Poetry competition CLOSED 6th August 2014 4:22am
WINNER
EngrVV (D_Poetic Engineer)
EngrVV (D_Poetic Engineer)
RUNNER-UP:
Magnetron
He Who Walks Behind the Rows
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Come and gone
The scarecrow watches over the fields
As raining blood fertilizes these poison seeds
So easily he plants in the feeble minds of children
His hands have barely reached their teens
A gunny sack hides his unseen mind
But his voice booms unmasked like thunder
His face is that of his congregation
Whose innocence allowed the village sunder
He who walks behind the rows
Inspires rebirth through the blood that flows
Purification is all they know
He who walks behind the rows
Visions of the future dance in their heads
No sense of direction or wrong and right
Faith is blind for He who walks behind the rows
He couldn't stop the harvest blight
It came on quick, this disease that killed the corn
Like the wrath of He who walked behind the rows
The sudden onslaught and children’s scorn
Turned to dust devils as the as hot wind blows
The scarecrow watches over the fields
As raining blood fertilizes these poison seeds
So easily he plants in the feeble minds of children
His hands have barely reached their teens
A gunny sack hides his unseen mind
But his voice booms unmasked like thunder
His face is that of his congregation
Whose innocence allowed the village sunder
He who walks behind the rows
Inspires rebirth through the blood that flows
Purification is all they know
He who walks behind the rows
Visions of the future dance in their heads
No sense of direction or wrong and right
Faith is blind for He who walks behind the rows
He couldn't stop the harvest blight
It came on quick, this disease that killed the corn
Like the wrath of He who walked behind the rows
The sudden onslaught and children’s scorn
Turned to dust devils as the as hot wind blows
He who walks behind the Rows, is an epitome of Evil that controls those that are susceptible to his power. The corns depict the food of mankind; physically and spiritually. For a good harvest sacrifices must be made, as in the days of old. Anyway, the entries are very good and quite a task to judge. So I will be back in a few hours, to announce the winner.
Grace said:
Indeed, Magnetron. The title was taken from one of Stephen King's novel 'Children of the Corn'. Such evil that can be interpreted in many ways, nowadays.
Do I get extra bonus points for a lame attempt at working King's name in at the end of mine?
Magnetron said:
In sing along singsong praising
The Harve==========================st Evenin' King
Indeed, Magnetron. The title was taken from one of Stephen King's novel 'Children of the Corn'. Such evil that can be interpreted in many ways, nowadays.
Do I get extra bonus points for a lame attempt at working King's name in at the end of mine?
Magnetron said:
In sing along singsong praising
The Harve==========================st Evenin' King
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