richard-shepherd - Hello Poetry

I can't see my notifications Limits are set on how many comments you can leave.. but , literally everything from a heart to a repost is classed as a comment Yesterday I could only leave comments on 12 poems, even saying thank you for a comment is classed as a comment And what about messages, it's like twitter of old now, hardly any words allowed per message And more and more bugs Please add below what bugs you are experiencing Apologies If I don't reply, as my limit is already nearly up today Oh, and have you seen the boards, rammed full of the same names who pour stars in great amounts on their own poems, what's the point now of even having stars? The whole experience of Hello Poetry is now extremely frustrating, can anyone help? Are you there, Eliot?

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17h ago

Jun 3, 2026 at 3:22 AM UTC

*** is going on with comments?

I can't see my notifications Limits are set on how many comments you can leave.. but , literally everything from a heart to a repost is classed as a comment Yesterday I could only leave comments on 12 poems, even saying thank you for a comment is classed as a comment And what about messages, it's like twitter of old now, hardly any words allowed per message And more and more bugs Please add below what bugs you are experiencing Apologies If I don't reply, as my limit is already nearly up today Oh, and have you seen the boards, rammed full of the same names who pour stars in great amounts on their own poems, what's the point now of even having stars? The whole experience of Hello Poetry is now extremely frustrating, can anyone help? Are you there, Eliot?

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Lock up your husbands Lock up your sons The witch has awoken Here she comes Strutting the street in a little black dress She wiggles her hips with great success Men jump out of buses and moving trucks just to catch a glimpse of future fantasy ***** Some say she's a devil Some say she's a fox Some say she's a prison without any locks Minx Fever is in the air tonight Minx Fever will serve you up delight Minx Fever..she's on the prowl Prepare yourself for a mind explosion Prepare yourself For you are chosen She's a one night thrill She's a body shaker That ravenous ***** is a love song maker Minx Fever .. she's on the prowl Minx Fever ..she's on the rampage She's the Dublin Minx Oh, yeah ..watch out!

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18h ago

Jun 3, 2026 at 1:54 AM UTC

Minx Fever

Lock up your husbands Lock up your sons The witch has awoken Here she comes Strutting the street in a little black dress She wiggles her hips with great success Men jump out of buses and moving trucks just to catch a glimpse of future fantasy ***** Some say she's a devil Some say she's a fox Some say she's a prison without any locks Minx Fever is in the air tonight Minx Fever will serve you up delight Minx Fever..she's on the prowl Prepare yourself for a mind explosion Prepare yourself For you are chosen She's a one night thrill She's a body shaker That ravenous ***** is a love song maker Minx Fever .. she's on the prowl Minx Fever ..she's on the rampage She's the Dublin Minx Oh, yeah ..watch out!

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She led me to the waterfront I cast a skimming stone Three bounces secured true love that day Seeds of future lives were sown We married in a small town church Two rings blessed with a kiss A baby was born the following spring Three bounces gave us bliss Alas, our bairn was taken after three short years From this it became hard to recover So we walked back to the waterfront Three bounces, this time, cast by my lover In the years that passed, five children were raised Each one filled with joy and laughter The first born was always spoke of and rejoiced As much as the ones that came after We often led them to the waterfront They cast skimming stones, perfecting the art My love and I smiled with pride Three bounces was just the start

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2d ago

Jun 1, 2026 at 6:58 PM UTC

Three Bounces

She led me to the waterfront I cast a skimming stone Three bounces secured true love that day Seeds of future lives were sown We married in a small town church Two rings blessed with a kiss A baby was born the following spring Three bounces gave us bliss Alas, our bairn was taken after three short years From this it became hard to recover So we walked back to the waterfront Three bounces, this time, cast by my lover In the years that passed, five children were raised Each one filled with joy and laughter The first born was always spoke of and rejoiced As much as the ones that came after We often led them to the waterfront They cast skimming stones, perfecting the art My love and I smiled with pride Three bounces was just the start

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Internal confusion behind the city walls Barriers battered and torn Infatuation with satisfaction A feeling yet to be born Suicidal tendencies A mask to treat the crowd Sufferance.. is their preference An excuse to stand tall and proud Clowns are weeping in the streets tonight since the circus left town.. My personality is a mystery to me My personality leaves me soaked in misery They will never know the agony They just laugh and carry on Pain runs through a river into the sea as they sing their silly song Oh, Somebody save my soul Clowns are weeping in the streets tonight since the circus left town.. My personality is a mystery to me My personality leaves me soaked in misery My personality is a mystery to me My personality leaves me soaked in misery Internal confusion behind the city walls Barriers are but an illusion Brick by brick turns into dust Swept away by deliberate delusion Personality Personality Personality It's a mystery to me Oh, oh Oh, oh.. My personality disorder

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3d ago

May 31, 2026 at 1:45 PM UTC

Personality

Internal confusion behind the city walls Barriers battered and torn Infatuation with satisfaction A feeling yet to be born Suicidal tendencies A mask to treat the crowd Sufferance.. is their preference An excuse to stand tall and proud Clowns are weeping in the streets tonight since the circus left town.. My personality is a mystery to me My personality leaves me soaked in misery They will never know the agony They just laugh and carry on Pain runs through a river into the sea as they sing their silly song Oh, Somebody save my soul Clowns are weeping in the streets tonight since the circus left town.. My personality is a mystery to me My personality leaves me soaked in misery My personality is a mystery to me My personality leaves me soaked in misery Internal confusion behind the city walls Barriers are but an illusion Brick by brick turns into dust Swept away by deliberate delusion Personality Personality Personality It's a mystery to me Oh, oh Oh, oh.. My personality disorder

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Walking with my fingertips along your beaten spine each vertebrae reveals a story long since lost in time Oh, how you laughed as a child playing hide and seek 'til dusk the way your rosy cheeks lit up like flowers ripe to pluck The bairns you bore, the one that died forever loved eternally held in your heart and in your breath as waves upon the sea Walking with my fingertips we are together after all this time words I speak do not do you justice so I have sprinkled them in this rhyme

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3d ago

May 31, 2026 at 1:35 PM UTC

Fingertips

Walking with my fingertips along your beaten spine each vertebrae reveals a story long since lost in time Oh, how you laughed as a child playing hide and seek 'til dusk the way your rosy cheeks lit up like flowers ripe to pluck The bairns you bore, the one that died forever loved eternally held in your heart and in your breath as waves upon the sea Walking with my fingertips we are together after all this time words I speak do not do you justice so I have sprinkled them in this rhyme

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Take my hand then wipe my brow forgiveness is the key I'm not sure what I'm doing now it all feels the same to me I climbed up to the highest hill then tripped and flipped and fell I took a chance on a certain **** then danced straight into hell fires burned my frazzled mind cold winds fanned the flames I searched for treasure I've yet to find whilst playing them silly games sometimes I often lose myself riding on the crest of a wave it's not much fun sitting on a shelf when it's loving that one does crave perhaps one day I'll get it right perhaps one day I'll smile perhaps one day I'll fight the fight then walk on up the aisle inside my heart is weeping blood it's written in my eyes and as I'm drowning in the mud I'll drop my weak disguise

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May 26

May 26, 2026 at 7:32 AM UTC

Dropping The Mask

Take my hand then wipe my brow forgiveness is the key I'm not sure what I'm doing now it all feels the same to me I climbed up to the highest hill then tripped and flipped and fell I took a chance on a certain **** then danced straight into hell fires burned my frazzled mind cold winds fanned the flames I searched for treasure I've yet to find whilst playing them silly games sometimes I often lose myself riding on the crest of a wave it's not much fun sitting on a shelf when it's loving that one does crave perhaps one day I'll get it right perhaps one day I'll smile perhaps one day I'll fight the fight then walk on up the aisle inside my heart is weeping blood it's written in my eyes and as I'm drowning in the mud I'll drop my weak disguise

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Welcome to my hypothetical world where truths are null and void all pasts erased all futures changed present days destroyed could have been this could have done that what a conundrum for one's psyche shall I fall in love shall I give my heart to a fantasized Aphrodite perhaps a patient man I am to be calm and easy going healthy in body healthy in mind positivity overflowing maybe I could learn to breathe maybe I could predict my fate It's all relatively plausible inside a delusional mental state if I choose a path if I choose an end for fleeting moments I am free welcome to my hypothetical world where I am anything but me

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May 26

May 26, 2026 at 7:07 AM UTC

Hypothetically Speaking

Welcome to my hypothetical world where truths are null and void all pasts erased all futures changed present days destroyed could have been this could have done that what a conundrum for one's psyche shall I fall in love shall I give my heart to a fantasized Aphrodite perhaps a patient man I am to be calm and easy going healthy in body healthy in mind positivity overflowing maybe I could learn to breathe maybe I could predict my fate It's all relatively plausible inside a delusional mental state if I choose a path if I choose an end for fleeting moments I am free welcome to my hypothetical world where I am anything but me

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Veins a popping jawline dropping bloodshot eyes pulsate ruminating self-deprecating thoughts fail to calibrate indecision perceived derision neurological disease desperation for sedation unresponded pleas anger builds inside of me I'm ready to explode look at me the wrong way, pal and my venom will unload I'll cut you up good and proper I'll rip the skin from your face I'll **** all over your quivering body then vanish without a trace you see, there are many sides to this broken soul a romantic and even a jest but when I get **** thrown at me it's violence I do best I've maimed, I've hurt and maybe killed I've beaten to the bone so before you try to antagonise me I suggest you just leave me alone anger builds inside of me I'm ready to explode look at me the wrong way, pal and my venom will unload fever rising under pressure can not take the pain knowing someone stole my treasure obliterates my brain fever now uncontrollable fight or flight, nowhere to be seen yielding to the inevitable owning who I've been understanding the madness controlling my racing heart used up toxins flood my body never to depart tired now, should I sleep? Should I meditate? Something tells me deep inside, just to sit and wait anger builds inside of me I'm ready to explode look at me the wrong way, pal and my venom will unload

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May 24

May 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM UTC

anger

Veins a popping jawline dropping bloodshot eyes pulsate ruminating self-deprecating thoughts fail to calibrate indecision perceived derision neurological disease desperation for sedation unresponded pleas anger builds inside of me I'm ready to explode look at me the wrong way, pal and my venom will unload I'll cut you up good and proper I'll rip the skin from your face I'll **** all over your quivering body then vanish without a trace you see, there are many sides to this broken soul a romantic and even a jest but when I get **** thrown at me it's violence I do best I've maimed, I've hurt and maybe killed I've beaten to the bone so before you try to antagonise me I suggest you just leave me alone anger builds inside of me I'm ready to explode look at me the wrong way, pal and my venom will unload fever rising under pressure can not take the pain knowing someone stole my treasure obliterates my brain fever now uncontrollable fight or flight, nowhere to be seen yielding to the inevitable owning who I've been understanding the madness controlling my racing heart used up toxins flood my body never to depart tired now, should I sleep? Should I meditate? Something tells me deep inside, just to sit and wait anger builds inside of me I'm ready to explode look at me the wrong way, pal and my venom will unload

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“You alright, darlin’?” “I’m not your darling.” “Ooh, a feisty one. Ok, do you want a drink, mate?” “Are you crazy?” “It’s been said before.” “I should call you Wacko.” “What? Like Michael?” “Hey! Don’t be rude about the King of Pop.” “Nah, I had all his records. Bad was my favourite — ***** Diana’... what a song!” “Yeah, that was incredible.” “Still is, darlin’.” “You’re funny.” “Handsome, too?” “I guess so.” “What say we bolt this joint and head back to mine?” “You’re a charmer. Yeah, let’s go.”

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May 15

May 15, 2026 at 1:04 PM UTC

Bad

“You alright, darlin’?” “I’m not your darling.” “Ooh, a feisty one. Ok, do you want a drink, mate?” “Are you crazy?” “It’s been said before.” “I should call you Wacko.” “What? Like Michael?” “Hey! Don’t be rude about the King of Pop.” “Nah, I had all his records. Bad was my favourite — ***** Diana’... what a song!” “Yeah, that was incredible.” “Still is, darlin’.” “You’re funny.” “Handsome, too?” “I guess so.” “What say we bolt this joint and head back to mine?” “You’re a charmer. Yeah, let’s go.”

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Are you looking at me? Do you like what you see? Am I all you've ever dreamt of? No? I get that alot

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May 11

May 11, 2026 at 11:19 AM UTC

Vanity

Are you looking at me? Do you like what you see? Am I all you've ever dreamt of? No? I get that alot

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