Thank you everyone who participated in the Greenpointers’ poetry contest!
Our winner is Athena Pappas with her poem “The Shayz Lounge.” Athena will be a featured reader at Poetry Teachers NYC’s open mic on February 27th, 2013 at Milk and Roses (1110 Manhattan Ave). Signup for the Open Mic at 7:30, show starts at 8pm.
The Shayz Lounge by Athena Papas
I want one stained
pencil scribbling
barely legible against
grainy brown paper
love letter jotted down
on the back of recycled napkin,
one thinking-of-you
pack of cowboy killer cigarettes,
discounted bottle of Chianti,
a blood moon stain on the end table.
One moment of the jukebox
making me feel
the pulse of fingertips
until the record ends.
Poem: A Gift of Love
By: Alon Calinao Dy
I give you all my life
And a gift of love
Filled with happiness and peace.
I give to you the heaven as promised by God
And all the money in the world
These I’m not mine to give
But it is a gift of love.
My love can’t be bought or borrowed.
It’s a very special love
You can enjoy
In Valentine’s Day.