The latest poems on Hello Poetry

mae 2d

it’s midnight in laredo
and my shoes slap the sidewalk
like a dying heartbeat.

people pass by like ghosts
faces painted on smoke,
and i pause —
am i the only real one?

then loneliness crawls my back
like a wet coat i can’t shake off
and i keep walking.

#lonely #loneliness #depression

Anwar Ghani 2d

HOW OFTEN

HOW OFTEN

It is easy to kiss a flower or travel far toward love on a long night? And it's easy to sing in the evening when the wind caresses your cheeks like a butterfly dancing among the trees. Oh, how the trees love to touch the face of the river. How often do your shadows tell me about walking among the colorful paths, and that it's something that delights the heart, perhaps one day I'll find a thread or a hand pointing to you. How often do I remember the features of your face on mornings caressed by the breeze? How often have I been dazzled by its captivating fragrance? How often have I drawn with your shadows an embrace and a kiss like strange travelers who have come from afar. They spend the night among the hills, their eyes only smiling between unforgettable waterfalls.

Mike Hauser 2d

Grandson

I would like nothing more
Than to watch you grow old
Watch as your story
Before the world unfolds

See the young man
You are bound to become
But alas, I myself
Am not all that young

I’ll still gladly take
All that I can get
Enjoying every moment
That we both have left

Treasuring the time
With your hand in mine
While we do our very best
To keep the memories alive

And that you would love nothing more
Than to be with me as I grow old
Sharing in the story
As we both watch it unfold

We just had our first grandchild 7 months ago and while both my wife and I are overjoyed, I can’t help but think I’m 68 and may not be around (though no one knows the day) long enough to see him grow into adulthood, I will enjoy every minute of the memories we’ll be making ❤️

Theresa Hartley-Mace 2d

A storm is brewing

The sky is white with cloud
Like a covering of a shroud
The trees look dark green
Not bright when the sun has been
Every thing is still in the garden
Tis still and staid and star done
Oh Mother Nature I beg your pardon
Is there a storm coming our way?
I asked Alexa and she said not today
But I feel spots of rain
It’s just too calm
Calm before the storm they say!
I think it’s on its way!

Ryan Geoffrey Hayward 2d

I Could Never .....

Once when I was a boy,
on an afternoon of athletes,
I wasn't even feeling coy,
and had a sinking feeling.

When the gun went off,
my little legs flew
to the finish line,
and I finally had gold....

There was another boy,
with legs like lobsters,
and I could have swore,
he was an eagle to soar.

But I left him
at the starting line
Now I finally felt alive
as they clapped to Yellow.

And finally I breathed
and anxiety left me....
I once did achieve
in my worthless
life, something.....

#introspection #freeverse

Arpitha 2d

Crash

What do you do
When the pain in your head
becomes too much?
Threatens to explode
and harm everyone around
Can’t contain it anymore
Losing grip
Going out of control
One misstep and
It will come crashing down.

#crash #burnout #depression

Sophia 2d

Mini Chocolate Eggs

I found the teddy
that I named after you

it's fur is still fluffy
even though it's aged and *****

it's eyes bright blue
just how urs sometimes were
not always though, you had green too

I hug this toy
holding it as tight as I can
squishing it against my chest
kissing it's head

wishing it would turn in to you

I wrote this poem about I toy that I named after my cat ,who's now dead, when I was about 5 (even though it looked nothing like my cat)