Observational Poems Seeking Friendly Advice
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Poetry about life, society and the natural world
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oskar
Poem Published
26th Apr 2025 10:06am
26th Apr 2025 10:06am
spring morning
Spring Morning
today, waking up, it was warmer, the winter
had been cold at times, freezing electric heating
is not for those with a slim wallet
Today, we will write pleasant poetry
not like the boy at the edge of his bed, his feet
not long enough to reach the floor, crying
for yet again losing his home because his mother
has tuberculosis, has to go to a sanatorium
his has to go living among strangers, he has to
be nice to and not be boisterous
Yes, pleasant thoughts, not letting bitterness seep
into this day...
today, waking up, it was warmer, the winter
had been cold at times, freezing electric heating
is not for those with a slim wallet
Today, we will write pleasant poetry
not like the boy at the edge of his bed, his feet
not long enough to reach the floor, crying
for yet again losing his home because his mother
has tuberculosis, has to go to a sanatorium
his has to go living among strangers, he has to
be nice to and not be boisterous
Yes, pleasant thoughts, not letting bitterness seep
into this day...
#hope
#love
#respect
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Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
26th Apr 2025 4:35am
26th Apr 2025 4:35am
how to steal a necklace
One
The first thing to remember
is that here
everyone is out for themselves
altruism doesn't exist
nothing is for free
Everytime I stay to drink
smoke free weed
I know I'll end up
in someone's bed
Getting off is never a guarantee
and I don't generally care
as long as I can get high
space out
spin out
laugh into the abyss
as my reflection shoots me
confused glances in a filmy mirror
Here I'm not really me
here I'm not really anyone
here I'm a version of...
The first thing to remember
is that here
everyone is out for themselves
altruism doesn't exist
nothing is for free
Everytime I stay to drink
smoke free weed
I know I'll end up
in someone's bed
Getting off is never a guarantee
and I don't generally care
as long as I can get high
space out
spin out
laugh into the abyss
as my reflection shoots me
confused glances in a filmy mirror
Here I'm not really me
here I'm not really anyone
here I'm a version of...
#memories
#narrative
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Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
25th Apr 2025 9:34pm
25th Apr 2025 9:34pm
Terrenes
25/30
Terrenes
Rarely had real life stars
guiding me as I maturated
from a curious boy to
confusion then awake
1 or 2 along each decade
Or so pointing out
a lane, not necessarily
THE PATH
However, the beacon
lighthouse at a jetty’s
end always ever there
Mom
(and her Mom)
Both candles
wicks to short to keep lit
cremated
their wit & wisdom
cemented
I like to believe I can capture
a glimpse, a wisp of
a soft chuckle between
breezes – cool...
Terrenes
Rarely had real life stars
guiding me as I maturated
from a curious boy to
confusion then awake
1 or 2 along each decade
Or so pointing out
a lane, not necessarily
THE PATH
However, the beacon
lighthouse at a jetty’s
end always ever there
Mom
(and her Mom)
Both candles
wicks to short to keep lit
cremated
their wit & wisdom
cemented
I like to believe I can capture
a glimpse, a wisp of
a soft chuckle between
breezes – cool...
#family
#myself
#mystery
#spiritual
#stars
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Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
24th Apr 2025 10:18pm
24th Apr 2025 10:18pm
we loop again
My armour is useless
In this place I have
no defenses
Everything I do
is open for sharp words
Everything you do
looks like reruns
of my childhood
I try and make myself small
but you always find me
I shapeshift
become a giant
but you can't tolerate me large
On the shifting scale of rightness
I am always wrong
And now
even in sleep
I can't escape
I dream of pursuit
I dream of being trapped in a loop
I feel every hard word
my...
In this place I have
no defenses
Everything I do
is open for sharp words
Everything you do
looks like reruns
of my childhood
I try and make myself small
but you always find me
I shapeshift
become a giant
but you can't tolerate me large
On the shifting scale of rightness
I am always wrong
And now
even in sleep
I can't escape
I dream of pursuit
I dream of being trapped in a loop
I feel every hard word
my...
#DomesticViolence
85 reads
4 Comments
bcpoet
Lawrence
Lawrence
Poem Published
24th Apr 2025 1:44am
24th Apr 2025 1:44am
Best Show
always the best show in town
even when grey skies are found
majestic formations create raw sensations
minds drifting, becoming unwound
imagining what is beyond
gravity's very strong bond
clouds in the sky keep drifting by
making us feel we belong -
in the space in between
ground and visions which seem
ever changing from cuddly to strange in
a once-in-a-while sunlight beam -
peeking out from behind
mountains of moisture we find
the Sun returning, once again earning
star billing in every mind -
...
even when grey skies are found
majestic formations create raw sensations
minds drifting, becoming unwound
imagining what is beyond
gravity's very strong bond
clouds in the sky keep drifting by
making us feel we belong -
in the space in between
ground and visions which seem
ever changing from cuddly to strange in
a once-in-a-while sunlight beam -
peeking out from behind
mountains of moisture we find
the Sun returning, once again earning
star billing in every mind -
...
#sky
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oskar
Poem Published
23rd Apr 2025 12:46pm
23rd Apr 2025 12:46pm
his women
His women
All my life, I have done my best in avoiding to be a father
The reason was to avoid the drudgery of married life
That brings us to Elon Musk and his many children
Some of them through the natural way others conceived
artificially, as he believes in building a stronger who can
tackle the future, I agree with EM there is much
Tainted blood in the world
I think of his many women if they do not love him
It must be of financial benefit for them to secure them
From poverty, Fair enough, but does this make them
A more moral...
All my life, I have done my best in avoiding to be a father
The reason was to avoid the drudgery of married life
That brings us to Elon Musk and his many children
Some of them through the natural way others conceived
artificially, as he believes in building a stronger who can
tackle the future, I agree with EM there is much
Tainted blood in the world
I think of his many women if they do not love him
It must be of financial benefit for them to secure them
From poverty, Fair enough, but does this make them
A more moral...
#admiration
#courage
#emotions #hope
#emotions #hope
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Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
23rd Apr 2025 11:05am
23rd Apr 2025 11:05am
frozen
I'm frozen in time
immovable
forever the same in your eyes
Time passes
poison ivy grows
where love once bloomed
Do you remember me
as anything more than
a rebellious child searching for freedom?
Will I ever be anything more
than a mistake of fate
that you wish died at birth?
I've spent my whole life
defying the odds
stacked against me
But I'm only useful if I'm useful
and I've never been useful
by the standards you've set
I try and hold on to better...
immovable
forever the same in your eyes
Time passes
poison ivy grows
where love once bloomed
Do you remember me
as anything more than
a rebellious child searching for freedom?
Will I ever be anything more
than a mistake of fate
that you wish died at birth?
I've spent my whole life
defying the odds
stacked against me
But I'm only useful if I'm useful
and I've never been useful
by the standards you've set
I try and hold on to better...
#betrayal
#family
#relationships
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SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
21st Apr 2025 6:25pm
21st Apr 2025 6:25pm
In And Out Of Time
My love, I was the silken passage of Utopia upon a Nirvanas’ wish, I laid upon your royal silken sheet as I softly consoled
In and out of time as my mystique patrolled
We will always be a rebirthed mystical story
The temple of Ying of Yang, the rain and storms to withstand the pangs, our voices above the clouds, blood sealed upon consecrated scrolls, tells of its glory
As I cup your handsome Hebrew face, and you look deep into the window of my eyes
Oh, sweet mercy, my love, you feel sooo good when I am gyrating on top of your world, and you...
In and out of time as my mystique patrolled
We will always be a rebirthed mystical story
The temple of Ying of Yang, the rain and storms to withstand the pangs, our voices above the clouds, blood sealed upon consecrated scrolls, tells of its glory
As I cup your handsome Hebrew face, and you look deep into the window of my eyes
Oh, sweet mercy, my love, you feel sooo good when I am gyrating on top of your world, and you...
#lover
#mythology
#spiritual
#water
#rebirth
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missjem56
Poem Published
21st Apr 2025 12:53pm
21st Apr 2025 12:53pm
Full Of Fools Falling
Foolishly
fall
in
April
Then
fall
like
a
fool
In
the
Fall!
by Jemia
fall
in
April
Then
fall
like
a
fool
In
the
Fall!
by Jemia
#fall
#LifeAsAWriter
#philosophical
#satirical
#spring
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Connotation
Poem Published
21st Apr 2025 1:29am
21st Apr 2025 1:29am
Double Negative
Imagined guidance
Disposes duality
Context divided
Disposes duality
Context divided
#haiku
#lies
#metaphor
#morality
#senryu
72 reads
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oskar
Poem Published
20th Apr 2025 7:37pm
20th Apr 2025 7:37pm
the end of security
the end safety
No modern weaponry can stop this brutal onslaught.
The Med is far from here, where the Atlantic breeze is cooling
we who do not travel watch the fire with awe
Further afield, people have too much water and drown and
become refugees trying to find a safe place.
Are there any safe places left?
Those who think their country is secure will not share
it with the driftwood coming to their shores.
California is burning villas made of timber as matchboxes
For the rich to feel the heat, does it make them kinder?
Of course, it...
No modern weaponry can stop this brutal onslaught.
The Med is far from here, where the Atlantic breeze is cooling
we who do not travel watch the fire with awe
Further afield, people have too much water and drown and
become refugees trying to find a safe place.
Are there any safe places left?
Those who think their country is secure will not share
it with the driftwood coming to their shores.
California is burning villas made of timber as matchboxes
For the rich to feel the heat, does it make them kinder?
Of course, it...
#anxiety
#apathy
#bittersweet
#boredom
#confusion
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missjem56
Poem Published
20th Apr 2025 5:26pm
20th Apr 2025 5:26pm
Raving About A Raven
A big black beautiful Raven
Landed on my balcony this morning
It was massive!
I was glad my window was shut
As it looked magnifiscently fearsome!
But wow!
It was less than six feet away from me
It eyed me
With an intelligent curiousity
Decided maybe
That i was to big to eat
And took wing!
by Jemia
Landed on my balcony this morning
It was massive!
I was glad my window was shut
As it looked magnifiscently fearsome!
But wow!
It was less than six feet away from me
It eyed me
With an intelligent curiousity
Decided maybe
That i was to big to eat
And took wing!
by Jemia
#birds
#LifeAsAWriter
#nature #philosophical
#nature #philosophical
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