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Popular poems, listed in order of their popularity this month.
PoetSpeak
Published
10th Jan 2025 10:24pm
10th Jan 2025 10:24pm
Training Mission South Pole
Stationed off the grid
Population under 50
CIA comrades
Hookers wearing a wire
Granola with Wild Turkey 101
Booting Heroin speedballs
A life we chose
Exile from normal
No filter
Penguin Bar after dark
No cover
Juke box takes coins only
Black night
No stars
The color of salvation
BBQ with the enemy tonight
Tomorrow is cancelled
Population under 50
CIA comrades
Hookers wearing a wire
Granola with Wild Turkey 101
Booting Heroin speedballs
A life we chose
Exile from normal
No filter
Penguin Bar after dark
No cover
Juke box takes coins only
Black night
No stars
The color of salvation
BBQ with the enemy tonight
Tomorrow is cancelled
#philosophical
#risk
#StreamOfConsciousness
#ThrillSeeking
#war
138 reads
30 Comments
fianaturie8
Fia Naturie
Fia Naturie
Published
8th Jan 2025 11:51am
8th Jan 2025 11:51am
Blow Out The Candles
As birthdays go
This is one is not so bad
A smile on my face
My health
My family
New friends
New ventures etc...
There are thoughts hidden
behind the smile
Like it's cold outside
are people warm?
Do they have food?
There is a fire raging.
How are they?
There are wars all over
outside and internally
Will we make it as a people?
Blowing out these candles
I smile and feel the tracks of tears
of both joy and grief
I made a wish
Now, if this one comes true
we will all...
This is one is not so bad
A smile on my face
My health
My family
New friends
New ventures etc...
There are thoughts hidden
behind the smile
Like it's cold outside
are people warm?
Do they have food?
There is a fire raging.
How are they?
There are wars all over
outside and internally
Will we make it as a people?
Blowing out these candles
I smile and feel the tracks of tears
of both joy and grief
I made a wish
Now, if this one comes true
we will all...
#courage
#fear
#hope
194 reads
24 Comments
KristinaX
Published
24th Jan 2025 9:00pm
24th Jan 2025 9:00pm
I miss you more than you could ever know.
How much time has flown by - so much, so little.
But her memory is kept in me. I was afraid to admit...
I guess I still am, that she will never come back.
That I won't see her smile, that I won't feel her hugs.
How much she sacrificed just to bring me into this world.
She never gave up on me despite her own health.
And once I knew, would things have been different?
If she had listened to the doctors, and everyone else.
When I was a child it was so hard to take care of her.
Especially through the relapses and affects of treatment.
I...
But her memory is kept in me. I was afraid to admit...
I guess I still am, that she will never come back.
That I won't see her smile, that I won't feel her hugs.
How much she sacrificed just to bring me into this world.
She never gave up on me despite her own health.
And once I knew, would things have been different?
If she had listened to the doctors, and everyone else.
When I was a child it was so hard to take care of her.
Especially through the relapses and affects of treatment.
I...
#depression
#despair
#emptiness
#mother
#suffering
140 reads
22 Comments
DamianDeadLove
Published
20th Jan 2025 6:38am
20th Jan 2025 6:38am
Opinions
Sorting through these countless lies
A road map reveals every last detail
Rotting minds unable to cut the ties
Where common sense should prevail
Just because a leader says something
Doesn’t mean it’s automatically factual
Talking heads wrapped around a string
All opinions will vary from what’s actual
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2025
A road map reveals every last detail
Rotting minds unable to cut the ties
Where common sense should prevail
Just because a leader says something
Doesn’t mean it’s automatically factual
Talking heads wrapped around a string
All opinions will vary from what’s actual
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2025
#philosophical
107 reads
21 Comments
Her
Published
28th Jan 2025 11:41am
28th Jan 2025 11:41am
You
The way my back feels
against the warmth
of your chest
joy
safety
all encompassing
you’re like a warm bath just as I settle in
comforting
enveloped
a small sigh escapes my lips
a slight smile
before the inevitable destruction
I always welcome
against the warmth
of your chest
joy
safety
all encompassing
you’re like a warm bath just as I settle in
comforting
enveloped
a small sigh escapes my lips
a slight smile
before the inevitable destruction
I always welcome
#BDSM
#erotic
#gratitude
#happiness
#lover
193 reads
20 Comments
DamianDeadLove
Published
24th Jan 2025 7:04am
24th Jan 2025 7:04am
Pretend
Frozen stare fixed on a computer screen
Watching the waves move with the sound
Voice of reason always ready to intervene
How long till the next song comes around
When did you start second guessing me?
Turning mole hills into full blown calamity
Funneling booze into a hemorrhaging mind
Leads to blame pointed in the wrong place
Haunted by ghosts while logic turned blind
Demons work while wearing a familiar face
When was it you sold your light my friend?
Deciding to surrender just to play pretend
...
Watching the waves move with the sound
Voice of reason always ready to intervene
How long till the next song comes around
When did you start second guessing me?
Turning mole hills into full blown calamity
Funneling booze into a hemorrhaging mind
Leads to blame pointed in the wrong place
Haunted by ghosts while logic turned blind
Demons work while wearing a familiar face
When was it you sold your light my friend?
Deciding to surrender just to play pretend
...
#philosophical
99 reads
20 Comments
Her
Published
2nd Jan 2025 8:44am
2nd Jan 2025 8:44am
I’m Not Alright
Mmm, mmm
We go round and round
Always making too much about
The things we know too much about
I want things the way they used to be
When it was just you and me
And life wasn’t so crazy
I’m tired
Just talk to me
I can’t believe
You stood there like that
Looking at me like that
Like I should know
What you meant
I’m not alright
I don’t want to fight
With you
Mmm, mmm, hmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Why do we keep doing this?
We...
We go round and round
Always making too much about
The things we know too much about
I want things the way they used to be
When it was just you and me
And life wasn’t so crazy
I’m tired
Just talk to me
I can’t believe
You stood there like that
Looking at me like that
Like I should know
What you meant
I’m not alright
I don’t want to fight
With you
Mmm, mmm, hmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Why do we keep doing this?
We...
#conflict
#love
#lyrics #relationships
#lyrics #relationships
148 reads
22 Comments
DamianDeadLove
Published
17th Jan 2025 6:09am
17th Jan 2025 6:09am
Draw The Line
I’ve been walking in my sleep
Journeys across space and time
Dark forces slowly start to creep
Out of this chalk outline I climb
Riddles are their own mystery
Meaning is squeezed from words
Every scandal with a long history
Was designed for thinning herds
Opportunity never knocks twice
While waiting for inspiration to call
Virtue seems empty holding a vice
Witnessing all the momentum stall
Ignorance can mean misinformed
Until all the layers are peeled back
In good faith a deed is performed ...
Journeys across space and time
Dark forces slowly start to creep
Out of this chalk outline I climb
Riddles are their own mystery
Meaning is squeezed from words
Every scandal with a long history
Was designed for thinning herds
Opportunity never knocks twice
While waiting for inspiration to call
Virtue seems empty holding a vice
Witnessing all the momentum stall
Ignorance can mean misinformed
Until all the layers are peeled back
In good faith a deed is performed ...
#philosophical
106 reads
21 Comments
DamianDeadLove
Published
4th Jan 2025 8:59am
4th Jan 2025 8:59am
Loosing The Light
Cracks in the armor start to appear
How long before they figure it out?
Surely someone will sense the fear
That lingers behind this self-doubt
Falling fast into this desperate abyss
When was the last time it was silent?
The punchline was a swing and a miss
As a spectator quickly became violent
Flaming tongues searing paper flesh
How long till this soul bares the mark?
These lies are old but the pain is fresh
Loosing the light only leaves the dark
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2025
How long before they figure it out?
Surely someone will sense the fear
That lingers behind this self-doubt
Falling fast into this desperate abyss
When was the last time it was silent?
The punchline was a swing and a miss
As a spectator quickly became violent
Flaming tongues searing paper flesh
How long till this soul bares the mark?
These lies are old but the pain is fresh
Loosing the light only leaves the dark
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2025
#lies
134 reads
20 Comments
PoetSpeak
Published
15th Jan 2025 1:29pm
15th Jan 2025 1:29pm
A Romantic..
want and romance
and then
the opening
the walkway looking west
a small cutaway
I held you close
staring into your laser eyes
holding you tight
tenderness spinning out of control
a new control emerged
one you knew was buried
deep in my brow
matching you stare for stare
electrons and gamma rays
cross stimulation
I took your smile
and marked it
with my mine
taking you
under my wing
protecting you
feeding you
giving you...
and then
the opening
the walkway looking west
a small cutaway
I held you close
staring into your laser eyes
holding you tight
tenderness spinning out of control
a new control emerged
one you knew was buried
deep in my brow
matching you stare for stare
electrons and gamma rays
cross stimulation
I took your smile
and marked it
with my mine
taking you
under my wing
protecting you
feeding you
giving you...
#love
#romantic
#Romanticism
165 reads
22 Comments
Her
Published
Yesterday 2:26am
Yesterday 2:26am
United in Pain
In each post
Each breath
Line, word, letter
The spaces between
We
Do
Not
Give
Up
Each breath
Line, word, letter
The spaces between
We
Do
Not
Give
Up
#courage
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#LifeAsAWriter
#PowerOfWords
#WritingPoetry
109 reads
25 Comments
DamianDeadLove
Published
22nd Jan 2025 6:37am
22nd Jan 2025 6:37am
Reveals The Direction
Another hour passes in a distorted flash
Ambitious details scattered across time
Fantasy meets reality such a fatal crash
It’s only a secret if nobody drops a dime
Promises get lost amidst this chaotic ride
Every scenario imaginable unlocks a hurdle
Caught in a moment filled with foolish pride
Regret comes back around again full-circle
Masks fade with years sounds so clever
But this bitter memory stains all meaning
Standing in a bullseye reaching for a lever
Reveals the direction one’s faith is leaning
...
Ambitious details scattered across time
Fantasy meets reality such a fatal crash
It’s only a secret if nobody drops a dime
Promises get lost amidst this chaotic ride
Every scenario imaginable unlocks a hurdle
Caught in a moment filled with foolish pride
Regret comes back around again full-circle
Masks fade with years sounds so clever
But this bitter memory stains all meaning
Standing in a bullseye reaching for a lever
Reveals the direction one’s faith is leaning
...
#philosophical
129 reads
23 Comments
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