Hello Poetry

315°

Lemonade

Her.

she is a happy ending,
not everyone can wait for.

#her #she #woman #happy #end #story #tale #poem #poet #poetry

273°

Chris Saitta

Rome Sets on the Sun

Rome has set on the sun,
Spreads the rays of its streets
And the warmth of its torches.
Caesar commands nightfall come,
To make florid incense and wine
And talk as one full of the moon.

#rome #ancientrome #sunset #sun #settingsun #caesar

253°

Lyn-Purcell

Heartful of Lanterns

My
heart is
A LANTERN
Inside, lives a
fae
♡
g
e
n
t
l
e
♡
a
     n
      d
      ♡
s
w
e
e
t
♡

                  With
                   bright wings
                     G L I T T E R I N G
                     with love, life and
                     hope
                    ♡
                 f
           o
           r
                 ♡
                         p
                             e
                             a
                       c
                 e
                     ♡

As
I grow,
S H E  R E M A I N S
youthful, timid,
safe
♡
a
f
r
a
i
d
♡
t
     o
♡
f
l
y
♡

                                        She
                                        spent days
                                          JUST  CRYING
                                          feeling so lost
                                          Hurt
                                          ♡
                                          I
                                               '
                                                     m
                                                      ♡
                                                    s
                                               o
                                        ♡
                               s
                             o
                                    r
                                          r
                                                  y
                                                    ♡

                                                                        The
                                                                         summer
                                                                          OF HER HEART
                                                                             became winter
                                                                          bleak
                                                                       ♡
                                                                                a
                                                                                     n
                                                                                  d
                                                                        ♡
                                                               c
                                                             o
                                                                  l
                                                                            d
                                                                                   ♡

                        But
                       with time
                          SHE MANAGED
                        to pick herself
                       up
                      ♡
                  a
                   n
                           d
                                  ♡
                                          h
                                        e
                                 r
                          ♡
              p
      e
          n
                 ♡

With
the help
O F  O T H E R
fellow Kings and
Queens
♡
t
h
a
n
k
♡
y
o
  u
♡
s
       o
       ♡
m
u
c
h
♡

                   You
all have
A D D E D   TO
my heart's inner
flame
♡
a
n
d
♡
h
o
p
e
s
♡

       Winds
blow, wings
NOW FLUTTER
I'm ready to
fly
♡
s
i
d
e
♡
b
y
♡
s
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e                                                                    ♡

I'm back!
So sorry everyone, the last few weeks have been... a strain on me.
I am still doing my media course and all, but mentally and emotionally,
I was slipping down into a dark place. My sleeping patterns have been messed up, my nerves have been completely out of control, my self-doubt, anxiety and depression drained me so much that I found it really hard to write, so I needed time to gather myself. It was so hard for me to pick up a pen. To do anything. My smiles were hollow and I just felt so lost.

I just wanted to apologise, I didn't mean to worry anyone. I'm truly touched by the out-pour of support for me. I got so many messages asking if I was alright. I can't express how much that warmed my heart. I'm so used to people being angry at me for my silence that it usually scares me to come back. By nature, with everything I've experienced, it's made me more and more of an isolationist. To all of those people, truly, thank you so so much for staying and just being kind to me...
Really. Thank you T-T
And thank you to all my followers, old and new.
245 followers... I can't even... T-T
I'm sorry if I sound like a broken record but thank you.
I'm back now, and I'm feeling better.
It's easier to hold my pen so I will resume spilling my ink.

I'll continue the Masked Bard on Thursday, I'm free the whole day.
I have no idea of my schedule the coming week.
Again, I appreciate everyone one of you.
Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts.
Thank you for staying with someone like me.
With much love,
Lyn ***
♡

#returntohp #lyntern #love #heartfelt #gratitude #hopes #honest #fears #truth #blossom

250°

John Destalo

understanding

is a spiral
of learning

finding the next
seed

solving the
next problem

knowing there

is no ultimate
source

at least

not one
you will find

in your lifetime

but you keep
searching

believing there
is an ideal

for everything
you believe

250°

David P Carroll

True Love

Oh this feeling I have inside
My Beating heart,
It's true love I'm feeling,
No words can describe
It's true love,
Whispeing Softly
Oh yes
It's true love,

Inside My Beating heart....

Love

#love

250°

adelyn

dancing in heels

my feet hurt
after seven hours
in heels

kick ball change
prep spin
three step turn
step touch
lunge right, left

but I can't complain
when it's not good enough

when I'm not good enough

#pain

166°

Rose Amberlyn

Moonlight

Mother moon,
In the dark.
Weird, reckless, moody,
With energy that could spark.
Divinity,
Infinity,
Illuminating femininity.
The parts of you,
Hidden from the world,
For fear of harsh words.
Misunderstood.
She's beautiful.
Shes strong and exact,
And necessary.
Shining in the dark,
Lover of the light.

#feminine #woman #moon #love

155°

Sparrow

mermaid

how do you name
this kind of strength?

the thing she loves most
shatters her, irreparably

shards sink to the depths
drowning she dies there

then recreates herself,
returning to care for it

122°

Trish

Far Away

So far away you are from where I am today
I often wonder how you are and what you'd have to say
If I traveled far to where you are and knocked on your front door
And you look at me in confusion as I kiss you just once more

107°

Anne

When lovers write.

when a heart broken
lover
pours out all
her feelings and
translates them onto
words. something
beautiful gets created.
appreciated by many but
never the one
she's always written her
heart out for.

105°

Daniel Pokorny

Tears and Souls

They say that the eyes are window's into the soul,
They say that our soul is eternal,
They say that the soul is necessary to live,
Does that mean when we cry, the windows open?
Does that mean we cry our soul away,
Crying our life away to a world that doesn't care?
Who knows.

82°

Grey

Burglary

It's not my fault
that you've stolen my heart.

#couplet #fault #you #stolen #heart #burglary #love #crush #onesided #like

73°

Peasant The Poet

Amber

Honey colored gem,
a resin relic;
sweet suspension
of past to present.

#amber #fossil #memory #gem #lesson #learn #love #pain

73°

Mark Parker

Winter

Lawns of grassy blades
flow towards the nightfall
through a silver dust squall
snowflakes spin cascades

Jack Frost pays the cost
putting us under his thrall
while we're held in his loll
Demeter's daughter is lost

Hades imparts frosty shades
until Persephone's call
ease's her mother's bawl
ending our snowy escapades

Nature poetry

#grassy #blades #winter #shades #call #bawl #loll #thrall #held

71°

E B K

Do you ever?

Do you ever think
of a poem
that's amazing

and you're sure you'll remember
to write it down

but you won't

This is kind of my mood right now.

#remember

71°

Thelefthandedpoet

Awakening

Someday it will be behind me —
my shadow,
and I will rise.
The branches of my body,
my arms and legs,
s t r e t c h e d across the earth reaching —
forward
for light,

d           c           g
   a   n           i  n

on warm pavement.

#healing #growing #light #shadow #darkness #mentalillness #anxiety #depression

70°

misha

ablaze

Shatter my glass eyes and allow me to see,
invite in the lights of the galaxy.
No longer koi fish, now dragons are we
out of the fishbowl and into the sea.
Leap over that swirling waterfall with me
falling in wonder through eternity.

I want to be free
I want to be free

60°

JP

Legs

It
stands in front
to lover
stands next
to wife...

57°

Sienna

The Fog

Its the days when you don’t cry,
But you don’t smile either.

It’s the days when you’re quieter than usual,
And people notice.

It’s the days when you aren’t quite thinking about anything.

But if someone asked you what was wrong,
You wouldn’t know where to start.

#numb #sad #confused

57°

julie

the autumn spirit

trees are changing their robes;
on misty mornings
I am sitting on my porch.
a book
I've found in a vintage bookstore
at the corner of my street
is lying in my lap

drinking a tea
wrapped into my favorite blanket
and watching my neighbors
carving their pumpkins

smelling the scent
of firewood
while also listening to
Frank Sinatra

autumn, oh autumn
where have you been?

#autumn #fall #leaves #tea #books #firewood #spirit #frank #sinatra #pumpkin

56°

aubrey hill

1209

I miss you so much
I know I did you wrong
and I know I can't ask you to stay
cuz you look so happy with her
I can't take that away from you
so I watch from a distance
as your life moves on without me

54°

Carlo C Gomez

Death by Frozen Dinner

Can't be sodium-free, baby
Not when life is in hyperdrive
And microwave is king

#sodium #salt #health #frozen #food #dinner #life #death

53°

Stephanie Schaerr

truth

my feelings
are not a plea
for attention.

#feelings #truth

52°

Rockwood

more or less.

Why must you
Be like this?
Why cant I
Ever know where
You are?
Why do I
Miss you so
Viciously?
Really, you
are just a
Daydream.
Ideal, desired,
Unattainable.
Nothing more,
No
Thing
Less.

49°

nuggz

i’m proud of you.

you get one day to cry
but tomorrow
it’s time to fix your crown

49°

Blackedpoison

her own death

she kept her death
within her breath,
she joined the destruction
with its half seduction.
until she fell in love with
its obstruction.

by:blackedpoison

46°

Sea's End

Meaning

When two poets love,
Words start to hang in the air
And lose their meaning.

Another haiku? Wow! I'm only so good with words until I actually need to use them. Just ask my girl. (Spoiler alert: I'm really bad at articulating my thoughts in the heat of the moment. That's why I'm here.)

#poets #love #meaning #words #haiku

44°

Taylor

my heart

you knew my biggest insecurity
and you used it against me
i was like the pawn
in your little game
checkmate...

just got out of a toxic relationship and writing about it seems to help ease some of the pain.

#toxic #relationship #hurt #sad #insecure #checkmate #twisted

44°

Pyrrha

Losing me

I wonder what it feels like
To hold the world in your hands
And let it slip from your grasp

Suppose I'll never know

#losingme #ex #breakup

43°

Star BG

Beware Of Snakes (Redo)

FEAR is a species of poisonous snake
One bite and you lose connection to trust.

Antidote:  Deep breath to connect to heart.

**
DOUBT it is like a venomous snake.
its poison spreads quickly.

Antidote: Affirmations of self love everyday.

*
EGO is a snake that lies deep within
One bite and you spiral into endless chatter.

Antidote:  connecting to move inside heart.

*
HATE is a deadly snake that bites with fake news rhetoric
One bite and one is left with separation of fellow man

Antidote: spread the love in deeds and voice.

***

JUDGEMENT is a snake virulent with venom that burns.
One bite and it travels deep attacking good thoughts.

Antidote  Reprograming of mind to connect to God within.

inspired by Aprillia Many thanks
And with your read you get one free Haiku. To be read at your convenience

Venomous snake is
fear, doubt, Ego, Hate, judgments,
Antidote...the heart

#fear #doubt #judgement #hate #snake #ego

42°

Oli

I love you (sep 2019)

the type of love that gives you lungs in place of a heart that
gives you aches and pains in places you've never thought before
the type of love that we're all tired of talking about
some more than others
the floor is a maze, it's a tricky walk to the door but i
love you
enough to dig these nails right into
my skin, and tear open everything enough to dive six feet into the watery grave of an old wanderer, who's seen more than one could ever want to confess
i am a mess but i
i love you

40°

Chris Saitta

Oblivion Conquers Us

Keep your trees, keep them for your heaven of ashen dusk
And night like the pale-faced deathmask of emperors,
No reason that the commoner to oblivion is hushed,
These old-wise woods and leaves, peopled without us.

Keep Macedonian dust lightly conquered over the breeze,
So that it shoots its tail like the centuries-sole comet,
The scorched earth left by Alexander’s mapmaker eyes,
Swung wide like his Sarissophoroi over Persian might.

Remember the lesser grove of his teacher Aristotle’s tribe,
They have only slipped their sandals off, to bare themselves
Of sound and the concourse of the foot’s impulse,
Caught the lithesome wind, to flow outside our hearing,
And muse as empire of air and loss and forgotten walks.

Keep your trees and the darkening sky through them
That remind me of the passing into the past.
Never is the poem from tongue of ***** or plow.

Sarissophoroi were Macedonian light cavalry under Alexander, so named for the pikes they carried (sarissa).

Aristotle taught Alexander until his mid-teens.

#oblivion #alexanderthegreat #aristotle #trees #woods

39°

Blackedpoison

The love.

My lord
Show me the real love
And if you don’t mind
Send it to me
with an angelic dove.

39°

Blackedpoison

the fire

he wrote that:

when she write her poems
she published the fire within my bones

she killed me, with her thrones
when she was fighting the life, with her tones

I lived there, between the groans
when she knew, how to bloom the stones

when she write her poems
I have to try to withheld my moans

38°

Anna Bell

lies

“i love you”
those words
                      d
                         r
                           i
                             p
                               p
                                 e
                                   d
                                      from his lips
i believed his deceitful manner
his charisma, it was alluring

I think most people take this as an s.o. but it could be anyone who stopped loving you a friend, a parent to just deceive you to get what they want from you. I also thought of the devil as I wrote this, he deceives you and feeds you with lies to follow him.

37°

Lovis Magnus Westberg

You and Me

You write uh... good.
Even gooder than me.
Er- Better?
You make me lose my words,
Especially when thinking about you.
Maybe I can’t draw you,
But I can write.
And in my mind, I picture:
You and me.
Together.

For: Jenny Thoma

#art #poetry #girlfriend

36°

Blackedpoison

the rusty nightmare

she tasted the dryness of her   blood by mistake.
and she realized that her veins were fake.

she walked towards the red lake.
to commit suicide!
while  she found that the water was flake.

the death was  rusty,
like a rotten big cake
that will never digest
Within the body of snake

That settled in her nightmare
And keeps her terror awake.

34°

Blckstr

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.