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# My Greetings To You!
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### The theme for Steemit Poetry Contest #16 - Imagination
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# About Prizes:
#### First Place - 6 SBD #### Second Place - 5 SBD #### Third Place - 4 SBD #### Fourth Place - 3 SBD #### Fifth Place - 2 SBD #### Sixth Place - 1 SBD
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# Entries will be accepted within five days from the date of publication of an announcement! # Deadline - February 23 1:00 PM UTC
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# The winners of the Steemit Poetry Contest #15

#### 1st Place - "Nocturnal Overload" by @nicholas83 @

### The junkie shot up one night and ODed and died. ### The Narcan used did not work for ### it was not exactly from an opioid high. ### Yes, he shot up that night and could not write.

### Aloud he cried when the words came not ### and clutched and banged and beat his heart. ### But the bellows did not the rush obscure, ### and reality hit when he hit the floor.

### He knew not the I that was he, and forgot what he did want to be, ### so he searched for comfort where eyes never could see, ### to search behind the shadows great, ### the elusive thing, nocturnal bliss.

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#### 2nd Place - "Long Night" by @isteemithard

### The light was bright but has since passed, ### now stars above twinkle, some shoot by fast. ### Large and white, the moon sits high, ### black and blue hues fill the sky,

### Out come fireflies, bats, and even a bandicoot, ### mice and rabbits run, an owl gives a hoot. ### Nocturnal is the name, ### survival is the game.

### Whats here today maybe gone tomorrow, ### except for the wind that blows through Chicago. ### They say when darkness comes just wait, soon light will follow, ### well lets just say those 'they' have never been to Barrow.

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#### 3rd Place - "A NIGHT" by @divineinyang

### A night will bare her darkened skin, ### Free of fear, or shame of sin. ### A night will shine her darkened light, ### And in her dome all dreams take flight...

### A night will sing a song of sorrow, ### And peace will sink in sunken hollows. ### A night will shush the noise of day, ### And with her charm, shall sentience sway...

### A night will call the heat of love, ### And splash a passion on the skies above. ### A night will dry, a night will rain, ### And night, shall forever night remain...

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#### 4th Place - "A Knight At Night" by @chrisroberts

### I met a knight one night as I was walking through the park, ### Perched atop a shining, stately steed. ### The knight he said, "The path ahead is swallowed by the dark, ### So stick with me and follow where I lead."

### The night said "Fear me, tremble boy, you should be home in bed." ### The knight said "Stay behind my flaming lance," ### The night said "Turn back now, you fool, my darkness soon shall spread," ### The knight just said "Take courage and a chance."

### We pressed on through the dark, and though I didn't know the way, ### The knight protected me with light and song. ### Fight the night, or else it might your resolution sway; ### To give up and go home is more than wrong.

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#### 5th Place - "Return Me To The Night" by @calluna

### Immerse me in the darkness ### Let the night claim me as her own ### In this shifting moonlit ### I don’t have to be alone

### Lay me on the moorland ### Where the peat and night are one ### Let me fade into the darkness ### Until all that was is gone

### Let me watch the stars swirl ### Through clouds drifting by ### Set me free in the night time ### Beneath the dew dripped sky

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#### 6th Place - "Night in Daylight's Cloak" by @lymmerik

### As night is always somewhere upon our spinning globe, ### It’s shadows somehow darken our planet’s spinning strobe. ### When stars appear up in the sky away from daylight’s robe, ### Then dreams will fill our sleep tonight within our frontal lobe.

### Awake we are in daylight to seek our fame and hope, ### It’s sad to say that sometimes we fail in fear and scope. ### When day is done we rest our head with twilight to elope, ### It’s just some simple shuteye so tomorrow we may cope.

### The night is here upon us and we are barely woke, ### We spend our nights in slumber to carry daylight’s yoke. ### Near half our life is sleeping for which the night has spoke, ### The rest of life is reaching for night in daylight’s cloak.

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# 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!

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#### I wish everyone good luck and creativity!

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# Let's make STEEMIT more interesting and varied together!

Sincerely, Terry Craft.