Observational Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poetry about life, society and the natural world
micki49
Alicia Young
Alicia Young
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:03pm
Yesterday 3:03pm
ONLINE DATING
Dating has changed so much since I was out there
This ONLINE DATING is our present
And our future
Instead of people getting to know the you within
The are ready to conquer you
When can we meet?
Let’s exchange phone numbers
You beautiful
You are my baby
I love you
In my mind,
I ask
Do you even know who you are wanting to meet?
What’s their mental state
Is he/she a murderer or serial killer?
What diseases he/ she may be infected with?
None of these questions you dare ask
The only thing on your mind is to...
This ONLINE DATING is our present
And our future
Instead of people getting to know the you within
The are ready to conquer you
When can we meet?
Let’s exchange phone numbers
You beautiful
You are my baby
I love you
In my mind,
I ask
Do you even know who you are wanting to meet?
What’s their mental state
Is he/she a murderer or serial killer?
What diseases he/ she may be infected with?
None of these questions you dare ask
The only thing on your mind is to...
#relationships
#technology
#frustration
#disappointment
#dating
22 reads
10 Comments
JusTim_
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:46pm
Yesterday 2:46pm
Ilumini
It is not my silence that harkens your thought
it only enhances demanding desires
a whirlwind stoking of latent fires
manifesting in the mind at rest
bolts of lightning
ilumini
where colours explode
sparking the dark
painting an elegant sky
kissing of the rivers
not long for dry
violet to green
sails full mast
waves pounding
pushing, pulling
pondering
moments left at sea
I see
blue
in rose's stubborn petals
barking back at the wind
bending her...
it only enhances demanding desires
a whirlwind stoking of latent fires
manifesting in the mind at rest
bolts of lightning
ilumini
where colours explode
sparking the dark
painting an elegant sky
kissing of the rivers
not long for dry
violet to green
sails full mast
waves pounding
pushing, pulling
pondering
moments left at sea
I see
blue
in rose's stubborn petals
barking back at the wind
bending her...
#beauty
20 reads
4 Comments
Academic
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:27pm
Yesterday 2:27pm
Racism's singular pedigree is undeniably its immoral and malevolent arrogance!
By Stanley Collymore
Racism does exist although a lot of people don’t really
know that, and most ironically the vast majority of
those who fall into that category are evidently
racists themselves! And one of the primary
reasons for that is that their racism is so detailedly
ingrained, that to all of them it would be taken
as absolutely insane to question, far less so
distrust something that is such a crucial
part of who and what they essentially
are. And, furthermore, impeccably
amalgamates the manifestation
of...
Racism does exist although a lot of people don’t really
know that, and most ironically the vast majority of
those who fall into that category are evidently
racists themselves! And one of the primary
reasons for that is that their racism is so detailedly
ingrained, that to all of them it would be taken
as absolutely insane to question, far less so
distrust something that is such a crucial
part of who and what they essentially
are. And, furthermore, impeccably
amalgamates the manifestation
of...
#hate
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0 Comments
drone
Poem Published
Yesterday 12:51pm
Yesterday 12:51pm
Third World
Are we not
becoming
a third world people
in their
first world countries
Where we and our family's
live
where the things
that can ease
the suffering
and the pain
things
that can make
a better way of living
a better way of life
for everyone
is fast tracked
for the few
but not for us
We are
a third world people
living
in a first world country
with a sad belief
we are free
to leave
our cage
becoming
a third world people
in their
first world countries
Where we and our family's
live
where the things
that can ease
the suffering
and the pain
things
that can make
a better way of living
a better way of life
for everyone
is fast tracked
for the few
but not for us
We are
a third world people
living
in a first world country
with a sad belief
we are free
to leave
our cage
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
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0 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
Yesterday 12:20pm
Yesterday 12:20pm
Aristotle in a Bottle
Wouldn't it be nice
if you could pay the price
down at the moral apothecary
to buy some virtues
Not just any old ones
but those reserved
for lofty cardinals
in their crisp scarlet frocks
Starting first with prudence
might just be prudent
given all the portents
of these calamitous times
Then without being bold
like a jurist of old
adding a judicious sprinkle
of a little keen judgment
Pouring next a fresh brewed
old fashioned fortitude
strong enough to deal...
if you could pay the price
down at the moral apothecary
to buy some virtues
Not just any old ones
but those reserved
for lofty cardinals
in their crisp scarlet frocks
Starting first with prudence
might just be prudent
given all the portents
of these calamitous times
Then without being bold
like a jurist of old
adding a judicious sprinkle
of a little keen judgment
Pouring next a fresh brewed
old fashioned fortitude
strong enough to deal...
#morality
38 reads
12 Comments
sarahbear67
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:14am
Yesterday 10:14am
Nothing
It lies there heavy in my heart
Resting upon some ventricle probably to the left
As I am left handed
The emptiness I can feel
Enveloping my being
Who can see the sunrise?
When all it does is rain on earth
And sparks ignite in Heaven
Upon a bleak summer's day
Resting upon some ventricle probably to the left
As I am left handed
The emptiness I can feel
Enveloping my being
Who can see the sunrise?
When all it does is rain on earth
And sparks ignite in Heaven
Upon a bleak summer's day
#inspirational
10 reads
2 Comments
Shakti_143
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:35am
Yesterday 8:35am
Hungry Hounds
Softly be the morning light - let it shine
Hue sublime peels back the night
Illuminate earth, ignite
New life laid dormant, waiting - lost in dreams
Each one gleams, fate is making
Boundless creations waking
Restless cycle forever seeds - Nurturing
Inspiring all to succeed
Growing a strong need to feed
Hearts in abundance resound - yet some bleed
Taunting greed, like hungry hounds
Leaving carnage on earth's ground
Oppressing all nature's gifts - Forcing change
Vexed hearts rage, whilst planet...
Hue sublime peels back the night
Illuminate earth, ignite
New life laid dormant, waiting - lost in dreams
Each one gleams, fate is making
Boundless creations waking
Restless cycle forever seeds - Nurturing
Inspiring all to succeed
Growing a strong need to feed
Hearts in abundance resound - yet some bleed
Taunting greed, like hungry hounds
Leaving carnage on earth's ground
Oppressing all nature's gifts - Forcing change
Vexed hearts rage, whilst planet...
#earth
#environment
#pollution
20 reads
7 Comments
takis1917
Bumped Yesterday 7:46am
27th Apr 2018 6:50pm
27th Apr 2018 6:50pm
Regrets
He lived his whole life
as a man, without regrets...
So regrettable!
as a man, without regrets...
So regrettable!
#haiku
260 reads
15 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
Yesterday 00:00am
Yesterday 00:00am
EL TIEMPO ES UNA MARIPOSA MORPHO AZUL-
Lento pero
Imposiblemente eficiente,
Capaz para evadir
Tu alcance
Siempre.
Imposiblemente eficiente,
Capaz para evadir
Tu alcance
Siempre.
#butterfly
#mystery
#MovingOn
19 reads
3 Comments
BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
19th Feb 2020 11:05pm
19th Feb 2020 11:05pm
"Shift" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 25/4/2013
A Woman I Know ...
Keeps Talking As Though ...
The Way People Live ...
Is Going Through A ... " SHIFT " ...
SHIFTING This ... And SHIFTING That ...
Sometimes What She Says ...
Just Sounds Like ... CRAP ... !!!
But In Truth These Days ...
She May Be Talking ... FACT ... !!!
So DON'T Get TRAPPED ... Or WORSE TIE UP ... !!!
Cos' LOTS of Stuff That Currently Runs ...
Provides PROOF That Maps ...
A Way To ZION ... WITHOUT Snoop Lion ... !!!!!
That's QUITE A SHIFT He's NOW Down With ... !!! ...
Keeps Talking As Though ...
The Way People Live ...
Is Going Through A ... " SHIFT " ...
SHIFTING This ... And SHIFTING That ...
Sometimes What She Says ...
Just Sounds Like ... CRAP ... !!!
But In Truth These Days ...
She May Be Talking ... FACT ... !!!
So DON'T Get TRAPPED ... Or WORSE TIE UP ... !!!
Cos' LOTS of Stuff That Currently Runs ...
Provides PROOF That Maps ...
A Way To ZION ... WITHOUT Snoop Lion ... !!!!!
That's QUITE A SHIFT He's NOW Down With ... !!! ...
#relationships
#humankind
#LifeCycle #art
#LifeCycle #art
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0 Comments
Jiminex
Poem Published
19th Feb 2020 8:57pm
19th Feb 2020 8:57pm
Ode to maddie and max
Little blue ribbons tied up in her hair.
Sweet lil lady nor a worry or a care.
Watching veggie tales and play along.
Shes watched enough I know every song.
Helps me know not all I've done is wrong
Little leather boots with matching hat.
Has a shotgun favoring a plastic bat.
Such a great little man don't tell him that
One so different from the other.
Yet Can barely see it in one another.
Bonded love of twin sister and brother.
Argue of anything.
Sound like angels when they both sing.
In...
Sweet lil lady nor a worry or a care.
Watching veggie tales and play along.
Shes watched enough I know every song.
Helps me know not all I've done is wrong
Little leather boots with matching hat.
Has a shotgun favoring a plastic bat.
Such a great little man don't tell him that
One so different from the other.
Yet Can barely see it in one another.
Bonded love of twin sister and brother.
Argue of anything.
Sound like angels when they both sing.
In...
#brother
#sister
#children
#childhood
#family
16 reads
2 Comments
bydk
Poem Published
19th Feb 2020 7:21pm
19th Feb 2020 7:21pm
the nineties
come as you are.
Bobbit sheered folly
drinking O.J.,
spike it with Molly.
MTV, pop culture
anaconda.
internal cigars
smoke out Rwanda.
U.S. strikes
Saddam Hussein.
are you still master
of your domain?
San Fran levelled,
stripping Gaza.
Timothy McVeigh
bombing piazzas
gaping holes
in our ozone.
We? Be like
Mike. Dolly clone
bydk 02/19/20
Bobbit sheered folly
drinking O.J.,
spike it with Molly.
MTV, pop culture
anaconda.
internal cigars
smoke out Rwanda.
U.S. strikes
Saddam Hussein.
are you still master
of your domain?
San Fran levelled,
stripping Gaza.
Timothy McVeigh
bombing piazzas
gaping holes
in our ozone.
We? Be like
Mike. Dolly clone
bydk 02/19/20
#historical
#nonfiction
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