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).
Wafflenose
Poem Published
Today 8:05pm
Today 8:05pm
Rhythm of the Ocean
Ocean in constant motion.
Sparkling waves, disordered and
Emanating from random directions,
Crash against rock faces with staggering force.
Glistening, dynamic, tremendous and strong;
So unpredictable.
Simmering cauldron, bubbling and glimmering,
A beautiful sight; close your eyes and you'll
Capture a moment, a vision, a frame;
Enduring image, yet static and still.
Consider the movement, the dynamism which drives
These momentary frames towards a peak, a new form,
And back again.
As multiple waves
Collide to...
Sparkling waves, disordered and
Emanating from random directions,
Crash against rock faces with staggering force.
Glistening, dynamic, tremendous and strong;
So unpredictable.
Simmering cauldron, bubbling and glimmering,
A beautiful sight; close your eyes and you'll
Capture a moment, a vision, a frame;
Enduring image, yet static and still.
Consider the movement, the dynamism which drives
These momentary frames towards a peak, a new form,
And back again.
As multiple waves
Collide to...
#sea
#beach
#water #nature
#water #nature
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BobbyJames
Poem Published
Today 10:37am
Today 10:37am
The Smallest Wish
In the moment you are enchanted
by a dream that is greater than life,
dandelions may find you--
Laying beneath the ash-tree--wondering
if they really come true.
You may find yourself
rowing into a painted ocean
for the chance to live in that moment
forever.
You've prepared almost everything for your journey
before stepping into the gallery.
The only thing you left behind
was your will.
And so you gaze at the dimensions
of your potential fate as it pertains
to one of many, yet none are as real ...
by a dream that is greater than life,
dandelions may find you--
Laying beneath the ash-tree--wondering
if they really come true.
You may find yourself
rowing into a painted ocean
for the chance to live in that moment
forever.
You've prepared almost everything for your journey
before stepping into the gallery.
The only thing you left behind
was your will.
And so you gaze at the dimensions
of your potential fate as it pertains
to one of many, yet none are as real ...
#symbolism
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Cipher_O
Poem Published
Today 10:28am
Today 10:28am
Sad Urn
There is a theory
that
Saturn
is
the frequency
of
reality.
Redistributing
the
Soul
into
cyclical
incarnation.
Black sun
of
the
Ancients.
Origin
of
the
All Seeing
Eye.
Some say -
This.
is
a
Lie.
that
We
buy.
that
Saturn
is
the frequency
of
reality.
Redistributing
the
Soul
into
cyclical
incarnation.
Black sun
of
the
Ancients.
Origin
of
the
All Seeing
Eye.
Some say -
This.
is
a
Lie.
that
We
buy.
#death
#universe
#TruthOfLife
#LifeCycle
#philosophical
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princeluteia
Luteia
Luteia
Poem Published
Today 5:27am
Today 5:27am
in kismet rapture
sometimes i wonder what the rapture's gonna look like if we don't save ourselves in time. if it'll be quick and over in a single night or as slow as this species' descent into madness.
so when did we go mad? when did we decide that numbers made of lightning meant more to us than lifetimes of history yet to be? is it when we discovered oil or gasoline, or currency over barter and i wonder, are some discoveries just not meant for us?
we, so i was told, always thought that the rapture would start with trumpets and falling stars like our own mortal crimes could really touch those...
so when did we go mad? when did we decide that numbers made of lightning meant more to us than lifetimes of history yet to be? is it when we discovered oil or gasoline, or currency over barter and i wonder, are some discoveries just not meant for us?
we, so i was told, always thought that the rapture would start with trumpets and falling stars like our own mortal crimes could really touch those...
#anxiety
#politics
#fate
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BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
Yesterday 00:38am
Yesterday 00:38am
“Remarkable” .... A Poem written by Big Virge 15/5/2021
Now It Truly Is REMARKABLE ...
The Things That Reside ...
Deep Down Inside ...
of Some Human Minds ... ?!?
In Fact ...
I Have To Say It’s Laughable ...
As Well As Being Farcical ... !?!
The Things That Some Say ...
When They Just CAN’T Face ...
Hearing Talk That’s STRAIGHT ...
When It Comes To Some Blacks ...
They Are Quick To Make Attacks ...
Where Facts Are What They Lack ...
Like How You Hate Your Race ...
Because You AREN’T AFRAID ...
To CRITICISE The Ways ...
That Certain Blacks...
The Things That Reside ...
Deep Down Inside ...
of Some Human Minds ... ?!?
In Fact ...
I Have To Say It’s Laughable ...
As Well As Being Farcical ... !?!
The Things That Some Say ...
When They Just CAN’T Face ...
Hearing Talk That’s STRAIGHT ...
When It Comes To Some Blacks ...
They Are Quick To Make Attacks ...
Where Facts Are What They Lack ...
Like How You Hate Your Race ...
Because You AREN’T AFRAID ...
To CRITICISE The Ways ...
That Certain Blacks...
#relationships
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
#humankind
#denial
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jenny_is_hungry
Poem Published
Yesterday 00:17am
Yesterday 00:17am
Prejudice
I'll never understand..."
Well why don't you think on it
Humans
Animals alike
We're deeply coded
It's genetic
To set parameters
As to what is safe
What is not
It can be doctored by predisposition
It could be deposited on the spot
Every time you saw some shit
Taught rhetoric by your parents
There were many
Infinite links
Connected to that pink
Where danger becomes apparent
We induce bioreactions
To triggers like simple words
So we judge a man's soul
By his cloth...
Well why don't you think on it
Humans
Animals alike
We're deeply coded
It's genetic
To set parameters
As to what is safe
What is not
It can be doctored by predisposition
It could be deposited on the spot
Every time you saw some shit
Taught rhetoric by your parents
There were many
Infinite links
Connected to that pink
Where danger becomes apparent
We induce bioreactions
To triggers like simple words
So we judge a man's soul
By his cloth...
#hate
#animals
#humankind
#racism
#evolution
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2 Comments
ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:35pm
Yesterday 8:35pm
Moons for Venus
Can I smother myself in the womb of Venus,
lone spin after Moons have abandoned her hands,
drifted out toward less intense planets,
choose to stay,
embrace the furnace,
sink into those sleepless faults,
further through smog and disturbing scent,
rush on toxins that numb the day,
paint alien birds almost ceaselessly
as life, of course, goes on on Earth?
Can I birth a new Moon-darling,
one only a Mother could love,
tether it to my trauma-frame as an anchor,
one that dances sweet geronimo
problem-free in our poison sky?
lone spin after Moons have abandoned her hands,
drifted out toward less intense planets,
choose to stay,
embrace the furnace,
sink into those sleepless faults,
further through smog and disturbing scent,
rush on toxins that numb the day,
paint alien birds almost ceaselessly
as life, of course, goes on on Earth?
Can I birth a new Moon-darling,
one only a Mother could love,
tether it to my trauma-frame as an anchor,
one that dances sweet geronimo
problem-free in our poison sky?
#lover
#aliens
#scifi
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Academic
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:23pm
Yesterday 5:23pm
Love - both unchangingly and enduringly so!
By Stanley Collymore
That I earnestly and most
passionately love you is
unquestionably for me
a foregone conclusion; never the
less, I've no problem whatever,
either in openly, and honestly
letting you know this, or else
personally, and likewise too
additionally demonstrating
to you; as I simultaneously
personally outline exactly
how I appreciably do feel.
Since for me, you're truly
the real deal! Patently so
someone, who evidently
both readily and solidly
naturally...
That I earnestly and most
passionately love you is
unquestionably for me
a foregone conclusion; never the
less, I've no problem whatever,
either in openly, and honestly
letting you know this, or else
personally, and likewise too
additionally demonstrating
to you; as I simultaneously
personally outline exactly
how I appreciably do feel.
Since for me, you're truly
the real deal! Patently so
someone, who evidently
both readily and solidly
naturally...
#happiness
#strength
#motivational
#inspirational
#admiration
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Dreamboy
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:17pm
Yesterday 4:17pm
black//darker black
Witness
"brevity".
Correct acidity -
Poisoned wells from
the pigs
lead to their
own
salvation
Dragged
across
the field
and
forced to walk
Night time thoughts
come into question
Your confidence is a compass
A sigil, a tether of trust
Built in iron,
and which breaks
as glass.
Confidence is a shadow
Prominently cast
A useless weapon
A couple more pounds
You let hang off your back
Add more meat to the rack
Same old colors
Black and darker black ...
"brevity".
Correct acidity -
Poisoned wells from
the pigs
lead to their
own
salvation
Dragged
across
the field
and
forced to walk
Night time thoughts
come into question
Your confidence is a compass
A sigil, a tether of trust
Built in iron,
and which breaks
as glass.
Confidence is a shadow
Prominently cast
A useless weapon
A couple more pounds
You let hang off your back
Add more meat to the rack
Same old colors
Black and darker black ...
#fate
#satirical
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wallyroo92
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:54am
Yesterday 3:54am
Blessed be the Fruit
(Parallels of Fictional Tales and Real-World Spells)
There are these men who claim to have more
knowledge over women’s bodies. They issue laws
to have more control over them under the guise of
morality or God and all that that is pure, and so a
plan is formed, but it’s more of an ominous map
that seems to head toward this fictional dystopia
*
Quoting scriptures, they look to these ancient laws,
to a time when women were stoned to death if
they were caught in the act of fornication or some
other decree that...
There are these men who claim to have more
knowledge over women’s bodies. They issue laws
to have more control over them under the guise of
morality or God and all that that is pure, and so a
plan is formed, but it’s more of an ominous map
that seems to head toward this fictional dystopia
*
Quoting scriptures, they look to these ancient laws,
to a time when women were stoned to death if
they were caught in the act of fornication or some
other decree that...
#HumanRights
#feminism
#inequality #MargaretAtwood
#inequality #MargaretAtwood
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SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:07am
Yesterday 3:07am
Sliding Into His Imagination
Visual- Slipping In The Darkness
#lust
#lover
#passion
35 reads
10 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
1st Aug 2021 00:16am
1st Aug 2021 00:16am
TWISTER
Left hand red
Left foot black
Right foot green
Maybe go back?
Right hand red
Right foot white
Left foot blue
Inalienable right?
Right is white?
Wrong is black?
All about the green?
Except those who lack?
Stop on red
Yield on yellow
Go on green
Hearts now hollow?
What's the color of sorrow?
Left foot black
Right foot green
Maybe go back?
Right hand red
Right foot white
Left foot blue
Inalienable right?
Right is white?
Wrong is black?
All about the green?
Except those who lack?
Stop on red
Yield on yellow
Go on green
Hearts now hollow?
What's the color of sorrow?
#LifeStruggles
#America
#Africa
#greed
#despair
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2 Comments
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