill,
Just to sit in your room, whilst you lay there so still.
When I finally came, I came to say goodbye,
but all that I could do is look at you and cry.
I now know that you're happy and I fully understand,
you've gone to a better place now, you're with Nan in your own special land.
So now I'll take this chance to tell you that I care,
I love and miss you lots and I'm glad you're now up there.
You're up there with Nan, and pain is in the past,
Although that you're both gone, my love for you will last.

Bec Bayliss

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No Guilt No Shame

Into the refuge the women they came
Feeling so guilty and heads hung in shame
The pain on their faces it's easy to see
What is the reason that they had to flee
Into this shelter some safety they seek
Nerves they are shattered and physically weak
But hope is around them with problems to share
The others will help you and yes they do care
Time is a healer they say, this is true
Out from the blackness will come the new you
Don't take the blame now, it isn't your fault
You've done the right thing, and help you have sought
Not all men are bastards with time you will see
Break off these chains now and you will be free
Life is worth living and yes lots of fun
Who knows what's out there the joy's yet to come

Tony Morgan

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Mother Earth

Mother Earth's giving us all a warning, famine and drought and global warming
The air we fill with toxic gas, the side effects we hope will pass
Oceans rising, not surprising, when will we all start realising, Mother Earth is slowly dying.

 Problem is we're all too greedy, keep the rich rich and forget the needy
Rainforests vanish within a week, the animals' futures look so bleak, problem is they just can't speak
When will we all start realising, Mother Earth is slowly dying.

A message to the super powers, who think they own this world of ours
Work together to find a solution, for cleaner air and less pollution, instead of harming evolution
When will we all start realising, Mother Earth is slowly dying.

Matthew Hood

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Fragile as Glass

Leave me alone; I've done nothing wrong,
All you do is sing the same old song.

You wait for me to crack; I'm fragile as glass,
The torments, the torture, I'm the jokes, the laughs.

You want me to fail to humiliate me,
Why do you stop and stare at me?

I've suffered enough your work here is done,
Look at yourself and what you've become.

You say you're my friend, who needs a foe,
You hurt me so much that I want you to know

As time passes slowly the scars will fade,
But it happens so much that I am afraid.

It's a cold-hearted world out there, can't you see,
I'm a really great person, just take a look, it's me.

Melanie May

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