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 1124° 
Poisoned Wells
I wish I could sleep
but I ache,
on all sides,
and on my back,
I see the haunting
that you bring me
And the refusal,
of disappearing.
And a silent tease,
in a blackly sight
of a sudden freezing,
of a jumper's fleece.
A demon's wishes,
of remembrance
of tanned flesh,
and daily blesses,
The snake that hisses
has now became me.
 385° 
Wanderlust
I don't think you realize
I don't think you care
I might've died
all because of you

You tore me up
and watched me bleed
you wanted it on your terms
and you couldn't care less
if you saw the way I cried

You have no sympathy
for the way you hurt me
"It's fine," you told me
ignoring the scars of your touch

I wish I could forget
and let go of all of it
but the memory haunts me
like a ghost that can't let go

You wanted control
and you have it now
at the cost
of all of me
Your no matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you it doesn't.
 306° 
Dr Peter Lim
I'm no pearl
only a pebble
hidden under
the sand of time
unknown
to be discovered
by none-
yet I don't complain
or moan-
what I am
happily I accept
being just alone
a tiny stone-

the rose
has my pity
it blows
and loses
its beauty
when the sun
loses its glow
and admirers
are gone

a pebble I am
free to the bone
my life
as in
a perfect cone
abiding
consistent
unchanging
with nothing
to atone.
 273° 
Foogle
it comes when there is no time to write
and you're inches away from spilling your
sanity out on a sidewalk in the park

elevating to the moon you whisper
quiet nothings into your own bare shoulders

it comes when there's no time to think
and when the skies begin to look interchangeable

greys upon greys and sunset knitted together
and the cold dawns upon uncovered skin

it comes when there is no time to breathe
 263° 
Poisoned Wells
The scarecrow's
straw blows
away to nearby
watching crows,
wishing to ravish
all the corn.
Smart little evil
birds,
watch with
intention
and step up quietly
to peck out his eyes.
 250° 
Stardust
When patterns repeat, year after year,  
And threaten you at your most pivotal hour.
It feels like a checkmate.
For the past few years, I’ve felt like a mouse trapped in a box. The same patterns keep unfolding, with different people but similar situations, and there I am, calculating my moves. Today, I just realized that these events seem to be repeating themselves again, just like they did over the last two years, with the stakes getting higher each time. After being defeated twice in a row, I’ve become increasingly tense and stressed.

However, I prefer to believe that if things are repeating, there must be a reason behind it and I try to learn from these experiences. This time, I’m determined to break the cycle and finally "win". O God, I just hope for your guidance and strength to get through this, as I am truly scared. Please be with me.
 197° 
Boma
I wonder what I'm doing awake at 3 am

Am I just tired of the secrets smothering me in my sleep?
Am I avoiding the dreams where you sneak in and we pretend it's ok?
Or is it the thoughts of what could be that keep me tossing and turning on my bed?

I think I just need to get some sleep
Drowsy and dreamy...
 157° 
Cheryl Ann Warner
I’m calling in a favor
All of the angels standing by
No time to cry
I can’t ask why?
I really want to shout
All the angels standing by
No time to cry
Angels standing by
 150° 
Mira
I crave the hues of your eyes
in every painted evening sky;
the brushstrokes of the setting sun
recall my flushed cheeks:
your smile to adorn—
and in every landscape I seek
the roads still cheekily lead me back
to your street.
 139° 
Grace
Slippery, as a fish.
You were born to the sea,
and breathe only by moving.
(1979)
 117° 
McKenna
It would be better
If I were dead
Bullet in my head
Forever goodbye
So I can satisfy
The need for my own bloodshed
I’m already laying in my deathbed
What’s the point of dragging it on?
My minds been gone—
No fixing this mess
Carrying all this stress
Man am I the greatest
Parents are the strictest—
It would be better
If I were dead
Bullet in my head
Forever goodbye
So I can satisfy
The need for my own bloodshed
 115° 
Pablo Neruda
Qué hicisteis vosotros, gidistas
intelectualistas, rilkistas,
misterizantes, falsos brujos
existenciales, amapolas
surrealistas encendidas
en una tumba, europeizados
cadáveres de la moda,
pálidas lombrices del queso
capitalista, qué hicisteis
ante el reinado de la angustia,
frente a este oscuro ser humano,
a esta pateada compostura,
a esta cabeza sumergida
en el estiércol, a esta esencia
de ásperas vidas pisoteadas?

No hicisteis nada sino la fuga:
vendisteis hacinado detritus,
buscasteis cabellos celestes,
plantas cobardes, uñas rotas,
«belleza pura», «sortilegio»,
obras de pobres asustados
para evadir los ojos, para
enmarañar las delicadas
pupilas, para subsistir
con el plato de restos sucios
que os arrojaron los señores,
sin ver la piedra en agonía,
sin defender, sin conquistar,
más ciegos que las coronas
del cementerio, cuando cae
la lluvia sobre las inmóviles
flores podridas de las tumbas.
 108° 
Varg
I will bury my pride
and try once more.
And if I fail again,
I’ll fall with my heart in my hands,
ready to be yours.

I love you.
I love you even in my dreams
two years ago, today, and always,
until the day I die.
What does it matter if you no longer see me?
As long as I can dream of you,
this love will never fade.

Oh, María,
wherever you may be,
keep looking at the stars.
When I become one of them,
our eyes will finally meet.
Destined for the one who keeps my heart longing to love.
 104° 
Mya
You feel like a life time ago
When I was a different person
And you were a kinder man
 89° 
Joshua Phelps
it’s hard
not to feel
withdrawn

when the ones
you love

have crossed
to the other
side.

they’re
never gone,

but it feels
so wrong—

like a song
out of tempo,
out of place.

and you know
nothing can
bring them back,

but still
you do your best
to stay strong.

because life
never stops,

and the ones
you’ve lost

are never
gone.
inspired by mayday parade’s “happy endings are stories that haven’t ended yet.”

written in memory of my mom—gone in body, never in spirit.

this is for anyone trying to carry love through the silence.
 86° 
Esther
i have just moved all our pictures
into the hidden folder
the graveyard of memories
my heart aches with endless yearning
sorrow, grief and regret

our love was so short-lived
like a helpless little kitten
that died before it ever got a chance
to fully experience the wonders of life

our love was a flickering candle flame
that burnt so bright
and fizzled so soon

my tattooed golden retriever
my soldier, my love
you said it was "right person, wrong time"
but what if the timing could never favour upon us?
what if we could never find our way back to each other?
𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨...
 85° 
Charly
You've been out of it
A blur of drinks and gigs,
Futile attempts to escape
A life of rings and flings,
Life changing. As they say
Exams in a few days
Yet here you are,
Wallowing in your words
On Hellopoetry.com
Not that that's a bad thing it's actually very good I've missed writing on here it's just been so busy I haven't had the chance
 84° 
Madeleine
As a tree blooms
Every year
My child
Do you bloom
In every season
That you are in
 83° 
Sometimes Starr
You are
Not the numbers
You're su-
percomposite

And when the numbers aren't mine,
I never blame it on you.

We will run the numbers
Hands locked in a promise
We're supercomposite
I never blame it on you

So please
When you look at me
Oh, nevermind
Well, you can see

So please
When I let you down
We ran the numbers
And we didn't have it

But we've escaped the surface
Don't ask, it was worth it
We changed our perspective
And now my neck is a little sore

But I've got my jugular
Filled with molten iron
I'm forging a weapon
Sharp enough to slit their throats

So please
When we run the numbers
They don't have throats
It's a separation

So please
Panpsychist lover
It's even stevens
Even for non-vegans
 83° 
Peere
You took everything
But
You still have nothing.
are there really angels in the sky so blue
if and when we die do they come for you
do they bring your wings so you can fly away
to heaven up above where all the angels stay

no more pain or suffering will there ever be
where you will live in peace stay forever free
in there land of love  in the sky so blue
then you will get to know if angels are really true
 78° 
Tiálen Resan
Rodeado de ideas y de planes
estabas preparando tu camino
sueño americano, chino o europeo
todo parecía un mundo perfecto

En la búsqueda de ese mundo
te olvidaste de ti mismo
la consciencia de una ilusión agitada
a un hada decidiste escuchar

Tu gran proyecto mental
que planificaste toda tu vida
cuanto influye, en lo que
te permites sentir

Una vida una vez
sigue lo que quieres ser
de forzarte y obligarte
no sigas lo que debes ser

Tu gran rompecabezas mágico
como tú quieras lo puedes mover
sal del esquema de tu vida
y permítete volver a sentir
Thanks little fairy.
 74° 
Meagain
May the moon and stars be a witness to our love—
A love that endures until the dawn of time.
When our hearts intertwine,
like earth and water meeting in perfect harmony.
When the sky leans down,
and the wind kisses its lips.

Let your love stand firm until then—
timeless, endless, and true.
 68° 
Flor
“I love you more,” he said with a grin,
“By a mile, by a lot, and I’m sure to win.”

She rolled her eyes, “Oh, that’s sweet,
But I love you more, can’t be beat.”

“No way,” he scoffed, “I love you most,
I even shared my garlic toast.”

“I love you more,” she said with flair,
“Like sunshine on a summer air.”

“I’d fight a lion just for you,”
He teased, “I’d win, that’s nothing new!”

“But I hold your hand when you’re half asleep,
And whisper ‘shhh’ when your dreams get deep.”

He chuckled, “And I press snooze every day,
Just to lie beside you and delay.”
I love you more. Like, way more than you even think
 64° 
Carson Dees
Hey
This isn't a poem but i just wanted to announce that I'll be trying new things soo heads up, a lot of different stuff just trying to see what i good at. Just tell me if there's anything i could improve on, okay?
See you soon! - Carson
 63° 
Mounir Laroussi
Mother's day
her gold necklace in my nightstand drawer
her sweet voice in my ears
haiku
 62° 
afrota
Do not rewrite the past.
No hand can erase
what time has carved
in wounded skin.

Let your oldest notebook
inscribe the first line
of a new tale —
written in fresh tears
and the sweat
of becoming
a future still unfolding.
 62° 
Lostling
Your guiding hands are always there
To catch me when I fall.
Soft combs through my tangled hair
Hugs, a protective wall.

Your strength's a roaring lioness,
Your heart burning so bright,
Fighting through the crushing stress.
You burn away the night
Happy Mother's Day!
 62° 
Bekah Halle
Good and bad
Light and darkness

Day and night
I've tried to be divine,
And I've run from evil,
Or so it seemed...

But the evil within me

Wouldn't leave;
I pray,
I repent,
I accept shame
as my cloak;
I shrivel the goodness
Unseen...

I split,
Disconnect;
Become a kaleidoscope
of regret.
Days lost
in a fruitless
quest__

Isn't it easier
to just
Embrace the evil within me?!
Is that love?
Loving evil;
Heaven's dove?
Or is that truly absurd?!

This poem has already
Gone on, way too long,
But since I have run
from evil so strong,
Turning towards
loses its terror.

In some ways, the practice of reflection is so freeing - coming face to face with myself and instead of freezing, I hold the mirror up and embrace the ugly, broken parts.
 61° 
SleepEasy
Sifting memories through a mesh
Trying to clean my mind like a litter box
Until all that remains is fresh
Still I haven't learned what to do
With the *** and the poo
I tried throwing my own crap at it
I tried swallowing it
I even tried to sit on it
No matter what I do I can't discard it
There is no trash bin that will erase it
I suppose I have to work with it
In my tiny apartment I have many treasures that I've enjoyed
Things I've found dumped by the students not to be destroyed.

I don't have money to buy new, so everything I find is recycled  
Things I found discarded, I felt finding them I was entitled

My apartment is full of memories I've created
So everything I've found is quite appreciated

Students go off and leave very nice things behind
Most things I find valuable and are nicely refined

I have found very nice solid wood furniture, most of it antiques
things that most people would not be interested in but are unique.

When my mother would come to visit she'd refer to my decor
as many things she would find at the local Habitat Restore.

But I've made the best of it and really enjoy what I found
and the contents of my apartment are quite useful and sound

One mans trash, is another ones treasure!

Copyright 2025
all rights reserved
 59° 
Michael Rudelich
White paper folded in
the shape of a house,
next to an egg
in the sunlight,
casting a long shadow,
on a pastel green
plastic table top.
 58° 
Sherri Woodman
Today I got a hug, out of the blue                                                             ­     
                                                           ­                                                               
and it even came with an "I love you''                                                            ­    
                                                            ­                                                        
Such a simple kind gesture                                                          ­                                                  
              ­                                                                 ­                               
  It brought me such pleasure                                                         ­                     
                                                                ­                                                          
It picked me up when I felt down                                                             ­                       
                                         ­                                                                 ­      
  turned my day totally around                                                           ­                 
                                                                ­                                                  
  Just when I thought no one cared                                                            ­            
                                                                ­                                        
someone loved me, someone shared
 57° 
Liana
So you know how sometimes when you start to give up on humanity
someone wonderful happens?
Like when you just walking somewhere and a stranger says that they like your outfit
Or someone that you've never before smiles and waves
And you think that maybe
People aren't so bad?

My idea of a successful life
Is to be that person
As many times as I can
 55° 
Kim Mason
I love the Lord
 55° 
Vlad Tudor
Once it had slipped past midnight,
I haven't even noticed as I fell asleep
As I haven't noticed all your deceits.
The faces, cries and stupid lies,
The many ways you weren't mine.

My dream took me out again
To a place with a dry sun
Where music had no need for rhyme
And laughing was a paradigm.

One single look of miscontempt,
The shy disaster layed by thread;
I didn't get, I was confused
That you had stayed back with the moon.

There was perfection in your eyes,
A car which drove right through your heart,
And even if you prayed the Lord,
Yesterday was heaven, now you're bored.
Anyone fan of Renne Rapp?
 54° 
badwords
Emaciated creatures
pace their pens
Erasable features
begin and end

locked in hand
locked by key
Just demand
Dreamless sea

The miasma shrieks
An impulse creeps
Floorboards creak
to disturb your sleep

Now rest well
Empty, undefined
heaven or hell
you decide
 51° 
Jimmy silker
You ever get that sudden surge?
You  Don't know where it came from
A salty pulse behind the eyes
That swells
Then leaves your skull
A smell
A taste
A tune
A movie
A wave from those
That have gone on
A hail from heart to brain
From where
They now belong.
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