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 Jun 2018 tm
Oni Olusegun
If we die tonight
Who will tell Hellopoetry
About our demise
 Jun 2018 tm
Mateuš Conrad
now i know what it could
possible "feel"
    like with a pissy teenager
           shouting in your face
while you're trying
   to give a biology class in school...
pissy?
    clearly a boy without
a father,
                    how can you even
begin to confront someone
   while looking at a mobile phone?
the three of them
run away in the end,
         i already put an investment
in the ten quid he already
gave me...
               my excuse?
         drunk to the high heavens
and the sobering seas...
              why the hell was
i so composed?
    but if he wanted to get away
with a lawlessness
          of finding the next
drunk dupe to buy him
                            the poison...
              you come out
with a litre of *****
    (and pepsi) and he starts mouthing
you off for not being able to
find enough *****-juice,
   that is the Smirnoff Ice...
    or VK or whatever the smurfs
drink...
                 given a teenager
girl was with the two:
                    what do you even
call them?
                       the supermarket
bouncer came out and the manager
too...
        in the end i placed
         the litre and pepsi on the pave,
stood back with my hands on
my head and said:
   sure, call your uncle,
        i have a death-wish anyway,
been teasing the pale-mother
     for years...
                  seems she's tending
   to the weak, but i'll try...
                  and?
                           ******* ran away...
and i finally attained
   the sort of composure the heart
deserved:
                      cold, stone,
                               tomb-like
                          with an epitaph...
next time a random teen asks me
   for a favour, and i give him more
         and he begins mouthing me off...
   ................................................
     ..................................................
    ..........­.....................................
       ....................................................
weird ******* night...
        effectively i robbed him
of the ten quid...
                 since the litre came back
with me;
                        but i did leave it
for him...
                                   oh well;
papa would turn out
             to be a sinking stone...
do i even look like i could
                               father someone?
must have a gullible expression
      on my face when i'm not aware
                  of someone looking at me.
 Jun 2018 tm
Hannah Marr
IN MY HEAD
 Jun 2018 tm
Hannah Marr
i must continue on                                                                          ­           
i must                                                                                         ­                 
                                               ­                                                   why is that?
                                                           ­                                    must i really?
it was a promise                                                          ­                                
i don't break promises                                                         ­                       
                                                                ­                                            right
             ­                                                                 ­             of course i don't
shut up                                                               ­                                           
                     ­                                                                 ­       because really,
                                                         ­                            i've only used them
                                                            ­                                      as excuses
                                                       ­                                     because of how
                                                                ­                                 afraid i am
shut up                                                              ­                                         
                       ­                                                                 ­               make me
please stop fighting
                                                        ­                                  what's it so you?
this is my head
it's mine too                                                              ­                                    
                                                                ­                                       and mine
just be quiet
for one night
please
okay                                                ­                                                      okay
      ­                                                                 ­                don't think i won't
                                                           ­                                  finish this later
shut                                                      ­                                                       
up
                                                             ­                                                  
please

h.f.­m.
 Jun 2018 tm
Mohd Arshad
Some are digging to sow the seeds of love.
Some are crushing the fallen ones under their feets.
Some are gathering them to know why they fell.
Some are watching the seeds process from their doorway.
Some are waiting for their growth for the fruit.
Some are around us invisibly to help us for a noble cause.
 Jun 2018 tm
Hannah Marr
Wrapped in a towel
Clutching the sides of the sink
She gazes into the mirror

The shower has fogged the glass
But faint impressions still bleed through

Her face a
Honey-brown framed
Pale oval
Inlaid with
Two grey flecks
Under arched brows
With underlying shadows

Faint imprint of cheekbones
Jawline
That hollow of the throat
Collarbones

All shadows
Ideas
Obscured by condensation
Wreathed in man-made mist

The concept of a person
Rather than the person herself

h.f.m.
 Jun 2018 tm
fs yousaf
I gave you worth in my life,
while you thought of me
as a free item.
I was valueless,
and easily replaceable
by the next warm body
that entered the room.
 Jun 2018 tm
laura
kitty cat katie
 Jun 2018 tm
laura
i’m a kitty cat, a minx,
a playful mistress
your enigma, the sphinx
and my fur’s wet

****** into water,
trying to escape the rain
or the plunge,
happiness is a stain

the more ya pet me
the more i bite
the more you pick me up
the more my tail twitches in spite

if today you drop me
i’ll love you
but if today you love me
i’ll hate you
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