Hello Poetry

800°

Mark Toney

A chance encounter
a snapshot in time
life's random moments
are simply sublime

© 2020 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.

#rhyme #serendipity #chance #encounter #snapshot #time #life #random #moments #sublime

290°

Zywa

[ Jumping in the snow ]

Jumping in the snow,

dancing under the pine-trees –

snowdance, pinetree jumps.

Collection "Without reserve"

#inlove

250°

Paco Lypps

Running with the Bull

Frayed knot better pull yourself together
Degradations loose hallucination
Delivered evil sacrificial son
Your times consumed record bull markets run
Sorrows station misinterpretation
Crossing mixed signals
Titans Kaos won

204°

Nebula

Toy

I don't care what I am to you
Just use me all you like
Until you get bored of me
Then throw me away
Just like trash

I'll be okay

123°

Traci Sims

Names For Girls

Hope--despaired.
Constance--cheated.
Faith--no longer believes.
Charity--is stingy.
Prudence--is reckless.
Patience--isn't.

And Genevieve--
Has no business being in this poem.

Dada!

109°

Elana Galen

:)

Your eyes are too bright to be
crying every night

Your smile is too sweet to be
turned upside down after a fight

Your mind is too smart to be
putting up with his lies

Your laugh is too charming to be
rained down by dark skies

Your worth is not defined by every
mistake you make

Your feelings will always be valid
whatever anyone may say

You are far stronger than what your
mind claims you to be

You are a secret garden with an
undeniable beauty

Don't stay in a situation where you aren't being treated according to your worth, learn to let go and let yourself bloom :)

#worth #eyes #smile #beauty #lies #mistake #feelings #valid #secret #garden

103°

Clementine Valerie Black

disperse

My best poems sprout
on the edge of sleep
but
every morning
I awaken

to find the verses
lost to my dreams

#sleep

71°

avyukta

a poet's love

the day a poet
falls in love with you
is the day
you know you will live
forever
not in life
but in the love
that your poet
could never seem to
grant
themselves
but will
give you
all of

59°

𝑺𝒖𝒛𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒌𝒚

ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱɪᴛɪᴇꜱ = ᴘᴀʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴅᴇɢʀᴇᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴊᴏʙꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ.

58°

rohayani

the girl reading this

is wondering how the world works
does not know what to do
is abandoned in the universe full of meaningless
blames herself
is beautiful
A beautiful, frightened mess
is desperately searching for love and a purpose in life

we are all in this together. I don't know what I am saying though

#hellopoetry #agony #beautiful #absurd #lonely #she #we #theworld #oof #lol

57°

Alice

wannabe

so badly I wish to be poetic
I drink my tea in the moonlight
take evening strolls in the rain

I bring a tattered notepad with me
to the café
to the museums
I choose my words so carefully

But I'm sitting alone,
at three in the morning
writing this "poem"

and I don't feel poetic at all

it all feels like a lie

#sad #alone #poet #lie #liar

52°

acacia

whatever

in need to escape
all of these eyes
bloateing yeinklr i sm just drinking with my eyes closed
and i am not hiding
anything

this is really out of my control
how he feels is not my problem
and i will not try to force or stop you

48°

Afeksi cita

It's okay

It's okay, you don't always have to smile
It's okay to cry for a little while
Sometimes life can be hard
But it's okay, you don't have to play all of it's parts

It's okay, don't be scared to let it go
Cause soon you'll find your own glow
Yes, there will come the time when you'll find it
And soon all your tears and fears will be wort it.

#itsokay #anxious #positivethinking

45°

Annora99

Little girl

I was once a little girl
I was pure and innocent
I trusted my siblings
Like any other kid would
As a kid,
We don’t think too much
We just play around pretty much
I loved my brothers
Specially my oldest brother
He was my favorite
He played with me everyday
Telling me come let’s go play
He would take me upstairs
Where no one goes
And pull my pants down
tries to “play”
Under the sheets every
morning He’s there to play
It hurts but I don’t tell
Cuz he’s smiling and plays
Now I’m scared of him
and ignore him everyday
I can’t tell anyone
I can’t say a word
Since i know it will hurt
My parents the most

#poem #story #secrets #kids #brothers #sad

44°

Andrew Layman

Let me become Braille

Read me through
then bleed me too
a tempest of words awakens in me---

When the weather rages on
hold fast, seek to last
or find understanding to be incomplete.

When such an old soul, bound to fresh form
becomes left out in the rain
it's warped from the touch of the storm.

#wondering #blind #want #touch

44°

Shadow

a truth worth living for

I love you
and this love
is a truth that
makes me want to 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒

#love

38°

bethwords

i lied.

i lied, quite a few times
i lied, when i thaught u would mind
i lied on i wasn't ready to let go
now left is no truth to lie more.

37°

Me

Evolutionary Dance

Two flowers
one fuelled by
pain the other
by love
grow side by side
one day
a painful moan escapes
the crying blossom
and the other
reaches over
to spend comfort
propelling them
both
a great deal
upward
united
for a bit
of this path
before they part again
beginning
to sense
their roots being
intertwined
deep deep down
in the soil
sending little signals
tears on the petals
a code to remembering

34°

Nimisha Rana

Reason to smile

I saw you standing there
I know you cannot bear
With weary eyes and skin so dry
You looked down wanting to cry

You want to hide in unknown places
Kept running away from your fears
Covering up your ears
To the words you don't want to hear

Storming days suddenly passed
You didn't moved until the sunlight flashed
You looked up and surveyed the sky
Finally found a reason to smile

Follow my writings on instagram @_spread _u_r_wings

33°

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

33°

Jessica

#3 Dream

I woke from a dream to strange skies
Highlighted by the afterglow
Of what could be
Dancing in the dusk
Of heavenly inspiration
The sound of Reconciliation
With my true self
A waking dream
In peaceful lucidity

33°

Mei

Between the Lines

Forget about the
tarnished pages, tingy blues,
tattered memories, ties severed, a love that died long ago.

Papers stained of sweaty inks, tear scented poetry,
someone lives
between the lines-
you.

Don't let a poet fall for you if you don't want to hear yourself in every scribbled notes she writes.

#love #brokenlove #loss #acceptance #memories #poetry #lostlove #tears #you

33°

Lyn-Purcell

Rhea

Gentle gardener
Heart screams when her fruits are plucked
Hope comes bolting by

New day, new haiku!
Yesterday, I just suddenly felt so weak and exhausted so I couldnt post this. I'm feeling a little better though but still so weak...
This one is for the Titaness, Rhea, the Great Mother, Queen of Heaven and wife of Kronos.
The haiku is alluding to Zeus' birth story and his eventual take down of his father.
You see, Kronos too was told a prophecy that one of his offspring would replace him. So every time he and Rhea had a child, he swallowed them.
I've seen the paintings for this depictions and...all I can say is wow really.
Just wow.
Rhea, mortified and sick of this, wanted to at least enjoy the fruits of motherhood so when she gave birth to Zeus, she his him in a cave and put a rock in baby clothes. Kronos didnt notice at first and just swallowed it and in a variant myth, he was raised in the cave and another said he was sent to Crete.
This situation is much the borth of Perseus with Danaë, and yet again another case of meeting ones destiny in desperation to avoid it,
Anyway, thank you all for growing followers, I'm forever humbled and grateful for the support 🙏🌹💜
Here's the link for the growing collection:
https://hellopoetry.com/collection/132853/the-women-of-myth/
Be back tomorrow with another one!
Much love,
Lyn 💜

#dailyhaiku #greek #woman #mythology #motherhood #goddess #titaness #metaohor #garden #prophecy

33°

Rushil

I want to save this Princess from Zimbabwe --

I want to save this Princess from Zimbabwe --
because she tells me it is my destiny,
and it is all in the email she sent me.

I want to save this Princess from Zimbabwe --
because she possesses many Riches,
and she has promised me all of them.

I want to save this Princess from Zimbabwe --
from her wretched uncle,
who will steal her wealth and lock her away.

I would save this Princess from Zimbabwe --
but she only needs my Government ID,
Bank Account and Social Security.

#email #scam #deception #spam #technology #funny

32°

memoona kazmi

confession#3

and when you whisper love in my ears,
i promise i can fight the whole world for that.....

#love #your #voice

31°

Jenish

Playing with Wings

Rabble of butterflies, fluttering on.
Bluish beauty,
come to me.
Touch me,
Missed!
Missed,
my kiss.
Play with me,
sing my soft purr,
Roll with blissful wind's gentle euouae.

#butterflies #wind #play

30°

Desire

Committed

you,
and me,
we are,
unified souls,
simply, united,
an unbreakable set,
underway, sailing,
like ship and sea,
this two-way street,
you,
and me,
we are,
us. [one].

XVI. Committed

#desire #desireisdope #dope #love #poetry #you #me #us #committed

30°

Mrs Anybody

dear diary

dear diary,

today i
fell in love
with
a stranger

also check out my other poems! :)

#feelings #deardiary #crush #love #stranger

29°

Rupert Pip

gore

Break my bones;
cut my throat.
Pull me open,
learn the ropes.

Breath me in;
taste the fear.
Shank my skin;
stand and cheer.

Kick my head;
let me bleed.
Unbolt my veins;
enjoy the read.

Gouge my eyes;
punch my face.
Wrap me up
in your embrace.

Get to know me like I do you; inside and out.

#love #gore #feelings

29°

Chloe

Evaporation

If the rain disappears
Then so shall your tears

26°

REY

If You Could Read My Mind

If you could read my mind,
You’d see a thousand papers
Filled with broken poetries
And deadbeat proses
Full of woeful verses
With mournful pieces
Of unfinished stories
That are yet to be written
And failed to be spoken;
If you could read my mind,
You’d hear horrible screams
And earsplitting weeps
From shattered dreams,
Kept in a nasty notepad,
Scribbled on a bed
Of bloodstained words,
Ringing in my head.
If you could read my mind,
You’d see the shadows
That lurk within me;
You’d hear the bellows,
Screeching the words
“I’m tired,”
“I’m a failure,”
“I’m stupid –”
I know it sounds stupid,
It’s pathetically foolish
And seems too *******.
If you could read my mind,
You’d feel the tears
I had ever failed to cry;
You’d see the people
That make the weak weaker;
You’d see the monsters
That consume my head;
You’d hear the hollers
That failed to be freed;
You’d see the heart
That still bleeds and bleeds.
If you could read my mind,
You’d see the face
I’ve failed to show back then,
The face I’ve faked back then.
If you could read my mind,
You’d see a character
I had ever failed to become
If you could read my mind,
You’d be able to read
A book you never wished
To touch and read,
But sometimes I still wish
Someone could read my mind.

26°

chris

my love,

you who abandoned me here
your feet will pain you before you've gone even ten meters

25°

Bree

Addicted

I’m addicted to the feel of cold metal sliding across bare flesh
Addicted to the instant
when nothing marks smooth skin
immediately before
red rivers rapidly rise
painting a once white canvas
with a flood of emotion,
tears on my cheeks,
sobs caught in my throat,
numbness replaced by pain & sadness.
Addicted to the imperfection
of red welts and dotted scabs that follow,
fingers drawn like magnets
to the texture of healing skin,
tracing over and over and over now fading ridges
Amazed that I am strong enough
to heal myself over and over and over.
Convincing myself that I am strong enough.
I find strength in my weakness.

6 months self harm free! Writing about it helps fight the urge

#selfharm

25°

Flower C

Submission

Heaven rained on me,
I breathed in the petrichor,
Bathed in the downpour.

I have sinned,
So destroy me,
With your rain.

#haiku #sin #and #acceptance

24°

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)

24°

Emily

Inked

Thinking about getting a tattoo
But, I take pause...
Looking in the mirror
I see my body’s already covered
Marked in invisible ink
Every inch of my bare skin
Painted with the joy and pain of living
From my heart to my hips
Color faded here, but poppin’ over there
Memories designed by your hands
Others etched on my own
A collection that makes me smile
Among a few pieces I regret
So, about getting a tattoo...
I guess I’m not ready
Because I can’t think of a tattoo
Meaningful enough, yet
To write over any of the life I’ve lived

24°

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.

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