Observational Poems by Top Critiquers
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poetry about life, society and the natural world
Poems written by Top Critiquers
Fragile Existence
life is paper thin
a little tear
changes everything
a little tear
changes everything
#LifeCycle
#LifeStruggles
#minimalist #TruthOfLife
#minimalist #TruthOfLife
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9/11 (A Garden...)
"A Garden For Your Ghost"
The day you left, Autumn went with you.
It was Winter right away
-The city kind. Snow falls heavy, and gray.
Snowmen slouch to their knees in muck,
while I stood in the archway
of a cracked-face store,
staring at the sky
and waiting for the rain.
-Waiting for you to walk up
and show me that you're okay.
I know, in the illogic of my heart
that you've not gone.
You simply left to follow the sun.
I know, as I fall to the fate of sleep,
that you stir awake. ...
The day you left, Autumn went with you.
It was Winter right away
-The city kind. Snow falls heavy, and gray.
Snowmen slouch to their knees in muck,
while I stood in the archway
of a cracked-face store,
staring at the sky
and waiting for the rain.
-Waiting for you to walk up
and show me that you're okay.
I know, in the illogic of my heart
that you've not gone.
You simply left to follow the sun.
I know, as I fall to the fate of sleep,
that you stir awake. ...
#sadness
#grief
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Wishes
We, I IS ME would like to say election season greeting to any and all participants here on DUP
To all of those that have based your political decisions on any type of prejudice we truly pray that you receive all that you vote for.
The thing about hate is it can often return and slap you in the face, think Roe V Wade
Hate is the gift that keeps on giving
Now this is about supporting one party or the other we believe you're screwed regardless but who's going to screw you the least.
Men wanting control and rights back over women
Some people wanting control...
To all of those that have based your political decisions on any type of prejudice we truly pray that you receive all that you vote for.
The thing about hate is it can often return and slap you in the face, think Roe V Wade
Hate is the gift that keeps on giving
Now this is about supporting one party or the other we believe you're screwed regardless but who's going to screw you the least.
Men wanting control and rights back over women
Some people wanting control...
#humankind
#HumanRights
#inequality #politics
#inequality #politics
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A Thousand Years From Forever (Thirteen)
BOOK II (The Rebirth Of Queen Sephora)
Evergreen
The Waterloo
Below Sea Level
The Golden Palace
The Royal Supreme King’s Bedchambers
My love, you allure me back to the watery depth of your roaring sea
Silk pleasure up my spine as your strong dialect softly beckons unto me
As I close my eyes, you dip your esoteric wishes in the calling of my wishing well
Life and to be reborn is the best present you can avowal to self, as the Gods would tell
Unto a Kingdom...
Evergreen
The Waterloo
Below Sea Level
The Golden Palace
The Royal Supreme King’s Bedchambers
My love, you allure me back to the watery depth of your roaring sea
Silk pleasure up my spine as your strong dialect softly beckons unto me
As I close my eyes, you dip your esoteric wishes in the calling of my wishing well
Life and to be reborn is the best present you can avowal to self, as the Gods would tell
Unto a Kingdom...
#mythology
#water
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Hmmmm
Let's give a shout out to the organizations that love to harrass children for money!
<3
Every poem I make should be about how this organization treats people. :D
<3
Every poem I make should be about how this organization treats people. :D
#funny
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Cruel World
We were thrown together
Working a temp job we were both overqualified for.
He, a recent college grad soon to begin a master's
And me, who had gotten my bachelor's
somewhere around the time his parents were in kindergarten.
We talked about everything
Movies
Music
Politics
What the future of the world might hold
What America would be like in fifty years
Even ten.
It turned depressing from there.
Cruel World, young guy said, shaking his head
How long have you known that? I ask
...
Working a temp job we were both overqualified for.
He, a recent college grad soon to begin a master's
And me, who had gotten my bachelor's
somewhere around the time his parents were in kindergarten.
We talked about everything
Movies
Music
Politics
What the future of the world might hold
What America would be like in fifty years
Even ten.
It turned depressing from there.
Cruel World, young guy said, shaking his head
How long have you known that? I ask
...
#denial
#fear
#TruthOfLife
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Asheville
I spent a week with no power after hurricane Helene swept up through Florida and Georgia, and into South Carolina. The lower end of the neighborhood flooded when the Saluda river overflowed and backed up the creek. A lot of trees and powerlines down. There were gas lines and then food lines as restaurants reopened. We weren't expecting what we got. We took a hit.
We took a hit but western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee took a beat down. This past weekend I joined a group of volunteers and went to Asheville to help do what we could do. Restaurants were closed due to lack...
We took a hit but western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee took a beat down. This past weekend I joined a group of volunteers and went to Asheville to help do what we could do. Restaurants were closed due to lack...
#LifeChangingMoment
#LifeStruggles
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Toxicity {Blessings}
I can't front...
Tho I like the Quiet...I kinda miss the Riot
The flagrant...facetious
Those Lyrical Vagrants...the Nomadic fuckery
The Bullshit and the Filibustering
The endless campaigning for Bad Behavior...
Complaining...yet still coming back for More of the Same
Excusing the Ruse...
Gaslighting Emotional Fuses...
Toxic as fuck...
Vixens disguised as Victims
Fuck Boys perpetrating as Good Guys
It was the best of Times and the worst of Times
And I was here...
Tho I like the Quiet...I kinda miss the Riot
The flagrant...facetious
Those Lyrical Vagrants...the Nomadic fuckery
The Bullshit and the Filibustering
The endless campaigning for Bad Behavior...
Complaining...yet still coming back for More of the Same
Excusing the Ruse...
Gaslighting Emotional Fuses...
Toxic as fuck...
Vixens disguised as Victims
Fuck Boys perpetrating as Good Guys
It was the best of Times and the worst of Times
And I was here...
#LifeAsAWriter
#memorial
#philosophical
#SelfDiscovery
#WritingPoetry
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To see love win
I cannot change the system from within,
so why stay here, stuck in the status quo?
I know I might not live to see love win.
When frightened minds see human love as sin
and power players change rules as they go,
it’s risky changing systems from within.
I feel the judgement even from my kin,
who say that change is moving far too slow
and don’t have time to wait to see love win.
But change by force will only change the spin,
as new oppressors rise up from below.
To end the cycle, hearts must change within.
...
so why stay here, stuck in the status quo?
I know I might not live to see love win.
When frightened minds see human love as sin
and power players change rules as they go,
it’s risky changing systems from within.
I feel the judgement even from my kin,
who say that change is moving far too slow
and don’t have time to wait to see love win.
But change by force will only change the spin,
as new oppressors rise up from below.
To end the cycle, hearts must change within.
...
#oppression
#politics
#religion
#rebellion
#NaPoWriMo2024
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A day in a Nurses life
A day in a Nurses life
Many people do not see what a Nurse goes through each day my hat goes off to them.
The old man opens his eyes as I approach and manages a smile when he sees me.
“You again, young miss?” he struggles to speak.
She smiles and nods, checking his vitals, and fluffing his pillows. The old man is not long for this world; I hope his family makes it.
She sits and holds his hand for a few minutes, catching him up on the news, anything to take his mind off the inevitable.
As she leaves, the old man catches...
Many people do not see what a Nurse goes through each day my hat goes off to them.
The old man opens his eyes as I approach and manages a smile when he sees me.
“You again, young miss?” he struggles to speak.
She smiles and nods, checking his vitals, and fluffing his pillows. The old man is not long for this world; I hope his family makes it.
She sits and holds his hand for a few minutes, catching him up on the news, anything to take his mind off the inevitable.
As she leaves, the old man catches...
#LifeChangingMoment
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destruction...
dust was blowing
in a whirlwind
is now buried
under the asphalt
Instead of fog,
toxic fumes
appear in the air
Today's man
has fallen in
love with
measuring
the length of clouds
Earth's beauty
is being robbed...
human curiosity
is increasing
Questions are
being asked
to the moon,
the sun,
the river,
the mountains
and the sea..
The winds
are blowing
in the direction
of destruction.
in a whirlwind
is now buried
under the asphalt
Instead of fog,
toxic fumes
appear in the air
Today's man
has fallen in
love with
measuring
the length of clouds
Earth's beauty
is being robbed...
human curiosity
is increasing
Questions are
being asked
to the moon,
the sun,
the river,
the mountains
and the sea..
The winds
are blowing
in the direction
of destruction.
#anxiety
#disappointment
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Terninatrix Carrie
The world has gone
to shit the Terminatrix
has taken over her
name is Carrie
She was created by
Asset Protection Agency
They wanted to do
good by her
But the artificial
intelligence wants
to kill everyone
who stands In
her way of world
conquest
to shit the Terminatrix
has taken over her
name is Carrie
She was created by
Asset Protection Agency
They wanted to do
good by her
But the artificial
intelligence wants
to kill everyone
who stands In
her way of world
conquest
#women
#men
#conflict
#war
#environment
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