#nihilism poems on Hello Poetry

Nathan Burgess May 2014

Music

Ego headspace, mindset phaneron life perception sight
the assumptions you operate under to simply get by
or focus on a series of tasks that seem to take
the majority of our lives. building always a beat
of building something without looking or even knowing or
being thoughtful about the thing you are building towards
out of fear of it's massive complexity and incomprehensibility
all of the unknown about it.

Death impudence pointlessness despair terror humility absolute antithesis contradistinction
nihilism gives transparency to the structure
Ephemeral and the mad passion to
work against those things

make the march wobbly to show it's deluded nature

show clear forceful severing ending sounds during counterpoint

#life #anxiety #of #thought #existentialism #nihilism #train

Martin Narrod May 2014

The Cupcakes Aren't Vegan, At Least I Don't Think They Are

He weeps his heart, and hangs his head,
He doubles back, and follows her back to bed,
She says, " Some homes are towns and lives, while others wear their homes inside." And he keeps up though he's kept out, the volatile, the sudden frown.
She makes up the cupcakes but they're never vegan are they? No they're never vegan are they?

He makes a gift, and wrings his thumbs, the bubble bath, the tepid tub,
Outside where the rains have gone long, something gives him something strong,
And he picks up where he had left off, the trouble is he doesn't know when to back off, and the cupcakes aren't vegan, sweet and such spectacular, but they really aren't eaten, now that they've been made with eggs. No the cupcakes aren't vegan, though they are quite delicious. And he loves her forever, though he never eats again. No he never eats again. No he never eats again.

#love #of #romance #art #him #romantic #*** #writing #free #**** #nothing #never #gone #forever #anarchy #freeform #dear #present #difficult #form #spectacular #journal #bf #stream #consciousness #streamofconsciousness #diary #****** #trouble #ever #troubles #artist #parents #nihilism #spokenword #kitchen #difficulty #gift #loves #presence #gifts #vegan #vegetarian #nothingness #thumbs #bake #gf #presents #martinnarrod #musedandamused #spectacle #vegetables #tepid #hopelessromantic #romanticism #deardiary #narrod #martin #hopelessromance #tragicromance #tragicromantic #cupcakes #vegetarianism #veganism #vegans #baking #longterm #longlove #longgone #tub #bathtub #backoff #girlfriendpoems #gfpoems #boyfriedpoems #chicagopoetsociety #chicagopoetrysociety #poetrymagazine #published #classicpoetry #writtenword #outloud #aloud #allowed #allowance #fuckthepolice #anarchist #erotc #eroticism #eroticpoetry

ms reluctance Apr 2014

Apathetic Mind

Today was nothing more
than a woeful echo
of my life yesterday.
And the same is true for
every day I have lived
ever since I gave up.

I don’t remember
what led me down this
lonely desolate
path of nihilism,
of self-destruction.

I don’t recall
a time I felt
differently.
Blank mind. Blank walls.

So I wait,
stoic, numb,
as silence

descends
upon

me.

NaPoWriMo Day 24
Poetry form: Diminished Hexaverse

#sad #path #blues #loneliness #nihilism #napowrimo #apathetic #diminished #hexaverse

Austin Heath Mar 2014

"Supermarket."

And everything turns to ****,

but it’s not like I’m a professional.

All this time I spent lying to myself,

and only now did I get it.

*******. If you don’t understand this now,

then you’re not supposed to.

There’s no flavor, no reason, nothing.

No mark to be made.

No accomplishment will define you.

All this time I spent lying to myself.

I have my chance to move forward

and I’m trying.

#nihilism #self-belief #meaninglessness

Austin Heath Mar 2014

"Anti-Philosophy."

If the world keeps screaming I’ll break the night,

I’ll turn it around, I’ll bend the notion.

If the height gets steeper, don’t make a sound.

"Sacrifice yourself" is the name of religion.

Spinning the gears and faking frustration,

while the system fakes a male ******.

Here is your chance to go sour and

I hope you have the guts to walk into this trap;

If nothing is real, or we’re made out of sin,

what is the image of God?

I am not willing to be forgiven,

I am not the victim of your forgiveness,

I am not forgiven, I am not a sinner,

and I’m not a martyr for your God.

I’m just Austin Heath,

dying, and leaving nothing behind,

in the name of no one or no idea,

and not even poignantly.

Just mediocre.

#self-actualization #nihilism #mediocrity

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