Hello Poetry

570°

Axel

I try to find art in a picture of the future—
but my fingers keep on tracing
each one of my past paintings,
thinking about how beautiful it was
when I colored them wild and free.

it was hard to leave you

#new #poem

486°

Mikko

The Stage

In this dark room a big light shines upon us
We didn't care for it was only the two of us

As I slowly touch you I see you smile
We did it with such grace

I said to myself "God I will never leave her"
But then you left me after

What we did was indecent
But it's a memory I can't replace

475°

RobbieG

Sad Truth

When searching for happiness one may find that the hunt is filled with so many ups and downs that its just easier to be content with
BEING ALONE

230°

Moe

The flame game

If passion is fire. We have that in common
I ignite, you ignite. Burn factor remain same.
I don’t see an end. Only way to put out the fire. To kiss where it matters the most.

#fire #passion #kiss

222°

Tom Dodd

Untitled

Comedy can mock tragedy
As long the lion stays in it’s cage

162°

sonja benskin mesher

.shade.

down the centre of town
an avenue in fall

and the day came divine

144°

Solange Loe-Sack-Sioe

Child of mine

Love of mine
When I get old
Only lines remains on my face
My eyes with pain
Smile still there
Only silently
The heart stays forever young
Most memories lost memories.

Will you hold my hand
and comfort me
Before I find my way out
Inside myself, no place to go
Think of heaven , only God knows.
I look at you and see a fear.
Fear for when I’m here no more.
Deep in your eyes, you’re not there.
Come back my dear so I can find myself.

Child of mine don’t cry when I’m gone
You’ve made my life wonderful
My sunshine you will stay wherever I’ll go.
Just wanted you to know.
You made me happy all life long.
My love for you so pure
forever that light will shine
My sparkle in my eyes
Carry that in your own family
when I’m no longer here.

Shell✨🐚

141°

Chandler

[Misused Curiosity]

No longer
Can I taste
The fresh flavor of fun
Is it because of too much exposure?
Has my mind changed?
Has the world changed?
When will the fun come?
Is fun important? Is life important?
Too many questions with no distraction
I care about nothing
I feel nothing
I am innocent--no longer

46°

Travis Green

Man Of Enchantment

Your eyes are treasurable
Like a gleaming green gem
You are a perfect rarity
You immerse me in the depths
Of your warm-heartedness
You are such a worthy and spectacular man
Your strength is a winner
Your serenity is supreme
You are a loving dream

My tall, truthful, and debonair king
I long to be with you tonight
To feel your warm, sparkling lips
Gliding over mine, pull me into the deep
Limits of your dreams
Talk to me romantically
Let me put my hands on yours
Enclose me in your redolent masculinity
Say that our frequencies can stream supreme in unity
Say that I can lay my head on your stomach
And feel closer to nirvana

You are a man of enchantment
With exhilarating extremities
And bewitching dreams
You release flexing heat upon my body
I feel your spark of magic that gives me pleasure
I wish for forever with you
Your skin interfused with mine
Feeling so contented with you

43°

Kierra

I'm lost

I don't feel special,
I'm not unique.
I want to cry
but I can't even speak.
My hands reach out,
but they cannot hold
a single thing
but the bitter cold.
Everything's frozen,
I feel lost.
Even my tears
have turned to frost.
When I cut my waist
it bleeds black.
I'm so deeply gone
there's no way back.
This is goodbye

#depression #sad #lost #emotional #strong #cry #death #suicide #suicidal #hurt

43°

charlieboy bateman

A demons tale

The ground is molten lava
there is fire in the
air we breathe, it is
my one desire to have
you here with me.
You may want to
pray to Jesus when
this story ends. Will
you keep my company
I guess that just depends
I count the souls here
by the trillions, we get
more every day. Some
times it's by the billions
and they are here to stay.
Here you will find Buda,
Allah's in here too
I know this may upset
some, not what it's
meant to do. I am just
a demon and soul's
are up for sale, the next
step when the wicked
die is here with me
in hell. This description
is not over, river's of feces
on the floor. You will seek
to find a way out but
will not find the door.
each person here doe's
suffer, the torment never
ends. If a name is
not in the book of
life the suffering just
begins.

34°

David Lessard

To an unread poet.

I used to read your poems
but lately you don't write
you're silent and aloof
you know that isn't right.
You can't close a door once opened
you can't abolish all your dreams
you're a poet of the heart
mustn't fall apart at the seams.
Say what you can in words
they speak the message true
spoken from the heart
the poems will see you through.
A hermit's not your style
a recluse, you are not
never give up writing
of things that you've been taught.
I used to read your poems
I'd read them once again
if you would send them out
(this one's from a poet friend)

32°

max

it happens

i didn’t mean to fall in love
but i did
and you didn’t mean to hurt
but you did

28°

Ryan O'Leary

Foreign Matter

Foreign Matter

Pigs can’t fly, sheep can't
swim but migration is an
evolutionary must for specie
survival. imperialism is not.

I've always held the belief
of humans having similar
rights to animals, freedom
of movement, no passports.

Everyone permitted to come
and go as they please just as
nature intended, this is the only
way to prevent channel tragedies.

Become a citizen of the world
abandon borders welcome all
and sundry to where you reside
strangers are not foreign matter.

23°

Cydney Something

Empty-Headed Female

All I know
Is how
I feel

And sometimes I
Wish I
Knew nothing

19°

Frances Raeburn

Whatever

I love you
whatever that means.

19°

Brooke

Monsters

When I was little
I was scared
Scared of the monsters living under my bed
I used to hide, under my blanket
Under my blanket, I was safe
The monsters couldn’t reach me under my blanket

My parents used to say
The monsters would go away
I would grow up and that then they would leave

But I grew up
And the monsters didn’t leave
Turns out my monsters, grew with me
Now instead of under my bed
The monsters live inside my head

So I hide, under my blanket
Where I think I am safe
Wondering if after all this time
My blanket can still keep the monsters at bay

18°

Nitin Pandey

Death spell...,

I'm sorry about that
To my own

I insisted that
I leave you alone

Life quickly neglect
To inhale and exhale

It just took a time
Stretch as a death spell
#thought #festival #alternative

Death is the most beautiful thing or another great way to get out of the way in the same situation when the first opportunity you lose with others who are saved in the future...🍁

18°

haysia

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL

They said,
"The most beautiful art is
looking into someone's eyes
when they talk about the
things they love."
And I said,
"Or looking at someone you love.
Or maybe, just maybe,
by looking at the mirror
is the most beautiful art
anyone should appreciate."

Appreciation post for myself; for you and for everyone as well. You deserve more than the world has to offer.

#love #yourself

18°

Francie Lynch

I'm Sunk

I have stared
Far too long
At this blank page.
I've come to the hard realization,
Like a refugee raft,
This poem won't write herself.

#writing #poetrywriting #refugees #writersblock

17°

Max

Falling

She said "I'm falling in love."

I said "I'm falling apart."

What's the difference?

#love #falling #apart #him #her #he #she #begin #short

17°

Ariana Bagley

A Reverse Poem

I love him
I tell myself
I know that
We will be together forever
I don’t believe that
We could be separated
My thoughts tell me that
He’s the love of my life
Sometimes my heart lies and says
I could live an eternity
Without him
Like my friends say
“We’re perfect for each other”
And you can’t tell me
He’s not the one.

Now read from bottom to top.

17°

Ashly Kocher

Broken to Beauty

Broken thoughts
Like an unfinished puzzle
That feeling of always missing a piece
Never to be found
Until you least expect it
When the unfinished suddenly becomes complete
Be patient, for then, brokenness turns into beauty and all is found

17°

Nikki

A cry for help

Like a cry in the night
Left unheard
But not unspoken
Never really unspoken
Simply ignored
But why?
Why was I ignored
And overlooked
Was I not worth being heard
And noticed
Was I not special enough
To be saved

Even when words are uspoken, they are still there. Just waiting to be heard.

#unheard #notunspoken

16°

Edmundo

Futile the flight

Futile the flight
If not to be at peace
Futile the flight
If unable to savior

The blue bronze
Golden and grey
White withering sky

Futile the fate
Of a feathered mind
Futile a scape if not to fly

16°

charlieboy bateman

Bad sign

Sharp jagged rocks, a river
doe's flow, I hear
your voice on the breeze
I've learned a lot and
one thing I do know
is your cry in the pine
on the trees. Lover
of life with a care free
spirit induces me to
see, that you are wild
and I'm nowhere near
it is why it's unsettled
in me. It's your way
that beaconed me,
it caused me to see
that you were a lover
of all. I was under
your spell now I'm
finally free I'm no longer
six inches tall.

16°

Jade

Overthinking

I’m really scared
Im loosing it
My fragile mind
Slowly bruising it
I think too much
Overusing it
it’s my fault
But I keep doing it

#lost #mind #mental #anxiety #depression

15°

misha

drunk on you

your name is
forbidden in
my mouth
or in my heart
because when
i think about
you;

i'll cry a little more,
hurt a little stronger
love a little softer
because you no longer
make me feel sober

i'm drunk on the
memory of you

if only i could chase you with pizza but shots don't work like that

#hearts #mind #soul #girl #lonely #heartbroken #love #drunk #tears #cry

15°

Thomas W Case

Nothing's Easy when you're Down

Saturn is in
line with
Venus tonight
but, nothing's easy
when you're down.
The clowns walk
around, dressed in
yellow; fast food smiles
and cheeseburger
souls, and nothings
easy when you're down.

The dancers with poles
and sadness, that Halloween,
fires burning...childhood,
perfumed dreams,
kind of sadness fills the
navy blue night.
I can't find the North star,
and the jack-lanterns lie rotting
in the streets of Nebraska
and Kansas, and the candies
all gone, and the kids wait.
And I can't find
the deep blue shirt I bought
at Goodwill, and Billy Burroughs
is filled with worms and earth,
and Bukowski looks at Satan
and says, "what do you
mean, we're out of whiskey?"

I've never been much for the stars,
and family and Thanksgiving are
painfully overrated,
and nothing's easy when
you're down.

check out my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN63fddvsTI&

#pain #depression #sadness #providence

15°

emnabee

The secret life of poets

The poet lives two lives.
One on the outside,
And one in their mind.

When you look in their eyes
You could see an abyss.

If you looked long enough
You could sink into it.

But most people don’t see it.

Take the time to read the words, though,
And you would know for sure.

The poet lives in two different worlds.

A little escape from the madness.
Or maybe, into.

#secret #life #poets

15°

Mohannie

For The Person Who's Reading This

You're more beautiful
And more outstanding and bright
Than you'll ever know.

You're worth more than you'll know. Just a reminder.

#haiku #beautiful #bright #happy #kind #love #peace #hope

15°

CautiousRain

Favorite

Was I ever really his favorite?
From the words, he spilled,
I would have been inclined to believe it,
but his actions say otherwise.

Was I ever anyone's favorite?
I've been chronically revered but overlooked at the same time.
They spoke so highly of me, for someone so apt to abandon at a moment's notice.

I couldn't imagine him willing to take the time to get to know me,
and yet I expended my energy to know him;
it's funny,
to think I vowed my love to someone so distant.

I have never been the favorite,
I have always been the connecting piece from one person to another,
leading them to each other like a sheep dog with its flock;
I have always been alone,
One way or another.

Didn't realize this was a deep-rooted pain I had until recently that really centers on a childhood wound. Here we are trying to get it out of my head and onto paper.

#rambles #venting #favorite

14°

Barry Andrew Pietrantonio

Unchained

A loon communes on the lake,
the lake is a tear drop on Mother Earth,
the ripples flow like glass being blown,
I am perched on my porch.
The loon cries once more,
I puff on my cigar,
the smoke shifts indecisively,
it moves much like the unchained around me,
free willed and wild.
I dream of being unchained.
My branches stretch out,
they yearn for the sun,
but heavy grey clouds hang on puppet strings.
Overcast and encumbered by responsibility,
they shroud the sun,
blanket it with regret and doubt.
I dream of being unchained.
I lower my branches and shout,
but no one hears,
my voice is chained.
The loon cries out,
it echoes unrestrained.

Copyright Barry Pietrantonio

#nature #free #unchained #society

14°

Traveler

MAKE YOURSELF

Whether a comma, or colon:
Punctuation slows my rolling
I need no period. When I end
no Capitalization when I begin
Rulelessly I flow my art
Not a single!
Exclamation mark
Are you not the one
Who'll know?
Where a question mark
No longer goes

Warp the structure
Bend the lines
Put in repeat
Let emotion unwind
Make yourself
Your poetry's the best
Be your own ruler
Pass your own test

Take your own road
Where ever it leads
Lover or hater
It's all poetry!

Traveler Tim
.

Hay
No matter who you are
You have my deepest respect!

Vanity
All is vanity
The meanings of passion
The aesthetic expression
The lines we draw and stay within
Even love is beyond intent
Vanity transcends
Flowing from our pens
And so we breathe again

#traveler #tim #contemplation #commings #incubus #instruction #rules #directions #help

13°

Man

Good God

51 seconds have gone by
and i want you to write
despite, having just sent
what i had said
this love thing's for life
in my heart
like you're in my head
it's awful trite

13°

Shamai

Writing a Poem

Today
I decided to write a poem
To put words together
In such a way
As to express
My innermost feelings

And I lost the words
And my thoughts drifted
And my computer keys stuck
And nothing came forward

So
Perhaps tomorrow
I will write a poem
To express my life
And for today
Perhaps
I’ll just go
Outside
To play

12°

Hugo Pierce

Dare to Dream

You can have anything you want.
But...
Not Everything.

12°

Imran Islam

I Sink For You

Let me draw my dreams
in your brown eyes
Let my soul smile always
on your happy face!

Let my mind be colored
in your colors
Let my empath heart sink
for your tears!

Let me follow your shadow
in the morning ray
Let me pray for you, baby
every new day.

I let the moon go away
when you smile at me
I forget my raceway
when you're onto me.

Darling, keep smiling
as you always do;
You know the answer as well
when I do love you!