#pencil poems on Hello Poetry

Storm Aug 2020

PENcil

I wish I was a pencil
So that when I do commit mistakes
I can always try to undo

But I realized
I'd preferably be a pen
It cant be erased
but I can always thrive...

to correct it

Dont let urself be defined by ur mistakes. Always remember to make use of it as an avenue to grow and correct it. I know its hard to do but someday u'll realize that what im saying is true. DONT LET UR MISTAKE DEFINE YOU. Grow little seed

#mistakes #fault #sadness #growth #happiness #realization #pencil #pen #correct #achievement

Zack Ripley Jun 2020

Erase

Sometimes, I wish my story
Was written with a pencil
Instead of a pen.
To be able to erase
all the bad times,
The mistakes,
The what could've been's.
But in the end,
I wouldn't trade them for anything.
They made me who I am today.
And to me, that's everything.

#pencil #pen #intheend #trade #today #anything #everything #poetry #insping

Amanda Kay Burke May 2020

No. 2 Pencil (Haiku)

No fancy journals
Designer markers or pens
Number two pencil

I now write in pen actually but this was written back when I only used pencils

#write #number #two #pencil #haiku #artist #fancy #journals #designer #markers

StormriderIX Apr 2020

Sketchy.

Sketchy.

Suspicious?

No
of course
not!

Sketchy!

Pencil?

Of course
I start
with pencil!

Sketchy.

What?

I'll sketch
a person,
of course.

Sketchy.

Hm.

It's a
person
on the run.

Sketchy indeed.
Suspicious enough.

I'm a bit of a jack of all trades in art. Writing, both fiction and poetry, and sketching.

#sketchy #suspicious #art #pencil #person

vonny Apr 2020

lead

The feeling of the pencil in my hand scratching against paper wasn't familiar but i liked it

The pencil accidentally stabs a cut into the skin of my hand and i cry out in pain

I can feel the pencil rolling away from my hand and the paper

I squeeze the skin together, trying to close up the scratch

Funny how quickly life can change in an instant

honestly this is so bad but anyway i wrote this about how quickly a relationship or something can change without even noticing it.

#lead #pencil

Zack Ripley Nov 2019

The pencil and the page

Putting the pencil to the page is like watching your favorite band live on stage.
Your heart starts pumping. And for a moment, you can forget all of your pressure. All your regret

#pencil #page #write #stage #poetry #heart #forget #pressure #regret #live

Artem Mars Feb 2020

Clear Lead Pencil

I’m a clear
lead pencil I’m
here but no 1
sees what I do I
make marks but
you don't care
to see them
You can erase
them, but, you
can't see what
you erase I
could’ve been
anything,
But I had to
be invisible, I
might as well
have been dead
Dead, What
a funny idea
Death, Would
we be gone
Can we come
back? Do we
get choices?
I wouldn’t come back
Gone
Gon
Go
G

I tried to shape it like a pencil, almost there

#pencil #invisible #gone

Ash C Feb 2020

how to write

i was told how to pick up a pen and write
i was to scribble in certain ways to make a symbol
they said it would ground me
it would connect me
what am i supposed to connect to in the first place
they showed me how deep
how deep it could be once i picked up the pen
i could write whatever
no pain
just give it to the paper
a paper doesnt feel
it cant cry
scream
laugh
comprehend
die
it just cant
it cant
so why would i not give it my pains
i could be free

but a pencil cant be free without its paper
thats as far as i will get

I spewed this nonsense out in just a few minutes, while I feel like I've been staying up late for hours, yet it's only 10 p.m

#howto #writing #poetry #paper #pencil #random

ellie Feb 2020

#1: pencil

I write in pencil
so my thoughts remain temporary

Rubbed out
erased
never existed

And I never confronted their concrete weight
as I sweep the rubbery remains of anxiety with my bleeding fingers

Well let me pour
my heavy fears onto a page
and maybe one day
lead will turn to ink

24.1.2020

#writing #process #permanency #pencil