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The theme for Steemit Poetry Contest #13 - 13/Coven/Witches
About Prizes:
First Place - 8 SBD
Second Place - 7 SBD
Third Place - 6 SBD
Fourth Place - 5 SBD
Fifth Place - 4 SBD
Sixth Place - 3 SBD
Seventh Place - 2 SBD
Eighth Place - 1 SBD
Entries will be accepted within five days from the date of publication of an announcement!
Deadline - January 31 2:30 AM UTC
The winners of the Steemit Poetry Contest #12
1st Place - "LOVE NOW" by 
I think ALL IS NOW! Or so I've been told
No past or future to shape and to mold
Fate writes a play and I guess we're the actors
So day after day it is these same factors...
Decisions today affect all our tomorrows
When focussing in on our joy or our sorrows
ALL IS LOVE!..So LOVE, is NOW?
Can we all please learn to 'LOVE NOW' somehow?
The only true say we can have in this deal
Is to LOVE EVERYTHING, and to LAUGH and to FEEL
And to smile inside, LOVE YOUR NOW and know this...
The PAST and the FUTURE, doesn't even exist!
2nd Place - "prepare for the unpredictable" by 
The future is unpredictable,
Unreliable at it's best.
If you're not wealthy
Any risk is close to the chest.
Some play it safe,
others take a chance,
I know the market's all a show,
Just a song and dance.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
No one really knows when a bubbles about to burst.
It's better to have and not need than to need and not have,
Could being self sufficient really be that bad?
3rd Place - "The Future Proves Our Past" by 
What dreams may come tomorrow, and pass to yesterday?
The good, the bad, the sorrow; with time, they fade away.
The looking glass is narrow, yourself do not betray.
In everything be thorough, the morrow brings today.
The future proves our past, or should it pave our way?
When questions that we ask, are often held at bay.
The days go by so fast, do not be led astray.
Just keep your quest on track; it's black and white, not grey.
How is it we've endured, and not succumbed to fate?
Tomorrow is not secured, go live in love, not hate.
Savor all the soupe du jour, in health and wealth and play.
Today is tomorrow's future, take time to seize the day.
4th Place - "Growth" by 
We power up, we push ahead
We post again, another thread
We hope and wish for an upvote
We wish for profit and for growth
We look ahead, to better times
When We make thousands for our lines
We cheer to see a few more cents
We think of promise it represents
One day We might, one day We will
One day our labors shall fulfill
One day We hope for a great score
So We keep posting, one day more
5th Place - "My Future Here Is So Unclear" by 
They say it's home you should stay here
But my future here is so unclear
I need these thoughts to disappear
But they keep whispering in my ear
"You need to reconcider your role
And take back what this country stole
from where I stand I see no goal
I only see this big dark hole
Few steps ahead in your way
so save yourself and run away
so you can fight another day
you're surely dead if you stay"
6th Place - "Silence Speaks" by 
Tears fall like the sands of time
Dreamers broke, looking for jobs
Hope lost like history's kids
Signs in smoke, looking for gods
Technology offering ocular forgiveness
Visions viciously demanding vengeance
Families hold dear when the future is near
Violent vibrations commands the entrance
Suddenly silence, spoke and softly surrendered
Love found steady, calmly clicking like a clock
Solemnly solutions were offered and rendered
Now wait for the future... it's watching like a hawk.
7th Place - "Retrospect of Tomorrow" by 
The future tells a story
Of the moments yet to come
But the memories form only
Where the mind is viewing from
Awakened by the shadows
Of the truth of yesternights.
The days ahead seem hollow
For the past is out of sight
Searching for directions
To that story in your mind
Just pay today's attention
And the pathway, you will find
8th Place - "Future" by 
Future is a word that gives us hope
even if our lives are sliding down the slope
never mind the restrictions
the future always beckons
beyond borders and line of control
eyes look up beyond the patrol
searching for peace beyond borders
trying to escape from the smolders
future is filled with brightness
hopes kindle the flame of happiness
let us hold hands and walk
towards the steady rock
Rules of The Contest!
Only one entry is allowed.
Your entry-post must be tagged both #poetry and #poetrycontest
The Title must be "SteemitPoetryContest #(with the number of the actual episode)" + the name of your poem.
You can use any types of rhyme - End rhyme, Cross rhyme, Internal etc.
The size of the poem - three quatrains (one quatrain = four lines).
Do not steal! The contest is only original works!
I wish everyone good luck and creativity!
Let's make STEEMIT more interesting and varied together!
Sincerely, Terry Craft.