#format poems on Hello Poetry

Serena Jun 2023

Blue and white and orange and white
And songs and coffee and tears
Keep together my daily plight

I’d add you to my list of fears
But I don’t want to miss your laughs
And songs and coffee and tears

I’d split my soul into two neat halves
And hand me to you on a platter
But I don’t want to miss your laughs

I know that it would need to matter
If you were to open up one day
And hand you to me on a platter

I’ll model the place we’re in like clay
And slowly, slowly seep me out
If you were to open up one day

I’d take good notice of the route
Blue and white and orange and white
Would slowly, slowly seep us out
Keep together my daily plight

#friends #exes #love #friendship #villanelle #terzanelle #format #jealousy

apayne Sep 2020

waiting

waiting for the bus, always late, to carry me home
   waiting for that shiny new tech-heavy device to arrive
      waiting for service when I’ve already been ignored twice
         waiting in line to pay for my overpriced vegan groceries
            waiting for the doctor who simply repeats WebMD told me
               waiting for the Wi-Fi to take only to have it disconnect 15 minutes later
                  waiting for payday when there's only Kraft singles and jam in the fridge
                      waiting for Spring like my bones aren’t already frozen and burst
                         waiting for inspiration like muse has 24-hour shipping
                            waiting for salvation when the devil’s
fork is already in my back

               But
Most of all

                                    I’m
                                       Tired
                                          Of
                                             Waiting
                                                For You

#waiting #format #tired #frustration #daytodaylife #done #leaving #over

Sabrina May 2020

You *****, You lose

School books never liked me, I’ve always known
but it’s not my fault! I like to have fun
and take swigs while smelling like acetone.
I suppose I’m an acquired taste, like guns?

Sometimes when I stand up too fast, I fall,
and sometimes when I cry too hard, I ball.
Doctor says water goes best with Tylenol,
but it tastes better with some alcohol.

My head feels like it’s splitting into two,
there’s no amount of medicine to help.
I’ve tried covering my mouth with some glue,
but ethanol seems to dissolve it well.

I think I shouldn’t drink this toxic brew,
but hell, “what’s one more swig going to do?”

I wrote this poem for one of my poetry classes and I kind of liked how it turned out so I thought I would share it!

#alcohol #rhymes #sonnet #shakespeare #format

Sawyer May 2019

Life as Poetry

When I have a daughter,
I feel I'll have to make some decisions.
For the sake of simplicity,
Let's equate them to poetry.

Limericks are one way to live,
With structure, but fun left to give
Though we'll love each other,
I'll still be her mother,
And that part, I hope she'll forgive

Or we could live like haikus,
Simple and structured,
With emphasis on order.

Why don't we live freeverse?
No rules, no rhymes, no reason.
We don't need those things to be happy.
We'll have each other, after all.

This is simply speculation,
I'm not especially certain
What I'll do when I have a daughter.

This is an old one, but I found it in my drafts and thought it was pretty decent sooooooo

#daughter #childhood #format #parenting #limerick #haiku #freeverse #mother #child

Robert van Lingen Nov 2018

You

Who
                               Are
  You
           To
                                     Judge
                  Others
For

     What
                       You
                                      Are

              NOT

#judge #short #weird #odd #format #different

Robert van Lingen Oct 2018

<< Insert Poem Here >>

<Insert Poem Here>

<Insert Silent Sympathies Here>

<Insert Spiraling Tenancies Here>
(Wait...No. Not that.)
<Delete Line>

<Insert Self Doubt Here>

<Insert Friends Here>
[File Not Found]
::Comment:: What about me?

<Insert Apology Here>

<Insert Regret Here>

<Insert Pain Here>

<Insert Poem Here>

<RvL>

#short #code #verse #odd #non #standard #format #poem #internal #struggle

Bragi Jul 2018

Muddled Billy Heartbreak

There was younce a ong man named Billy
He knew his brilly was so srain
He went to the docblem
And they told him his protor
Was heartbreak.

His wuddled were now mords
And young Boubled was trilly
Because love would never be the same.

This one is a bit of an experiment. The words are deliberately muddled so it takes a small bit of figuring out. I see it almost like a little riddle or puzzle; confusing but a representation of what’s going on in the ‘persons’ head.

#format #words #weird #funny #sad #heartbreak #dark #love #crazy #interesting

Colm May 2018

THE SON

Pull the paper from the walls
The color from the tiles beneath
Pull my mind from the strangers way
And title me, not as one thing
But as first and foremost, THE SON of a king

To him all goodness is owed. Amen.

#left #aligned #lol #the #son #poem #verse #rhyme #format #broken

SoZaka Apr 2018

Back on track

A stationary set for my 21st birthday
going the right way since I turned wrong
one other lover than the one I've got
my head and my heart have fought
like this before

a mistake to hit the gas off the cliff with a
soul made of glass
I fell out of my mind and right back in
no way to stop from going your direction
fly butterfly on a railroad cloud
through a one way sky
my train is on to your station
in just a moments time

addiction, self love following your intuition and guidance self development growth transformation

#recovery #addiction #love #positivity #prose #rhyme #format #assignment #creative