Observational Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poetry about life, society and the natural world
Observational poems offer a view of life from the world the writer inhabits. You'll find social, political and nature poems that provide an outlook on life around the globe. Observational poetry offers social commentary on subcultures, war, poverty, street life and politics. Along with social poems, you'll also find poetry here which explores the natural world. This broad category has poetry about everything to do with the way the world works (or doesn't work).
Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
Today 1:58am
Today 1:58am
GOOD VERSUS EVIL
🙊🙈🙉 There is always gonna be good versus evil forces, no matter how much you don't care, to stop and look and listen, for even through centuries back in time of biblical beliefs. WE stood as one nation under one GOD OF COMMAND. But yet instead here we are still fighting against the evil forces, for political games that they say that the greatest, thing the devils in human skin has done was to have some of you to believe, that he doesn't really don't exist. 🤔 YET here we are now in 2025, still going through things that are really unnecessary, and for what...
#HumanRights
#LifeAsAWriter
#LifeStruggles
#PowerOfWords
#StreamOfConsciousness
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Josh
Joshua Bond
Joshua Bond
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:29pm
Yesterday 9:29pm
Villanelle Nr.25 — Gaza Stripped
In a couple of years on the Gaza Strip
sea-view apartments will slowly arise
owned by the wealthy…, and ever so hip
Palestinian blood? Merely a blip
of history’s shit with the media lies
in a couple of years on the Gaza Strip
And then will arrive a cruise-liner-ship
spilling its tourists and drug-lords and spies
all posing as wealthy, dressed ever so hip
The past will be screwed through a tightened lip
which views as taboo the carnage and cries
in a couple of years on the Gaza Strip
The vile God of...
sea-view apartments will slowly arise
owned by the wealthy…, and ever so hip
Palestinian blood? Merely a blip
of history’s shit with the media lies
in a couple of years on the Gaza Strip
And then will arrive a cruise-liner-ship
spilling its tourists and drug-lords and spies
all posing as wealthy, dressed ever so hip
The past will be screwed through a tightened lip
which views as taboo the carnage and cries
in a couple of years on the Gaza Strip
The vile God of...
#military
#money
#morality
#villanelle
#war
28 reads
2 Comments
poetOftragedy
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:03pm
Yesterday 9:03pm
Sword from the stone
I gave my all
But I still could not pull the sword from the stone.
I know you put all your eggs on me
Made me your Moses and expected me to part the seas
Gave me the torch to carry your dream
In me you had hope
In me you gave your all
Despite all my faults.
And I tried and gave it my all.
But I still could not pull the sword from the stone.
Is it my lack of strength
Or the heaviness of my heart?
Is it my failures?
Or my lack of wisdom?
The sea stands before us,
and the wolves are...
But I still could not pull the sword from the stone.
I know you put all your eggs on me
Made me your Moses and expected me to part the seas
Gave me the torch to carry your dream
In me you had hope
In me you gave your all
Despite all my faults.
And I tried and gave it my all.
But I still could not pull the sword from the stone.
Is it my lack of strength
Or the heaviness of my heart?
Is it my failures?
Or my lack of wisdom?
The sea stands before us,
and the wolves are...
#disappointment
#LifeStruggles
#responsibility #vulnerability
#responsibility #vulnerability
27 reads
1 Comment
Kinkpoet
Bumped Yesterday 8:47pm
4th Apr 2023 6:44pm
4th Apr 2023 6:44pm
Trans(cendent) Charisma
they are queer
or trans
or bi
or cis
who knows
(doesn’t matter)
they dress strangely
(leaning toward bright colors
and soft fabrics)
their speech is a bit different
(slightly effeminate)
when they talk
they look you in the eye
listening more than speaking
interested
not interrogative
they are queer
or trans
or bi
or cis
who knows
(doesn’t matter)
they are friendly
warm helpful
interesting vibrant
alive
people feel...
or trans
or bi
or cis
who knows
(doesn’t matter)
they dress strangely
(leaning toward bright colors
and soft fabrics)
their speech is a bit different
(slightly effeminate)
when they talk
they look you in the eye
listening more than speaking
interested
not interrogative
they are queer
or trans
or bi
or cis
who knows
(doesn’t matter)
they are friendly
warm helpful
interesting vibrant
alive
people feel...
#LGBT
#spiritual
#humankind
233 reads
4 Comments
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:49pm
Yesterday 5:49pm
Unspoken words
wide blue sky- wide spread of green grass; silent sunrise; eyes awakened wide- upon nature's deep.... grasp;
soul yearns- so much- to detach- from its.... flesh covered bones of a.... "home".... its bed full of.... nerves.... its ocean of.... blood;
what.... does.... it really mean- to.... re-lax?
to.... soak in a pool.... full- of.... cool?....while- in a skin soothing sun joined with breeze of the wind?
while the sounds of the.... trees speak to.... lung's oxygen....
...
soul yearns- so much- to detach- from its.... flesh covered bones of a.... "home".... its bed full of.... nerves.... its ocean of.... blood;
what.... does.... it really mean- to.... re-lax?
to.... soak in a pool.... full- of.... cool?....while- in a skin soothing sun joined with breeze of the wind?
while the sounds of the.... trees speak to.... lung's oxygen....
...
#escape
#freedom
#philosophical
#spiritual
#LifeCycle
35 reads
backdeckbenny
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:34am
Yesterday 11:34am
Troubled minds don't sleep
Oh precious sleep
Why have you deserted me?
Where have you gone?
Who have you wrapped your bliss around tonight?
I fell for your charm again
Asleep before the tenth sheep was counted
What a joy those few minutes
Of unconsciousness were.
You said you'd stay the night
But you snuck out when I dozed
I said I loved you , wasn't that enough?
Or too much?
Why have you deserted me?
Where have you gone?
Who have you wrapped your bliss around tonight?
I fell for your charm again
Asleep before the tenth sheep was counted
What a joy those few minutes
Of unconsciousness were.
You said you'd stay the night
But you snuck out when I dozed
I said I loved you , wasn't that enough?
Or too much?
#sleep
32 reads
4 Comments
prometheus5290
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:50am
Yesterday 10:50am
Blame the prey
You can tell the sheep
to look less delicious,
but that won't prevent the wolves
from getting hungry.
to look less delicious,
but that won't prevent the wolves
from getting hungry.
#animals
33 reads
2 Comments
prometheus5290
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:47am
Yesterday 10:47am
Predator
Ain't no shame
in hunting.
in hunting.
#evolution
29 reads
5 Comments
Pete_25
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:08am
Yesterday 8:08am
Foreign Skies
These long winding roads
Under foreign skies
Fortune favours the bold
Before you kiss goodbye
Look a little closer
Every step you take
Life is a rollercoaster
Avoiding the same mistake
Under foreign skies
Fortune favours the bold
Before you kiss goodbye
Look a little closer
Every step you take
Life is a rollercoaster
Avoiding the same mistake
#emotions
#strength
#TimeHeals
42 reads
11 Comments
DamianDeadLove
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:44am
Yesterday 6:44am
Improvise
A guiding light cutting through the dark
Solitude making these years seem long
Fuzzy suggestions are capable of spark
Sometimes truth gets written into song
Always a little fuel remaining in the tank
With production costs continuing to rise
People forced to walk the fucking plank
Death’s certain unless one can improvise
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2025
Solitude making these years seem long
Fuzzy suggestions are capable of spark
Sometimes truth gets written into song
Always a little fuel remaining in the tank
With production costs continuing to rise
People forced to walk the fucking plank
Death’s certain unless one can improvise
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2025
#philosophical
42 reads
12 Comments
Glaxian
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:11am
Yesterday 2:11am
Hope's fires
The fires burn on the Santa Ana
It was inevitable in the night
Like a stranger in a bandanna
Bringing nature to the fight
There is no justice in the wind
Broken glass and bloody peril
Plans can break and will can bend
Chaos singing out natures carol
Uncertainty brightly riding the wind
Can you feel the future coming down
It was inevitable in the night
Like a stranger in a bandanna
Bringing nature to the fight
There is no justice in the wind
Broken glass and bloody peril
Plans can break and will can bend
Chaos singing out natures carol
Uncertainty brightly riding the wind
Can you feel the future coming down
#anxiety
#despair
#disappointment #fear
#disappointment #fear
23 reads
0 Comments
Roadisattva
Ian Kenney
Ian Kenney
Poem Published
30th Jan 2025 4:46pm
30th Jan 2025 4:46pm
Election Day
election day
under the protestor's boot
a flower
under the protestor's boot
a flower
#senryu
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