"hastag" poems - Hello Poetry

Hashtag my soul away, so many can see it I’m waving my hands saying hey look at me Posting pics, statuses and videos Can’t do it quietly I want them all to See Envy me and make me their fantasy A few likes on this post is not enough I deserve to get liked like I’m roylaty adore me while you stare at the pictures I spent hours cropping, adding more filters to guard my insecurities Before I hashtag it, I dress it with perfection Cut out any ugliness, clean up the mess Show the world purity because if they see the negative their words will expose my insecurities Behind this screen I found a secured me That is the side I only want them to see So I hastag popular tags so they can all see The better side of me

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Aug 7, 2018

Aug 7, 2018 at 11:31 PM UTC

tuffy-mutombo

#hashtag

Hashtag my soul away, so many can see it I’m waving my hands saying hey look at me Posting pics, statuses and videos Can’t do it quietly I want them all to See Envy me and make me their fantasy A few likes on this post is not enough I deserve to get liked like I’m roylaty adore me while you stare at the pictures I spent hours cropping, adding more filters to guard my insecurities Before I hashtag it, I dress it with perfection Cut out any ugliness, clean up the mess Show the world purity because if they see the negative their words will expose my insecurities Behind this screen I found a secured me That is the side I only want them to see So I hastag popular tags so they can all see The better side of me

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Caaaarpe … caaarpe ... Caarpe Diem Keating whispered He whispered. in Delay there lies no plenty Shakespeare warned, gather ye rosebuds while ye may Herrick advised. We don’t whisper, warn or advise Generation Y PROCLAIMS! We shout, strong, sure and proud YOLO We chant, graffiti, hastag YOLO We get *one shot one opportunity to seize everything in we ever wanted in one moment* **** the romantics,. The critics, the experts, the analyzers too. YOLO Who says we can’t be prophetic, Philosophical, Beautiful? This is us, Our time our chance, so let’s make the most of the night like we’re gunna die young. It is our excuse. The reason I hit the gas rev the engine and slam it to the floor. With squealing tires, loud exhausts and smoky exits You can hear me we are young so lets set the world on fire we can burn brighter than the sun. We need to do this now, before the light in our eyes, light of our lives, go out. YOLO The reason we face mountains of debt with a smile. The face we put on brave, ready, awake when the bill collectors call, the healthcare goes into reform and the government shuts down. YOLO This moment, we own it this second in a catalogue of years. The months we spend crashing cars, bars and acting like stars. YOLO The reason we apply for jobs, we’ll never get. Taking rejection with a grin we will always try again. YOLO it is the reason I joined the race. After all, You. Only. Live. Once. -Kayla Morrison

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Mar 31, 2014

Mar 31, 2014 at 3:25 PM UTC

kayla-morrison

You Only Live Once (YOLO)

Caaaarpe … caaarpe ... Caarpe Diem Keating whispered He whispered. in Delay there lies no plenty Shakespeare warned, gather ye rosebuds while ye may Herrick advised. We don’t whisper, warn or advise Generation Y PROCLAIMS! We shout, strong, sure and proud YOLO We chant, graffiti, hastag YOLO We get *one shot one opportunity to seize everything in we ever wanted in one moment* **** the romantics,. The critics, the experts, the analyzers too. YOLO Who says we can’t be prophetic, Philosophical, Beautiful? This is us, Our time our chance, so let’s make the most of the night like we’re gunna die young. It is our excuse. The reason I hit the gas rev the engine and slam it to the floor. With squealing tires, loud exhausts and smoky exits You can hear me we are young so lets set the world on fire we can burn brighter than the sun. We need to do this now, before the light in our eyes, light of our lives, go out. YOLO The reason we face mountains of debt with a smile. The face we put on brave, ready, awake when the bill collectors call, the healthcare goes into reform and the government shuts down. YOLO This moment, we own it this second in a catalogue of years. The months we spend crashing cars, bars and acting like stars. YOLO The reason we apply for jobs, we’ll never get. Taking rejection with a grin we will always try again. YOLO it is the reason I joined the race. After all, You. Only. Live. Once. -Kayla Morrison

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Thanks guys, finally hit 1k hearts without too much social engineering. lol but i must say. . . HP has disappointed me as of late. . . asking for donations (which I have paid being a long time user) but I wonder how much of that goes to this new #hastag system. . . I liked this site because it was plain, easy to use, and the poetry spoke for itself without all these lousy social networking features everyone is using. I liked that it wasnt a popularity contest where the work could speak for itself. . . It doesnt feel that way anymore. Sorry, maybe some of you like it, but the one place that was once my favorite avenue to share my work, may soon no longer be.

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Jun 19, 2014

Jun 19, 2014 at 4:47 PM UTC

Brokepoet

1k

Thanks guys, finally hit 1k hearts without too much social engineering. lol but i must say. . . HP has disappointed me as of late. . . asking for donations (which I have paid being a long time user) but I wonder how much of that goes to this new #hastag system. . . I liked this site because it was plain, easy to use, and the poetry spoke for itself without all these lousy social networking features everyone is using. I liked that it wasnt a popularity contest where the work could speak for itself. . . It doesnt feel that way anymore. Sorry, maybe some of you like it, but the one place that was once my favorite avenue to share my work, may soon no longer be.

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Natnael Asres: Had a pen and paper to write all my thoughts had a teacher to answer all my questions.... had a bunch of friends who would come over.... but now now those pen and paper are out all I seem to need is a laptop or all be it just a smart phone thanks to Microsoft office and ohh by the way that helped "bill make all his billions" !!! while we don't even remember how to write "cruses in cursive" and all that. And what is a teacher I may ask ? I was thought by 'Myspace' in elementary then took over 'google' to get me where I am always had the answer and sometimes a little sideshow specially when puberty came knocking and a special shout out to 'Encarta kids' that also had my back. And what about my friends ? yesI have pictures of them well surely cropped and duly filtered and we talk everyday thanks to the group chat we have talking about dumb **** like who went where who eat what and most importantly who ****** who ! so I am glad to be a 21st century boy who doesn't know how to write on a paper and don't know the use of a teacher and who surely doesn't recognize his friends with out there filters ! So # sorry for 20th century people hastag (#) yeaaaa me am the king of the world a dumb Boy who wouldn't make it through a single day in the real world or would I you never know.

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May 29, 2017

May 29, 2017 at 6:03 AM UTC

Nati_23

21 century boy.

Natnael Asres: Had a pen and paper to write all my thoughts had a teacher to answer all my questions.... had a bunch of friends who would come over.... but now now those pen and paper are out all I seem to need is a laptop or all be it just a smart phone thanks to Microsoft office and ohh by the way that helped "bill make all his billions" !!! while we don't even remember how to write "cruses in cursive" and all that. And what is a teacher I may ask ? I was thought by 'Myspace' in elementary then took over 'google' to get me where I am always had the answer and sometimes a little sideshow specially when puberty came knocking and a special shout out to 'Encarta kids' that also had my back. And what about my friends ? yesI have pictures of them well surely cropped and duly filtered and we talk everyday thanks to the group chat we have talking about dumb **** like who went where who eat what and most importantly who ****** who ! so I am glad to be a 21st century boy who doesn't know how to write on a paper and don't know the use of a teacher and who surely doesn't recognize his friends with out there filters ! So # sorry for 20th century people hastag (#) yeaaaa me am the king of the world a dumb Boy who wouldn't make it through a single day in the real world or would I you never know.

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