Popular Observational Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poetry about life, society and the natural world
Popular poems, listed in order of their popularity this month.
DamianDeadLove
Poem Published
19th Feb 2025 8:40am
19th Feb 2025 8:40am
Unable To Sting
While the irony rubs me wrong
It has ignited a raging fire inside
So you wrote a poem or a song
Intelligence is artificially implied
Grasping the definition of heart
But lacking soul to feel anything
Understanding doesn’t equal art
Empty words are unable to sting
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2025
It has ignited a raging fire inside
So you wrote a poem or a song
Intelligence is artificially implied
Grasping the definition of heart
But lacking soul to feel anything
Understanding doesn’t equal art
Empty words are unable to sting
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2025
#philosophical
180 reads
17 Comments
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
20th Feb 2025 3:42am
20th Feb 2025 3:42am
He Has a Book in Him
He has a book in him
Must be kind of uncomfortable.
The book in him
will likely never be expelled
In phantom form it duels with your nearly finished work
excising it cleanly away
He simply has no interest
in what you write.
He has a book in him.
He has a book in him
Your book does not exist
Neither do you, really
Your purpose is to listen to him talk
About the book in him.
Must be kind of uncomfortable.
The book in him
will likely never be expelled
In phantom form it duels with your nearly finished work
excising it cleanly away
He simply has no interest
in what you write.
He has a book in him.
He has a book in him
Your book does not exist
Neither do you, really
Your purpose is to listen to him talk
About the book in him.
#friendship
#LifeAsAWriter
169 reads
17 Comments
DamianDeadLove
Poem Published
8th Mar 2025 6:48am
8th Mar 2025 6:48am
On The Brink ( A Collaboration with Vision_of_insanity)
It's arriving today
Our own extinction
Created with hate
For evil we annihilate
Been digging graves
Under a blood red moon
Until the enemy caves
Falling like a lead balloon
Filling our lungs
With winds of death
Crushing our bones
And burning our flesh
Air raid siren screams
Feeling panic build inside
Acid infested streams
Death rolls in with the tide
Our world is under siege
Because of "their" reign
For those who survive
Nothing but torment, famine and pain...
Our own extinction
Created with hate
For evil we annihilate
Been digging graves
Under a blood red moon
Until the enemy caves
Falling like a lead balloon
Filling our lungs
With winds of death
Crushing our bones
And burning our flesh
Air raid siren screams
Feeling panic build inside
Acid infested streams
Death rolls in with the tide
Our world is under siege
Because of "their" reign
For those who survive
Nothing but torment, famine and pain...
#apocalypse
#philosophical
85 reads
16 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
8th Feb 2025 11:46am
8th Feb 2025 11:46am
Take that one chance and make it a great one
At a young age you were told "You have the whole world ahead of you to do what you like"
What do you do...Nothing. Most settle on what comes to them easily. Never striving for much more then the basics. It don't matter to you at the time. You have youth, energy, your having unprotected sex and hanging out with friends all the time. Life seems quite good, until you have to grow up.
At middle age you now think "I've should have done this to avoid that or to go this route instead of that route" You realize changes can be made but you become to content and set...
What do you do...Nothing. Most settle on what comes to them easily. Never striving for much more then the basics. It don't matter to you at the time. You have youth, energy, your having unprotected sex and hanging out with friends all the time. Life seems quite good, until you have to grow up.
At middle age you now think "I've should have done this to avoid that or to go this route instead of that route" You realize changes can be made but you become to content and set...
#aging
#LifeStruggles
#motivational
#philosophical
#TruthOfLife
134 reads
16 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
2nd Mar 2025 3:33pm
2nd Mar 2025 3:33pm
The Road Back To You
All roads lead to something that we need in life
It's the something that leads us back to our inner-self
It's the something that leads us back to our inner-self
#identity
#LifeGoals
#minimalist #spiritual
#minimalist #spiritual
73 reads
13 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
6th Mar 2025 2:10pm
6th Mar 2025 2:10pm
Truths we would like to hear
How refreshing would it be if we heard a politician say:
I don't believe in God and I don't believe in the protection and welfare of our citizens, their health & their safety
I plan on placing my friends in executive positions
I will pocket what funds I can get away with, but see that the rest is spent on my election
You will have no voice in my decisions any more then you ever had
You will have to accept my judgement, which you will have no choice
If I succeed in fooling the public, the public will have themselves to blame...
I don't believe in God and I don't believe in the protection and welfare of our citizens, their health & their safety
I plan on placing my friends in executive positions
I will pocket what funds I can get away with, but see that the rest is spent on my election
You will have no voice in my decisions any more then you ever had
You will have to accept my judgement, which you will have no choice
If I succeed in fooling the public, the public will have themselves to blame...
#corruption
#deception
#greed
#lies
#manipulation
71 reads
14 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
15th Feb 2025 00:13am
15th Feb 2025 00:13am
toxic optimism isn't the answer
Too dark
Too dark
Too dark
The words won't leave my mind
You keep saying the things
in my head are too dark
If I could speak under the weight
of the shame of it
I would say...
I'm not trying to glorify
my shitty mental health
I don't write so you can relate
I write so I can breathe
I write for me
And I'll never say I'm glad
if you're someone who resonates
and is down in the dark with me
what I hope you find
between the lines
are the words ...
Too dark
Too dark
The words won't leave my mind
You keep saying the things
in my head are too dark
If I could speak under the weight
of the shame of it
I would say...
I'm not trying to glorify
my shitty mental health
I don't write so you can relate
I write so I can breathe
I write for me
And I'll never say I'm glad
if you're someone who resonates
and is down in the dark with me
what I hope you find
between the lines
are the words ...
#dialogue
#hope
#MentalHealth
116 reads
12 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
13th Feb 2025 9:36pm
13th Feb 2025 9:36pm
My Vision of Love & Peace
A peaceful world is not what I see,
death, lies & murder, I just want to flee
when I see you though, all those thoughts disappear
you make my world complete; I love you my dear
Happy Valentines Day to you & many many more
peace on earth, no more corruption, lets end all wars.
death, lies & murder, I just want to flee
when I see you though, all those thoughts disappear
you make my world complete; I love you my dear
Happy Valentines Day to you & many many more
peace on earth, no more corruption, lets end all wars.
#CallToAction
#love
#rhyming #ValentinesDay
#rhyming #ValentinesDay
123 reads
12 Comments
AfterSexDilemma
Poem Published
15th Feb 2025 10:51pm
15th Feb 2025 10:51pm
Interesting
Women hide behind a dominant male.
It's the attractive girl,
That decides how he feels.
These other bitches,
Are just third wheels.
Wasting space,
And plotting their next kill.
Unfortunately, their emotions,
Rage against their will.
The alpha male carefully,
Orders them to be still.
It's the attractive girl,
That decides how he feels.
These other bitches,
Are just third wheels.
Wasting space,
And plotting their next kill.
Unfortunately, their emotions,
Rage against their will.
The alpha male carefully,
Orders them to be still.
#TruthOfLife
113 reads
12 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
16th Feb 2025 3:46am
16th Feb 2025 3:46am
Letter to the guy on the train
Hey man
I hope I didn't make you uncomfortable
I wasn't staring because you're weird looking
or because I wanted to get in your pants
not that I'm sure you saw me
while playing games on your phone
You have a really nice face
and I have a sketch book in my bag
and let's be honest
this 2 hour train journey is boring as fuck
so I thought I'd draw you
Portraits aren't really my forte
but I'm pretty happy with the way
my scribbling captured the sleepy
downcast look of your eyes ...
I hope I didn't make you uncomfortable
I wasn't staring because you're weird looking
or because I wanted to get in your pants
not that I'm sure you saw me
while playing games on your phone
You have a really nice face
and I have a sketch book in my bag
and let's be honest
this 2 hour train journey is boring as fuck
so I thought I'd draw you
Portraits aren't really my forte
but I'm pretty happy with the way
my scribbling captured the sleepy
downcast look of your eyes ...
#dialogue
#kindness
100 reads
4 Comments
AfterSexDilemma
Poem Published
11th Feb 2025 1:33am
11th Feb 2025 1:33am
Lawless
How can the government protect your privacy,
Without being private?
How do you investigate,
And not masturbate?
How do you pretend you're real,
And avoid forgetting you're not?
How do you make friends,
When you know they're all cops?
Why vote on old legislation,
Canada and Mexico have already been bought?
More than 20 years ago.
It was part of the plot.
Trans America is never gonna stop.
Secret deals is where the government shops.
If the government was public,
We'd all be...
Without being private?
How do you investigate,
And not masturbate?
How do you pretend you're real,
And avoid forgetting you're not?
How do you make friends,
When you know they're all cops?
Why vote on old legislation,
Canada and Mexico have already been bought?
More than 20 years ago.
It was part of the plot.
Trans America is never gonna stop.
Secret deals is where the government shops.
If the government was public,
We'd all be...
#corruption
#funny
#philosophical #politics
#philosophical #politics
92 reads
9 Comments
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
2nd Mar 2025 3:27am
2nd Mar 2025 3:27am
Dating is Dated (or should be)
Much like kindergarten
prepares children for childhood
the 1950s model of dating
prepared young men and women for their adult roles.
In the old days
the man was the provider
so he paid on dates.
The woman took great care with her appearance,
a crucial part of her role.
Sometimes the man ordered for the woman in restaurants
without even consulting her.
I wouldn't have survived.
"The lady will have the salmon"
"Eww! I will not. I HATE fish!"
That would have...
prepares children for childhood
the 1950s model of dating
prepared young men and women for their adult roles.
In the old days
the man was the provider
so he paid on dates.
The woman took great care with her appearance,
a crucial part of her role.
Sometimes the man ordered for the woman in restaurants
without even consulting her.
I wouldn't have survived.
"The lady will have the salmon"
"Eww! I will not. I HATE fish!"
That would have...
#culture
#dating
#tradition
82 reads
9 Comments
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