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1191°

Marc Morais

Tired of Self-Adjustment

We see ourselves
as a house of mirrors—
each reflection warps
to fit its frame

What else can we do—
we trim the edges
smooth out the light—
If the curve is wrong
we bend our sights

Do I add too much—
a borrowed shadow
stolen tints and mismatched colors
remove too little—
leave out the seam

We are never as we are
only as we fit
within what we let others see—
patched by memory
tilted to survive—
from shame
from fears
from the raging battle
of wanting to hide and be seen
all at once—
never finding balance

I am tired
of self-adjusting—
I want to get caught up in the rain
with someone who can walk
through mirrors

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987°

Daniel Irwin Tucker

All That I Can Say Today

So many things that
words can never say
•
Too many words that
just get in the way
•

©2025 Daniel Irwin Tucker

#words

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884°

Cheryl Ann Warner

Give me your heart

Give me your heart
And I’ll give you mine
Give me your heart
And I can see
Give me your heart
And it will be me

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749°

From the ashes

First and Last Limerick

I've never written a limerick.
Thinking of it makes me sick.
Better a sonnet
or a woman upon it.
Maybe, I'll just play with my ****.

lol. Just having fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICWIGqf62Kw
poetry reading on you tube by Thomas W. Case

#lol #limerick #fun #humor

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534°

Mina

I'm Scared

𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑 𝙸 𝚊𝚖, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚠.
𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚠.
𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎.
𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚕𝚍, 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚗.
𝙾𝚕𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎.
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙸'𝚖 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚎.
𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝙸'𝚖 𝚃𝚘𝚘 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚝.
𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝.
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 say 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚒s 𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝.
𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝.
𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 "𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎"
𝙾𝚛 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚒 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎

I have a full beard at 16

#aging

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504°

cassandra

d[en]ial

and if one day
you decide to stop calling
i’ll still be leaving my phone
with the sound on
for the night

#love #relationship #feelings #heartbreak #life #breakup #heart #emotions #friendship #attachment

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488°

Opal Black

Tick, Tick, Tick

Quick do you hear it?
Do you hear that ticking sound?
Open up your chest and reach beyond the pound
Can you feel it?
Can you feel that ticking now?
You are running out of time, will you die now?

Tick, Tick, Tick.
Does that change anything now?
Are you still there?
Even after the sound?
Don’t let it stop, you can’t
But it wants to stop,
Will you let it?

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438°

Kaiden

Safety pin

You're like a safety pin.
Holding onto life for me
When i no longer can.

To this one special person.

#safety #pin #suicide #life

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406°

Vianne Lior

Ultraviolet Sighs

Soft hush
a lilac hush,
spilling from heaven’s cufflinks.

Dust-throated wind,
draped in violet lace,
forgets how to whisper.

Once,
a petal kissed my wrist,
feather-light, sugar-spun.
(It melted before I could love it.)

Beneath the boughs
time folds like an origami swan.
A child presses footprints into fallen silk,
calls for lullabies.

Glittering
a secret only the butterflies know,
written in ultraviolet sighs.

Stay.
Stay.

But the season is shifting,
jacaranda knows no permanence.

A lilac hush
soft hush
dissolving into sky.

The ground is a love letter
written in violet, waiting for rain.

#jacaranda

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371°

Megan E Hoffman

"We meet God in our love for that which is not"

What draws me in, to this?

Is it love, or something twisted—
Said a mother to her daughter
It's so hard to tell the difference

                            But please;
                                     I need to know the difference

"
I didn't understand then
And I won't pretend to know much more now;
All I can do is try to not be angry

                            And at that, I'll fail.
                                                                   But I'll learn

"
I used to believe in the world, with an innocent infatuation for its goodness

Now I believe, with a knowing compassion for its faults

...

I think things that are perfect are easy to love;

         We meet God in our love for that which is not

from my poetry book, 📖 Biting Thorns Off Roses

#love #depression #trauma #god #spirituality #pain #healing #mentalhealth #heartbreak #selflove

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357°

sena

aging...what a pain

today i turned 17
another year onto my life
another candle on the cake;
closer to being an adult
or
closer to my death
my perception of aging has always been obscured
unsurety fills me not knowing what lies ahead
but i no longer want to live "unsure"
im determined to live this last year of being adult-free ;
with no worries, no doubts
to live surely in everything i do
ill update again in 365 days.

i want to be 16 forever

#growing #birthday #hope #teen

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355°

Carlo C Gomez

Victims of Faster Science

Remember they're monsters

Not just in theory, but really

It's no longer about the evidence

(If it ever was...)

But a call to collusion

They want you silent

Unless you recite after them

So they can write papers

On pipe dreams

#commentary #science #arrogance #pride #profit #control #scheme #falsehoods #lies

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346°

Berserker Chained

Rat vs Mouse

A caged rat,
is larger
than a mouse,
but which one,
is smarter?
A maze of
interest &
fascination,
the rat will pause
as the mouse,
flies through
a set up game
and wins the
contest.
smells a victory
of serious cheese....
May be smaller,
but may be smarter.

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332°

rhenee rose

Am I Suffering Beautifully?

Am I suffering beautifully?
Do I wear my agony like a crown?
Adorn it with pearls and jewels,
And parade it into town?

Is my pain reasonable enough?
Do I raise it up or tone it down?
I’ll try to cry pretty, tiny tears,
In fact, I'd do it in my gown!

For even in despair, I should be desirable,
Dare not to be emotional, dare not to make a sound.
To be a woman is to bleed, but glamorously.
There shall be glitters in the meltdown.

A poem about how society expects women’s agony to be palatable.

#woman #beauty #society #pain #agony #suffering #despair #tears #gown

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296°

CS Modei

I’d tear the sun from the sky,
Lest it burn your eyes;
Pull your ship from the grasp of the sea,
Lest you succumb to its depths;
Quell the winds of the raging storm,
Lest it ruffle your hair.

The first in a series of poems for my partner, my beautiful ray of moonlight that penetrates the darkness I live in.

#love #passion #romance #wholesome

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265°

Akriti

WORTHLESS CHILD

You wanted a boy
You got me
Were you happy
Of course not
I did all the right things
Took care of you
Didn't chase after boys
Rather, I chased my dreams
Made a name in the world
People I meet say- we are proud of you !
But you are ashamed .
I am still your worthless child
Just because I am a girl.

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248°

hannah

I,

I
I am
I am me
I am the collective
I am my mother’s laugh
I am my father’s forgiveness
I am my brother’s wish
I am my sister’s soul
I am my pride
I am my ego
I am me
I am
I

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246°

Cassandra Livingston

A Cute Couple(t)

What if two souls of symphonic stanza
With hearts full of haikus' hope
Met right here on Hello Poetry
By reading what the other wrote.

They'd send messages of meter
With affectionate allusions
This couldn't get any sweeter
Free verses with no conclusions

A poem crafted with emotions true
Was sent to one of the two last night.
It wants to say, "I love you more than words."
But instead reads, "I love the way you write."

They'll figure out in time that they're meant to be together
And I am sure that they'll make the cutest couple(t) ever!

Two poets are almost always meant to be
Especially if they meet on Hello Poetry!

#love #cute #romance #poets

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245°

ivan

overwhelmed

sometimes i just need a hug

not the harsh words
maybe i just dont want to listen
to the truth
maybe im just too overwhelmed

sensitive.

i would never ask
for something like this
stabbing teeth into my wrists

like a dog, i follow you,
i admire you
but
sometimes all i need
is a hug

exhausted
torn apart.

#exhaustion #tired #overwhelmed #hug

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226°

zero sugar

Untitled

right now there is a storm of sun
no sound in sight
cats are asleep
lips pale and pursed

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216°

Nina

You

You still do to me
what spring does
with the cherry trees

you do it
in every season
my spring
all year long

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195°

Saudade

მეძავი

უკან მომავალს გარიჟრაჟზე შემომხვდა შფოთვა,
არა, ბატონო, ეს ხალხი მხოლოდ ფულისთვის ცოდავს.
კითხულობთ ისევ გაქცევის გზებზე რაღატომ ვფიქრობ?!
ასეა, ბატონო, ეს ხალხი დღეს უკვე წააგავს მეძავს.

საიდუმლოა ყველა სიახლე, რომელიც ღამით ოთახში ჩნდება.
დიახ, ბატონო, ჩნდება და ჩნდება, მაგრამ მალევე უჩინარდება.
იქნებ დღეს უნდა გვენახა სევდა, ან იქნებ დღესვე გვეთქვა, რომ კმარა!
არა, ბატონო, ტკივილი სჭირდება, ამ ხალხს დიდი ტკივილი სჭირდება.

დიად მშვიდობას მხოლოდ ტკივილით თუ კი მივიღებთ.
არ მესმის, ბატონო, ასე ძალიან რატომღა შფოთავთ?
ისევ იტყვიან თითქოს ყველანი შევცქერით ომებს.
არა, ბატონო, მხოლოდ ტკივილი ბადებს მშვიდობას.

საკმარისია იგრძნო ტკივილი, მალე მშვიდობა დაისადგურებს.
დიახ, ბატონო, თქვენი ვალია ხანჯალი გულში ძლიერ ჩამარტყათ.
და ჩემს სიგარეტს ქარი ისევ ჰაერში სტყორცნის.
თქვენც კი ბატონო სხვებივით, მსგავსად, გამსგავსებთ მეძავს.

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191°

alison

· · ─ ·𖥸· ─ · ·

you cannot just walk in and out of my life.
I am not a door.
I am not a robot, so do not treat me as if my feelings don't matter, because I'm human, not anything else.

what else is new

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188°

Lance Remir

Your Shadow

When we crossed paths again
The only intimacy that was shared
Were our shadows overlapping
And even then
Yours was the first to leave

#shadow #love #heartbreak #lovers #romance #trauma #abandonment #intimacy

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171°

nivek

infused consolation

sweet love, sweet lover
welling up to eternity
- Holy Spirit forever.

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159°

McKinley Flynt

Oh dark eyes
With skin sagging mounts
Feed me your love
If you would remain open.

Cherish your soul
It's tired and dark
I'll feed it my love
If I could bear witnessing it.

Curtains closed
In your bedroom
And I would knock
If you would answer.

You should open your eyes
Open your soul
Open your window.
Because I would give you a world's worth of love.

^_^

#bpd #tired #lonely #depression #sad #pleading

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151°

Zywa

[ Women being watched ]

Women being watched

when they enter, nervously --

cling to their handbags.

Autobiography "Een leeg huis" ("An empty house", 1966, Marga Minco)

Collection "Em Brace"

#women

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120°

witch

yasnora

pearls were ****** like her ruby dagger,
ruby dagger, wears on her belt; dropping venom.
spreading fatal flames with her burning lipstick,
made by the poison of her ruby eyed bloodthirsty serpent.

she knows revenge.

vicious storms brought she,
to a land, oh never was free.
trouble is a woman in need.
needing to see pearls bleed.

#woman #blood #pearl

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117°

Soul Searching

Dramatic

And then I sit on the branch of a tree, and things don't seem so bad.

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110°

Daniel A Gabbard

The line between madness,
The line between normality,
The price to pay for loneliness;
I ought to pay with sincerity.

In a world of madness,
The normal are insane,
The right are arcane,
And the abused are ridiculed by sadness.
I ought these days to go aflame,
For now, my madness, needs no blame.

There is no notes to be.

#madness #loneliness #reflection #isolation #selfreflection #innerstruggles #existentialism

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110°

Eve

-time and time again-

even after i lose my voice,
i will miss you in my bones.
even after my bones are ground to dust,
i will miss you in my flesh.
and when that flesh rots to feed the flowers
that grow above my skeleton,
and the child that will inhale the perfume
of my longing
will know that you are missed.

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104°

Anais Vionet

recessions

We’re in a young-love recession.
Gen Zers are slow to trust and averse to risk,
we have, it seems, a particular social nervousness
about interpersonal exchanges and the symbiosis of love.

So we resort to situationships (undefined relationships),
a stratagem for closeness, with zero commitment.

You can flirt; you can kiss; you can dance.
You can have a crush so big it blots out the stars
You can have transformative romantic encounters
you can care deeply and get hurt badly
you can, in fact, be absolutely wrecked by love
All without ever being in a relationship.

Thank God we’re only young once.
.
.
Songs for this:
Die With A Smile by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
Busy Woman by Sabrina Carpenter

BLT Merriam Webster word of the day challenge 03/15/25:
Stratagem = a trick or plan for achieving a goal

#love #recessions #romantic #encounters #relationships #humor

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102°

Cassandra Livingston

Eternal Poet

The life of a poet lives on
through all their poems,
but the day I do depart,
I want to be cremated.

I will entrust family
and some fellow poets
to let my ashes sink
into some deep black ink.
And I'd want them to write
the stanzas I secretly saved
just for the occasion.

That way
they can say
that I put
all my heart
and my body
into poetry.
Literally.

My soul,
on the other hand,
would live on happily
as an eternal poet
having fun rhyming
while everyone's crying.
(and I'd wish they'd stop.)

I wouldn't want my loved ones to be saddened. I'd want them to rejoice, knowing that my dream of becoming an eternal poet finally came true.

#immortality #afterlife #poetry #heart #soul #body #cremated

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76°

simmer

Your Name

Your name brings me comfort
All these year later
I say it to myself when I feel most alone

For then another presence enters the desolate space between my ears
Warmth and familiarity replace lack there of
And just for a moment, in a time where I am lost
I am reminded of when every aspect of my being felt fully known

#name #love #alone #feeling #poetry #time

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72°

AndresAlejandro

Destiny

Two souls,
one fate.

Loving each other,
like no one ever has.

Loving so intensely,
only to break apart.

Until they realized,
they weren’t meant to be.

They understood,
they were just the path.

The path to something greater.

They made a promise—
not in this life,
but in the next,
they wouldn’t let anything tear them apart.

The next life
would be their second chance,
where love would finally win.

This time,
it just wasn’t enough.

Darling,
I toss this coin
into the fountain of that place
I long to return to.

#soul #love

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69°

BipolarBear

Let It Burn

If I cannot direct these fiery flames,
then let them engulf me entirely.
Leaving not a single hair uncharred.
Sparing no feeling, only memory.

You run for me, pail of water in hand.
The water rises, and the water falls.
Like raging waves on a vengeful see -
Like the betallion of tears in your eyes.

Alas, it hits ground - my arm left outstretched.
Confusion and betrayal paint your face.
Angels like you, can't comprehend this hate.
While I generously give and take it.

Should I fail to control this raging gift;
I would rather be consumed than lose it.
Extraordinary failure suits me,
ordinary success just never did.

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65°

Poet

Sincerely…

breathe
do you feel your lungs expanding?
do you feel you chest rising?
open
open your eyes
do you see the sun?
the moon?
the stars?
the clouds?
all of them were made for you
you
wonderful
       beautiful
                lovely
                                           YOU
sincerely,
someone who cares

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