Hello Poetry

461°

Fragility

Secrets

A whisper,
A glance.

Their eyes are like hooks
Latching into my soul
Demanding for secrets.

I come to you
You, my bedrock
But I see guilt
I see scorn

And I understand.

A whisper,
A glance.

441°

Mark Wanless

haiku wanna be 21/1/25a

i sparked a couple trillion
brain cells
one-one thousandth of a second
ago
blue sky and whippoorwill

#haiku #brain #blue #spark

436°

Janna B

The New

And you—
The New.
Seem patient,
attentive.
Genuine.
Me?
Glad to be
seen as me.
Questions, talk
company.
Click your story
into place for me please.
Sketch out the pieces.
I want to see you.

353°

Leila The Kiwi

Roof

You provide
The illusion
Of shelter

But without
A solid foundation

I can only
Stand this
For so long.

l.v.s

313°

Andrew Gomez

Sunflower

Be a sunflower.
Turn towards someone.
Help them.
Guide them.
Nurture them.
Your warm radiating energy will do.
Hug them.
For they need it.

227°

Caroline Ward

Goodbye

I said I'm sorry
Love
I need some time
You said
That sounds
Just like goodbye
And I couldn't
Tell you
Otherwise
So goodbye
Was all it was.

217°

Eloise Rose

Bouquet of death

Every flower I touch wilts
And decays
That is why I carry a bouquet
Of dead flowers
Because you cannot **** what is already dead

I am so sorry that I will break you but death follows me around

139°

Sandoval

✨✨✨

She
looked for
love in
closed lips;
being deaf
to all the
rest calling
out
her name.

Sandoval

Why do we always love what we can’t have?... #D

#sandoval #poetrysandoval #love #unrequited #romance #vintage #you

136°

Tar

Change

I cannot change it
I cannot change the past
Reliving memories keeps me up at night
It's hard enough as it is
Rewriting them only adds to the pain
So many things I said and did
And so many I didn't say or do
But why
Why after all this time
Can I not stick it in my head
That I cannot change the past
And why
Why can't I believe myself
When I say that
I can only change the future

93°

Reach the light

Look at stars,
They are so far
I catch a shooting star
to burn fire
in my heart.

I know what I want
In me, someone
tryna be number 1 #
be the only one
great as the sun.
I know it's so hard
a pillar wish to fly,
the winds wants to find
where it belongs.
Nothing will be wrong
to follow what we love
And I'll be strong
to reach the light.

I haven't written a poem for long time
in life there're a lot of things to carry and I was kinda confused.

88°

Dianah Kimei

She

the' fire in her eyes ,
burned souls,
her smile was a flame
that blazed with beauty
her lips fluorescent
they fueled pleasure

her gaze was electric
as striking as thunder.
her mind was eccentric
it ignited poise ..

77°

Case Catherine

Temptation

Unto you the whole earth be given.
By Devine breath, that which is dust
Be brought into the realm of the living.
Through love created, by wisdom designed
Intentionally in the Lord’s own image.
What is it to you that seems pleasing to
Eat? What limits you now will no longer
If you would reach out your hand to
the fruit and feast on that which is withheld.
What matter of conscience deters you?
What causes you to hesitate?

76°

Mariella Oden

life goes on

2020 is the year where I lost something,
But 2021 is the year where I continued on dreaming.

you can do it.

#dream #dreaming #fight #lifegoeson

75°

tranquil

Love letter

Spire sent a love letter to the foundation stone

“Pressed on your face
Perseverance true
Weight of mistakes
Gathered through
A load of snags
Share with me too
For I shine here
Because of you”

The stone replied

“No one’s fault
I tell you
Sins I wish
stay with me too
For if they don’t
Own their mistakes
If not me
Tell me who”

63°

Dee

Time

Time heals all wounds,
Unless you're dead,
Then time stops and heals nothing at all.

Memories are left stagnant,
Fading with the passing of each day,
Then time stops and the memories are gone

#time #death #memories #sad

59°

Mr Shankley

Chains of the past

I kissed a girl with a broken smile;
nothing could come near.
She carved it with a pocket knife;
slit from ear to ear.
And she wears it like her favourite scarf;
it keeps her from the cold.
So I told her its only woven by
her enemies of old.

58°

Fynta Sidime

Not enough

I like you
No like I really like you like you
I mean you’re the one I like
The one that I really want
But I guess that’s simply not enough
I like you but not enough
You like me but won’t admit it
So it’s just not enough
the like alone is not enough

47°

Jon York

Deep Within You

Inside you

is where I want to

be,

thrusting

within the folds

of your mind

penetrating

the sweet softness

of your soul,

throbbing

as I release my love

deep within you.
Jon York 2019.

47°

Joseph Rice

Just A Night Owl

To close eyes
And let dreams reign
Fall into the future
Makes the next day
The next disappointment
The next pile of stress
Arrive.

Sonder

45°

Kelly

waves.

I used to turn my brain off for days
But now I think in waves
Incessant slideshows

of you

Agony, is such a pity

41°

Amanda Kay Burke

Jealous Of Your Indifference (Haiku)

Cold indifference
Jealous of your frozen heart
How you don't feel things

Why cant I be like you?

#jealous #indifference #haiku #life #love #sad #feel #things

41°

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
.
P.s
Strange, the Hellopoetry computer demanded I put two stars on this poem to repost it to the front page... But it was worth it, it’s been on here for over a year now, I appreciate it Elliot.

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 #cccommings #incubus #instruction #rules #directions #help

40°

Humble

Letter to self

Dear me,
Don't just sit
Rise, and pursue greatness.

Don't just watch
Go after what you want.

Don't just exist
Strive and start living.

Don't just dream
Work hard and aim for success.

Don't get tired
Keep hiking until you get to the peak.

#rise #letter #me #purpose

38°

nivek

Maggots are a good thing when found in the right place

Sunshine and puddles
thunder and rainbows
black dark and stars
nightmare and dreams
silence and songs.

34°

MissNeona

Deny me and be doomed

"If you fight for your limitations you get to keep them" and if you refuse to authentically address the truth of feelings you will be doomed to repeat them.

32°

Emily

Sea

I am the deep, the sky in reverse
I have what you seek, for better or worse

I am the blue of infinite depth
I've swallowed the crews and cleared the decks

You are afraid or maybe intrigued
Of the place where you played and also was freed

Kiss me now like you did before
Give me your vow and the ocean is yours.

#sea #ocean

32°

Giovanna

Don't be a moon!

Why do you have to be the moon?
when you can be the star with your own light!

#moon #star #light #success

31°

Donna

Happy Lampshade Day

Happy lampshade day
Much light joy and happiness
Kick arses the dark

Inspired by my new living room shades x x

#light #dark #positive #negative

30°

Emma

Understanding

I know you.
Sometimes you say things, expecting that I won’t understand, and I think it’s strange because
I know you.
That’s what this is. I know you,
And I want you,
And I care about you
Anyway.
Don’t want no one else.
You might not know me,
The stanchions you use to prop yourself up eating all that I have fed you,
In the darkness,
In the night,
But I know you.
And I want you anyway.

#understanding #knowing #poem #freeverse #care #wanting

30°

Laila

i love you

They’d waited too long to say

“I love you”.

3 words. 3 syllables.

Yet they held millions of emotions unspoken.

and now that they’d done it, they wouldn’t,
couldn’t, stop

they told each other all the time. In the end of the argument and before the good news.

In the middle of the storm, even though it was hard to see, and after, when the raging winds had settled on a breeze

before the rising sun turned the sky pretty colors and after it flickered out and faded away into the dark

Underneath the stars that their love had been etched into

There was no love until death for them. Because it would never stop. Their love was beyond. It rose above any border that would dare to try and stop it. There was no finish line

because they were each other’s end game.
-L.R

#love

29°

nal

dearest devil

God said that I was his favorite,
but the Devil leaned and whispered:
"I used to be his favorite too."

#replacement #replaced #renewal #substitution #trade #preferred #chosen #favored #treasured #god

29°

Crystal Freda

A dying art

Why is poetry dying
when we still have the gift?
If we still have water
then we still have a ship.
We can sail to the places
these words take us.
We are still shaken
by the words that make us.
Why should we let poetry die
when there is so much to explore?
If only people read it
and discovered more.

#poetry #read #death #nature #life #art

29°

Jason

Weight

Oppressive silence
Blanket heavy with judgement
Familiar comfort

#haiku #silence #weightedblanket

28°

Lunar Roses

Sorry I liked you

You didn't ask for this relationship
I did
You didn't want a romance
I did
You wanted it to be casual
I couldn't
I would say you want to be friends
but I don't know if you do

My first mistake
I went into our friendship with romance in my eyes

My second mistake
I didn't let my feelings die that night

I dreamt of you the day I wanted to sever that connection
My head hurts
There's a pressure in my mind
Is this what our friendship is supposed to feel like?

I can't ask anything from anyone, in the end it's their life but still
Do you value our friendship? Or is it an obligation
Do you care about me? Or am I just another person in this world
Do you enjoy my company? Or am I just another part of your anxiety

If you do value me, then we can rebuild
But if you don't, then I don't know

I don't know

28°

Kyle

Insane

I'm about to go insane,
Because of this pain.
I keep thinking of things,
That would become my sin.
It's hard, I'm getting tired.

#depression #anxiety #suicidalideation #pain #sadness #loneliness #tired #outburst

28°

Chani Goldstein

Our Love

Although I have
Nothing to say
I still want
To sit quietly
By your side
And take in
Our love

#my #love

28°

Lost Property

The dark side

Mum says “light a candle, burn some incense”
but mum my inner sense is the only thing stopping me from burning myself to the ground because I can’t stand the light anymore.

Nan says “your'e too bright to be depressed”
but the bright sparks that flicker of a memory that is dark, and the flame only reminds me that everybody I love is someday gonna die.
But mum..... nan...... i’m not afraid of the dark, that’s the problem.

It’s hard to have fun when i don't feel like having fun.
Don’t get me wrong it’s not that i don’t want to go to the party,
I WANT to go to the party,
but i’m stuck in an abusive relationship with depression and anxiety and they talk me out of going.
Cancel plans last minute, making up a physical illness,
because "sorry I'm too depressed to see u" sounds utterly ridiculous.

#depression #lost #stuck #family #anxiety #heal #dark #light

27°

Keith W Fletcher

Bent

What comes of addiction
a predilection
A two times round
the same intersection
looking for an accident
a reason to get bent
out of shape
out of mind
out of the mendacious ...
...daily grind
that keeps telling all of us
you must work hard
Smile all the while
that your life is shrinking
your passbook is sinking
deeper and deeper
underwater
Take 2 weeks off
the change will do you good
but you know that behind the smile there is guile
theres no chance
to remain complete
in the face of defeat
when you and yours are addicted
afflicted with ....
a silly need to eat !

27°

Alyssa

A cup of tea

I poured myself
inside your cup
pretended to be tea
your lips pursed to the rim
burning kiss
bile churns
you forgot
I'm made of sins

25°

Luna Maria

I N K

tears
are the ink
for the pen
a poet uses
to write

- L.M.

#ink #poet #poem #write