Observational Poems by Members Last Online
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Poetry about life, society and the natural world
Poems published by members most recently online.
PAR
Poem Published
4th Apr 2025 12:19pm
4th Apr 2025 12:19pm
The truth will unfold
Undeniably, shadows consume the sky.
Inescapably the stars dim and die.
Uncharacteristically, whispers turn to screams.
Disproportionately hope fractures dreams.
Incomprehensibly, the world twists to decay.
Unexceptionally time drifts away.
Individualistically, souls stand alone.
Irresponsibly they carve from stone.
Unintentionally, paths to ruin align.
Uncompromisingly darkness claims what’s mine.
Inescapably the stars dim and die.
Uncharacteristically, whispers turn to screams.
Disproportionately hope fractures dreams.
Incomprehensibly, the world twists to decay.
Unexceptionally time drifts away.
Individualistically, souls stand alone.
Irresponsibly they carve from stone.
Unintentionally, paths to ruin align.
Uncompromisingly darkness claims what’s mine.
#honesty
#LifeStruggles
#mirror
#philosophical
#TruthOfLife
45 reads
4 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
4th Apr 2025 11:27pm
4th Apr 2025 11:27pm
mind the drop
Rain turns wood to sponge
I don't notice until the rot gives way
and I
half fall through the decking
Times slows
and then speeds back up
as my hand finds the railing
unintentionally
I breathe hard
my body like jelly
balanced on one trembling leg
as I stare down the two metre drop
that could have taken me
Adrenaline masks the damage
of scratches from ankle to knee
and the way my back twisted
I don't know it yet
but my whole body
will pay for this misstep
...
I don't notice until the rot gives way
and I
half fall through the decking
Times slows
and then speeds back up
as my hand finds the railing
unintentionally
I breathe hard
my body like jelly
balanced on one trembling leg
as I stare down the two metre drop
that could have taken me
Adrenaline masks the damage
of scratches from ankle to knee
and the way my back twisted
I don't know it yet
but my whole body
will pay for this misstep
...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
51 reads
2 Comments
Duende
Poem Published
17th May 2024 1:00pm
17th May 2024 1:00pm
The Labels
the world needs
to change & take
off its blindfolds
there's still too
much sexism
racism homo
& transphobia
open your eye
black and white
red and yellow
are just colors
intersex queer
non binary male
and female are
fucking labels
lesbian straight
sapiosexual gay
& heteroflexible
are orientations
what does it say?
we're human souls
labels are for clothes
to change & take
off its blindfolds
there's still too
much sexism
racism homo
& transphobia
open your eye
black and white
red and yellow
are just colors
intersex queer
non binary male
and female are
fucking labels
lesbian straight
sapiosexual gay
& heteroflexible
are orientations
what does it say?
we're human souls
labels are for clothes
#inequality
#racism
283 reads
16 Comments
backdeckbenny
Poem Published
Today 8:21am
Today 8:21am
Who Gives a Floc
I added flocculant to my pool.
It clumps fine unwanted dirt particles together
creating a floc
for easier removal
making cloudy water clear again.
How pleasant to be in some water that's clear.
I wish there was a flocculant
for the human mind
that could bind unwanted irrational
discursive thoughts
into a floc
for easier removal
making a cloudy mind clear again.
How lovely to have a mind empty of fear.
It clumps fine unwanted dirt particles together
creating a floc
for easier removal
making cloudy water clear again.
How pleasant to be in some water that's clear.
I wish there was a flocculant
for the human mind
that could bind unwanted irrational
discursive thoughts
into a floc
for easier removal
making a cloudy mind clear again.
How lovely to have a mind empty of fear.
#SelfReflection
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1 Comment
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
12th Dec 2013 00:35am
12th Dec 2013 00:35am
existence...
life isn't
everything...
who'd be
an ant...
everything...
who'd be
an ant...
699 reads
7 Comments
faithmairee
Poem Published
13th May 2024 8:32am
13th May 2024 8:32am
Deaf In The Water
To know what I was made for
I'm not soul searching anymore
Once I got my foot in the door
I felt my once idle heart soar
I had to go it all alone
Test the waters and be shown
The way to get to that place
I always knew was my home
But still I find when I arise
Words are meaningless and contrived
When written merely to impress
To which is left a bloody mess
I'm not soul searching anymore
Once I got my foot in the door
I felt my once idle heart soar
I had to go it all alone
Test the waters and be shown
The way to get to that place
I always knew was my home
But still I find when I arise
Words are meaningless and contrived
When written merely to impress
To which is left a bloody mess
#LifeAsAWriter
#LifeStruggles
199 reads
6 Comments
EveAteRedApples
Poem Published
20th Sep 2024 9:11pm
20th Sep 2024 9:11pm
crass
I like that you're romantic
that you see a better side to people
than I do
but I love messing with your world view
when I say things like
"he/she must be a really good lay
if he's still sleeping with him/her"
or
"he/she is clearly thinking
with their dick/cunt"
I love it when a 30 something
year old man thinks I'm crass
and I haven't even taken
this dirty talk to the bedroom
I know you'd call me a slut
if I asked you to
and it would make your boner twitch
but I don't...
that you see a better side to people
than I do
but I love messing with your world view
when I say things like
"he/she must be a really good lay
if he's still sleeping with him/her"
or
"he/she is clearly thinking
with their dick/cunt"
I love it when a 30 something
year old man thinks I'm crass
and I haven't even taken
this dirty talk to the bedroom
I know you'd call me a slut
if I asked you to
and it would make your boner twitch
but I don't...
#dirty
#LifeStruggles
#sex
239 reads
7 Comments
DevilsChild
Poem Published
2nd Apr 2025 11:25pm
2nd Apr 2025 11:25pm
Blunt Force Pin
those other sites say
I can't fucking use profanity
how in the mother fuck
am I supposed to express
how I'm fucking feeling
when shit heads want to use restraints
this ain't BDSM
but I sure would like to write about it
tying up a slut
then fucking her in the butt
showering her off with piss in the end
is that too much?
I don't fucking know
but I want the freedom to say it
how old are we?
we ain't 8 years old
we're fucking grown ass adults
cursing brings me closer to God
now I have to watch my...
I can't fucking use profanity
how in the mother fuck
am I supposed to express
how I'm fucking feeling
when shit heads want to use restraints
this ain't BDSM
but I sure would like to write about it
tying up a slut
then fucking her in the butt
showering her off with piss in the end
is that too much?
I don't fucking know
but I want the freedom to say it
how old are we?
we ain't 8 years old
we're fucking grown ass adults
cursing brings me closer to God
now I have to watch my...
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#TruthOfLife
114 reads
7 Comments
Nevermindthegaps
Poem Published
20th May 2024 2:48am
20th May 2024 2:48am
We All Have Something We Can’t Get Out
the poem unwritten
sticks in your throat
choking you on the unresolved
because they weren’t there
or they were but they never sat write on the page just double entendres filled with classical lies
that taste like bullshit you’d spoon feed
to ass-kissers and cynics
sprinkled with cliches
that fall from your mind as easy
as “sun dappled dew drops”
to clunk lifeless and forlorn
on A4
reeking of posterity and lingering tobacco
smoke on yellow stained fingers
...
sticks in your throat
choking you on the unresolved
because they weren’t there
or they were but they never sat write on the page just double entendres filled with classical lies
that taste like bullshit you’d spoon feed
to ass-kissers and cynics
sprinkled with cliches
that fall from your mind as easy
as “sun dappled dew drops”
to clunk lifeless and forlorn
on A4
reeking of posterity and lingering tobacco
smoke on yellow stained fingers
...
#dark
#frustration
#philosophical
182 reads
9 Comments
SLYMBEKQUEEN
BLAZE-QUEEN
BLAZE-QUEEN
Poem Published
24th Jul 2021 5:15pm
24th Jul 2021 5:15pm
JUST WORDS
Every word written could be someone's saving grace
To some just a way to touch base
To others a way to save face
Words embrace
Take place
And in some ways creates space
As deadly as a double edged sword
And deeper than some depths unexplored
Words have power to destroy and restore
It may be ignored
By others adored
But when read right make us FEEL in one chord
Making blank pages the perfect sounding board
To some just a way to touch base
To others a way to save face
Words embrace
Take place
And in some ways creates space
As deadly as a double edged sword
And deeper than some depths unexplored
Words have power to destroy and restore
It may be ignored
By others adored
But when read right make us FEEL in one chord
Making blank pages the perfect sounding board
#strength
#hope
#courage
#motivational
#inspirational
534 reads
15 Comments
AaHarvey
Poem Published
23rd Jan 2023 8:19pm
23rd Jan 2023 8:19pm
Some people
Some people are so poor all they have is money.
Some people see all the doors and still they choose the wrong one.
It’s tragic, not funny.
This world is like a time bomb.
Some people deserve to live,
Whilst others are not worth the air.
Some people have nothing more to give.
Some people live in despair.
Some people want to be free,
Whilst other people want to keep them trapped.
Some people will never do right,
Because the money they make is all they have.
(C)2023 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
Some people see all the doors and still they choose the wrong one.
It’s tragic, not funny.
This world is like a time bomb.
Some people deserve to live,
Whilst others are not worth the air.
Some people have nothing more to give.
Some people live in despair.
Some people want to be free,
Whilst other people want to keep them trapped.
Some people will never do right,
Because the money they make is all they have.
(C)2023 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
#money
#humankind
#freedom
#despair
#choices
381 reads
1 Comment
Wafflenose
Ellie
Ellie
Poem Published
4th Apr 2025 7:44pm
4th Apr 2025 7:44pm
Lexicographical Interdependence
Day 1: one-syllable words;
Day 2: two-letter words;
Day 3: three-letter words;
Day 4: what could this mean?
Spotting the pattern, said he,
"I'm looking forward to the later rounds...!"
She replied,
"as if I'm going to keep this up for a month!
They take hours, and aren't that good!
Here are my self-imposed criteria;
I urge you to give it a go!"
"Oh," said he,
"you have to do one with 15-letter words,
that's only halfway!"
"Shut up, David!" ...
Day 2: two-letter words;
Day 3: three-letter words;
Day 4: what could this mean?
Spotting the pattern, said he,
"I'm looking forward to the later rounds...!"
She replied,
"as if I'm going to keep this up for a month!
They take hours, and aren't that good!
Here are my self-imposed criteria;
I urge you to give it a go!"
"Oh," said he,
"you have to do one with 15-letter words,
that's only halfway!"
"Shut up, David!" ...
#FeelingLost
#funny
#LifeAsAWriter #surreal
#LifeAsAWriter #surreal
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2 Comments
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