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).
goldenmyst
Poem Published
Today 00:59am
Today 00:59am
poinsettia
poinsettia red
from mistletoe mending
by seamstress
from mistletoe mending
by seamstress
#happiness
#women
#erotic
#flowers
#holiday
9 reads
0 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:54pm
Yesterday 11:54pm
Ghost Songs
Ghost Songs
a whistlestop for Coolidge
whose visage shadows fallen idols
deep in the oxbow lakes of heaven
where the blues is a guitar of the delta
with boat ramp to forgotten cypress lodge
of deep dreamers in holy silence
of monochrome
but filled with sacred night hymns
on the way to Vieux Carré vibes
in a Pirate’s Alley of the soul
where Creole ghosts sing
matins in cathedral shadows
a whistlestop for Coolidge
whose visage shadows fallen idols
deep in the oxbow lakes of heaven
where the blues is a guitar of the delta
with boat ramp to forgotten cypress lodge
of deep dreamers in holy silence
of monochrome
but filled with sacred night hymns
on the way to Vieux Carré vibes
in a Pirate’s Alley of the soul
where Creole ghosts sing
matins in cathedral shadows
#dreams
#nature
#spiritual
#heaven
#surreal
18 reads
3 Comments
Strangeways_Rob
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:46pm
Yesterday 9:46pm
The Traffic Hermit
Besieged by schoolboy stones, recalled
Ricochet of El Alamein artillery,
Desert rats wearing ties and trainers.
The Gods of his everyday mourning
Sweep shrapnel beside road signs,
Each destination arrives at solitude.
Trams drudge along Gdansk streets, as
Vodka dribbling from mouth to (bottle)neck,
Shipyard cranes genuflect to hunchbacked sky.
Placed his furniture foetus into a pram
Cradled solace in petrichor and petrol fumes,
In morning mist, swinging incense,
He broke bread to feed birds and himself.
...
Ricochet of El Alamein artillery,
Desert rats wearing ties and trainers.
The Gods of his everyday mourning
Sweep shrapnel beside road signs,
Each destination arrives at solitude.
Trams drudge along Gdansk streets, as
Vodka dribbling from mouth to (bottle)neck,
Shipyard cranes genuflect to hunchbacked sky.
Placed his furniture foetus into a pram
Cradled solace in petrichor and petrol fumes,
In morning mist, swinging incense,
He broke bread to feed birds and himself.
...
#spiritual
#MentalHealth
#historical
28 reads
1 Comment
bcpoet
Lawrence
Lawrence
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:43pm
Yesterday 8:43pm
Personalities (2022)
tick tick tock time disappears
we are in between
all our hopes and all our fears
while sharing the same dream
sometimes sparkling, sometimes not
sometimes very strange
remembering what we forgot
always there is change
lifetimes come, we wake from sleep
personalities
letting go of what we keep
putting us at ease
moments drip and moments drop
oozing all around
on we go and when we stop
everywhere we've found
radiating spheres of light
conscious entities
every day and every night ...
we are in between
all our hopes and all our fears
while sharing the same dream
sometimes sparkling, sometimes not
sometimes very strange
remembering what we forgot
always there is change
lifetimes come, we wake from sleep
personalities
letting go of what we keep
putting us at ease
moments drip and moments drop
oozing all around
on we go and when we stop
everywhere we've found
radiating spheres of light
conscious entities
every day and every night ...
#relationships
13 reads
0 Comments
Summerrain75
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:34pm
Yesterday 7:34pm
Realities of Life
If you are weak
You are an easy prey
For others to bully
If you are ignorant
You are an easy target
For manipulation
If you are poor
You are an instrument
For the rich to get richer
If you are successful
You are a thorn in the eyes
Of envious people
You are an easy prey
For others to bully
If you are ignorant
You are an easy target
For manipulation
If you are poor
You are an instrument
For the rich to get richer
If you are successful
You are a thorn in the eyes
Of envious people
#LifeStruggles
#inequality
#poverty
25 reads
2 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:02pm
Yesterday 7:02pm
originality
like dinosaur
thoughts
creativity
buried
Jurassic
fossils
thoughts
creativity
buried
Jurassic
fossils
#apathy
30 reads
2 Comments
Jordan
D.O.C.
D.O.C.
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:34pm
Yesterday 4:34pm
The Mirror Image of Modesty
By a myriad of reflections Wise,
I am hourly assured
of a Truth beyond all Rational doubt."
-- Humility peerless personified
*
A humble Bard am I --
since mine own mirrors numberless
nor laugh at me nor lie.
*
a dedication of Respect
for
Facts
flawless, clear, and sharp
a revolving helios foo-ku menippean satire on
the loosed ego
december, 2022 -- a pleasant, cool
Critical Thinker
I am hourly assured
of a Truth beyond all Rational doubt."
-- Humility peerless personified
*
A humble Bard am I --
since mine own mirrors numberless
nor laugh at me nor lie.
*
a dedication of Respect
for
Facts
flawless, clear, and sharp
a revolving helios foo-ku menippean satire on
the loosed ego
december, 2022 -- a pleasant, cool
Critical Thinker
#TruthOfLife
15 reads
0 Comments
Academic
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:33am
Yesterday 10:33am
Classism and racism are institutionalized in the UK, no matter how many of you deny it!
By Stanley Collymore
It's quite unsurprising to me
that innately, monarchical,
sycophantic morons; plus
their slapper Karens, and similarly
their beer-bellied distinctively too
routinely cuckolded, indisputably
discernibly and not uncommonly
so azoospermiac unquestionably
quite invariably also thoroughly
demented male Gammons clear
as daylight, see this latest, quite
literally exposed episode of the
truly, deeply embedded British
avidly avaricious monarchical
racism distinctly supported by ...
It's quite unsurprising to me
that innately, monarchical,
sycophantic morons; plus
their slapper Karens, and similarly
their beer-bellied distinctively too
routinely cuckolded, indisputably
discernibly and not uncommonly
so azoospermiac unquestionably
quite invariably also thoroughly
demented male Gammons clear
as daylight, see this latest, quite
literally exposed episode of the
truly, deeply embedded British
avidly avaricious monarchical
racism distinctly supported by ...
#hate
#dark
#greed
#denial
#emptiness
11 reads
0 Comments
Her
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2022 11:56pm
2nd Dec 2022 11:56pm
It’s On Us
It’s on them if they are dishonest
It’s on you if you pass judgement
It’s on them if they steal
It’s on you if you don’t report
It’s on them if they repeat
It’s on you if you don’t let go
It’s on them if they destroy
It’s on you if you don’t move on
Being mired down by circumstances does not allow room for growth.
It’s on you if you pass judgement
It’s on them if they steal
It’s on you if you don’t report
It’s on them if they repeat
It’s on you if you don’t let go
It’s on them if they destroy
It’s on you if you don’t move on
Being mired down by circumstances does not allow room for growth.
#LifeStruggles
#CallToAction
48 reads
5 Comments
Rew
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2022 9:21pm
2nd Dec 2022 9:21pm
On the thirteenth day of...
So Rudolph ran, Friday, long ago
nostrils flared, foam flecked, nose aglow,
frantic fearful clangs from brass bells
frightened by oaths, blows, shrieking yells
of brutish brats' hateful bellows.
" Didn't want dolls, trains, but, gun ammo!
An' guns! Glock or Colt, Duh! Dummo! "
the deranged mob chased him pell-mell
So, Rudolph ran...
Surrounded by gun-mad psychos's
slogan " Good man with gun! " Ho! Ho!
(the thirteenth day of Xmas as well)
Santa's elves,...
nostrils flared, foam flecked, nose aglow,
frantic fearful clangs from brass bells
frightened by oaths, blows, shrieking yells
of brutish brats' hateful bellows.
" Didn't want dolls, trains, but, gun ammo!
An' guns! Glock or Colt, Duh! Dummo! "
the deranged mob chased him pell-mell
So, Rudolph ran...
Surrounded by gun-mad psychos's
slogan " Good man with gun! " Ho! Ho!
(the thirteenth day of Xmas as well)
Santa's elves,...
#rhyming
34 reads
3 Comments
Wafflenose
Ellie
Ellie
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2022 5:07pm
2nd Dec 2022 5:07pm
A cautionary tale
I came here to write.
She came, she saw, she pilfered;
account turned to dust.
She came, she saw, she pilfered;
account turned to dust.
#WritingPoetry
#senryu
30 reads
0 Comments
Her
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2022 11:10am
2nd Dec 2022 11:10am
Absconding With Words
It’s time to let go
I’m disappointed
Sad
And confused
As to why we became
So filled with anger
And words have run away
Mistakes happen
Intentionalities happen
Life happens
It’s not all fair
We need to deal with
Differences
Lack of “whatever”
Disregard
Then stay or move on
But not become worse
Than the deed that was done
I’m disappointed
Sad
And confused
As to why we became
So filled with anger
And words have run away
Mistakes happen
Intentionalities happen
Life happens
It’s not all fair
We need to deal with
Differences
Lack of “whatever”
Disregard
Then stay or move on
But not become worse
Than the deed that was done
#sadness
#frustration
#disappointment
45 reads
2 Comments
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