I'll try to write something for this one. Cool theme!

What's the theme? Parental controls is being really annoying and blocking the page before this one.

DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 12!  I forgot to put it in the original post.

*Rushes in, panting, waving poetry notebook* 

I finally-*gasp*-wrote something! 

recollections

i. it's funny sometimes how the little pieces fit together

ii. some days it seems like my memory is faulty

because i can remember some things, but not others,

there are gaping holes in my recollection,

and some memories are just factitious bits

of my imagination

ii. i remember pairs of bare feet pounding

the wet beach sand, blue-beaded ankle bracelets

catching the

sunlight

iv. my sister doodled with sharpie on her

high-top sneakers, and

i can still picture the little red hearts

v. i remember staying up until 2 a.m.

we were playing

scrabble and listening to music and

snow was falling outside

your tablet screen lit up the darkness

vi. i remember your sun-kissed hair

days full of wild games and

my best friend smiling because my laughter was so contagious

vii. i remember how some words came out faster

than i would like, and

i remember how others caught in my throat

"i hate you" and

"i love you"

viii. and i remember how memories can be painful, but they can also bring

smiles

I was inspired by a book to write this. Anyone know which book?

Lay on the ground

Listen

Without asking

They flee from asking

Open mind

Keep it clear

Memories flow through

See the story

Flip the pages of the memory 

These girls

Back

Younger girls

Back

Empty space

Back

Other girls

Back

Space being built

Back

In the mountain

Rise from the ground

Memories are tiring

Thank the ground for showing the memories 

flashbulb

i. once upon a

sunset, long 

summer days; 

i was there

you were two

ii. seconds caught in f/5.6 

aperture frames blending 

together until 

iii. reality is distorted by filters 

because we can’t let our

true colors show 

iv. turning us to faded 

moments caught in polaroid 

flash, memories diluted by

v. plastic film freezing 

forever smiles

into 

vi. place and time 

ALRIGHT SO I HAVE ZERO TIME SO I WILL GIVE MY REASONING WHY LATER THANKS!

3rd Place: Kitten

2nd Place: September

1st Place: Leafpool 

REASONING!!!

3rd Place-Kitten

I loved your style, but there was a little bit that I didn't unerstand.  I believe this is because you were inspired by a book to write it, and I have absolutely no idea what book, so I don't know the storyline.  Maybe if you put a little more plot addition, it would be better.

2nd Place-September

It was really hard for me to choose between yours and Leafpool's.  I love the deeper meaning at the end of the poem, how memories are beginning to fade. I also love your metaphor of memories as polaroids.o

1st Place-Leafpool

I really enjoyed how your poem had an all-over-the-place feel, like the memories are jumbled.  It humanizes the poem a little.  I also really liked your  last two stanzas, especially the "'i hate you' and/'i love you'" and "and i remember how memories can be painful, but they/can also bring/smiles."