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Hunger
May 18 May 25, 2026Late spring opens an appetite. This week we name what we want, without polishing it, without apologizing, and notice what we have been calling by other names.
What will you want out loud this summer?
17 responses
Freedom–
To write.
To hope.
To dream.
To want to succeed...
Or something in between.
restless elm
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 9:04 PM UTC
Peace
Hope
Gratitude
a future all my own
weary ember
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM UTC
i want your hand
the burn of your touch
the shift of your eyes
and the breath of your lips
i want you burned into my soul
i want the whisper of the wind
running through my hair
clearing the smouldering stone
the stone that burns my skin
the skin of your touch
the stare of your eyes
the beat of your heart
the light behind your smile
let it fade
walk away
never come back
i want
but you dont need
and i cant hold on
i can't burn away
i cant let myself break at your will
i want
but i cant have you
moonlit moss
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 3:32 PM UTC
tears,
not of pain,
but of freedom.
and a warm
summer breeze
that hit just right.
thin cloud
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 2:11 PM UTC
Freedom !!
steady orchard
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 12:19 PM UTC
This summer, what will I cry?
Perhaps a song to the sky.
Or a laugh, loud and free,
Just for the world and for me,
As the warm sunbeams go by.
late cloud
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC
i love her
i wont say it
its written in my eyes
but i cant love her
we’re only in laws
quiet valley
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 9:57 AM UTC
To stare, my tired face,
into your hazel eyes.
heavy garden
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM UTC
Sky, sun, ocean, a cool breeze, or just the good weather,
Things that my world is composed of,
None of them add up to you.
Is there a single thing on this earth that doesn’t remind me of you?
My beloved, the soul centerpiece of my world.
You’re all the colors and meanings of such beautiful moments that once existed in my life,
I want you bad.
bright marsh
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 8:37 AM UTC
I'll live for the first time without looking for love,
I'm far away from my friends so I'll make some new ones.
And I'll cry and scream from the building tops
work myself to the bone and I fill myself up
Read like I'm starved for affection
Take pictures till my phone gives up
Gamble on my abilities with all or none
What will I want out loud this summer?
Everything and anything except for love.
I'm done and tired to be someone's ideal type,
that I've forgotten to live without a person as a crutch
lonely badger
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 7:43 AM UTC
You walk your walk
Like a waterwalk
Christian Loffler feat Mohna
Like a grain of sand
Lost in your storm
GusGus
I want you to funk me
rock and roll me
jazz me
but most important
give my soul to me
I will give your soul
to you
The winter is patiently waiting
for its warmth
wandering ridge
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 7:04 AM UTC
the kind of quiet that comes with knowing that it is in the moment i ought to be breathe and that it is in time that i'll find out what lays ahead of me.
introspection, love, and quiet.
warm garden
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 3:50 AM UTC
I will want good company out loud this summer
the kind that meets me where I am
and calls me toward what’s next
with gentleness,
with laughter,
with a hand on my shoulder saying
go on.
golden pine
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
Summer Wanting
Last summer,
you said,
“Watch your shoes for sand,”
when I complimented
the beautiful getaway
you shared.
This summer,
I want to say,
“Turn around
let me anoint sunscreen
across your bare back
with both my hands.”
:)
rusted heron
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
I want to laugh so hard I forget the ache,
To run barefoot through morning grass,
To let the sun paint freckles on my nose,
And not hide them behind my hair.
I want my friends to call just because,
Late night drives, music too loud.
I want to jump in the pool without fear,
To wear what I like and not care.
I want to say what I feel,
Be loud, be soft, be me
Wanted, and wanting more.
faded lantern
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 11:11 PM UTC
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a very long rest
bright reed
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 10:15 PM UTC
Boat ride with her in Kashi ❤️
My home ❤️
shy swallow
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 9:44 PM UTC