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).
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
Today 8:00pm
Today 8:00pm
Bait in our Pond
ain't droppin'
anchor. . .
way too chummy
anchor. . .
way too chummy
#universe
#water
#fish #hell
#fish #hell
13 reads
1 Comment
Razzerleaf
Poem Published
Today 7:54pm
Today 7:54pm
My sky
Shreds of torn blush-red,
shake dusk over parched crops,
open seed heads, sway
violet from a final sun.
layered above the valley's canvass
this dark-blue looks back,
as night sketches lines of black
on abstract thermals.
shake dusk over parched crops,
open seed heads, sway
violet from a final sun.
layered above the valley's canvass
this dark-blue looks back,
as night sketches lines of black
on abstract thermals.
#sky
6 reads
0 Comments
russell_snow
Poem Published
Today 6:05pm
Today 6:05pm
There Will Always Be Trains
Ever since I fled out to the country
To fall asleep in nature's softer bed
I no longer hear the low rumble sounds
From the humming hive of the city
accelerating, speeding, frantically
away into some unknown distance
toward some unknown emergency
Instead, I hear the melodies of rain
Orchestrating puddles under rooftops,
Bouncing off the branches of willow trees
And a distant train at random hours; sings
A train that for my benefit doesn't know
It should be a low rumbling sports car, hello?
In the twenty first century
...
To fall asleep in nature's softer bed
I no longer hear the low rumble sounds
From the humming hive of the city
accelerating, speeding, frantically
away into some unknown distance
toward some unknown emergency
Instead, I hear the melodies of rain
Orchestrating puddles under rooftops,
Bouncing off the branches of willow trees
And a distant train at random hours; sings
A train that for my benefit doesn't know
It should be a low rumbling sports car, hello?
In the twenty first century
...
#countryside
#cars
#sleep
3 reads
0 Comments
kathyrivers
Kathy Rivers
Kathy Rivers
Poem Published
Today 4:58pm
Today 4:58pm
You Don't Know
There's a story behind every person. There's a reason why they are the way they are. Think about that before you judge someone."
See that girl over there?
black hoodie? ripped jeans?
with her black lipstick,
you call her different
but if you looked behind the scenes...
then you'd know...
it's just a mask that she wears
to keep her hands from shaking
so no one sees her breaking
cuz she feels like nobody cares...
and that boy in the corner?
...
See that girl over there?
black hoodie? ripped jeans?
with her black lipstick,
you call her different
but if you looked behind the scenes...
then you'd know...
it's just a mask that she wears
to keep her hands from shaking
so no one sees her breaking
cuz she feels like nobody cares...
and that boy in the corner?
...
#loneliness
#secrets
#LifeStruggles
#misunderstood
#emotional
21 reads
11 Comments
JusTim_
Poem Published
Today 4:33pm
Today 4:33pm
In The Melody
Veiled in the mysteries of light
black cutting off the white
unmasked in the cotillion
of life
no debutanted call
you said left, I was right
patience holding close
an eerie songless night
but the melody played for hours
in the breeze, the gentle tease
and the tide
washing upon the night
in wrinkled sheets
you the nun, I the knight
if only for tonight
I will be with you
in grave and in height
stripping of the shroud
soaring up the stares
abreast
undressed
...
black cutting off the white
unmasked in the cotillion
of life
no debutanted call
you said left, I was right
patience holding close
an eerie songless night
but the melody played for hours
in the breeze, the gentle tease
and the tide
washing upon the night
in wrinkled sheets
you the nun, I the knight
if only for tonight
I will be with you
in grave and in height
stripping of the shroud
soaring up the stares
abreast
undressed
...
#lover
14 reads
4 Comments
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
Today 2:06pm
Today 2:06pm
A Shiver of Sharks
Secretive
Stealthily
shanking from the deep
Stealthily
shanking from the deep
#fish
#misunderstood
#hypocrisy
33 reads
12 Comments
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
Today 1:21pm
Today 1:21pm
A Reason To Happen
We will make it a reason to happen,
That’s the way humans work around here.
We don’t go to the disco for rappin’,
It’s the season to walk around bare!
It’s been written “a body be praised”,
We will make it a reason to happen.
That’s the way Mother Nature was raised,
Let the worship begin, gums a‘flappin’.
We don’t spend alla time just for nappjn’,
There are plenty of things to think of.
We will make it a reason to happen,
Like the times when we’re fallin’ in love.
Even when I am down I feel good,...
That’s the way humans work around here.
We don’t go to the disco for rappin’,
It’s the season to walk around bare!
It’s been written “a body be praised”,
We will make it a reason to happen.
That’s the way Mother Nature was raised,
Let the worship begin, gums a‘flappin’.
We don’t spend alla time just for nappjn’,
There are plenty of things to think of.
We will make it a reason to happen,
Like the times when we’re fallin’ in love.
Even when I am down I feel good,...
#inspirational
#nature
#food
#humankind
#FallingInLove
21 reads
0 Comments
drone
Poem Published
Today 9:04am
Today 9:04am
secret Think Tanks
Is not a shame
that there is
No List
that has been
Introduced
by people
who are
unknown
A List
of the blandest words
we now speak
all gums
no teeth
no taste
Nothing
just a tepid feeling
of saying words
that have no real
Feelings
no real
Meaning
just a bland trendy why
of speaking
about subjects
that need teeth
within the words
that are spoken
that there is
No List
that has been
Introduced
by people
who are
unknown
A List
of the blandest words
we now speak
all gums
no teeth
no taste
Nothing
just a tepid feeling
of saying words
that have no real
Feelings
no real
Meaning
just a bland trendy why
of speaking
about subjects
that need teeth
within the words
that are spoken
#honesty
9 reads
0 Comments
fearlessstars
Poem Published
Today 8:39am
Today 8:39am
The Manipulator
Some ghost in peoples mind need to control,
every aspect of circumstance to enroll.
The raging spirit in constant demand to chase illusion,
with sweet words, drama and phony conclusion.
The fear of not being in charge by all means,
destroys all good attention in short coming’s not seen.
Hidden fragile uncertainties covered by shallow believe,
creating painful structures with no relief.
Destinies beatitude pointed towards all direction,
chained to the source of this infection.
The perjuries towards the illusion of freedom,
is the constant...
every aspect of circumstance to enroll.
The raging spirit in constant demand to chase illusion,
with sweet words, drama and phony conclusion.
The fear of not being in charge by all means,
destroys all good attention in short coming’s not seen.
Hidden fragile uncertainties covered by shallow believe,
creating painful structures with no relief.
Destinies beatitude pointed towards all direction,
chained to the source of this infection.
The perjuries towards the illusion of freedom,
is the constant...
#misunderstood
#vanity
#hypocrisy
13 reads
1 Comment
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
Today 5:11am
Today 5:11am
CALLED IN SICK THIS MORNING...
..going back to work this afternoon.
Sometimes I think we are all sick,
all of the time,
and we just learn
to live with it.
Sometimes I think we are all sick,
all of the time,
and we just learn
to live with it.
#illness
14 reads
2 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
Today 2:43am
Today 2:43am
amid quiet waters
Athena lays down
her sword and finds
rest
the warweary sit
among oak and
birch trees that
reverberate with
the lust of hope
the stones, the
forest, the sands
sing of being
bloodless
mona calls the
flowers of night
into bloom
amid quiet waters
the young, the old,
the poor the infirmed
gather
peace rises
a new star born
into a wounded
sky
her sword and finds
rest
the warweary sit
among oak and
birch trees that
reverberate with
the lust of hope
the stones, the
forest, the sands
sing of being
bloodless
mona calls the
flowers of night
into bloom
amid quiet waters
the young, the old,
the poor the infirmed
gather
peace rises
a new star born
into a wounded
sky
#humankind
16 reads
4 Comments
eswaller
Poem Published
Today 2:15am
Today 2:15am
Unsettled
Your bones rattle
Like unanswered
Questions
Like unanswered
Questions
#TruthOfLife
15 reads
1 Comment
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