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How can I make myself better for you? You have always said that I am perfect, But I know deeply that that isn’t true. I’m practically a living defect, And though you say that you cannot select A single thing about me you would change, I know that you lie; I try to correct; But my mark is Beyond Visual Range. I know that I am deeply wrong and strange- Not quite the human I pretend to be- An F-15C, sick with decades’ mange, I’m obsolete, but you won’t retire me. I ask if you’re ok, you say you’re alright- Unmodernized I stall, swallowed by the night.
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May 13
May 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM UTC
So Long as it Isnt -EX
Thank you for waking me up on time to make my flight. I bought you a ticket, even though you can’t come along. I smile as you carefully fold my favorite dress, while I scramble and scrape beneath the bed for my suitcase. You smile too, but I see the sadness rest on your lips. It’s silent; so unforgiving. I want to softly kiss it away, for hours, in a place where our bed is made, but only for a moment, and our memories patiently wait their turn. I’m not sure when I’ll land, but I’ll keep your seat vacant and pretend that the clouds are your favorite part of flying too. I’m not sure where I’ll land, but I’ll be able to see it all in color, because you taught me how. I’m not sure when I’ll land, but I hope it will be on schedule. Maybe next time, we will be too.
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Aug 28, 2025
Aug 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM UTC
dear limpo
Will be leaving soon for Orlando, Away from the cold in Ontario. Will I return? I really don't know. A wacko may secretly board my plane; A radicalized lunatic far from sane. Or Canada geese, heading south, Might take our fuelled jet engines out. Some random lightning shot from the sky Lights up our cockpit, And the pilots die. The landing gear is up and stuck... “I don't think I drank enough!” There's mad rage on the road Between Orlando and St. Augustine. There’s snub-nosed guns in too many bags, And the pubs are teeming with cougars and ***** The Matanzas flows with gators and sharks, I'll make note of this as my kyak embarks. A drunken driver could do the job; Or I get hospitalized From being robbed. An Early Bird bone might make me choke, Or an errant golf ball holes out in my throat. Perhaps nothing happens, I’m too suspect Of the possible perils from my Florida trek. Is it worth the risks. I’ll let you know, When I get back to the warmth  of Ontario.
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Jan 11, 2025
Jan 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM UTC
Snow Bird
Find myself, find myself- trying to find something to write about; the words arrive as if they owe me a debt for the reflections I’ve already invested. If you could loan me a few phrases, to bank on crafting something that’s truly worth your time. We shared a moment, you pouring out your thoughts while I absorbed every word, my voice trapped in a writer’s block. Kissing by that corner, parked in my feelings- we took a neutral agreement that our first kiss would remain a secret between us. But we had shifting ideas; you preferred discretion, while I yearned to shout from the rooftops about finally kissing a girl. But I… had this imagination of being able to read your mind by your eyes spelling of tears- each time you cried out what your first relationship should be. But could it be just me, thinking that you were hinting at something, when you spoke those words, to maybe pass a hint at me? And I’m like a folding chair for the memory of you, sitting on my mind- folding into myself; collapsing inward, delicate as paper ready to be transformed into paper planes- the again, I was just a guy flying around your head.          _A fly by night crush._
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Oct 11, 2024
Oct 11, 2024 at 3:29 PM UTC
Fly by night crush
There flew the **** bomber low over a town The front gunner shot at people he spotted Short random bursts zipping out mostly missing Bullets bouncing off roads houses walls Some thudding into people quite lethally Nobody shoots back this raider has surprise And speed with daring to keep him safe Plus eight guns to shoot if intercepted The English fighters are always hungry To nail a *** especially one aggressive like this The Dornier zooms here and there gunning away Having already dropped his bombs on target A mid-sized engineering factory making items For the war effort which killed German troops It was now time to expend some bullets Do some more killing on English targets A grandmother was a target as was a postman The Dornier curved round and headed for home His ammo half expanded he continued Roaring over rooftops a hundred feet up His nose gun and other guns spit forth death This was only one **** plane what of a hundred?
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Aug 19, 2024
Aug 19, 2024 at 9:02 AM UTC
Low Level Raider
trapped on this flying bus they just turned out the lights do they not want us to see each others’ faces?! while we plummet to our fiery deaths?!
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Mar 2, 2023
Mar 2, 2023 at 9:12 PM UTC
overactive imagination
Shiden-Kai After the battle Fishing the plane From the water No fighter pilot Where is he? Gone far away Where warriors go Shiden-Kai pilot One of six Lost that day B-Sans or Hellcats All the same Way back '45 Old fading times Not even memories Don't forget them Of all sides Silence ...
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Dec 29, 2021
Dec 29, 2021 at 7:49 PM UTC
Shiden-Kai
When they came down from their disk With their blinding lights And their alloy ramps It quickly became obvious Unexpectedly, in our hubris, That they wished only to Gas up, Take some pictures of squirrels And stretch their limbs Before setting out toward a finer frontier.
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Aug 31, 2021
Aug 31, 2021 at 10:24 PM UTC
Some Light Travelling
The winds from where you grew up Strike conversations at midnight Your thoughts, now paper planes Take off into memory lanes And your feet, aching soles Search for branches, and petals That remind you of home The taste of sweet dates still dancing on your tongue Sweet syrup stretches its limbs Through your nose Sensations of a past soaked in white noise When did you leave it behind? And you think back to the time When you walked with your naïve self Too young to comprehend Back onto a boat In those dreams that never escape you Called memories
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Jul 26, 2021
Jul 26, 2021 at 12:28 PM UTC
Destinations of the Past
planes planes planes rows and rows of planes never again to fly up in the sky's terrains planes planes planes rows and rows of planes sent to the Mojave Desert's dry weather vanes planes planes planes rows and rows of planes parked forever out of the corosive rains planes planes planes rows and rows of planes lie idle within their grounded lanes
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Jun 6, 2021
Jun 6, 2021 at 4:34 AM UTC
Planes
i wonder how we managed to convince our hands not to hold onto each other when we said goodbye. now, i'm writing inside this flying can; thinking this might be the closest to a home. these small seats, with even smaller legs space. these funny-shaped windows, where all you can see are white clouds, and sporadically some lights. tiny houses, with even tinier people. and us, tiny giants, reading overpriced perfume catalogs, listening to mispronounced english, using disposable low-fidelity headphones, inside low-light low-love low-cost low-everything airplanes.
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Feb 23, 2021
Feb 23, 2021 at 9:35 AM UTC
low-cost
i have atom bomb dreams from the desert mushroom clouds billowing the shockwave blow past cacti and down dirt roads from the cockpit of a b-29 leveling the ground below already comprised of craters as we pummel the earth we become a might to match the gods
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Jan 30, 2021
Jan 30, 2021 at 1:00 PM UTC
Black & White
With wearied ways the air looks grey It's colour stains surrounding planes Heavy clouds weigh eyelids down Condensed to rest as momentum slows Mellow tones and energy spent Low on conversation goals All but empty sentiments No plans today, worn out to play Sleep instead behinds your gaze Dreaming to regenerate
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Jul 5, 2020
Jul 5, 2020 at 6:29 AM UTC
Jaded
my head was in the clouds but now i'm on the ground i keep thinking about the sky but i can't go back now remember what it was like dancing upon the air wind in my soul cotton in my hair i miss the hum of distant planes i used to be free now i'm weighed down by chains my head was in the clouds but now i'm on the ground i fell from the sky and lost all i found
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Apr 4, 2020
Apr 4, 2020 at 6:13 PM UTC
in the clouds
Soviets are like mosquitoes Always there in the environment There’s no escape from them They get in your head So they rule you remorsessly By power of paranoia A bite is a bullet An infection is a bomb A disease is a nuclear blast Mosquitoes are Russians Russians are mosquitoes Waiting to be eradicated By a superior power Always ready for war Endless circle of deceit Mosquito flight round you Looking for an opening To attack you While you sleep The Russian way Keep you off guard Then get you But not if we strike And drain their pond Spray them with insecticide So they never breed again No more Novichok Or nukes or bio weapons Finally we are safe Except from our own FECKING PARANOIA!!!
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Dec 10, 2019
Dec 10, 2019 at 9:23 PM UTC
Soviet Jet
Technology marches forward, Never stopping, Technology marches forward, Always progressing. It permeates our homes, It resides in our pockets, The big company's own Sherlock Holmes, Seeing deep within our lockets. It gets us where, We want to go, Through the air, Or through the traffic flow. It runs our lives, Leading us along, Like bees in hives, We follow it's rhythmic song. Technology marches forward, Not caring for its creators, Technology marches forward, As humanities technological dictators.
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Nov 4, 2019
Nov 4, 2019 at 2:08 PM UTC
Technology
calling a lost lover to begin to head on over this bedroom was only a boarding gate and this bed your layover.
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Sep 29, 2019
Sep 29, 2019 at 10:38 AM UTC
bedroom boarding gates
Gods omnipresence                                                                             tiptoes east to west                                                                                       strategically                                                                                                      over thirty three                                                                                        aisles of light planes                                                                          .
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Aug 13, 2019
Aug 13, 2019 at 10:48 PM UTC
Huckleberry Moon
I ******* HATE PLANES I ******* HATE PLANES EVERY TIME I FLY IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME SIXTEEN HOURS OF INESCAPABLE PAIN SITTING IN A CABIN WITH MORE BABIES THAN BRAINS IF IT'S TOO ANNOYING THE WINDOW SEAT IS GREAT I CAN JUMP THE **** OUT AND ESCAPE MY ****** FATE HOW IS THIS EDIBLE?!! IT LOOKS LIKE THE HAIR OF A CHEST WHAT WOULD BE MORE TASTEFUL IS THE ******* ARMREST ITS' COLD, IT'S DRY, I WANT TO CRY BUT THEN I'D DISTURB THE PEOPLE NEARBY BUT AT LAST, IT STOPS EMERGENCY LANDING A CORPSE LIES THERE IN SEAT 32B IT'S ME! IT'S ME! THE CORPSE IS ME I DIED LIKE FIVE TIMES OR AT LEAST DEAD IS WHAT I'D RATHER BE FLYING IS A CURSE THAT DRIVES ME INSANE BECAUSE I ******* HATE PLANES I ******* HATE PLANES
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Jul 26, 2019
Jul 26, 2019 at 2:40 PM UTC
I ******* HATE PLANES
Your love was like a paper plane so fragile and filled with pain now you've got me feeling insane and all I've got is a broken plane. . . . Mehek
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May 5, 2019
May 5, 2019 at 7:14 AM UTC
Paper Planes
Forty years after its birth the rebel F-20 is an angel of the sky. Purple in colour to blind its enemy’s eyes, it has laser weapons and thrust-vectored engines controlled by thought. This is the craft for mercenaries flown by the daring and 21st century knights into battle – they fight for the new republic and the ancient rebel way against an old royal enemy as deadly as the devil.
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Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019 at 3:19 PM UTC
REBEL JET
_If you're looking for a reason not to **** yourself tonight, this can be it._ Sometimes, we feel as if nothing matters. We all do. So i made a list of a few of my own reasons, 13 Reasons Why I'm still alive. And hopefully you'll change your mind. Those moments you feel happy, and nothing but lucky. And you wish nothing will ever change. I will try my best. _Reason 2. Paper Planes._ It sounds very weird; paper planes, but let me explain. Think about the times when you're walkin in a hallway on your way to a test, and you see a friend from a different class who already took it. You look at them and they immediately shout what you have to read, and you shout back the answer from the homework's last question. Or when you're in class, writing a disstrack about the teacher and annoying the **** out of them because the whole class just knew without telling we had to annoy the teacher. So you fold boats, make hats and trow clots of paper. When you have slack lay in class. When you trow paper planes and when everyone gets a F on the math test. When two of your friends want to sit next to you so you finally have a group of 12 people and don't do a **** during class. That feeling of luck, of happiness, of friendship and the feeling of stomach pain from laughing. Like you belong here. That feeling when you just have to smile. It's hard to explain but i hope you get it.
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Feb 22, 2019
Feb 22, 2019 at 2:01 PM UTC
Part 2. Paper Planes.