stuff Mike Hammer wrote for Ohio Poetry Day

i have entered stuff in the Ohio Poetry Day contests before and a friend of mine was sponsoring and judging a contest about Magic this year so i entered some poems all i had the theme Magic in mind and made them fit the categories 

 you can find info about OPD and the categories here and here are the poems i entered if anyone wants to give me some feedback that would be great 

#1

OPD Special Award 

OPD Special Award 

There is a rise and fall of emotions
The brass blares and the drums pound then the bass creeps along and a trumpet spews wisdom|
It is all a riddle
It is a fascination

A shaman, a spiritual healer, unleashes nature, focused and blasted powerfully with rhythmic clicks in the background
The crowd starts to shake and pulse and tremble and fall
The music is magic and moves them in ways that are unforeseen and unforgiving but reveal
Tenderness and discovery and memorable words/sounds/OMG/orgasms/batshitbabblings of genius

A single extra-long night turns into 27 drug-fueled sessions and maybe
The magic is the drugs
Maybe everyone’s veins run on drugs and magic
Maybe the drugs tap into the potential of the body and brain in each musician and engineer and producer and dancer, and unleash the magic
Then the magic is cut just right and sold by the millions
the magic is  illusions, delusions, hallucinations flowing directly from the speakers
Infecting us all
Making us all
Magic

#10

Do You Believe in Mag

Do You Believe in Magic?

When Luka darts gracefully past an opponent
Spins beautifully, bounces the ball impossibly and wills a shot to swish
Through the basket
Everyone in the arena and watching on television knows
he can conquer all things on the basketball court
There is strength and determination and leadership and fiery foreign words
Our jaws drop during daring movements and we marvel at his vision and anticipation that rivals an eagle 

When Sidney defies gravity to balance on ice  
his coordination better than a gods
braving pain, agreeing to lose teeth and skin, in order to make the puck travel
in ways physicists can’t explain
making hearts rejoice and economies boom with seconds of Herculean effort

They both smile grander than a wonder of the world
they wink and blow kisses to a power who let them unleash unthinkable acts
And magic definitely courses through their veins

#11

Just for the Fun of It

Just for the Fun of It 

They all dress up in bright pink costumes and
There is the military march of magic and madness 

A huge sound swells
A voice calls down
winners are picked

and given prizes – licks, candlesticks, fiddlesticks, trips to Tunisia, golden breasts, platinum balls, disco balls, cornstarch, candy, crochet lessons, cock enhancements, cock fighting, cock tastings, magic and madness

Someone yells out “It’s not enough”

They are smothered to death in sausage gravy

The entire crowd (of 3, or 3 million, people, or cockroaches and fairies) are handed one perfectly cooked sausage link each – magically the exact size and cooked to the exact specifications the receiver wants – and sent home to either tells their friends or never talk about it again

 - thanks 

mike