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 542° 
MiMo
Your absence aches me
I feel the pull, the hollow,
withdrawal itching
through my veins.

We resonate
like water in the ocean,
two whales clicking,
bound by devotion.

Your light is carried by the tides
ebb lays me bare,
flow overwhelms,
waves remind me
of all I’m longing for.
 289° 
Sky
My blue mixed with your storms
makes a raging torrent
and all we can do is hold on.
 238° 
paul sheridan
who the hell is an illegal
asylum seeker, anyway,
on a boat crossing the channel
with his heart in his throat
thinking, surely britain
is better than this   ..
 233° 
سلمى
I will die for you,
lie for you,
get naked, and sprawl my heart
wide   for   you.
 231° 
TOD HOWARD HAWKS
If you wish the world a better place,
then gather hearts and hands and bow.
If you yearn for love and peace,
then feed a starving child. If you wish
to live a loving life, then open your
eyes and watch yourself hold out
your open hand to a stranger whose
skin is a color different from yours.
And if you wish a better Earth,
take your guns and bombs and
pray to God to turn all of them
into hospitals and hopes for a
world of one.

TOD HOWARD HAWKS
 227° 
LM
My final letter:
An elegy to friendship,
A knife in your back.

My solace is in your laughter,
In your kindness,
In your heart.

My touch-starved soul yearns
To return to your embrace,
To come home.
 206° 
Simon Jester
The tales I heard

Lessons often ignored


Begged mercy

With a wink


Nor could wisdom cure

My grey blue eyes


SJA2025
 202° 
Jimmy silker
When you
Trapped in triangle
The default
Is to panic
The chance to escape
Down to
Terrible angles
Bounce sharp
And hard
Off of
Acute dense sides
Then sink
As pulp
As gravity
Revives.
 201° 
Leila adel
The beautiful solitary is my way of thinking,
Soaked up in its warmth.

The loneliest lane,,
Over the silent alley garden Is my best moment of back and from the childhood.
One can call out a unique minute.

There a face as a beauty and inside a full moon of yours,
there's only one love inside my heart
sweep of the feet.
 195° 
Ashlee Marie
it feels so odd,
to no longer run to you,
telling you everything,
the way I used to.
 178° 
Dr Qaiser Mukhtar
If you've ever given in to temptation,  
Swayed with indulgence,  
Embraced the allure of the forbidden,  
Veered off the well-worn path,  
Or found yourself wandering through life's twists and turns,  
If life has, at times, cracked open your heart,  
Congratulations!  
You have truly delved into the depths of existence.  
To experience life so intimately is a rare gift.
 175° 
CantSeeMe
staring at a screen
it says ‘bad gateway’
what does it mean?

I don't know
but I've seen this before
that's why I'm in
survival mode
it's gonna be okay
I'll just take the next road
left

writing poems...
in my head
 170° 
Emily Nelson
Warm hellos and soft goodbyes
Are no longer welcome here.
Like a thief in the morning
You wrestle my demons dear.

Wipe the sleep from your eyelids
The blankets are everywhere.
Wash your face, make the tea,
Breakfast moves slowly here.

Truth be told and other lies
Mirror that stubborn stare.
Sunny skies and cloudy nights,
The gravity you can't bear.

Softly step over the laundry,
Keep clean for the things you wear.
Was it you, or was it me
Who managed to finally care.
Dear John
 150° 
Daughter of Cain
It began in silence,
The kind that bruises,
The kind that teaches you
How pain can wear a smile.

It wasn't pretty like the movies
It was ugly
Like what they did to me
A cruelty
I would never place
On anyone's skin.

Bt even broken
I gather myself
Rising from what tried to end me
Proofing that pain
Cannot silence light
Still burning in me.
 150° 
Mike Adam
So much green tea

Leaves a mark

On the old oak tree
In the courtyard
 149° 
Giacomo
Working
To pay the gas
To get to work
 138° 
Pablo Neruda
Con mi razón apenas, con mis dedos,
con lentas aguas lentas inundadas,
caigo al imperio de los nomeolvides,
a una tenaz atmósfera de luto,
a una olvidada sala decaída,
a un racimo de tréboles amargos.Caigo en la sombra, en medio
de destruidas cosas,
y miro arañas, y apaciento bosques
de secretas maderas inconclusas,
y ando entre húmedas fibras arrancadas
al vivo ser de substancia y silencio.Dulce materia, oh rosa de alas secas,
en mi hundimiento tus pétalos
subo con pies pesados de roja fatiga,
y en tu catedral dura me arrodillo
golpeándome los labios con un ángel.Es que soy yo ante tu color de mundo,
ante tus pálidas espadas muertas,
ante tus corazones reunidos,
ante tu silenciosa multitud.
Soy yo ante tu ola de olores muriendo,
envueltos en otoño y resistencia:
soy yo emprendiendo un viaje funerario
entre sus cicatrices amarillas:soy yo con mis lamentos sin origen,
sin alimentos, desvelado, solo,
entrando oscurecidos corredores,
llegando a tu materia misteriosa.
Veo moverse tus corrientes secas,
veo crecer manos interrumpidas,
oigo tus vegetales oceánicos
crujir de noche y furia sacudidos,
y siento morir hojas hacia adentro,
incorporando materiales verdes
a tu inmovilidad desamparada.Poros, vetas, círculos de dulzura,
peso, temperatura silenciosa,
flechas pegadas a tu alma caída,
seres dormidos en tu boca espesa,
polvo de dulce pulpa consumida,
ceniza llena de apagadas almas,
venid a mí, a mi sueño sin medida,
caed en mi alcoba en que la noche cae
y cae sin cesar como agua rota,
y a vuestra vida, a vuestra muerte asidme,
a vuestros materiales sometidos,
a vuestras muertas palomas neutrales,
y hagamos fuego, y silencio, y sonido,
y ardamos, y callemos, y campanas.
 111° 
Kai
I've been lately writing poetry!
Oh? What do I see?
A perfect poetry site waiting for me!
First poem, proud of it!
Oh? Someone in my messages?
This guy seems sweet
And he's hoping I don't get beat!
Pretty songs for me to listen to!
And a drunk man messaging me...?
“You're only making yourself a victim because you're cutting yourself"
Oh? Okay- thanks for the paragraph/drunk rant?

Shining lights on all of my latest poems?
Thank you! You're so sweet!
….oh…talking to me about pedophiles…got it…
Why are there so many sad songs?
WHY DOES THIS MAN HAVE SO ****** MUSIC TASTE AGGGHGDGFGCC

Oh? You wrote a poem about the 764 and absolutely humiliating them?
Great! Good job!
…But uhh… why and how did they make a virus only going after your followers that are minors? Not funny!
Why is this man warning me if they threaten me? Is he trying to make me scared on purpose?
Blaming the Japanese for this virus now, huh?
Oh? Now blaming someone else named Pax to be part of the 764? Crazy

…. going to another website? But you're so fun!
May as well click on the link you sent me so I can join you

Drunk rants with me? That's okay!
Giving me gold so I can freely make poems?
THANK YOU SM
Daily texting
2-10 hour sessions
Why are you drinking everyday?
You're making me concerned for your health
I told you to stop drinking, papa
You promised me you'd stop
All you did was keep on drinking

Commenting on every poem I made
Oh? So suddenly I'm a “nasty *****" when I have done nothing to you? ありがとう!
We have a suicide pact now?
I'm going off the bridge first?
Don't mind if I do

Oh? Another poetry site? Okay…
I really don't like the way this site works, can't we just message each other with email?
Yes? Yay!

People bullying you on the internet? That's not okay!
Why would they accuse you of being a *******?
Letting me join an uncensored group to back you up? Great!
Sending me to a Reddit page to back you up?
Alright!
….oh … they warned me and I didn't do anything….
******* this man is an actual *******…..
gotta go fast like Sonic
pack my bags and leave

Oh? I betrayed you? Crazy
We were just friends
Can you stop spitting my name everywhere?
It's like you're so obsessed with me
Stop trying to be the Eminem to my Mariah Carey
Made a poem about you and you HAD to take it down?
Never thought you'd want to hide your identity THAT hard
Oh? Betting on my suicide now, are we?
Sending me multiple emails, desperate for me to come back to him?
I'm not that ******* naive or gullible
It's crazy if you think that about me
…I did tell you to send those photos of your cut open arms but I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND DO IT

Being racist?
“Japshit”?
Why are you so obsessed with my Chinese genes?
“I thought I can use Kai because of her Chinise genes because the Chinise was known to be very good spies. ☝️🤓" へー! Didn't know that!
Also, that's not how you spell Chinese, my fellow kind sir
Threatening people to come to America with a Katana and slice us to pieces
So envious, I see
You're just mad because we have a little bit more freedom than your drunk *** does

Oh…. Talking to me about ****
Got it
Thanks
I didn't need to be taught about METART or some **** like that
I'm only 12 years old
You ***** *****

Well…this is the aftermath
There it goes out to all of you:
Ghost
RGH
Ryan Geoffrey Hayward
Nephilim Angel
Nephalem
Rose White
Rose Red
Jacob Lives
Hybrid Angel
Tormenter
Bread Crumbs
The Machine
Dirt-In-My-Shirt
Soul Unknown
Unicorns Passing
And etc. ENJOYERS

(Btw, all of these names are RGH's names so if you have these names, please don't feel targeted! The person knows who they are.)

EDIT: ILY ALL SM!!! I DIDN'T THINK THIS POEM WOULD GAIN THIS MUCH ATTENTION BUT I'M HAPPY THAT IT DID!! (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠) I'M GOING TO VIRTUALLY KISS EVERYONE ON THE CHEEK ONCE THEY READ THIS... or just virtually hug you, yk, whatever you're comfortable with
 109° 
Dawnevyn J River
I have been told
I speak too much
to be ignored.

At home,
I replay my day,
wincing
at every door my mouth opened
that maybe should've stayed shut.

Writing is the only room
where I am not wrong
for filling the air.

Today,
a someone said
I am good with words.
She doesn't usually read
other people's captions-
but she reads mine.

One small compliment
and I am lighter.

Maybe my words are wanted,
maybe they are not noise.
Maybe I am not
too much.
 88° 
CantSeeMe
make-up here
makeup there
following the trends
next week it'll end
shopping to spend
daddy's money to rent
a fake smile
a clear skin
no underchin
jewelry and rings

so boys will see
straight from afar

what a dream you are…

fake

I hear "goodbye"

while you say

"stay another mile"

but girlie
don't you see
you're running a marathon

with high heels sweetie
a friend of mine turned into this, she left because of it

it's everything I don't want to be...

but she's still the same cheerfull child, right? Just deep down in her, behind the walls?
 88° 
Tharunii
My
My eyes have an ocean,
you never saw.
My throat have a storm,
you never listened.
                                      - tharunii
No matter what you do
No matter what you say
Even when I haven’t a clue
I love you anyway

No matter where you are
No matter how far away
I’ll drive there in my car
Every single day

No matter what you ask
No matter what you need
I will meet the task
For our love to just succeed !
 87° 
Lizzie Bevis
Teardrops fall,
telling stories
that eyes cannot hide,
when the heart reveals all
without using words.
Pain and joy both flow,
as healing trickling streams
roll down over skin,
washing away
whatever ailed
or blessed the day.

©️Lizzie Bevis
She sat in utter silence
In an unfamiliar place
Everything was new
Never experienced before

She was barely noticed
Almost invisible to the eye
Out of her own element
She tried to melt into the wall
She was an outsider

She sat in silence
Barely noticed
Quiet
Almost invisible
Barely seen and heard

She was from another place
Another time
She had traveled a long distance
To be here

She was not seen nor heard
She was insignificant
She was the unfamiliar one
She did not truly exist in some ways
La luna segó tres veces
su alba cosecha de nardos.
Tres veces sobre la mar
bailaron fantasmas blancos.

La novia espera alisando
su largo cabello *****.
A veces, peine de plata;
a veces, peine de hierro.

Le dice al viento: -Ya viene.
La flor de la salvia reza:
-Yo formé almohada morada
para su triste cabeza.

La novia espera bordando,
en oro, banda de seda.
Por el camino una nube
espesa, de polvo denso.
Por el camino se acerca,
enlutado, un mensajero.

Pone la rodilla en tierra,
besa la mano de reina.
La novia mira a lo lejos
y grita ansiosa: -¡Ya llega!

Por el camino se acerca,
sangriento y mudo, un espectro.

Hinca la rodilla en tierra,
helado la boca besa
y lágrimas color sangre
caen en las vacías cuencas.

La novia cierra los ojos
y siente un frío de huesa.
Caminante apura el paso
y en esa puerta no llames
después que tras de los montes
se haya dormido la tarde.

En ese porche sombrío
todas las noches se aman
un espectro, que en el pecho
tiene sumida una daga,

y la novia que en el día
peinando el ***** cabello
aguarda pálida y triste
que regrese el caballero.

La noche se lo trae muerto
a recostarlo en su pecho.
 66° 
Garima
when the air remains untouched by you
I'll stop cutting trees
when you no longer can hear
I'll learn what my word means
when you no longer own the name
I'll call out from near and far
when you no longer have a shadow
I'll search underneath the dark
when you are cold and bare
I'll miss the warmth you sew
when you are six feet under
I'll look above for you
srry life kept getting in the way but here's a poem >3
She runs rampant,
Dancing with the demons,
While the angels
Flutter dauntless above.

A combination of both,
She is,
Filled with endless, burning love.

Eyes of flames,
That lick at the lips,
And a mouth,
Of sinful wit and smoke.

She has a laugh,
That draws lovers near,
And snakes to Eden.

And her tears,
Which shakes the world,
And makes Heaven itself cry.

She is perfect.

And she is a monster.

She is the fiery one,
With six, great wings
To hold her high above it all.

Enjoy the view,
But do not be fooled,
She is the fiery one,
With the deepest depths to fall.
- C.c
 61° 
Darla Haven
There is no knife that cuts my skin

Just too many bright reflections

Good words are screaming from within

And blood might help confessions

I’ve read so many similar words on here

In some weird way that fills me with fear

I can understand it’s romantic, I guess

But for once in my life I wish to hear less

Little red drops, they won’t help the pain
Big chunky bracelets on your wrist

It makes you feel like you’re insane

Yet still you remain, and still you insist
I feel like this sounds too optimistic and unfinished, but maybe that’s the charm? or not? feel free to share your opinion
 60° 
Zahra
Sometimes our
emotions behave
like nomads,
camping in unknown
  places for days,
  trying to
   understand life.

They fall with a
heavy slump,
reluctant to rise
like a hippo,
half-submerged,
reclining in mud
with a slow,
  muddy squelch.
a poem about how feelings camp and sink into mud
Right before me
You have always been there
Yet my eyes failed
And mind never dared
to reach the depths of you...!!

And when my gaze began
It's lingering on you...
You vanished softly
like a dream
disappearing in the mist….!!

A Mysterious game
that destiny loves
to play…
Isn’t it true?
What’s your word?
 56° 
Ashi Jain
You don't need me
but I need you
You don't like me
but I like you

You don't know that
but what if you do
would you like me or not?
would you see me or not?
would you need me or not?

would it make a difference?
would it change your preference?
I guess probably not
 52° 
F Elliott

Stone upon stone,
the walls were raised;
each block a silence,
each silence a debt
never spoken of aloud.

Within,
the child’s voice echoed,
but the mortar held fast,
sealing grief in chambers
where no light could enter.

From the outside,
the fortress looked steady,
even noble--
its towers reaching upward,
its gates well-kept..
its banners bright.

But within its walls,
rot thickened
and the beast..
undisturbed,
found shelter.

Every silence defended it.
Every smile concealed it.

   Every careful word
   laid another stone
   against the truth.

And though the watchman cried,
the city called the fortress beautiful.

Every fortress defends
but none heals.


Every wall that protects
      is also a wall
    that imprisons.

Trauma builds with silence as mortar. Each unspoken truth becomes a stone in the wall, each careful smile a tower that hides what festers inside.

From the outside, the fortress looks strong.. even admirable. But within its walls, the beast remains untouched. This piece speaks to the architecture of denial: how families, communities, even whole societies build fortresses that protect appearances while sacrificing souls.

And to those who build their fortresses of silence, who entrench themselves in deception and call it strength.. this is for you. There are battles that words alone cannot soften, and for those battles the posture is Headstrong.

This is where the silence ends. The fortress you defend cannot heal, and the fight you dismiss as madness will not bow to your walls.

For those who choose to be self-entrenched.. who make the fortress their stronghold, hiding behind its ramparts a counterfeit “strength” built from the empty pit of unresolved years, dressing up brick and mortar to conceal the hollowness within.. this song is for you--


"Conclusions manifest
Your first impressions
got to be your very best

I see you're full of ****
and that's alright
That's how you play,
I guess you get through every night..

Well, now that's over

I see your fantasy
You wanna make it a reality
paved in gold
See inside, inside of our heads, yeah
Well, now that's over"

I see your motives inside
Decisions to hide

https://youtu.be/hYW5iD6eqM8?si=ye8lzLVMbRkPE63Q


This is not where you belong.
The fortress cannot stand forever

The child will outlast the walls.
Selah

xo
when was the last time

you sat beneath the stars
and took your place
at the table
of the infinite?

when was the last time

you sat beside a river
whitecapped
and roaring
with snow melt
and spring rain?

when was the last time

you walked in the forest
the only sounds
your footsteps
and breathing?

when was the last time

you let silence seep in
and clean you?
 48° 
JRF
I like to paint
in acrylics.
Hard colours
that can get covered
over and over
when mistakes are made
or when it’s all
so disappointing.

I paint in warm tones or cool
Or in the colour palette
that suits my mood
as the mood strikes me.

I paint
When I can’t articulate
The words on my own.
 46° 
3va
Skin,
Can we not look past it?

When you look at someone,
is that all you see, and think?

Their skin.

My skin.

I am more than my skin.

We are more than this skin.

More than its melanin
I am not my skin.

I am so much more.

More than this colored skin.
 44° 
Ghastly Goblin
I'll swing to your madness,
the old ropes your dad tied to,
a backyard fun that's been wired
and shadows, come part to blind,
and yet, surprises to this fool,
I open my eyes to you smiling
and those snap moments of giggling....
Your hair getting wrapped up here
with the nose to nose of your cheeks.
A poem of the beautiful innocence of first love.
Image for this poem is https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D33T6B/boy-and-girl-on-tree-swing-D33T6B.jpg
 44° 
Nat Lipstadt
be ever gentle to thy words
treat them, your tools, well,
cleansing and protecting,
wrapping them in cloths of chamois and moleskin
that they may be well conditioned and
pour forth with a temperament clear and viscous,
reflecting their high honors and a noble lineage,
they are well-intentioned to exist far longer
than your meager temporal life,
upon this ever hasty, ever perpetual, orbit

give them all respect, their fair due,
they are treasure immeasurable,
for which you have been granted guardianship,
custody received from others to be gifted onwards,
yours, but for the duration

so oft we trifle words,
expel them from the country of our body,
without passport and earnestness,
as if they were the cheapest of footnote filler,
day tourists, to be treated as leavings,
refuse for daily discardation,
barely noting their fast comings and faster disappearance,
but leaving not, a mark of distinction

more truffle than trifle,
find them in the dark forest of your life,
use them sparingly, just for soaring,
take them from the roots of your trees,
shave them with a paring knife,
counts them in bites and measure them in grams,
even in grains,
for words are the seasoning of our lives,
agent provacateurs that can modify the moment,
bringing out to the fore
the flavor of the underlying

speak them slow and distinct,
for they arrive slow to you,
a trickling of refugees for your sheltering,
harbor them as full companions,
protected by natural law,
provision them well,
prepared and ever ready for a quick departure,
moor them at the embarcadero,
for the next restless leg of endlessness,
which they themselves will inform you
will last longer than eternity,
long after there are no humans to speak them
Oct. 6, 2015
4:30am
Manhattan Island
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