Guidelines

Guidelines: (1) Include your name, the title of your original poem, and a brief comment about yourself; (2) Poems may be in any language (please include an English translation); (3) Poems may not violate Nicolet's Social Media Guidelines; (4) Original poems may be submitted anonymously; (5) Submit poems to Ocie Kilgus (okilgus@nicoletcollege.edu). Students who submit original poems are eligible for the Best Original Poem contest. The student with the best poem will be awarded the Ron Parkinson Poetry Matters Student Scholarship Award in the amount of $300. The community member with the best poem will receive dinner for two at Church Street Inn, Hazelhurst. Upon the closing of the Poetry Project, a faculty committee will select the winning poems. The winners of the contest will be recognized at Nicolet College's Award Ceremonies on May 10.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

April 24, 2013

“Make the Pain go away”
By Kayla Myers

Tears in my eyes
As I think about us
They rush down my face
Because I can’t feel your touch
You’re in my heart and mind
But you’re not by my side.

Why did I do it?
I ask everyday
Why can’t I make this pain go away?
Hiding and appearing
It haunts me then leaves me
Just like a game.
It tortures my feelings

People all say
One day it will change
I hope that one day
The pain goes away.
I can’t handle the way it makes me feel inside
The way it rips at my heart
And makes me to cry

I know it’s my fault in most everyway
But why can’t I just make the pain go away…

“This poem was written when I was going through a really bad break up. It was a really hard period in my life but I’m working past it best I can!”

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No poetry by faculty/staff members for today's posting.