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Thomas_Nairne
35/M/NC My favorite poet is Banjo Paterson. I know, not exactly Seamus Heaney, but I like Paterson's straight forwardness. I always called poetry "an over glorified failure to communicate"...but I'm letting that go.... because I like the cadence.
I'm told that blessings would rather Go to those who gather To those who have an impact On all of those they contact But to surrender to opinion Is to live under derision So I turn to making things But objects have little to bring So I let go and pull inside But is life better when you hide? So pick the one you think is right And show it to me like it's like And now we're back to opinion And life under derision
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Dec 28, 2025
Dec 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM UTC
Impact
Something about this dollar I'm spending Makes me feel I could be never ending It's amazing what we pay to feel less human for a day My brain gets hazy The world thinks I'm lazy Hell, they may be be right But I worked late tonight So it's off to the bar I go And let the alcohol flow I'm drinking out tonight
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Jul 9, 2022
Jul 9, 2022 at 10:38 PM UTC
Drinking Out Tonight
I stood at the edge of the chasm Andy soul shook with spasm The air was ****** from me And with my own strength a fiend broke free From the chasm it rose And in the silence of my mind it carved it's prose I felt the hollowness of fear The beast drew near It ****** the breath from my throat So with my hand, in the air I wrote "By what name do they call you?" And with my own breath the beast responded "Meaningless"
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Jun 21, 2022
Jun 21, 2022 at 8:55 PM UTC
The Chasm Fiend
Available to best offer One life gently used Comes with some people to which it's fused. It's fine to function Just needs someone with gumption It's a bit slow on the take Outcomes will rely on the effort you make There's not much wrong with it I just couldn't get along with it I tried my best to make it thrive Bust honestly it's just taken a nose dive So if you think your the one to make it prosper Just give me your best offer.
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Jun 19, 2022
Jun 19, 2022 at 7:48 PM UTC
Classified
Life is rigid Like the virus that rends the warm body frigid Reality is wild Like the hurtful question from a child Fear drives you to contain it But life needs chaos to sustain it Unbridled imagination A scary engine of creation Cautious hearts yearn for limitation But such a life's an empty imitation
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Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022 at 3:39 PM UTC
Wild or Empty
I saw colors while I lived It's all my generation had to give It never made me grow or think Information brought us to the brink Conflicting notions overwhelmed us We found color less calamitous Bright pink and neon green No real meaning to gleam A person's shaped by the age he's born in And I saw colors while I lived.
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Jun 15, 2022
Jun 15, 2022 at 9:07 PM UTC
Colors While I Lived
He hang it on a twang In every line he sang It came from the deepest part of nature Not clothed in the eloquence of stature The low thrumming of the guitar strings Pulled the heart stronger than any man sings The wild wail of the violin Scooped up the heart and pulled again The words he crafted Conveyed a life that had him recanted As though he had been the sin And life had renounced him The artist layers deep And in my chair I'll keep Slowly rotating the empty glass As these feelings around me pass
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Mar 7, 2021
Mar 7, 2021 at 4:38 PM UTC
The Patron
Black and white and sepia tone Clear distinctions to classify emotion Passing moments, unclarified commotion I'm sad to watch it fade away Though I didn't feel much today Tomorrow I'll find the filter And I'll be sad today will wilter Classify it with surroundings A specific period sounding Tie it to a visual anchor Cars and clothing which we hankered Markers now invisible With these memories be indivisible And I'll love those filters then For the emotions they lend
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Feb 24, 2021
Feb 24, 2021 at 8:46 PM UTC
Souvenir
Shall I on this path embark Past these feelings dark The tension grips the spine For calm, the heart does pine Nature says to sit and quake And pray the Lord my soul to take The Lord takes souls this is true But I pray my soul he'll take through Accompany me to the greener grass Where nerves are no longer as weak as glass
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Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020 at 3:13 PM UTC
Glass
Same conversation every day But this moments passing anyway So let's fill it with some meaning While the day is still receding These motions may be shallow But we won't let the day lie fallow For we've seen the weeds that grow And it's enough for us to know That a charade is better still Than a moment left unfilled
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Dec 14, 2020
Dec 14, 2020 at 2:33 PM UTC
Treadmill