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).
the5thRiddler
Poem Published
Today 2:38pm
Today 2:38pm
happy in my ignorance
Outside the box, who’s thinking?
In theirs I didn’t fit
I don’t study any dead famous one they do
It’s a good thing I don’t want to
become a poet, isn’t it?
In theirs I didn’t fit
I don’t study any dead famous one they do
It’s a good thing I don’t want to
become a poet, isn’t it?
#WritingPoetry
6 reads
Morganpoet
Poem Published
Today 1:27pm
Today 1:27pm
TRAIN OF THOUGHT
Searching for a few morsels
of uninterrupted
time and space,
like a diurnal rat
camouflaged amongst the
tracks on Town Hall Station,
I wait for the train
of thought taken down,
not just lost amongst
the screeching of
carriage brakes.
Morganpoet
of uninterrupted
time and space,
like a diurnal rat
camouflaged amongst the
tracks on Town Hall Station,
I wait for the train
of thought taken down,
not just lost amongst
the screeching of
carriage brakes.
Morganpoet
#WritingPoetry
8 reads
0 Comments
Vamps
Poem Published
Today 10:42am
Today 10:42am
stage fright
Searching for authenticity
Away from the bric'a brac--
Lies told of lives
Chosen by the glory hunters
Realness falling and
Blasted away by conformity
And
It's just dull
Money can't buy cool
And being yourself is
Too alternative
A low budget indie film
But creative, more real
and Gritty
Borrowed personalities
Forgetting to give them back--
Triumph is finding yourself
Again
But it's hard
And I can't sleep
Because of the
Stage fright.
Away from the bric'a brac--
Lies told of lives
Chosen by the glory hunters
Realness falling and
Blasted away by conformity
And
It's just dull
Money can't buy cool
And being yourself is
Too alternative
A low budget indie film
But creative, more real
and Gritty
Borrowed personalities
Forgetting to give them back--
Triumph is finding yourself
Again
But it's hard
And I can't sleep
Because of the
Stage fright.
#freedom
17 reads
1 Comment
cloventongue89
Poem Published
Today 7:36am
Today 7:36am
Dying In Luxury
Caught in the middle
Mediating inner turmoil
The cross fire finds me here
Between a loaded threat
And empty promise
Society held hostage by
The highlights of our shadows
Panic is our truest pandemic
The same that slows the spread in theory
Speeds the infection of fear
Looking for a cure for death
Our world is lethal as it has always been
We breathe the air we poison
Seeking to prevent the same we endorse
You say there are no answers
When no one wants the answer we give
But you'll try everything...
Mediating inner turmoil
The cross fire finds me here
Between a loaded threat
And empty promise
Society held hostage by
The highlights of our shadows
Panic is our truest pandemic
The same that slows the spread in theory
Speeds the infection of fear
Looking for a cure for death
Our world is lethal as it has always been
We breathe the air we poison
Seeking to prevent the same we endorse
You say there are no answers
When no one wants the answer we give
But you'll try everything...
#anxiety
#death
#spiritual
#illness
#fear
13 reads
1 Comment
Olivia-H
Poem Published
Today 7:06am
Today 7:06am
Isolation
You Matter
I Matter
We Matter
You Matter
I Matter
We Matter
I Matter
We Matter
You Matter
I Matter
We Matter
#TruthOfLife
#MentalHealth
#LifeChangingMoment
12 reads
3 Comments
Olivia-H
Poem Published
Today 7:02am
Today 7:02am
Taste Of Lockdown
Life was
As smooth as
Air
Water and
Clay
And, is
As complex as
Air
Water and
Clay
Take it easy
Excelling
Then
Until now
As smooth as
Air
Water and
Clay
And, is
As complex as
Air
Water and
Clay
Take it easy
Excelling
Then
Until now
#TruthOfLife
#LifeChangingMoment
#SelfDiscovery
16 reads
1 Comment
EdibleWords
Poem Published
Today 4:16am
Today 4:16am
A Virus with Weggs
Considering how re-election is the game
Conspiracy to help must be one and the same
Blasting his fears and his need for math skills
Probably hoping to stockpile asperin pills
A governor serving overspending hospital trends
With no hope to beat Trump at making amends
Trump was elected because he's in business
Mayors act faultless playing pickpocket with us
Reality is a maze of lies to address
Fever suppression as standard
of care scares me shitless
(Suppression in mammals kills em)
As does the...
Conspiracy to help must be one and the same
Blasting his fears and his need for math skills
Probably hoping to stockpile asperin pills
A governor serving overspending hospital trends
With no hope to beat Trump at making amends
Trump was elected because he's in business
Mayors act faultless playing pickpocket with us
Reality is a maze of lies to address
Fever suppression as standard
of care scares me shitless
(Suppression in mammals kills em)
As does the...
#philosophical
22 reads
3 Comments
name_not_found
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:02pm
Yesterday 11:02pm
Funny thing, a window-
Funny thing, a window-
The gate between thought
and feeling;
To see a life that could
be lived-
Wandering, unaware of its
being.
To be on the outside
dwelling in,
Is no less than an honest
sin.
I fear the cold,
I fear the rain;
But most of all,
I fear to never know pain.
The gate between thought
and feeling;
To see a life that could
be lived-
Wandering, unaware of its
being.
To be on the outside
dwelling in,
Is no less than an honest
sin.
I fear the cold,
I fear the rain;
But most of all,
I fear to never know pain.
#loneliness
#dark
#PowerOfWords #SelfReflection
#PowerOfWords #SelfReflection
32 reads
2 Comments
Flowolf
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:43pm
Yesterday 10:43pm
The Heir Apparent Part IV (The End)
Longing for fulfillment when it all fails
A bittersweet sentiment drags it under
Making brisk stride towards what ails
Great lengths in its search for closure
Unable to foresee what it has planned
Shifting like a vicious circle in the sand
Ambitious endeavour, pursuits untold
An intriguing attempt to break a mold
Trepidation wears off, lucidity sinks in
Its intuition finally comes to its senses
Pure awareness, free of any pretences
Compelling urges that resonate within
Formidable foes fret, forever discontent ...
A bittersweet sentiment drags it under
Making brisk stride towards what ails
Great lengths in its search for closure
Unable to foresee what it has planned
Shifting like a vicious circle in the sand
Ambitious endeavour, pursuits untold
An intriguing attempt to break a mold
Trepidation wears off, lucidity sinks in
Its intuition finally comes to its senses
Pure awareness, free of any pretences
Compelling urges that resonate within
Formidable foes fret, forever discontent ...
#loneliness
#denial
#emptiness #bittersweet
#emptiness #bittersweet
15 reads
0 Comments
Blackwolf
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:16pm
Yesterday 9:16pm
Encrypted Interdicted
Death Predicted For The Addicted
Minds Afflicted By Virus Depicted
Brains Twisted By Illness Unrestricted
Written In Program Sickness Scripted
In My World Bullshit Is Not Permitted
Nor Actions Of A Faction Of Crazy Committed
Minds Afflicted By Virus Depicted
Brains Twisted By Illness Unrestricted
Written In Program Sickness Scripted
In My World Bullshit Is Not Permitted
Nor Actions Of A Faction Of Crazy Committed
#identity
#humankind
#LifeCycle #responsibility
#LifeCycle #responsibility
22 reads
0 Comments
Stoney223
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:42pm
Yesterday 8:42pm
TRAP BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
From where it came from for we are only told what the media wants us to know about its location, but not about how many have been already infected nor the person, just because of the powers that be, for dont we need to know as human beings ??? For truly dont we need to know where from it started from this cycle of death and destruction, but yet it remains an mystery like an secret only those that need to know sounds like an uncover up but yet it makes you wonder and ponder your own inner thoughts and feelings, and your common sense from the depth of your own mind deep as in each of our own...
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#PowerOfWords
23 reads
2 Comments
Blackwolf
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:26pm
Yesterday 8:26pm
Those With A Mental Bent All Turbulent Flow
Poetic Gestapo Think That Only They Know
The Way The Winds Of Words Shall Blow
We Are The Ones Who Shall Overthrow
Call Hurricanes Of Change And Tornadoes
Light Of Knowledge They Are A No Show
Full Of False Pride And Their Overflow Ego
Minds Blind Locked In Quid Pro Quo Ratio
Phrases In Undertow A Pull You Under Flow
Carrion Crows With Their Own Vertigo Radio
Ears Blocked Thoughts Locked Mental Bent All Skid Row
I Am A Dynamo Commando Bask In My Manifesto Afterglow
The Way The Winds Of Words Shall Blow
We Are The Ones Who Shall Overthrow
Call Hurricanes Of Change And Tornadoes
Light Of Knowledge They Are A No Show
Full Of False Pride And Their Overflow Ego
Minds Blind Locked In Quid Pro Quo Ratio
Phrases In Undertow A Pull You Under Flow
Carrion Crows With Their Own Vertigo Radio
Ears Blocked Thoughts Locked Mental Bent All Skid Row
I Am A Dynamo Commando Bask In My Manifesto Afterglow
#strength
#identity
#motivational
#inspirational
#wisdom
27 reads
2 Comments
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