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The latest poetry and short stories posted on DU Poetry.
Poems published by members most recently online.
Diaryofabasketcase
Published
Today 1:57am
Today 1:57am
White Lie
#breakup
#heartbroken
#MovingOn
#sadness
#secrets
6 reads
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ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Published
8th Apr 2024 12:30pm
8th Apr 2024 12:30pm
Olive Trees, Lunar Eclipse, Cowardice
Olive Trees, Lunar Eclipse, Uselessness.
They say 'Seek out higher ground before sunset,
let the eye scan west as the Sun is skipped
over our skyline, into the unending abyss.'
Let it envelope you, in the cold, seven fifty five,
while someone else's seven fifty five consists
of bombs and starvation and grief and bloodshed.
We are inconsequential, we are entitled,
nothing like keys awaiting their ancestral home.
Our dalliance with life is trivial,
and yet, by some grace, reaching into the darkness,
the split second touch with an...
They say 'Seek out higher ground before sunset,
let the eye scan west as the Sun is skipped
over our skyline, into the unending abyss.'
Let it envelope you, in the cold, seven fifty five,
while someone else's seven fifty five consists
of bombs and starvation and grief and bloodshed.
We are inconsequential, we are entitled,
nothing like keys awaiting their ancestral home.
Our dalliance with life is trivial,
and yet, by some grace, reaching into the darkness,
the split second touch with an...
#dreams
#moon
#night
#sleep
#nightmares
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TimWombles
Published
Yesterday 11:47pm
Yesterday 11:47pm
Step Forward
I'm tired of hearing you continue to complain
That the sky is falling and it's nothing more than a little rain
Chicken Little ain't got a thing on you
Go ahead and hold your breath till your face turns blue
Not everything can be done in just one way
Take a step forward and call it a day
--Chorus--
Take a step forward
Just one at a time
Take a step forward
And you'll do just fine
Take a step forward
And everyone will follow you
Take a step forward
Like the big boys do
If you keep getting pushed back every...
That the sky is falling and it's nothing more than a little rain
Chicken Little ain't got a thing on you
Go ahead and hold your breath till your face turns blue
Not everything can be done in just one way
Take a step forward and call it a day
--Chorus--
Take a step forward
Just one at a time
Take a step forward
And you'll do just fine
Take a step forward
And everyone will follow you
Take a step forward
Like the big boys do
If you keep getting pushed back every...
#determination
#uplifting
18 reads
3 Comments
Hybrid_Soldier
Published
10th Mar 2023 2:19am
10th Mar 2023 2:19am
"Chapter."
He tries to understand her.
She tries to read him.
He's been waiting.
She's been trying.
He loves her but cannot say it.
She wants him but cannot show it.
And in between the lines of this book we call life
They kiss.
She tries to read him.
He's been waiting.
She's been trying.
He loves her but cannot say it.
She wants him but cannot show it.
And in between the lines of this book we call life
They kiss.
#love
133 reads
0 Comments
I_was_rare_once
Frododile
Frododile
Published
Yesterday 9:28pm
Yesterday 9:28pm
Softly, slowly as the light falls.
Light.
Every good moment begins with pure light.
But like the tides turning,
The light fades into night.
A simple change.
Its just one letter.
One rule changed.
One where all is and one where nothing becomes truer and deeper.
I open my eyes at last.
This year.
This day.
This moment.
I meet my friend again as I breathe in the stiff air of my bedroom.
Another day begun.
Another day to think, to dream, to be.
"You have much to do Mark."
I do!
"We should get up quickly so we don't drift...
Every good moment begins with pure light.
But like the tides turning,
The light fades into night.
A simple change.
Its just one letter.
One rule changed.
One where all is and one where nothing becomes truer and deeper.
I open my eyes at last.
This year.
This day.
This moment.
I meet my friend again as I breathe in the stiff air of my bedroom.
Another day begun.
Another day to think, to dream, to be.
"You have much to do Mark."
I do!
"We should get up quickly so we don't drift...
#anger
#confusion
#denial
12 reads
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Abracadabra
Published
Today 5:19am
Today 5:19am
Inappropriate Performance
I'd thought about them all day
the sea of Christian smiles
staring up at the stage
waiting to be entertained
but all left studying the floor when I told the truth
Limp handshakes and polite applause
all my fault
I knew they'd be easily offended
and it would have been easy
to give them what they wanted
the tried and tested from the times before
a sprinkling of grit in the lines
to guarantee a tear
with the pauses for laughter
measured and rehearsed
everything timed to a fine art.
But I won't be going back ...
the sea of Christian smiles
staring up at the stage
waiting to be entertained
but all left studying the floor when I told the truth
Limp handshakes and polite applause
all my fault
I knew they'd be easily offended
and it would have been easy
to give them what they wanted
the tried and tested from the times before
a sprinkling of grit in the lines
to guarantee a tear
with the pauses for laughter
measured and rehearsed
everything timed to a fine art.
But I won't be going back ...
#unicorns
2 reads
0 Comments
averageJoe69
Ron Summers
Ron Summers
Published
Yesterday 11:24pm
Yesterday 11:24pm
Wishful writes
#dreams
#love
#WritingPoetry
22 reads
0 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Published
Yesterday 11:31pm
Yesterday 11:31pm
Ballad of the Fire Swamp
O give me a home where nobody will roam
Where the Count and his soldiers won’t stray
Where a sudden Flame Spurt leaves them crispy and hurt
And the skies smell of campfire all day
Home, home in the swamp
Where the Lightning Sands grip at their knees
Where the R.O.U.S. is our welcome house guest
And the skies smell of campfire all day
O give me a house with a giant guard mouse
Where the Terrors keep burglars at bay
Where seldom is heard an annoying loud bird
And the skies smell of campfire all day
Home, home in the...
Where the Count and his soldiers won’t stray
Where a sudden Flame Spurt leaves them crispy and hurt
And the skies smell of campfire all day
Home, home in the swamp
Where the Lightning Sands grip at their knees
Where the R.O.U.S. is our welcome house guest
And the skies smell of campfire all day
O give me a house with a giant guard mouse
Where the Terrors keep burglars at bay
Where seldom is heard an annoying loud bird
And the skies smell of campfire all day
Home, home in the...
#love
#lyrics
#NaPoWriMo2024 #parody
#NaPoWriMo2024 #parody
22 reads
2 Comments
Pinkdreams
Published
15th Apr 2024 11:51pm
15th Apr 2024 11:51pm
I Had a Porno Dream About Barry Gibb
He's a castrated werewolf
I mean,
based on how he sounds
and how he looks.
Yet for some reason
I had a porno dream
about Barry Gibb,
and I'm here to tell you
he's damn good in bed.
He was kind too
and loving
and for the minute or two I was married to him
I was secure,
sexually fulfilled,
rich
and oh so happy.
I'd never had any kind of attraction
to Barry Gibb,
yet I had a porno dream about him.
And I'm glad I did.
I mean,
based on how he sounds
and how he looks.
Yet for some reason
I had a porno dream
about Barry Gibb,
and I'm here to tell you
he's damn good in bed.
He was kind too
and loving
and for the minute or two I was married to him
I was secure,
sexually fulfilled,
rich
and oh so happy.
I'd never had any kind of attraction
to Barry Gibb,
yet I had a porno dream about him.
And I'm glad I did.
#dreams
#sex
75 reads
14 Comments
PoetsRevenge
Published
22nd Mar 2024 4:21am
22nd Mar 2024 4:21am
From Today
I
I heard it calling deftly,
this inner resevoir
of all I had overlooked
and simply ignored
though it swallowed me;
corroding my innermost reaches.
Its voice was wavering
giving me no assurance
that it would contain me fully
and teach me anything
I wouldn't learn by
easing into something
new.
I took an unnerving swan dive
and swam into a vastness,
my perceptions clouded
until I only felt a tingle
of the deftest poisons buoyancy
amidst glittering foam.
II
I was...
I heard it calling deftly,
this inner resevoir
of all I had overlooked
and simply ignored
though it swallowed me;
corroding my innermost reaches.
Its voice was wavering
giving me no assurance
that it would contain me fully
and teach me anything
I wouldn't learn by
easing into something
new.
I took an unnerving swan dive
and swam into a vastness,
my perceptions clouded
until I only felt a tingle
of the deftest poisons buoyancy
amidst glittering foam.
II
I was...
#LifeGoals
#wisdom
#determination
#NaPoWriMo2023
#PersonalGrowth
99 reads
5 Comments
buddhakitty
Published
Today 5:02am
Today 5:02am
not much going on here
there is nothing
in my hands as
the hills of Rome
burn
there is nothing
in my eyes as
the panther stalks
the antelope
there is nothing in
my mind as love
is given last rites
and sent to hell
there is nothing
in my heart as
birds flee in terror
from the coming
storm
there is nothing in
my soul as life murders
life
there is nothing
in my imagination
as I write this poem
at 5:08 a.m. early
Sunday morning
in my hands as
the hills of Rome
burn
there is nothing
in my eyes as
the panther stalks
the antelope
there is nothing in
my mind as love
is given last rites
and sent to hell
there is nothing
in my heart as
birds flee in terror
from the coming
storm
there is nothing in
my soul as life murders
life
there is nothing
in my imagination
as I write this poem
at 5:08 a.m. early
Sunday morning
#determination
16 reads
3 Comments
MYSTERIOUS_GIRL
Lizzy_3164
Lizzy_3164
Published
Yesterday 2:00am
Yesterday 2:00am
RICHARD'S FINAL MOMENTS
#evil
#horror
#scary
15 reads
0 Comments
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