Winning poems

I recently took part in the Protag poetry competition and I was so excited when I came second place! Here are some of my winning poems:

Autumn is in the Leaves

A gushing wind charges,

Through my thoughts and leaves,

Caught by surprise, broken,

by seasonal peeves.

Once true to intense monotone,

Leaves start falling to show colour,

Yellow, amber, crimson and brown

Clutter my head like no other.

The sound of mellowness crunches

Beneath a changing gait

Until a scattered, playful blanket

gives way to autumn fate.

Autumn is in the leaves

No other season can relate

A periodical festivity captured

In leaves of colour so ornate.

The Manor of the Fall

There was once long ago,

a man of great wealth,

and accumulated powers,

he was caught up in stealth.

Let courage make way for a truth revealed,

A secret that can no longer be sealed.

Then one day a young girl,

of sharp mind and manner,

struck up a friendship,

and moved into his manor.

Let courage make way for a truth revealed,

A secret that can no longer be sealed.

She’d become the wife,

to a man she despised,

but her solace was revenge,

and her feelings disguised.

Let courage make way for a truth revealed,

A secret that can no longer be sealed.

This man concealed a history,

of corruption and theft,

and showed no mercy to allies,

whom he left quite bereft.

Let courage make way for a truth revealed,

A secret that can no longer be sealed.

Her scheme was in action,

to expose him from within,

and return all the money,

that he’d robbed off her kin.

Let courage make way for a truth revealed,

A secret that can no longer be sealed.

On a dark moonless night,

she carried out her plan,

with the help of the guards,

from the council she ran.

Let courage make way for a truth revealed,

A secret that can no longer be sealed.

The guards broke in to the manor,

seizing all the money and deeds,

which he’d stolen and deprived,

citizens of their land and needs.

Let courage make way for a truth revealed,

A secret that can no longer be sealed.

The man was soon sentenced,

to a long lifetime in a cell,

but his legend still stands,

as witness to the man who fell.

Let courage make way for a truth revealed,

A secret that can no longer be sealed.

His wife revealed her identity,

a young princess to the land,

whose father she’d seen murdered,

by the tyrant’s heavy hand.

Let courage make way for a truth revealed,

A secret that can no longer be sealed.

The manor still stands on its hill,

testament to see today,

that only with courage and wisdom

can justice make forth its way.