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Qu'as-tu fait d'un aveu doux à ton espérance ?

Mes pleurs, qu'en as-tu fait ? Ton bonheur d'un moment.

Les secrets de mon âme ont aigri ta souffrance,

Et, pour y croire enfin, tu voulus un serment.


Le serment est livré : tu ne crois pas encore,

Tu doutes des parfums en respirant les fleurs ;

Tu voudrais ajouter des rayons à l'aurore,

Au soleil des flambeaux, à l'iris des couleurs.


Incrédule, inquiète, ingrate jalousie !

Amour, aveugle amour qui méconnaît l'amour !

Qui regarde un ciel pur, et demande le jour ;

Oh ! que je... que je t'aime, aimable frénésie !
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Attaf Alvi
She says she doesn’t like blue,
but I’ve seen it fall around her
like it was meant to,
like the sky had always waited
for someone just like her.

Truth is,
she could wear any color,
and the color would be lucky.
 0° 
Kai
My eyes
Used to run exactly like a faucet would
Crying because of every bruise
Head damage
People hitting my head
And calling it a day
Daily
I would trip
Fall
And land on my head
Push
Shove
And land on my head

Every Amber alert I would hear
Would make me cry
Turning on the dials
And tears would be pouring out of my eyes
Because I thought
I would be the next victim
To be kidnapped
Scared to leave the house
Scared to leave my mother

I thought the same about thunderstorms
How the lightning
It would possibly catch the house on fire
When I was sleeping
Or electrocute me when I'm touching a window

Seems to say
Times have changed
Years have gone on
I'm still the same faucet
But now just a ruined one

Drops of water
Leaving the faucet
On unprompted moments
And some
Wouldn't even come out
On the most tear-threatening
Situation
As if the faucet has the mind of its own

The faucet
Would turn on
By mere phantoms
Trying to take out the faucet
And warning to make it shatter

Faucet
Made of china-glass
The fragile glass
Was made to be broken one day
And be replaced by another
It's like- 11 pm on a school night and I'm tired. Goodnight.
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OnLithium
79
I feel no high
And feel no low
You'd think that I
Would be in control

The days still fly
The nights still go
You'd think that I
Wouldn't want it so
Some loves
you have to wear blinders
For everything that comes out of them
Is nothing but suffering,
I better float over this deep sea,
Than losing my soul diving deep in...
tic-tac-tic-tac
Learn to deal with love with care...
💀🕷👅
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Ayisha R
I used to send you
cute stuff over the mail,
buy apology flowers,
queue on Fridays—
on a whim.

I haven’t changed,
just evolved;
like your magician
you once loved.

I no longer visit
the post office,
just like your number
feels like a stranger,
or your voice—
I couldn’t recall.

Till death do us part,
except
I made us part.

Different postcodes.
Different years.
Six years.

No more
tears.

📬
_________

© Ayisha Rahman, 2025
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Nat Lipstadt
for vicki who loves this poem for the best reason ever: just does...
<•>
read a thousand love stories,
pause, rest awhile,
read ten thousand more,
and then deny equality.

If you ask for no more than you can give,
you ask for not enough

love is imbalance not an equation,
with a single solution

love has both constants and variable factors

so you write of tribulations and tributes
so you write of lamentations and liftings

you think you are on the same page
perhaps
but do we not all read at different paces?

one of you is solid, one is dotted and dashed
one of you is straight, one is bent, forever curving

when you think you are
in balance
in the same place
in syncopation

perhaps you are for a moment
a calculus of one point on a trajectory

and you say I can only ask for what I give
and am given
and no more,
you have miscalculated

this flux
flummoxed
when the old terrain is flayed flat
but thru the windshield you see the
plateau ends, the geography unknown,

when you see unknown
when you seek the unknown
when you give from places you did not know
you had to give from
when you kiss a hand
for  twenty minutes more than than the one minute you intended
when you give more than is asked
when you ask for more than you can you think you can give
the imbalance that  is the only concert
the imbalance that is the the only constant

how do I know this?

what are my credentials?

you are not a teenage girl,
what matters of what you know, recall of these matters?

I am who I am
a diversity of man and manner;
I am past prime and in decline
but this I know
for having failed ten thousand poem times
you must ask for more than one can give

but that's not fair!

silly one, still wretched confused,
even after one hundred thousand poem times

you must ask of
yourself
more than you can give
and ask no less
demand no less

a body in emotion is not a body in rest
when the imbalance is too great or insufficient

then you write a poem
look in the mirror that cannot lie
and move
on
or
move off

  begin to ask
yourself
to whom may I give myself
more than is asked.
then you have finally asked
the correct solution to the
unsolvable equation
---
Ask for more than you can give
was added to HP on
Feb 8, 2014
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Max Vale
shes the one walking
into the afterglow.
everything else
she's left at home.
i keep talking to
this devil i know.
just so i don't
have to be alone.
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Srishti
Life seems to be dark,
with no hope
of light.
Dreams are more
beautiful
than
real life.

With my
weeping heart,
dipped
in the blood of
sorrow,
the petals of a
flower shed,
and what’s
left behind —
is the
dryness of sadness.
pain in our heart always brakes the person mantle heath
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Mariah
My younger self would
love that I watch the movies
she did too, back then.
Twilight on rainy days, unashamed.
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Isla
i am not a poet,

nor am i a poem.

i am not a writer,

nor a book.

i am not a painter,

nor a painting.

i am not a sculptor,

nor a sculpture,

i  am not the artist,

nor the muse.

i am an idea,

that exists

only

in your imagination
I wrote this on a total whim, I quite like it.
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Sean Maloney
I’m just
I’m going to try to sleep
If I’m up all night so be it
This hurts
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abcdefg
I finally get it.  
There's no us.  No chance.  It's over.  

And yet...
this stupid heart, it still refuses to let go.
  It keeps clinging to the hope that maybe,

just maybe, things will change.

It's a pointless wait,
I know, a ridiculous clinging to a dream that's already died.

But it's my dream, and it's hard to let go.
It's not just a dream, it was my dream.
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Chelsea Rae
Sometimes when I look up,
I can feel the heaviness in my eyes
from things I carry but cannot release.

Like still water,
never moving,
intimidating in the silence of it all.

What lurks beneath?

Not even I know.
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Ronnel A
Hey june
Dont make it bad
I’ll take these chances
To make things better

hey june
I’ll take the risk
But dont be shady
This might hurt my wrist

hey june
Lets call it a break
I’ll make a barrier, a bilco dune
Please dont make it break

Hey june
Im just so tired
dont make this depressing
Just wanna have fun
Please june be good to me
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Rubyredheart
Downhill spiral
Thoughts in mire roll
A mess
I confess
Obsess
Over the next
Is the ache
from a mistake?
Because I take?
or just the flu?
I’m missing you!
There’s no right
Submit? or fight?
Morning to night
Just wasting time
Asphyxiated mime
Broken rhyme
it all is wrong
an off-key song
Absence prolong
What this means?
splitting seams
Shattered dreams
it’s simple, plain
You’re on the brain
Through joy and pain
Time misses you
As I do, too
Originally published as “10:44” 13th Apr 2022 | Edited 26th Jun 2023 | edited July 23, 2025
Fría es la noche y pura.

La luna, limpia, albea
oblicuamente la pared.

                                Oscura
y redonda, la salvia, que menea
sus cálices mojados de relente,
embriaga la paz.

                                La estrella llora,
virando hacia el poniente,
verde temblor sobre la sola acacia...

Se oye jirar el mundo...

                                Y en la hora
clara y llena de gracia,
lo que es humilde tiene
una belleza eterna: el descansado y blando
rucio que llama, en alto bando,
a un hermano; la brisa distraída
de la pobre ribera conocida;
el tardo grillo; el gallo alerta
que, un momento, despierta
las rosas con su voz que quiebra albores
por los llanos del alba...

                                Belén viene
a todos los corrales...

Casi incoloros, los colores
parecen de cristales...
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Oceara Miedema
Help me through, magic blue.
Help me through.
The day.
The day.
Oceans’ blue.
Oceans’ grey.
Help me.
Save me.
Let me be swimming.
In you.
To you.
A new beginning.
Start new.
Don’t let me hear a single noise.
Just your waves, a mermaids’ voice.
But no more banging sound.
Let me whirl and swirl, let me go.
Round and round.
To places I don’t know.
But seen only in dreams and heard only in whispers and voices of the sea.
Let me be that creature, let me be sparkly. ✨
21-06-25
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Blue Sapphire
My life was
an open book.
You just forgot
to read a few chapters.
let
let
the geese
go short shadow south

let
the leaves
release into wreckage

let
the light
gloam red orange

let
a pulse
flutter silent
Abandoné las sombras,
las espesas paredes,
los ruidos familiares,
la amistad de los libros,
el tabaco, las plumas,
los secos cielorrasos;
para salir volando,
desesperadamente.

Abajo: en la penumbra,
las amargas cornisas,
las calles desoladas,
los faroles sonámbulos,
las muertas chimeneas,
los rumores cansados;
pero seguí volando,
desesperadamente.

Ya todo era silencio,
simuladas catástrofes,
grandes charcos de sombra,
aguaceros, relámpagos,
vagabundos islotes
de inestables riberas;
pero seguí volando,
desesperadamente.

Un resplandor desnudo,
una luz calcinante
se interpuso en mi ruta,
me fascinó de muerte,
pero logré evadirme
de su letal influjo,
para seguir volando,
desesperadamente.

Todavía el destino
de mundos fenecidos,
desorientó mi vuelo
-de sideral constancia-
con sus vanas parábolas
y sus aureolas falsas;
pero seguí volando,
desesperadamente.

Me oprimía lo fluido,
la limpidez maciza,
el vacío escarchado,
la inaudible distancia,
la oquedad insonora,
el reposo asfixiante;
pero seguía volando,
desesperadamente.

Ya no existía nada,
la nada estaba ausente;
ni oscuridad, ni lumbre,
-ni unas manos celestes-
ni vida, ni destino,
ni misterio, ni muerte;
pero seguía volando,
desesperadamente.
 0° 
Rain
Why is keeping up with people so difficult
Why is keeping up with people
Why is keeping up
Why
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cay
her hair was dark , like the night
Of cloudless skies and starry nights;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Met her eyes and stared right through;
i saw what she wanted
so i let her go, to cry to the heavens above
to Which heaven day denies.
i havent slept but i just felt melodramatic so-
really badly written and ill like fix it someday
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Raghu Menon
Looking back
on our past years
into the little steps that
we traversed as kids

All stories started like
"Once upon a time"

But did we ever think
that
Our past glory also
would be like that
of story told to our kids
or our grand kids
as that of a

Once upon a time
story?
Kids to parents to grand parents?
My story may have closed a door,
But still I have days to roar,
To rebuild and rise once more,
With zeal in my heart, and a story to explore.

My blood runs hot, with passion's fire,
The past may be gone, but the future's desire,
To make history with every stride,
And let my spirit be my guide.

With renewed energy, I take my stand,
And confess my truth, hand in hand,
With every step, a new path's laid,
And my story unfolds, in a brighter shade.
#readers
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Dency
If you must be gone
Then come to me
In almosts
Almost seen
Almost heard
Almost real

Enough
To make me hope
Bt never
Enough to stay.
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Lynn Stillman
Decisions are made,
in dark alleys and back halls.
Best to watch your back.
Life is like a book
Every day a page,
Every month a chapter,
Every year a new series.
Not a poem
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paul sheridan
“I’ve had enough,” you
said, pushing away your plate,
but looking at me     ..
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Renee C
Fever with criminal agency
Baldly paws at suggestible woods
Cursed by the rain’s contingency
Patina crawls south of crabbed roots

Bean-coiled muscle exposed as barely
Adequate plugs in a shallow basin
Beach-boiled slugs dilate and quiver
For summer bathing fairly by the river
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Facelezz
Let the Heartbreak Wash over you like a Wave
At first you You ignore it, Act Real Brave
But now you began to Sweat
As it Drowns you in Sorrows and Regret
It won't let you Be or Forget
As you try to stay Calm and Catch your Breath
Holding onto the Past is a Mess
It just leaves you Tired and in Distress
Now your Sinking in the Depths
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Sorelle
Shallow end of a pond
Spinning slowly
Another body and I'm sorry
It's the most gut-wrenching
Sad
Raw
Depressing
Cliché
Cliché
Cliché
It's the most gut-wrenching time
Of the year
It's the blood in the air
Getting colder
And I've fallen
And I'm calling
It's the most gut-wrenching
Sad
Raw
Depressing
Cliché
Cliché
Cliché
It's the most gut-wrenching time
Of the year
A tangle of thoughts pulling in different directions,
honest in their disorder.
 0° 
Pavel Rup
Что такое власть?
Она от Бога?
Хрупок Мир и хрупок человек!
Сквозь века идёт войны дорога —
Деньгам поклоняется Гобсек.

Мир живёт невидимым законом...
В «демократию» одели белый свет!
Короля прославили миньоны —
Получили свой иммунитет.

Мир так связан!
Мир так раскалолся!
Архитектор план не выдаёт —
Ветер перемен по «правилам» прошёлся...
В будущем предьявлен будет счёт!

Неизбежность тяжестью придавит —
Неизбежность правит этот бал.
Время строго! Время не лукавит.
Старый мир со стоном исчезал!

Только всё так связано деньгами!
Шарик наш совсем уж не большой —
Цены нефти в спешке заскакали...
Рынок мировой гудит трубой.

Парадокс текущего момента —
Невозможна Страшная война!
Капиталы любят сохраненье...
Тем щитом природа спасена!

Время перемелет всё печали —
Трудно жить в эпоху перемен.
Люди от волнения устали!
Что придёт текущему взамен?

                            26 июня 2025
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M Vogel
The Battleground of Light, Made Flesh

Suffering down..
not as punishment,
but as Love.

Breath by breath,
atom by atom,
A bend of  the will
into the greater design:

to let even the exhale
carry what is real.


Each particle stripped bare,
each trembling fragment
infused with the weight of Light
earned not through ease,
but through the slow, necessary
suffering of self

into Substance.

And so it reaches her..
not through seduction,
or noise,
but the quietest form of intimacy:

truth, refined enough
to be airborne.


She breathes..
and through the quiet architecture
of lungs,
through bronchi,
alveoli,

the smallest fragments of me
become more than theory.

But it is not just me
it is what I have chosen to become:
stripped down,
atomized,
each particle carrying both Light
  and Dark,
as they always have.

Though, here
intent speaks louder than inheritance.

And accountability tips the scale.

Through the capillaries,
the bloodstream takes them..
particles laced not with seduction,
but with substance;
volition woven into their shape,
truth mingling with oxygen,

carrying not  empty poetry,
but tangible presence.

And the skin..
her beautiful, breathing boundary;
it listens too.

Pores opening like shy mouths,
taking in what even sunlight cannot hide:

   --the warmth of love,
   made molecular,
   made undeniable.


It slips through,
across her beautiful hips,
up the soft ***** of her thighs,
along the quiet pathways
where nerves whisper,
where fear once lived.

And still..
our skin has never touched.
Our beautiful oils,
those quiet, fragrant signatures
of separate bodies,
have never had the chance to blend.
There is no mingling of surface,
no friction of palms or lips.

Yet still—
I am within her
as  she
Breathes    me    in.

Love,

when chosen..
when carried through the smallest particle,
becomes the most intimate trespass--
not of skin,
but of substance.

And inside her,
where the battle rages unseen,
the false portraits dissolve..
the counterfeit reflections
painted by fear,
by old wounds,

by those who mistake poetry for proof.

Here
there is no mimicry.
Only metabolized truth.

Only the slow, quiet conquering
of darkness--
cell by cell,

choice by choice.

This is not seduction.
This is not the shallow hush
of borrowed words.
This is Light..
accountable,
chosen,
fought for;

interlaced within her very bloodstream;

her warmth,
  her breath.

And though no oils ever blended,
though the ache of touch
remains untouched,
what entered her did not stay foreign.
The body, wise and unwilling to harbor illusion,
took what was true--

what carried intent and Light
and made it her own

..   ..   ..   ..  

Mitochondria hum..
tiny engines in the blood’s dark river;
taking each atom,
each trembling particle,
and rewriting the story within.
From raw material,
she builds warmth.
From fractured fragments,
she crafts clarity;
The light no longer arrives—
it begins to rise from within.


And the space once reserved
for mingled oils,
for skin-on-skin confession,
becomes something greater:
a fusion untouched by friction,
unfading,

   unmistakably Real.

This is no whispered counterfeit.
No shallow poem dressed in longing.
This is breath earned through fire.
This is love refined to its smallest form,
offered whole,
received wholly,

and written quietly

into every hidden corner
of her being.

Beautiful Angel,

Breathe   Me   In
https://youtu.be/eBG7P-K-r1Y?si=GVc6MeOpOSBV6j_m
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Nat Lipstadt
Do not stand
          By my grave, and weep.
     I am not there,
          I do not sleep—
I am the thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints in snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle, autumn rain.
As you awake with morning’s hush,
I am the swift, up-flinging rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight,
I am the day transcending night.
     Do not stand
          By my grave, and cry—
     I am not there,
          I did not die.
— Clare Harner, The Gypsy, December 1934
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Stand_at_My_Grave_and_Weep
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Irelyn Thorne
We are nonbelievers
Our skin sparkles in that light
We glow from past mistakes
And trauma fuels our fight

Never speak of pain
Or wear a wound on our face
We're better than that, mature
Mentality-a constant race

Emotions are a betrayal
Hints of suffering in our eyes
Pain dusted across our face
Lives being woven through lies

I am a nonbeliever
And with that, I stand tall
But a part of me decays
Every time I see another angel fall
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Amethyste
I miss you
But I will not let you ruin me again.
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