Observational Poems

Poetry about life, society and the natural world

We Are All Drawn From Nature

Published on 8th December 2009 8:07am
Written by Jack Heslop (Heslopian)

We are all drawn from nature.
The magazine you hold in

Your hands may once have been a blade
Of grass adorning the great Welsh

Valleys. That mug filled with coffee bean
Stew a stretch of sand beneath an old

African shack. And all that hair upon
Those powerful arms - which I have surveyed

So many times with fresh homosexual
Fancy - remind us that we are the distant

Sons of Neanderthals. Not called Adam and Eve but
Rather Mr. and Mrs. Ape. And we would be

Wise not to forget those stone age honeymooning love...

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Invaders Must Die

Published on 8th December 2009 00:04am
Written by Juvi LaPorte (juvikid)

It seems that in this generation we have an evolution of the "Poser".
for now we will call this entity a Lame. in decades past this
individual would be known as a "Jive Turkey", "Sucka" "Loser" etc. But
now I can't help but think that in this day and age it has become the
norm to adopt the role of the lame. Why you ask? because it's easy, if
one chooses to blend into what is accepted and popular all the time, it
takes the pressure off the brain (being that it doesn't have to think
for itself). some lames still find individuality, the problem is that
it just...

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The Black Suits

Published on 8th December 2009 00:03am
Written by Kandice Bush (KandiceBush)

Strangling plastic smiles
In a procession of obsession
An eclipse of spiritual unity
In the ashes of my redemption

Wallowing in this frequency of obscurity
My eyes see though pulsing microbes
& atoms of a tainted society fabric

I am the cancer
( Rotting )
Stifling your thinking
( Suffocate )
A seeping infection
Amongst the droning
Of incubating feeble minds

These corporate roses smell like deception
( Corruption )

I am a requiem for free will ...

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you.

Published on 7th December 2009 9:24pm
Written by taylor_yo_1201

When your gone.

Who will i be with when i arrive everyone morning,
when i sit and play guitar,
When im feeling neurotic,
confused,
excluded,
forgotten.

Who will be there?

When im alone,
in doubt,
Feeling tension from all the stress.

where will you be.

Somewhere new.
I dont know where you are.
Who do i seek for now?

No matter how hard you try keeping people by your side,
they end up gone, like rain,
like thundering clouds.

Peice by peice they crumble away,
like an accident.
...

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Anything Else?

Published on 7th December 2009 7:21pm
Written by Abracadabra

As a teenager we took acid together
and you pushed your pretty friend in my face
to get me laid
everyone was doing it
but was there anything else?

You played your Bob Dylan records
loud in your room
thank you for having such good taste
(though not in men)
but was there anything else?

I used to bring you breakfast in bed
on a tray
and even after just a few hours sleep
you always ate every crumb
but was there anything else?

We shared the same womb
and for fourteen years
we lived under the same roof
with...

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What I am.

Published on 7th December 2009 3:57pm
Written by Bee. (penACTION)

This interview is being taped for court,
07 December, 2009,
0300 hours. Date and time.

Please, begin.

I was walking to my car,
This homeless man ambushed me.
Not joking. Don't laugh.
My day was already dipping,
But then this hefty body smothered me.
He sssslured, "You're looking thin, Jack!"

I chuckle. My name is Charlie.

But, he must be mad. Bless his head.
I thank him - don't ask why.
Five dollars in his pocket,
And I walk on,
Whistle a song on the radio.
It might have been 'Winter Wonderland.'

Into...

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Poetry is a Dirty Word

Published on 7th December 2009 10:29am
Written by Abracadabra

Poetry is a dirty word

it must be one of the seediest in

the English language

who could be arsed with all that rhyme

cadences crashing around stanzas

like an alarm clock going off

in a sensationalised biscuit tin

Poets don't write poems

they produce pieces

it's as airy fairy as pantaloons

full of pompous poopology

Thank heavens we never see

any poetic...

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Through a Child's Eyes

Published on 7th December 2009 7:10am
Written by Rachel Gleavy (Mrs_Sin)

Apparently we could all be happy
It’s said we could get along
That war of today
Wouldn’t have to be played
And the world would be a beautiful place.

Bullies in the playground, no more.
Killers quite commonplace, a myth
These destructive scenes
Only bad dreams
And the world would be a beautiful place.

No need for rose-tinted glasses
No need to harden your hearts
No need to fight
It’d all be alright
And the world would be a beautiful place

How do you explain to a child
That the world isn’t like that at all?
That...

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the team

Published on 6th December 2009 9:16pm
Written by Stef (st33fbaby)

The team of three dances in heat
As each a he, they disagreee
Masters of the game, top cheifs
Rule the clan, drive the land

Mouths of Gods, bodies of Legends
Spirits of drive and hearts of stone

The team,
they never lose
Don't try,
you must refuse
If provoked,
they don't diffuse

Pride and ego is their sin

Oh, look, they didn't win!

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Hollow

Published on 6th December 2009 4:27pm
Written by Dungbug

Why are we here? What is the purpose of us? Is it purely to follow blindly and consume?
Everyday there is struggle, oppression and anguish. Opressors and opressed, what will our legacy be?

What will we leave to those who will follow? Would we exist without the struggles or stagnate? Is it the aspiration that one day there will be unconditional harmony some day soon?

Are we meant to exist in our bubbles in the hope that the world will fix itself? So lost in our hollow little worlds following our own little hollow pursuits, our faith has been lost in religion, humanity...

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The Poet Bus

Published on 6th December 2009 5:05am
Written by Abracadabra

The Painting with Words poet bus rolled in
flags flying to the biggest ticker-tape welcome you've ever seen
crowds had gathered in the town square long before its arrival
they knew this was the main event
and they didn't want to miss a moment.

None of the crew wore that
unkempt and disheveled look
that had so dogged the pioneer poets
throughout their careers
now being a poet
was as respectable as being a doctor or a teacher.
The poets appeared to be just like you and me
although you could still tell they were
a different breed by that...

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Muddy and wet

Published on 5th December 2009 4:24pm
Written by Michael Granger (Sir-Writes-A-lot)

Mother nature will not let it snow
Just a mix and some rain before the storm will go
It is now later in the day
Where colder temps usually stay

Today it is nearly 36 at five
When snow storms usually come alive
Perfect timing and all
Nearing night time as the sun will fall

The sky is dark and grey
It has been raining mostly today
Just a few degrees to high
The 32 degree freezing rule we have to live by

Roads are slick and are a mess
The drivers around here suck, I have to confess
As the wind begins to increase
Danger...

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Persona

Published on 5th December 2009 1:46pm
Written by Abracadabra

Being raised in a brothel for your first twelve years
must be the ultimate head fuck
plenty of psychotic material there you'd suppose
but on the surface C seemed so normal.
Too normal maybe, despite all those aunties
fussing through his early life
and very quickly he had learned to hide
most of the hurting memories under the bed
where his child's brain had reasoned they belonged.

He learned to shut out the sordidness and the seediness,
the violence and drunkenness, pimps patrolling
like sharks beyond all those shabby red velvet curtains....

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Doin' my bit

Published on 4th December 2009 8:01pm
Written by Abracadabra

I'm parking on my lawn
after all it's my lawn
and I paid for it.
Everyone's got the
right to do what they
want, aint they?
I don't see how driving
my little car hurts anyone
and that lawn looks kind of dry
and unsightly now
on account of there being
not much rain these days.
The government says we
need to help our car
industry, so that's what
I'm doing.
Every time I turn that
starter it makes me smile
on account of me knowing
I'm helping someone
and I feel good about
doing my bit for the world.

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Angels

Published on 4th December 2009 1:21pm
Written by traceymaree

Sometimes in our walk of life, we meet with human kind...
If we look in deep enough, we see much more than mind...
We see a certain glow amidst, the person that we see...
They looking back can focus on, much more than just the me...
In my walk along my life, Ive met with just a few...
Some were very elderly, and some were just like new...
A young boy he looks up at me, and straight away I no...
The feeling he gives out to me, it isnt just a show...
The partner I lost tradedly, I no he was just one...
He had all of the makings of gods own precious son......

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Delusional

Published on 4th December 2009 10:44am
Written by Mei (Mei-Hitokiri)

Huge bright lights
Pitch black nights
No-one fights
I'm delusional

Blinding dark
A screaming lark
A silent bark
I'm delusional

A pink rabbit
A politician won't quit
A vampire without spit
I'm delusional

A guiltless knife
A world without strife
A faithful wife
I'm delusional

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adolescence

Published on 4th December 2009 9:44am
Written by Celine (3ampoems)

we are
minorities of something colossal with
dropdead nervous sytems & alwaysfeelingunderpressureargh!
we are
not nothing
just time-halting storms
trying to see our laters a little clearer
and pretending we never
worry on our previous millionandtwentytwosteps
: i count.

i suffocate under
piles of
contemporary 'you must's
catching a breath at my own
'you can's
every now and then when
no one is watching

conflicts are enjoyable
just to the extend before
everyone takes it too seriously
and forget...

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Time to say Good bye

Published on 3rd December 2009 8:57pm
Written by Michael Granger (Sir-Writes-A-lot)

From this earth to the sky
Off to the heavens with a tear in their eye
14 years has past
A journey that has came full circle at last

A family pet who has seen so much in her eyes
A marriage, 2 children raised and 2 more children born so much to realize
Other pets have sadly came and gone
Like fall leaves that enter a lawn

Vacations and holidays
Football Sunday, baseball games and sunny days
She waits to go out and to come back in
Now a new phase of her life is to begin

Always missing someone to come home
Until he comes, back...

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4 seasons

Published on 3rd December 2009 12:14pm
Written by Albylynch

fall,
leaves are falling
you dont know if
it's gonna rain
it drives you crazy

winter
your body aches
in the cold
even at night when
your bundled up
and asleep

spring
everything is growing
even things you dont
want to grow

summer
too hot, it's uncomfortable
especially when you
have leather couches
and dirty roomates

nothing is free........

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Invisible

Published on 3rd December 2009 9:20am
Written by Abracadabra

My soul can smell that new air from the window
and there is fresh birdsong on the breeze
but now that my life is all ramps
I must accept that the steepest of hills
will always remain beyond my reach.

There are fresh ruts in the carpet
where I sat for hours
face pressed hard to the cold pain
of my dawning truth

it never gets easier.

And all those inspirational Olympic heroes
are quickly forgotten
each time I am singled out for that special treatment
to be cossetted and clucked at in front of a crowd
when I crave only ...

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