Solid Concrete! - Hello Poetry

May 2015

DaSH the Hopeful

The more
I drank t-
he closer**
I felt to
Your ever
Lasting tide
It never died
But it did shrink
With every drop that
Hit my lips, my animosity

For you faltered next to the bottle.

Smaller and smaller until i couldn't

Feel you at all, the glass walls contai-

ning this liquid also trapping your w-

aves inside them. Before I tried to hi-

de them, from other shores, but now

I could not find them, not at my door

After a storm, not on my floor ready

To make me slip, i miss your tide

When i take a sip...................

#love #heartbreak #poetry #drunk #life #death #drinking #waves #tide #wash

May 2015

Virginia S

time

Time is passing by and I don't mind
waiting even if it's not just a while
if only i could find the
meaning of a life
without you
i wouldnt
have to
but
.
.
.
.
.
a
life
without
you would
make me fear and
make me shiver would
be so bitter that i would wait
id say more, than a thausand years

#love #time

Apr 2015

Zemyachis

The Milky Way

Rilled
as
  a Rose,
      Petals Painted
            with Radio-waves                                        Billowing
                               amongst                   Bouquet of          Ballerinas,
                                             a   Blossoming                                    Trailing
                                                                                                          New
                                                                             stars                  Born
                                                                     and           Blushing
                                                             Foaming
                                                                    at their
                                                                           Skirts
                                                                              like
      wrapped                                                    the
up              like home,             Surf of the Sea
in her                    Doesn't it feel
     spiraling                                                          Scented with
                arms?                                       of her sleeves,          warm
                     Sewn into       cotton fibers                                       cosmic
                                       the                                                                  latte?
                                                                                    uni-                         Oh,
                                                                          entire      verse             before
                                                                         our                                   we
                                                                                was                  grew
                                                                                        She  // taller

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, named after a man who calculated the distance to our nearest neighbor galaxy, leading us to see for the first time that the Milky Way was not the entire universe.

#mom #mother #space #galaxy #rose #cosmic #latte #ballerinas #hubble #radio-waves

Apr 2015

SøułSurvivør

kerosene

---

the lamp is lit
but no light
flows / the
candle sits
and doesn't glow
the lightbulb gleams
but all is dark / the fire
spits a lifeless spark
the ember gives
no life no
warmth / there
        is no comfort ))))))
              on the hearth         ))))
        there is no life ))))))
when love grows
cold / the only prospect's getting old

---

#darkness #concrete #heartache

Apr 2015

SE Reimer

cloud alliterations

~

the

skies breath

aloud their sighs

as county-sized clouds

tower o'er the countryside

severed by the mountain's scythe

remnants scattered now like little spies

no hope of rebound to their former glory

only obliterated slices now the sun can’t hide

clouds reduced to skyscraper size must now suffice

and on it goes, cumulus fingers sliced by lofty granite spires.

~

*post script.

just a playful mix
of mindless alliteration
with a bit of concrete.

Apr 2015

Megan Grace

04.18

i am willing to help you find all of
your pieces to buy you the tread
and  needle   you'll  need  once
you've gathered them     and i
promise   not to look or make
pained faces while you   put
yourself back together inthe
quiet of    y o u r  basement
bedroom   because i know
what  it means to feel like
you're missing a limb but
the ache is  coming from
somewhere          deeper
deeper
                           deeper
than you   ever could
have imagined your
chest could   sink it
is so scary to wake
up and not be sure
if your    lungs are
still  connected or
if you're going to
be able to get off
thecouchbecause
you've been too
sad to sleep  in
your  own bed
please    know
that i will not
forceyoutobe
h a p p y   or
give up your
past,     but i
will be here
if you decide
to do those things

I'm not scared of broken.

Apr 2015

South by Southwest

Stairway from Earth to Heaven

stair w
        a
        y stair w
                   a
                   y stair w
                              a
                              y stair w
                                         a
                                         y stair w
                                                    a
                                                    y stair w
                                                               a
                                                               y sta
No escalators to heaven , no free rides .
Just one long hard climb , one step at a time .

#heaven #to #stairway

Apr 2015

NameDoesntMatter

Love yourself.

Artistic                                   Amazing
Beautiful   Bright                Capable   Caring
  Desirable   Delightful     Easy-going   Enough
      Funny   Generous   Helpful   honest   Important
  Justified      Kind   I AM   Loveable   Mature
Needed   Original   Poetic   Quick-witted
Reliable   ****   Skilled   Truthful
Unstoppable   Valiant   Wise
X-elent    Youthful
Zealous

Italic words are words I need more of a reminder on.
I encourage all of you to choose a positive word (or multiple) from each letter of the alphabet and write it down. Remind yourself every day what a remarkable person you are.
Love yourself. <3

*Agh, didn't get on all day today, but came home to find that this was selected as poem of the day and am so flattered and honored. Thank you so much to everyone for the kind comments. I'm so glad you all liked it. <3

#loveyoselfchallenge

Mar 2015

SE Reimer

effervescing

~

earth's stunning beauty...
a bitter sweet concoction
we imbibe to pass away
the hours, the haze,
our allotted days
with effervescing
memories!

~

*post script.

written in response to a club-member's photo post on another site...
a medley of photos from her garden.

her photos, my musings...
how could she know that today is a musing, effervescent day?

Mar 2015

SøułSurvivør

of angels

and gargoyles

v  v  v
>     an     <
> angel <
###          down          ###
######          from         ######
########/heaven sat on########
#######/a gargoyle's wing#######
#####/said she, "too bad youre#####
###/hideous! such an ugly thing!###
###\the gargoyle said nothing/###
so the angel said, nonplussed
"too bad you have to
stay on earth and
cannot fly with us"
the gargoyle just sat
there. The angel left
alone. the gargoyle
shed not one tear
for he was made of
///////stone*\\\\\\\
////////////////\\\\\\\\\\
///////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\
///////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\
/////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\
V               V

#sad #angels #fly #stone #gargoyles