#casual poems on Hello Poetry

Cadmus 4d

🙏🏻

They feast with the wolves…

Bark with with the dogs…

Weep with the shepherds…

Guests at every table,

but a pillar at none.

Call them seasonal?
Situational?

Maybe,
Socially fluent? morally absent?

Friends to everyone…
and loyal to no one.

☝️

This poem reflects the nature of surface-level friendships. those who adapt to every group but commit to none. Present in moments of ease, absent in moments of need.

#casual #friends #false #friendship #social #masks #poetic #truth #loyalty #test

Dianali Mar 8

Dopamine

trying to get a little dopamine—
In somebody’s lap.

Flashbacks.
Shivering.

Hands,
hands,
hands.

#dopamine #casual #relationship

Dianali Feb 18

The show

“Bodies are bodies and bodies will touch”,

— Inviting and warm, a set, themed as a house—

Same role to play, a different guest star,

Bodies are bodies and bodies will touch,

— Cheers of the crowd. It’s a wrap, credits roll. —

Modern romance

#romance #casual

Todd Sommerville Feb 10

Let it Rain

Under my umbrella
rain hitting all around
getting wet anyway
so I take it down.

I really don't mind
it's been a hot day,
and the rain seems to
wash all my blues away.

Rain covers my face like tears,
but they are of joy
not of pains or fears.

Into every life they say
some rain must fall.
But I'll not complain,
the sun always shines
brighter after the rain.

And as I said,
it's been a very hot day.

And this cool refreshing rain
was sorely needed anyway.

So moments ago my screen saver updated to a pic of a dozen or so brightly colored umbrella opened up on a bright blue sky back drop.
And this poem popped into my mind.
I quickly jotted it down, before it could disappear from my mind and this is the finished result of 5 minutes of intense poetic thought LOL!!!
I hope you like it, I certainly enjoy it when they come like this.
Thanks for reading

https://youtu.be/bPEfrNLc_tI?feature=shared
checkout the video for this poem on you tube

#rain #joy #life #casual #pleasures #smiles

Maggie Jan 25

I wish we met differently

We met in the worst possible way, 
Two hearts left broken, led astray. 
You said, "You know what? Love isn’t real, 
So let’s just start to play."

No longer was she the lover girl, 
Who believed that love’s a twirl—
 A dance, a whirlwind romance

No longer was he the gentleman, 
Who buys you flowers, who takes your hand, 
Someone who believes love’s something grand

Because they’ve both loved someone before, 
Built a home, then closed the door, 
Both left crying on the floor

So when they met, 
They didn’t believe 
That love was something they could give

So they just played— 
There’s a spark, “It’ll just fade,” they said 
Because they met each other in their worst state, 
Not expecting love to find a way.

Maybe in another life, we met differently. We weren’t both broken hearts who played with each other, but instead, friends turned to lovers. Maybe~

#love #friend #casual #situationship

Jeremy Betts Oct 2024

~•§•~ Drop the Needle on the Last Note ~•§•~

My relationship with life is nonconsensual
Now-a-days, a cancelable scandal
The back and forth we share is not equal
My portion is shameful
Should have never taken it past casual
That's when it took control
Thoughts creep in of the unforgivable
Turning out the lights on this carnival
The last note I jot on my last thought pressed to vinal
Drop the needle at the funeral

©2024

#life #relationship #nonconsensual #scandal #shameful #casual #control #impossible

Anais Vionet Mar 2024

feel a pulse

There’s no substitute for life.

I find myself,
seduced by yearnings.

I’m flourishing here,
contemplating sin.

I’ve nothing to do
when I’ve nothing but time.

I’m reusing solitudes -
they’ve become ragged.

What’s the answer then?
Should I seal my girly heart,
engage in uncaring kisses
like it’s ‘casual friday’ -
connive brief excitements
- just to feel a pulse?

BLT Marriam Webster word of the day challenge: Connive: to be secretly sympathetic to something wrong or unacceptable

#questions #casual #speculation #substitutes #humor

Jeremy Betts Mar 2024

~•§•~ Condition Critical ~•§•~

I can feel every eye roll
And all I did was pour out what was left of my soul
Looks like I might be the only one to see it from that angle
Like it's painful
I brush it off and project as being humble
Really I'm only diminishing what makes me emotional
It's just standard business as usual
A series of unfortunate events themed carousel
The victim blaming has become so casual
That I somehow become the spectacle
Put a screen between us and then I bet they'd care though
Convinced themselves I'm some kind of animal
Chomping at the bit, waiting to say "I told you so"
Waiting for said moment from the get go
Was it always the plan to poke at the volcano?
The saying only mentions a bear, though the volcano makes it more...what's the word...I don't know, disasterful...
That's not a word but that's what came to mind cause the mind isn't always rational
Whatever, anyway, on a long enough timeline you're bound to get burnt, we're all flammable
A majority of us are expendable
Not essential even if dependable
Reluctantly invited to the annual shiit show
The HUD flashes on arrival
"WARNING WARNING, CONDITION CRITICAL!"
But we've been lied to before, for example
Take a look at religion and the political
What's actual?
What's factual?
And what's just another game by Hasbro?
What are you looking at me for? I don't fuuckin' know
Try tying it to a white flag and running it up the flagpole

©2024

#soul #painful #humble #rational #usual #animal #casual #burnt #expendable #critical