Miscellaneous Poems by Top Critiquers
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Random, diverse and unusual poetry
Poems written by Top Critiquers
Bluevelvete
Poem Published
28th Feb 2021 4:04pm
28th Feb 2021 4:04pm
the stench of realness and a reminder to wipe up the blood.
god, I feel so foolish
still surprised at how i burn
and need that approval
long for it,
crave it
tears run down
fiery cheeks
emotions rip apart reason
creating a crevasse of stark darkness
where once reason used to thrive
I'm not really alive
was I ever?
it's all so different
harsh, hard, confusing and q u i e t
pain is almost welcomed
numbing
that hurtful relief,
recognized
and penetrating a deeply familiar ache
a 'cheers," in my tavern of emptiness
I hardly feel myself ...
still surprised at how i burn
and need that approval
long for it,
crave it
tears run down
fiery cheeks
emotions rip apart reason
creating a crevasse of stark darkness
where once reason used to thrive
I'm not really alive
was I ever?
it's all so different
harsh, hard, confusing and q u i e t
pain is almost welcomed
numbing
that hurtful relief,
recognized
and penetrating a deeply familiar ache
a 'cheers," in my tavern of emptiness
I hardly feel myself ...
#anxiety
#depression
#dark
#MentalHealth
#frustration
71 reads
TheOralizer
Poem Published
10th Feb 2021 10:23pm
10th Feb 2021 10:23pm
HOW TO MISUNDERSTAND A POET
OBSERVATION
Writers and especially
those who choose
a poetic style are
so easily misunderstood.
Even fellow-poets
misunderstand where
a poet may be coming from
or trying to stress in a
metaphor, fiction, make-believe,
using first-person, not really
the poet, to make a point
create a scene, interest,
mystery, or some other
attention-getting device.
A poet chooses a dark
slice and dice story and
character, some assume the
poet is the person,
NOT SO.
A poet chooses a sexual
identity or...
Writers and especially
those who choose
a poetic style are
so easily misunderstood.
Even fellow-poets
misunderstand where
a poet may be coming from
or trying to stress in a
metaphor, fiction, make-believe,
using first-person, not really
the poet, to make a point
create a scene, interest,
mystery, or some other
attention-getting device.
A poet chooses a dark
slice and dice story and
character, some assume the
poet is the person,
NOT SO.
A poet chooses a sexual
identity or...
#love
#kindness
#inspirational
#admiration
#respect
47 reads
9 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
28th Feb 2021 1:18pm
28th Feb 2021 1:18pm
Offramp Art Series # 1
When I paint often there is excess color left over
So I do these paintings just to use it up
Often I have great affinity for these
I call them Offramp Art
So there you go
Meaning behind my madness
So I do these paintings just to use it up
Often I have great affinity for these
I call them Offramp Art
So there you go
Meaning behind my madness
#art
33 reads
8 Comments
Honoria
Poem Published
24th Feb 2021 4:57am
24th Feb 2021 4:57am
The Fudgeler
Day in
And day out
He would work with a smirk.
The stain on his chair-
The mess on his desk,
A ruse to amuse
And just plain grotesque.
His work, under siege
Could leave no response.
With no-blesse disoblige
And great nonchalance.
One day I did notice
His head was a’ slack,
His eyes were shut tight
And his chair reclined back.
Even less was his yield,
I approached madly and swore
I heard a loud belch, and then a soft snore.
As I poked him he startled
and like a...
And day out
He would work with a smirk.
The stain on his chair-
The mess on his desk,
A ruse to amuse
And just plain grotesque.
His work, under siege
Could leave no response.
With no-blesse disoblige
And great nonchalance.
One day I did notice
His head was a’ slack,
His eyes were shut tight
And his chair reclined back.
Even less was his yield,
I approached madly and swore
I heard a loud belch, and then a soft snore.
As I poked him he startled
and like a...
#rhyming
#TruthOfLife
84 reads
41 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
24th Oct 2020 6:32am
24th Oct 2020 6:32am
H 1214
Her heart hurt hard, hurled in hurried high hopes,
Harried hastily haunted by horrid hallucinations,
Hence her hatred of horrendous hideous hordes,
Hiding halfheartedly, heightening her hesitation.
Harried hastily haunted by horrid hallucinations,
Hence her hatred of horrendous hideous hordes,
Hiding halfheartedly, heightening her hesitation.
#anxiety
#WritingPoetry
121 reads
8 Comments
robert43041
Viking
Viking
Poem Published
6th Mar 2021 9:25pm
6th Mar 2021 9:25pm
Down in the pits
You're down in the pits
Feeling blue, crying
Going nuts within
These four tiny walls
That are closing in on you?
Help is on the way
Via You tube: look at
Mix James Last
Orange blossom special
Huge energy.
You will love.....
Feeling blue, crying
Going nuts within
These four tiny walls
That are closing in on you?
Help is on the way
Via You tube: look at
Mix James Last
Orange blossom special
Huge energy.
You will love.....
#happiness
#motivational
#inspirational
30 reads
2 Comments
Phantom2426
Poem Published
14th Oct 2020 6:37am
14th Oct 2020 6:37am
Bottomless Pit Of Anger
My heart is in limbo
because my anger
wants to come out and
play I push my anger
deep inside the pit of
my bottomless belly
Where it needs to be
but sometimes it
needs to be released
But people need to
stay away because
sometimes it comes
out and you hurt
your love ones
with your anger
because my anger
wants to come out and
play I push my anger
deep inside the pit of
my bottomless belly
Where it needs to be
but sometimes it
needs to be released
But people need to
stay away because
sometimes it comes
out and you hurt
your love ones
with your anger
#anger
#men
#family
#emotional
#emotions
107 reads
2 Comments
Billy_Snagg
Snaggy
Snaggy
Poem Published
6th Feb 2021 10:48pm
6th Feb 2021 10:48pm
Gin 'n' Sonnet
I once walked alone in the burning sun,
Felt her scornful kisses upon my face.
False charm rendered me totally undone,
While doing its best for the human race.
Guilty pleasures left me basking in sin,
And out in the cold, in need of a loan.
Couldn't help some days but reach for the gin,
Then fall to the floor, all there on my own.
The sun wore on as I whistled a song,
Dragging me wherever I had to go.
Courage takes time when it's miles too long -
Each miserable step, each wretched blow.
How much did the sun really...
Felt her scornful kisses upon my face.
False charm rendered me totally undone,
While doing its best for the human race.
Guilty pleasures left me basking in sin,
And out in the cold, in need of a loan.
Couldn't help some days but reach for the gin,
Then fall to the floor, all there on my own.
The sun wore on as I whistled a song,
Dragging me wherever I had to go.
Courage takes time when it's miles too long -
Each miserable step, each wretched blow.
How much did the sun really...
#depression
#alcohol
#sonnet
#addiction
#MentalHealth
40 reads
6 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
21st Sep 2020 3:39pm
21st Sep 2020 3:39pm
The Lazy Poem
Poem Prompt By Bruno Mars
The Lazy Song
No excuses for the tone… too lazy to attempt to care
Just another stupid lazy poem
No thoughts to keep anyone warm
Today I don’t want to rhyme, I did not even want to write
I wanted to see how far I could push my mind to make no sense
Tired of being right
Polite
Courteous
I want to be just downright selfish, have the blissful feelings to see what it would feel like to be callous for just one day
Tell the world go and fuck itself
Sorry
See, when I speak, I just...
The Lazy Song
No excuses for the tone… too lazy to attempt to care
Just another stupid lazy poem
No thoughts to keep anyone warm
Today I don’t want to rhyme, I did not even want to write
I wanted to see how far I could push my mind to make no sense
Tired of being right
Polite
Courteous
I want to be just downright selfish, have the blissful feelings to see what it would feel like to be callous for just one day
Tell the world go and fuck itself
Sorry
See, when I speak, I just...
#satirical
#memories
157 reads
10 Comments
averageJoe69
Ron Summers
Ron Summers
Poem Published
10th Feb 2021 1:10pm
10th Feb 2021 1:10pm
Incognito
Incognito
Many hide behind a avatar, you don't know who they really are, it may give a simple clue but your guess is wide and
Reasons for their secrecy, may come from deep inside, personal and private, hurt by the tears they've shed and cried
Some may give the answer, their avatar may hold the clue, it may even look like them, a likeness fair and true
Some have a random pick, like Bunny that is Blue, it looks as soft as Velvet, ha ha, yes my friend its you
Some have clever names, with a clue that that hides inside, where others are...
Many hide behind a avatar, you don't know who they really are, it may give a simple clue but your guess is wide and
Reasons for their secrecy, may come from deep inside, personal and private, hurt by the tears they've shed and cried
Some may give the answer, their avatar may hold the clue, it may even look like them, a likeness fair and true
Some have a random pick, like Bunny that is Blue, it looks as soft as Velvet, ha ha, yes my friend its you
Some have clever names, with a clue that that hides inside, where others are...
#funny
32 reads
6 Comments
adagio
Poem Published
28th Feb 2021 4:14am
28th Feb 2021 4:14am
Haiku Orange
..𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖘 𝖔𝖑𝖉𝖊𝖓 𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖉𝖘
𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖘𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖙 𝖔𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊
𝖗𝖍𝖞𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖌𝖔𝖑𝖉𝖊𝖓 𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘...
𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖘𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖙 𝖔𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊
𝖗𝖍𝖞𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖌𝖔𝖑𝖉𝖊𝖓 𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘...
#haiku
27 reads
2 Comments
Ahavati
Poem Published
5th Dec 2020 4:42pm
5th Dec 2020 4:42pm
Downstreams
Water, we are
comprised of: heart,
lungs, bones. . .
watery skeletons
beneath fibrous sinew—
streams connecting rivers
of musclular viaducts
Air becomes droplets
we wade through daily—
deltas of weight, less
a lightness of being
But, sometimes we feel
our currents shift—
the turning of tides
within our selves
drift
with the flow, release ...
comprised of: heart,
lungs, bones. . .
watery skeletons
beneath fibrous sinew—
streams connecting rivers
of musclular viaducts
Air becomes droplets
we wade through daily—
deltas of weight, less
a lightness of being
But, sometimes we feel
our currents shift—
the turning of tides
within our selves
drift
with the flow, release ...
#humankind
223 reads
37 Comments
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