#website
#stoptheban
#thebanisstupid
#seeyouaftertheban
my home
my family
my safe space
the people who helped me from a girl named suicide
helped me eat when the girl named Ana pushed me down
healed me from the girl named Mia when she looked at me funny
all gone
it was march the 6th I found this website
colors flashed on the screen
disappearing in seconds
I was called "red"
for that was my color
I joined back I was called "purple"
I soon recognized the tags of names
Aubree, karoshi, x-red, R0tt3n, froggie
I made one myself
the koala emoji
people called me "koala"
soon I made friends
they helped me when I fell
Celestia, Sali, Karoshi, Isla
those were my favorites at the time
we had meeting times wed meet
we were miles apart but brains in the same place
Sali was in illinois
Celestia was in India
Isla was in the United Kingdom
and Karoshi was in Hawaii
the time differences were hard but we made it work
slowly I was healing
more people came and we became closer and closer
bela, kayden, sasha, taco guy, n.n, marissa
I was the highlight of the website
they had charts on most messages
I was at the top I recall
people knew me as the helping koala
"I love koala"
"koala is so sweet OMG"
"have you seen koala online?"
I remember leaving for a week
that week there was an update
in early july
it looked almost like
discord
the messages no longer disappeared
the messages were, messages
you could now have a nickname
so you didn't have to type
.sali
-karoshi
-insert emoji
I never liked the update to be honest
so many new people
I felt
forgotten
soon I made more friends
emi, dolly, Liam, Liam #2, Nathan, stormy, elliott
emi I dated a week
not the one I talk about at least
I remember people saying she faked suicides
she faked cutting
faked breaking her leg
faked everything
I knew some of it was wrong but the thought of a girlfriend was so magical
when she was gone
I was fine I guess
I was just eager to find someone new
it was strange
people came and went
blue hair girl
one of my favorites
I had her number
she disappeared
forever
I don't know what happens to her
I hope shes okay
but shes gone
the more people joined the more I felt I needed to fit in
it wasn't hard of course
I got a new girlfriend emi
again
made new friends
char, Pluto, Andromeda, izumi, peachinapod
we called for hours
laughed
talked
vented
we were all healing
together at least
drama, **** pain happened
but we got through it
we were a family at least
there was a girl I never quite liked her name "crystal"
after my attempt serp told everyone about
everyone had thought I died
they made a group chat called
RIP KOALA
most people thought it was gross
a lot of people were looking for me in the group chat
char cried
karoshi cried
I hate that I hurt them all like that
I never wanted to hurt them all like that
it was a pain of suicide I can never describe again
the feeling when everyone thinks you're gone
lemon, my "older sister" cared the most I think
she messaged emi until her notifications broke
when I came back she comforted me for hours
crystal however had told me "womp womp"
was also a pain I could never express
my friend ponyboy
that was the only thing we talked about
crystal
we both hated her with our hearts
we made a group chat called "crystal haters"
my girlfriend found out
she was well... mad I didn't tell her what she said about me
I didn't know how,
more drama happened
relationships started forming
crystal and skellings
Olivia and criss
luci and jasper
mia and yaya
izumi and andromeda
they all crumbled yes
skellings cheated, criss died, luci and jaspers time difference didn't align, mia lied about ****** assault, andro didn't get the love she needed
all this pain
we were holding
peoples parents found out about the site
Celestia, misty, lex
were all gone
I miss them all
I made a promise to live
to write the book they wanted me to publish
and I will
we all shared so much pain on this hell of a website
I fell in love with a **** ton of people on this hell of a website
it was my home
I had relationships,
fake fathers,
fake mothers,
fake sisters,
it all sounds so silly but if you were there
you would feel the same
I got most of their numbers
ash I text
lex I text
andro I tex
emi I text
isla I email
bela I email
florie I email
Pinterest, docs, number, I had most of them saved
I stopped going on after a while
it became everyday to something I had to go back to
after all my friends were there
never had discord
so thats where they remained
I texted light there
and pony and serp and kayden
and everyone
my family.
until the new people came
they threatened sh
they threatened suicide
what once was a safe place to talk about my feelings
was gone
the dev
made the ban
16+
my loves
my family
everyone I hold so dearly
everything was gone
they were all banned
all gone
for 3 years I don't think I can see most of them
although I had some saved
not only my favorites
but my friends
my family
the people I lost on there to death
mochi
I love you
the people I lost to the ban
I'll miss you
it'll never be the same after that ban
people will never know the old website like I did
march 6th
for now February 1st the ban
16+
has taken my family away
I love you all so dearly
stay safe
love, koala
Feb 3
Feb 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM UTC
it's not that i hate it
i just hate change
and i know i won't write as much anymore
because i can't get used to this.
Jan 11
Jan 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM UTC
Ode to this cherished space,
Where words find their graceful place,
Half the poems I've shared and spun,
Blossom here where things get done
Gratitude spills from my pen,
For the joy of creating again,
In this realm where dreams ignite,
Half the poems owe you their light.
I'm so thankful for this site
Oct 9, 2025
Oct 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM UTC
Hello, HePo.
Your website has many flaws,
Don't we all.
If you need tech support
I am happy to help
On the house
Because we love your house
It is also our home
Sep 1, 2025
Sep 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM UTC
(a billet-doux to HP)
4 minutes til (virtual) class
“Dang”, I think. I need to post today's poem!
I paste the poem, the title, the tags.
I have the sense that once the page says “saving draft” I’m *******
So I quickly press save.. and..
502 bad gateway
“Argh,” I say under my breath, glancing at my clock.
I press refresh.
Do you want to submit the form?
Of **** course I want to resubmit - I press submit.. and..
502 bad gateway
“Oh my f-king GOD!” I yell at my iPad
I press refresh.
Do you want to resubmit?
Yes, yes, YES- I resubmit, I submit, I supplicate, I grovel.. and..
502 bad gateway
2 minutes
I scream a line of obscenity that would **** the Pope if he were here.
I refresh
One of my roommates inquired, “Are you ok?” from her room.
I resubmit and.. and.. and..
“Yes!” I yell, to reassure my roommate, “Website issues,”
it finally, finally posts.
A “Whoom” sound announces the start of my virtual class.
Feb 14, 2022
Feb 14, 2022 at 4:13 PM UTC
This isn’t a case
Of writers block
Tides have turned
The winds have stopped
Unread poems
Stacks stuck at home
Unposted unknown
Dear Hellopoetry
You’re moving to slow
All my thoughts
Demand to rhyme
Contemplating
Line by line
My muse insist
What evil is this
This download of
Poetic upheaval
With a cyber grip
Eliot control the list
Where approval declines
Poetically confined
Dear Hellopoetry
Pleases
Toll the line!
Oct 17, 2020
Oct 17, 2020 at 7:18 AM UTC
WHY SHULD I LERN TO SPELL?
HELL,
NO ONE REEDS WHAT I SAY
ANYWAY!!! :(
Sing for the cool night,
whispers of constellations.
Sing for the supple grass,
the tall grass, gently whispering.
Sing of infinities, multitudes,
of all that lies beyond us now,
whispers begetting whispers.
And i am glad to also whisper . . .
I WUS HURT IN LUV I’M DYIN’
FER TH’ TEARS I BEEN A-CRYIN’!!!
i abide beyond serenities
and realms of grace,
above love’s misdirected earth,
i lift my face.
i am beyond finding now . . .
I WAS IN, LOVE, AND HE ******* ME!!!
THE **** TOTALLY!!!
i loved her once, before, when i
was mortal too, and sometimes i
would listen and distinctly hear
her laughter from the juniper,
but did not go . . .
I JUST DON’T GET POETRY, SOMETIMES.
IT’S OKAY, I GUESS.
I REALLY DON’T READ THAT MUCH AT ALL,
I MUST CONFESS!!! ;-)
Travail, inherent to all flesh,
i do not know, nor how to feel,
although i sing them nighttimes still:
the bitter woes, that do not heal . . .
POETRY IS BORING!!!
SEE, IT ***** I’M SNORING!!! ZZZZZZZ!!!
The words like breath, i find them here,
among the fragrant juniper,
and conifers amid the snow,
old loves imagined long ago . . .
WHY DON’T YOU LIKE MY PERFICKT WORDS
YOU USELESS UN-AMERIC’N TURDS?!!!
What use is love, to me, or Thou?
O Words, my awe, to fly so smooth
above the anguished hearts of men
to heights unknown, Thy bare remove . . .
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Feb 28, 2020
Feb 28, 2020 at 5:36 AM UTC
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Jan 6, 2020
Jan 6, 2020 at 11:38 PM UTC
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Dec 26, 2019
Dec 26, 2019 at 3:34 AM UTC
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Dec 24, 2019
Dec 24, 2019 at 8:15 PM UTC
****** up by now?
I know exactly how you feel.
Visit our page and
become Helen Mirren
following
three simple steps.
No regrets.
Jun 7, 2019
Jun 7, 2019 at 4:25 AM UTC
A thousand words written
On this pretty little layout
Of a cute minimal website,
Made of numbers and lines of code,
Made of people whose poems are told
Because now they have a place to go.
Mar 3, 2019
Mar 3, 2019 at 5:19 PM UTC
Do you rely on this website more
To write
Or to read?
...
Equally?
Sep 18, 2018
Sep 18, 2018 at 7:21 PM UTC
My Website: https://whatweweretaught.com/poetry/
Hello wonderful and beautiful people on Hellopoetry.
I'm here to ask you wonderful people to read my poetry website and tell me what you think about it! Honestly, I would love the insight from people who are passionate about poetry and writing.
Sense, I have been on this website for sometime now, I have read many amazing poems and creative writing post from some of the most amazing people! And, through your writing I have been inspired, amazed, intrigued, and blessed. Therefore, I thank you all for inspiring me everyday.
Apr 3, 2017
Apr 3, 2017 at 5:23 PM UTC
Hello, everyone on Hellopoetry!
Interestingly, I have just created a website that has my poetry, short stories, and articles that I have written throughout my life.
Hopefully, you take sometime and check it out! Thank you:
https://whatweweretaught.com/
Feb 8, 2017
Feb 8, 2017 at 3:09 PM UTC
Key after key, letters clamor onto my screen
In valiant effort to create that never before seen
Braces and brackets, colons semi or not
It's taking some time, patience and thought
A picture, painted by ten thousand letters
Divinely presented with wonderful CSS headers
And more, this picture will be able to do
For its features will be far from few
Talk to another, quickly and fast
Chat in groups, to make relationships last
Co-authoring easier with dynamic group editing...?
Assuming it all works, I'm still hoping and betting!
Wave after wave, this beach will come together
I'll be darned if I have to say never
The sun will rise, and so too a poet
Where they'll certainly smile, I just know it!
This digital sea by which I float,
a long voyage that awaits this boat
One where I will design the pristine shore
Bringing poet passengers, more and more
May 25, 2016
May 25, 2016 at 9:13 PM UTC
When Auden wrote Atlantis
A poem of elegance and grace
If he'd put it on this website
It would have sunk without a trace.
Apr 19, 2015
Apr 19, 2015 at 3:58 AM UTC
I wrote something that I did not mean
When I write that, I feel it’s unseen
In real, I make someone else’s thought mine
Publicize it and leave others to opine
These actually are one liner’s lifted from popular text
I dissemble and exude that I take my life at best
I am the ideal of all humans in my words
For similar situation in real, I am truly reverse
My online life is most beautiful on earth
Whereas offline, I am rehashing in vain to cover up dearth
My posts are full of inspiration and energy
If you meet me in real I am full of lethargy
Why dupe to be a connoisseur and be a commonplace
At least quote the source, give true author some space
Be eclectic and original in expression
Write such that it’s never been done
Bharti
Jul 9, 2014
Jul 9, 2014 at 6:03 AM UTC
I sometimes think I'm like a web site
in a way that's a bit hard to understand
Every day, people use me
Every day, people get frustrated with me
Every day, people- somehow -love me
And every day, someone finds the parts of me that haven't been patched up yet
The parts that are 'buggy' and unresponsive
They never look twice
because to them I'm just a dumb site with a broken link
Apr 6, 2014
Apr 6, 2014 at 8:32 PM UTC