Hello Poetry
Submit your work and get some sparkles! Create free account
#npmcompliment
My favorite friend whose now my lover Says kind things to me all the time. Its so uplifting and heartwarming That he most the time it makes me blush. Thats because when he says it is heartfelt!
0
Jun 4, 2018
Jun 4, 2018 at 6:37 AM UTC
Be kind
Attentive Benign Considerate Gentle Magnanimous Solicitous Thougthful All these related words.. The world will be more humane..
0
Apr 30, 2017
Apr 30, 2017 at 1:04 PM UTC
Be Kind
A man of silver tongue, once lived upon the coast every occasion, celebration, he was called upon to toast his eloquence and brevity and fullness of perfect wit standing up, not sitting, keeping everyone engrossed
0
Apr 28, 2017
Apr 28, 2017 at 12:09 PM UTC
Complimentary Commander (Limerick)
they always say it isn’t a competition but sometime it sure feels like it two people have broken up with their girlfriends to date me another one offered maybe these aren’t compliments, but I guess I’ll take them as such
0
Apr 27, 2017
Apr 27, 2017 at 5:29 AM UTC
Track Record
The Compliment Disaster Has left us in a daze. A kindness comes a monster And'll only lose us face. Not one of greatest poets Has stemmed from nonsense such Who clouds their skills to write it— The words that comes out ****
0
Apr 27, 2017
Apr 27, 2017 at 4:35 AM UTC
Please Do Not Compliment This Poem
"You're tough", she said. And I thought. Am I tough because I really am Or I'm tough because I've got no choice but to be one?
0
Apr 27, 2017
Apr 27, 2017 at 1:18 AM UTC
Toughness
You're beautiful! Your skin is so beautiful! Those bullies are wrong, they've lied to you Your skin is silky and smooth It is dark as night Where stars shine bright Your skin is what makes you...you! Its deep cocoa hue its glow You ARE beautiful You should know People may bully you and tear you down But they can never take away What stands as truth You are beautiful Every part of you
0
Apr 27, 2017
Apr 27, 2017 at 12:16 AM UTC
Chocolate Skin
Who knows how I'd gotten the courage, or where it came from? But somehow, I found myself on the stage Mic in hand Palms sweating My toes tapping nervously on the wooden floor. I didn't have anything prepared. Just half-formed shower thoughts, and the hope that I'd be good enough. This was the start of a potential career, or the end of one. A career I'd dreamed of, taken classes for, watched videos and taken extensive notes for. A career that occupied my thoughts with the constant "Could I do that?" I did my bit, mostly with my eyes focused above the heads of the crowd, and I cataloged the responses. Out of 6 jokes, I got two half-hearted chuckles, and one almost complete laugh. I bombed. As I walked back to my car, your hand tapped my shoulder just once. Firm, but hesitant. "I liked your bit. You've got some potential." "I took some notes, if you want them." I'd seen your stuff on youtube, recognized you immediately, fought back the star-struck numbness of my mind and said "Thanks, I'd love them." Before you turned away, you gave me one last comment. "Maybe I'll be opening for you in a few years."
0
Apr 26, 2017
Apr 26, 2017 at 9:30 PM UTC
Stand-Up Comedy
"I don't feel strong enough." "Well, at least you have a flat stomach." Let's damage each other Let's replace another meal with a bottle of water or unsweetened tea Let's pray to be beautiful Let's sit in five minute planks and run five miles and hope we throw up Let's pretend that I've eaten three meals today, or yesterday, or the day before Let's define myself by calories and carbohydrates and questionable decisions Let me rot from my bone marrow to my skin which are just inches apart Let me fade away until I am reborn But I'm lucky and so the story doesn't end there I left the scale under the cabinet I went for a run because I love to feel my feet on the ground I came home and ordered takeout I'm not going to let my body rot I've chosen life I've chosen to be whole and real again My girlfriend can touch me because I am more than skin and bones I am more than a statistic And I will always pray to be beautiful But I will never starve to death.
0
Apr 26, 2017
Apr 26, 2017 at 7:25 PM UTC
You Look Skinny
Be gentle with one another the world is harsh enough Be gentle with one another think the best without judgment pass on praise and caring softer words chosen carefully Be gentle with one another Be gentle with yourself accept your faults and imperfections Be gentle with yourself think the best without judgment Let your spirit be free, your heart peaceful Be gentle with yourself listen to the voice inside... but...    only when it lifts you.
0
Apr 26, 2017
Apr 26, 2017 at 7:19 PM UTC
Lifting Up
She said that living with me Was like an eighty year vacation, If I were a crowd— that would call for, A standing ovation !
0
Sep 24, 2014
Sep 24, 2014 at 8:11 PM UTC
Silly Gift
You hide behind a curtain of insecurity, blushing and allowing your eyes to fall to the floor when they give you kind words to follow and acknowledge. Deflection is a skill so fine tuned and honed that it's innate, a reflex built into your body. Yet you never stopped to think that they never had to say those lovely things and they chose to anyway because they truly believed them. Perhaps it's time for you to believe them too.
0
Apr 26, 2017
Apr 26, 2017 at 4:38 PM UTC
Honesty
What? You need healing? You are the kind of person Who can heal herself!
0
Apr 26, 2017
Apr 26, 2017 at 2:26 PM UTC
On Healing (Haiku #14)
My dream is that you Become a cog that Moves many things in Life...
0
Apr 26, 2017
Apr 26, 2017 at 1:58 PM UTC
THE COG
You stood upon that pedestal, an MIT degree In math; a research doctor of psychiatry As for why you decided to take interest in me I had no idea. I was a lab rat, my life exploded But for some reason you devoted Time to me-- from my place It was insanity; just in case You gave me a number Said call If anything happens. In a week and a hundred pills I called Days later in the ICU I awoke Very alive but thinking that I broke My life into irrecoverable pieces But for some reason you visited. First you shook your head and said-- well you said ‘You took a lot of medication.’ But at the end of the conversation You promised you’d check up Again. And then, that was when As I thought I’d used my second chances Thought my life had made it’s last advances And all that was left was downhill Having passed the pinnacle You shook my hand, from that pedestal And so matter-of-factly said, ‘You’re going to do well.’ And that really stuck in my head. The thought that I was salvageable
0
Apr 26, 2017
Apr 26, 2017 at 1:56 PM UTC
Salvageable (TW mention of OD)
Words are such powerful tool        used so carelessly Each word has an ability       to give life and to take away You have the best ideas I appreciate you You light up the room There's ordinary, and then there's you Stay here longer Even if half of these words said may be lies But they still do their work
0
Apr 26, 2017
Apr 26, 2017 at 1:17 PM UTC
Compliments