Poetry & Free Verse
Challenge Ended
Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
Ended July 15, 2016 • 59 Entries • Created by Blanche
Challenge



Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
To the people I call home.
Faces blur and
foggy eyes
are a forecast
too well known,
when standing
here surrounded
by the people
I call home.
From you I’ve
learned so much
more than I ever did
in school,
and here, campfires
and poetry
became the newest
“cool”.
Together we walked
hand in hand,
and so together too
we fell -
rebuilt each other
piece by piece,
shook off the dust
of deeper wells.
I would tell you
that I’m grateful,
I would say
thank you if I
thought
that those words
could ever come
to know
this feeling of
distraught -
but in my time with
you and you with me,
I’ve learned
an awful lot
about how to say
goodbye,
and I now know it
to be tough.
And I can tell you with
all certainty, that
words are not enough.
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James
This is awesome

Hlore42
This is so beautiful. Very nicely done, I felt this in my heart. @StarfishGirl I am definitely looking forward to reading more of your stuff.

StarfishGirl
Thank you both so much!

KristinaKahn
Wow, so lovely. Simple and poignant.