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).
wallyroo92
Poem Published
Today 1:55pm
Today 1:55pm
! (Eureka)
The originating fire of creation,
Reaches into the depths of imagination,
When an innovative idea is trapped,
Like faraway music lost in a fog,
In the distance I hear the prologue,
Magical ingenuity awaits to be tapped.
It lingers dormant with intention,
Anticipating the flash of invention,
Before it swiftly hits the mark,
It slowly sets the wheels in motion,
Formulating the intended notion,
Fueling and working every single part.
The inspiration rises to the surface,
Like light with committed purpose,
Deep from...
Reaches into the depths of imagination,
When an innovative idea is trapped,
Like faraway music lost in a fog,
In the distance I hear the prologue,
Magical ingenuity awaits to be tapped.
It lingers dormant with intention,
Anticipating the flash of invention,
Before it swiftly hits the mark,
It slowly sets the wheels in motion,
Formulating the intended notion,
Fueling and working every single part.
The inspiration rises to the surface,
Like light with committed purpose,
Deep from...
#inspirational
#WritingPoetry
#art
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SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
Today 11:08am
Today 11:08am
Blessed Be Unto The Wind
Blessed be unto the wind
Close my eyes, traveling to a land long before the creation of sin
I hear the hooves of chariots as man stand in God’s image
Oh, greatness of thou Pyramids, Pharaohs calling within another dimension
The Nile, I bathed the heritage of my melanin in the bosom of its depth
The Ankh, my amulet worn proudly adorned around my neck
I breathed the air, so laden of roses, frankincense, myrrh and sweet-smelling Jasmine
Goddesses bowing unto their God’s Psalms, the spillage of blood as history begins
Hieroglyphics, my...
Close my eyes, traveling to a land long before the creation of sin
I hear the hooves of chariots as man stand in God’s image
Oh, greatness of thou Pyramids, Pharaohs calling within another dimension
The Nile, I bathed the heritage of my melanin in the bosom of its depth
The Ankh, my amulet worn proudly adorned around my neck
I breathed the air, so laden of roses, frankincense, myrrh and sweet-smelling Jasmine
Goddesses bowing unto their God’s Psalms, the spillage of blood as history begins
Hieroglyphics, my...
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
#philosophical
17 reads
2 Comments
drone
Poem Published
Today 9:26am
Today 9:26am
Honesty
Common Sense
is freedom
the freedom
of choice
the freedom
to chose
Not
to pretend
is freedom
the freedom
of choice
the freedom
to chose
Not
to pretend
#honesty
8 reads
1 Comment
drone
Poem Published
Today 9:02am
Today 9:02am
Parasite
To be
a parasite
sucking on
the life's
that surround you
is not so dificult
to do
all one needs
is a harmful habit
and a poor me
state of mind
with a list
of poor excuses
on why
you have
No Spine
a parasite
sucking on
the life's
that surround you
is not so dificult
to do
all one needs
is a harmful habit
and a poor me
state of mind
with a list
of poor excuses
on why
you have
No Spine
#honesty
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Heaven_sent_Kathy
Poem Published
Today 3:51am
Today 3:51am
Sloop Clearwater (what one person started)
( Pete Seeger )
On the Hudson River, New York
the graceful silhouette
of a familiar sloop
passes onlookers who recall
a time when the river was filled
with waste and toxic runoff,
when nothing
and no one was safe
in or near its sluggish water
filled with
trash and human feces.
Pete Seeger, folk singer,
activist,
who watched the Hudson
peacefully flow by
for hours
atop his Beacon home
he and his wife Toshi built.
Kneeling on the shore,
one day, Pete put his hand
in...
On the Hudson River, New York
the graceful silhouette
of a familiar sloop
passes onlookers who recall
a time when the river was filled
with waste and toxic runoff,
when nothing
and no one was safe
in or near its sluggish water
filled with
trash and human feces.
Pete Seeger, folk singer,
activist,
who watched the Hudson
peacefully flow by
for hours
atop his Beacon home
he and his wife Toshi built.
Kneeling on the shore,
one day, Pete put his hand
in...
#earth
#environment
#pollution
#animals
#fish
18 reads
4 Comments
ImperfectedStone
P M Banks
P M Banks
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:49pm
Yesterday 9:49pm
Freedom of Rockhollow May 2019
Cold evening 10pm, watching light fade, awaiting the moon.
Plant of the day: Black Pak Choi
Wildlife of the day: Golden Chaffinch
I sat, in the almost dark,
gentle chill waltzing into my bones, hair a scarf to neck,
socks a place to call home.
I listened to the crow, chaffinch, sparrow on their nightly rounds,
cardoons casting silver shapes, as ghostly protectors of this place. Canes
of plenty busyness, tomatoes, mangetout, cup and saucer making tracks - with a little guidance.
A train journeyed quickly behind me,...
Plant of the day: Black Pak Choi
Wildlife of the day: Golden Chaffinch
I sat, in the almost dark,
gentle chill waltzing into my bones, hair a scarf to neck,
socks a place to call home.
I listened to the crow, chaffinch, sparrow on their nightly rounds,
cardoons casting silver shapes, as ghostly protectors of this place. Canes
of plenty busyness, tomatoes, mangetout, cup and saucer making tracks - with a little guidance.
A train journeyed quickly behind me,...
#women
#identity
#nature #peace
#nature #peace
22 reads
5 Comments
takis1917
Bumped Yesterday 8:47pm
14th Apr 2018 3:20pm
14th Apr 2018 3:20pm
And If You Can't...
And if you can't
articulate your thoughts,
don't violate aesthetic principles
with photoshopped images and pictures...
Allow, at least,
the texture of your silence
to provide some hints
for your confusion's causes...
articulate your thoughts,
don't violate aesthetic principles
with photoshopped images and pictures...
Allow, at least,
the texture of your silence
to provide some hints
for your confusion's causes...
#identity
224 reads
6 Comments
Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:06pm
Yesterday 5:06pm
Senryu #33 ...
I have often thought
that Earth might be
so much better off if we...were not.
that Earth might be
so much better off if we...were not.
#corruption
#environment
#pollution
18 reads
4 Comments
Jomamma97
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:56pm
Yesterday 4:56pm
Hindsight
Thoughts and conclusions
Portrayed by illusions
A future other than one's own
A future started with a home
Where two would collide
Only one would thrive
Turning one into a fighter
The other
To a one nighter
Portrayed by illusions
A future other than one's own
A future started with a home
Where two would collide
Only one would thrive
Turning one into a fighter
The other
To a one nighter
#meditation
10 reads
0 Comments
slipalong
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:37pm
Yesterday 4:37pm
The spectrum to come (rainbows end)
Red
Seeing it and then be calm
That mist be one of healing balm
And know that danger overwhelms
Now to defend your blood and bonds
Orange
The badge that warns and brings alarm
" hi viz" jacket and its omens
Signs that we ignored in time prolonged
Of amber resin burned and forests gone
Yellow
The cowardly will nor compete
When your ideals make people sick
Oppose all those coal burning plants
The sulphur clouds the choking cough
Green
Come now join the verdant tribe
CREE...
Seeing it and then be calm
That mist be one of healing balm
And know that danger overwhelms
Now to defend your blood and bonds
Orange
The badge that warns and brings alarm
" hi viz" jacket and its omens
Signs that we ignored in time prolonged
Of amber resin burned and forests gone
Yellow
The cowardly will nor compete
When your ideals make people sick
Oppose all those coal burning plants
The sulphur clouds the choking cough
Green
Come now join the verdant tribe
CREE...
#rainbow
#tragedy
15 reads
2 Comments
Hepcat61
geoff cat
geoff cat
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:35pm
Yesterday 3:35pm
Nigella, Soft, in Purple’s Waxing Gaze – Sonnet Twenty
Nigella, soft, in purple’s waxing gaze,
In circle’s center waits her fertile spire,
Will soon expand, in rounded wonder raise,
And form the crux of risings’ born desire.
A simple knot of budding found concealed,
In verdant grove of first Spring’s welcome, lush
In lotus’ near appearance, once revealed,
That colors quick from pale to willing blush.
In night’s recede with wash of valley’s fall,
A rain in sweet swept play with taste of Spring,
The velvet petals fleet with night’s recall,
Their spread, the gentle laving, new rise...
In circle’s center waits her fertile spire,
Will soon expand, in rounded wonder raise,
And form the crux of risings’ born desire.
A simple knot of budding found concealed,
In verdant grove of first Spring’s welcome, lush
In lotus’ near appearance, once revealed,
That colors quick from pale to willing blush.
In night’s recede with wash of valley’s fall,
A rain in sweet swept play with taste of Spring,
The velvet petals fleet with night’s recall,
Their spread, the gentle laving, new rise...
#rain
#spring
#nature #sonnet
#nature #sonnet
18 reads
1 Comment
elsiesan
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:45pm
Yesterday 2:45pm
Gaia's Revenge
Gaia uprising
Gaia warriors indeed
Never ever thought
I would hear
Extinction Rebellion
In my years
Global warming
Climate change
A hoax?
Maybe, but only the rich
Will be saved
To start again
A new world order
Of one-percenters
Bill and Melinda Gates
At the top
And what about
Mark Zuckerburg
Or the Amazon guy
Let them see
What money can't buy
Flowing rivers
Oceans clean
No rubbish ever seen
Let them see after
Killing off the little people ...
Gaia warriors indeed
Never ever thought
I would hear
Extinction Rebellion
In my years
Global warming
Climate change
A hoax?
Maybe, but only the rich
Will be saved
To start again
A new world order
Of one-percenters
Bill and Melinda Gates
At the top
And what about
Mark Zuckerburg
Or the Amazon guy
Let them see
What money can't buy
Flowing rivers
Oceans clean
No rubbish ever seen
Let them see after
Killing off the little people ...
#earth
#environment
#money
#greed
#poverty
18 reads
7 Comments
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