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Pressing pause, perhaps mid-dogma,
stopping the clock from moving
forward while you’re readying
to commit, allowing your listening
to catch up with your hearing, giving
a moment’s pause, allowing
a deeper breath ahead of taking
the next step, perhaps contemplating
where to place your foot - changing
your long held direction, gauging
the sudden breeze, stepping
back or testing
the next step of faith

- all this is possible in this pause called poetry.
surprised by that first line - which came at the end.
I always dream of a glamorous city,
where the lights glitter brighter
than the silver on my ears,
where beauty is a song on every tongue
and silence lingers like air.

For now, I chase my goals,
like a bird darting after a worm—
restless, ambitious, unafraid.
Because that city waits for me,
the place I will one day call home.
I’ve carried this dream since I was a kid. One day, I want to be in this place so I can finally say, “It was tough, but I made it.”
irinia 3d
the redness of my mouth tells
the truth without me
take a leap into breath
disentangle the days
suffering can wait
can wash away,
can carry her weight
somewhere else,
can push boundaries
like you pull a chewing gum

take a leap into the future
what is future
I don't understand it
shouts my current blood
this mind is expanding
well, yes not at the speed
of the universe colliding
but but but
thought has antigravitational
engines, you just feed it
feed yourself
with knowledge

take a leap into your voice
don't tremble
let it out
let the sun come out of
your mouth
be brave
like the spin of particles
they don't know the right way before
before the collapse
into something bigger, wiser

take a leap into this or that
into the unknown
it's gonna be fine
you can shook yourself of tears, of dust
you can be a smile
written today in a madenning crowd at a poetry workshop with
IN-Q at Unfinished festival, Bucharest
The theme of this edition was Leap
Usha 3d
This is the season
when you promised
we would meet.
But now,
it is slipping away—
and I sit by my balcony,
calling your name,
again and again,
with a trembling heart.

They say when someone
misses another too deeply,
when they cannot call,
cannot send a message,
the soul itself whispers
to the one it longs for.
Tell me—
do you feel my ache?
Do you think of me too?

The rain falls harder tonight.
Every drop carries
the echo of our broken vow.
You had said,
we will walk together in the rain.
Now these winds touch me,
the way your memory does,
soft, piercing,
and unforgotten.

I am drowning
in those moments,
with no wisdom to speak,
no lessons to preach—
only you.
You in my breath,
you in my silence,
you in every word I write.

Between all your duties,
will you ever find a moment
to see me?
Listen—
this season will pass,
and when it returns,
perhaps I, or you,
will no longer be here.
Life is nothing
but a handful of fleeting moments.
And my heart—
it remembers you,
it weeps for you,
it beats only for you.

I have never seen you,
never met you.
Only your voice,
your thoughts,
that others spoke of—
but even those
were enough for me
to fall into a love so deep
that I can no longer rise.

Our little messages,
those rare calls,
your voice still lingers
in my ears like music.
And that one picture
you once posted—
I captured it secretly,
and those eyes of yours
still refuse
to let me sleep.

I want to meet you
just once—
only once.
Your beloved,
lost in your love,
is calling out to you.
Tell me…
will you come,
just once,
for me?
Summary /

This poem is a heartfelt cry of love and longing.
It captures the pain of waiting for someone who once promised to meet, but never came.
Through rain, memories, and silence, the heart continues to call, hoping for just one meeting—
a meeting that may never happen, yet gives life its deepest meaning.
It is about unspoken promises, sleepless nights, and the desperate hope that true love will be answered, even if only once.
someone said
that turning pain
into art
takes guts.

they said it
about one of my poems —

called it inspiring.

then my job is done.
all i ever wanted
was to find someone
my words resonate with.
and in the process,
somehow,
i ended up
inspiring myself.

the pain i worked on,
moulded into poetry,
became my muse.
and when i feel low,
empty,
or bruised,
it calls to me
with its relentless tides,
half-formed stanzas
and mismatched lines,
until its whispers
become a symphony
i thought
only my heart
could hear.

i don’t need hurt
for my art anymore.
just give me a feeling,
give me a word,
and i’ll ask my poetry
to get back to work.
this one is about a comment and a love letter to poetry.
They never noticed
when she stopped waving back—
how her laughter faded
like music from a passing car,
how her shoes stayed clean
for weeks.

once, she chased rain
to the edge of the river,
barefoot, out of breath,
her shadow chasing behind.
they called her wild—
too alive to sit still.

but stillness came.
not with a scream,
just silence,
growing louder by the day.

no one asked
why her side of the bed
was always made.
why she didn’t hum anymore.
as long as she smiled
and passed her tests,
they assumed she was fine.

when they looked for her,
the water led the way—
not the current,
but the quiet reflection
she once stared into
a little too long.

when they found her,
she looked almost asleep.
hair spread out like grass,
hands still.
no bruises—
at least,
not the kind they talk about.

maybe
she just wanted to know
what peace feels like
underneath it all
every time I write vividly
can't figure how to end days
yearn for my epiphany
and I malice their succession
I don't learn more of

p o l i t i c s
m e n in shoes
w a r
f a m i l y
m a n n e r s
r o t t e n
y o u t h

afraid of being water
water that decomposes every day
printed with i‑service entropy

if craic makes my soul modern
I'll sit and wait for apocalypse
wild can devour my ashes

each of my tea motes fight
heave my tongue like embers

humpty, encircled by people,
would fall on the wall again
and probably ask to go to Nyos
for silent rain
on a government grant

enlightening activist futility
as I write in a singed library
at my diluted right edge
I fear those who tower over me

what if my decade has passed
making a schedule each day
to be better or to matter
I suffer from anemia
my tea is too sour
gambling both these
to pay wagers —
who taught me to write
and forgot to proofread

when they ask my destiny
I say: transcendence of arcana
would restless lurching
take me to God
or Satan
I need to ask someone modern
terrible niche
if you get it, you get it
if not, well, tough
mary clutching confessions of someone
far too woke for their own good
bless her

we’re all here
terrible, terrible niche
cheers
Ric 4d
In another universe,
they sway hand in hand.
Dancing on moon dust,
In a silver dreamland.
Stars hum their blessing,
the Earth fades from view,
two souls in forever,
where love feels brand new.
No gravity binds them, no ending, no soon just endless soft laughter, dancing on the moon.
In another universe, I'm still hers and she's still mine. Hand in hand, smiling ear to ear,  dancing the night away.
You think you know because you read something on the internet
And your wife’s best friend’s cousin knows someone with it
So you have all the answers and cannot be wrong
Dave down the pub reckons it is all a scam and really they are just a bit thick
And he knows because he is Dave and Dave knows **** especially when seven pints in (God he is ******* funny; what a legend)

We are the problem with the world
The world that is only for the entrepreneur
Not the ones who see through the smokescreen
Wanting to give love to everyone, using intimidating genders and pronouns, instead of glorifying the economies of scale
But they are the snake oil salespeople

So go back to your cave of gossip and rumours; evolution has stalled for you
Genuflecting at the feet of those paid influencers who tell you how to live your life with fictitious remedies of being
Leaving us to mop up your mess
Too ******* stupid, too ******* greedy to save the earth
Too ******* stupid, too ******* greedy to end poverty
Too ******* stupid, too ******* greedy to accept
Too
*******
Stupid
You
Greedy
****
A week of politicians and the online world claiming they know the reason why there is an epidemic in the neurodiverse world.
A poem written in March when the online chatter was growing about the epidemic. An angry response. Not he most subtle poem, but hey, RFK claims we cannot write poems.
We may be ugly, but we know how to love.
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