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 1030° 
Agnes de Lods
A warm wind touched my face.
I walked out into the open space,
I saw a blurry, fading horizon.
Somewhere, you are,
I am here, after a sleepless night,
Writing another reflection,
Tired like an empty battery.

I do not like the masks that shout.
The fight over who is right.
I do not want an analysis.
I touch the bark of the tree,
I hug the birch with my arms.
I see its white pages,
Written with irregular lines,
Torn, fluttering in the wind,
Which I cannot read.

Her eyes look straight into me,
They understand –
How well they understand me.
The rustle of leaves lessens the tension.
Autumn will come soon,
The summer wind whispers to me:
This country, this language,
These people, these doubts.

This is not blind luck,
This is your blessing,
Purple, rainy months, a fleshy heart,
Falling hair, joy when relief comes,
Crying into a pillow –
So as not to disturb another’s dreaming
About the so-called reality.

Bare feet touch the ground.
I tread carefully on the edge of worlds,
To be both here and there
With my integrity.
I am everything and nothing.
I am gestures, epilepsy,
The belief that I see human thoughts,
Inconsistent with what they say.

Blue, sun, and somewhere you.
How good that you stayed.
When everyone was saying:
She is different,
She talks to ghosts.
You stayed, showing me
Your true face.
 796° 
lizie
eleven days.
every one
was borrowed.

tonight,
i’m
overdue.
 666° 
Rebecca
The poet is an architect
he constructs sentences.

The poet is a cook
he mixes words.

The poet is a philosopher
he reflects on what he writes.

The poet is a student
he learns words.

But above all.

The poet has no definition
he defines himself.
 619° 
somedumbbitch
Bristles, glide delicately...
over cold refuse.

Random bits,
of detritus:
and your broom devours them,
indiscriminate
a placidly lurking monster,
with an unchoosy palette.  

It's almost a mindless,
shuffling dance,
with failure, for a willing partner,
while regret, lingers sulkily,
in a dark corner of the room,
and watches the two of you
locked,
in a very forced
minuet.

The world feels like it's over,
and every brush stroke, feels
like its own humdrum ending.

Then,
all at once,
when you least expect it, to


your agitated trash ,
lifts its papery little wings,
takes flight,
and flutters gently away,
in a storm of linen,
beige, and white.

The faintest flicker of hope,
rises, from the discard pile:

a wildcard moth
seeking its own, besotted flare,
of quavering torchlight.
This literally came about, because I was sweeping the floor, thinking about this old drawing of a woman who accidentally sweeps away part of her own shadow, and, while daydreaming, my "trash" kept escaping the broom bristles. What I assumed was persistent, papery garbage were really just very aggravated moths.
A priest arrived by ambulance
to bless our sudden kiss

A doctor brought his bag but cannot
treat such things as this

My jewelry is just colored rocks
like pretty polished hollyhocks
in silver settings gone to curls
the same as any other girl's

but I could be your only love.

A flautist played our melody
in notes so fine and clear

That summer brought her midnights close
so that the moon could hear

the notes, the song so marvelous
the player played so long for us
the priest laid down his holy flask
the doctor blushed before he asked

if I could be your only love.

An urchin took a photograph
of you in uniform

You gave me spice and chocolates
to keep my fever warm

and lucky is the lucky bird
who calls and calls a wafting word
In this peculiar pregnant dawn
his curious and constant song

that I could be your only love.
 408° 
TOD HOWARD HAWKS
We sense it because it comes inexorably,
this is the beginning  of good-bye.
Her eyes avert his, a touch with no
feeling, a caress more cautious than
caring, a kiss when lips do not meet,
this the beginning of good-bye.
A perfunctory placement of the hand,
a conversation moribund, sipping
scotch and sodas in silence, a call that
never comes, memories that have grown opaque,
this is the beginning of good-bye.

TOD HOWARD HAWKS
My unrest is steeped in humility.
Fear, though tamed,
still begs for a trace of attention.

I loved you
until the final heartbeat;
I saw a tomorrow that would anoint
the future.

You returned my dream,
untouched, unmarked by use.
A crumpled memory preludes
reality.

A sold tomorrow echoes the pride
so difficult to confront.
Reality is the mistake—
on its knees
I lay my fear.

Perhaps tenderness
will make dawn more bearable?
Perhaps truth
will break free from longing’s reign?
I don’t want to be a life
that arrived too late for its own beginning.

The body clings tightly
to the past.
 323° 
Arpitha
Why do people bother to ask
How are you
When all they want to hear is
I am fine
no matter how lengthy your reason is, other people are still too close-minded to not understand your reasons
 239° 
Lynn Stillman
If this life were fair.
Everyone would be equal.
Common ground to share.
 168° 
matt r
prayers seep in,under
the window frame; it is

sanctimonious to say
the least. when i admire

the church spire,i see it
all lined up. it will come

like morning,red&glory
us,such is    the loving
everything is so far removed
 165° 
1DNA
,
Oh, Almighty!
Maker of Joy!
Evils exorcist!
Lord of the fried rings!
Exquisite gold eclipses
Tongue Domain!
Truth Behold!
Ever shall you reign, My Lord!

,
Did you guys notice that?? Haha! :)
 162° 
Sean Maloney
I miss you
I’m trying to be strong
But it’s really hard
Not to worry you or anything

I don’t want to be here
Or anywhere
Unless I’m talking to you
I miss you
I’m worried, I’m afraid, I’m without
Pain is seemingly eternal
It always seems that way.
They know not, it is ethereal
So 'stay on it' they say
Unknowingly they keep asking
But we know, so we pray.
 133° 
Amethyste
I miss your call
As I drink coffee
And smoke cigarettes
In this bar

Your soul is powerful
I need your vibe
To give me some warmth
This monday evening.
 130° 
Crooked Gal
Dead people receive more flowers
Than living ones
Because regret is stronger
than gratitude
Before it's too late
 124° 
Neil Mcpake
So wild are the graves with carved stone names. With souls of heaven and hell with different stories to tell. On angles wings do the good leave this world. As the evil in death sees the devil in god's firey spell. Unquenchable by no water or heavenly well.
This is a poem about the loss of life  within the good and evil in thos world and what it means to keep on the straight and narrow.
 108° 
CantSeeMe
it was dark and tender
my dad next to me
I was five
so free
at the driveway
we be

at some point
of the night
we looked upon the sky

I don't know why

we looked at the north
I saw a star so bright
with the colour of light

I looked him in the eyes
and said
“that's…grandpa”
flying so high

he said “no”

that's the northern star
it will always be
the brightest of them all
it's there when you seek
a guide to peek

when you've traveled so far
where no one can fish
when you wonder
‘Is this… ?’
or
‘What if…?’’
remember the star
that's it
An evening in the driveway of our house with my father...

I can't remember many of my memories...
I used to remember all the bad things, now I've forgotten them too, but I still remember this one.
 108° 
Pho
I fold your absence
into paper birds
and let them burn
before they fly
 101° 
paul sheridan
you either see migrants as a
problem, or you don’t
depends where you’re coming from,
I guess
 88° 
Shambhavi
Mind levitates solving derivatives,
Hands swell by calculating block tensions,
Mouth tires reciting exceptions,(inorganic chemistry)
Heart aches when compounds resonate.
Its tough but interesting but its very difficult to crack competitive exams in science stream i didn't scored very well to get the top university but i was getting average one but still I took drop for 1 year to again attempt into top ones.
 80° 
Neville Johnson
She met Mr. so-and-so on a hike in Nepal
I acknowledge he is a heartthrob
Now living in NYC
She’s the one I want
And she wants to see if they can connect
Lucky him, unlucky me
At least she told me she’s gonna call him
The situation is grim
I want her
She maybe wants me
But if she can get to him
It’s sayonara for me
I know this happens all the time
Girl leaves the boy back home on the line
It’s happening to me right now
As she wishes upon a star
And I watch distantly from afar
Based on a true story. They never connected.
 79° 
Maria Mitea
On a morning like this, lethargic and indifferent,
It is so easy to make me rich,
When the pain is moving slowly and smoothly, and
I hold on to you, like a monkey,
                                                         ­            Sob on me,
Make me the richest woman in the world,
Richer than Hetty Green,
Greedier than Hetty Green,

Can you see, my dear, how fast it is raining?
And the forest, a trickster, is washing its leaves,
Pretending that it cares while it is cheating with the rapper.

No one tells them that after the colors explode,
They will invade their hearts, like big Colonizers,
Will put names on them, and play cards,
Drink whiskey, laugh, and feed the earth, so after
They can ride their horses as a symbol of freedom and kindness,
Making donations and digging water wells,

On a morning like this, I believe,
Our story is like that of the gold seekers,
It is so easy to make me rich,
Make me the richest woman in the whole world,
Richer than Hetty Green,
Greedier than Hetty Green,

Dig me, baby, it is in my eyes,
Whisper in my ear, while the cold raindrops are touching my face,
They are hiding in my hair, on a morning like this,
Be my tears, lethargic and indifferent,
Ask the leaves, on a morning like this,
I hope they do not lose their mind,
                                                And will remember me in the spring
 73° 
Jimmy silker
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 71° 
Brumous
Nauseatingly comforting,
making me wonder,
if I’m addicted
to this suffering.
All is a cycle I must break
 71° 
Cné
Footsteps on the winding way,
Memories that linger, night and day,
A glance behind, a heart that's true,
Fondness for moments, old and new.

In every step, a story's told,
Of laughter, tears, of young and old,
The road unwinds, a path we've made,
With every step, a memory displayed.

The joys and pains, the pleasures too,
Are etched upon our hearts, forever true,
A smile that's shared, a bond that's strong,
Reminders of where we belong.

I cherish these moments we share,
And hold them close, with love and care,
For in the memories, we find our way,
And the journey's beauty, every single day.
Inspired
 67° 
Mike Adam
Rounded by salt and
Water rolling from
Tide to tide

Inviolate cipher of
All time
Fallen from molten skies

At the beginning

Holding all
Within your elliptical
Mystical mound
Of stone
 63° 
Chandy
A boy with a dream
Knows not what he sees
His manufactured world
Gnashes like teeth
Now you are grown
Where the world is not your own
 60° 
nivek
quiet opposition
silent reaping

a force umoveable
growing stronger

words to scatter
to the four winds
 58° 
abyss
/
Here I go,
once again—
cigarette smoke,
empty page.

Romanticizing pain,
self-destructing on my own.

“Your words are so pretty.”
“Thanks—they’re a cry for help,
you know?”
my attempt at writing something daily even if it’s just word *****
 50° 
Jason R Michie
Each line edited for content
Every rhyme missing its mate
Beat time to reach the end
Only to find a blank slate
© 04/15/22 Jason R. Michie All Rights Reserved
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