Observational Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poetry about life, society and the natural world
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
30th Dec 2024 7:44am
30th Dec 2024 7:44am
Forest Grump
Conservatism and populism
are stupid in simultaneity
like double down loads of bumpkin jism
or Monsanto homogeneity.
Yet this is what the MAGA yokel wants
just to claim victory to be their own
in trite double down loads of tweets and taunts
no ethical mind would ever condone;
a bitter win that the ages have seen
as loss in every facet of the act
whereby the venting of a pent-up spleen
would sacrifice every established fact
which would give everyone the hope they need
to overcome the injustice decreed.
are stupid in simultaneity
like double down loads of bumpkin jism
or Monsanto homogeneity.
Yet this is what the MAGA yokel wants
just to claim victory to be their own
in trite double down loads of tweets and taunts
no ethical mind would ever condone;
a bitter win that the ages have seen
as loss in every facet of the act
whereby the venting of a pent-up spleen
would sacrifice every established fact
which would give everyone the hope they need
to overcome the injustice decreed.
#oppression
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backdeckbenny
Poem Published
30th Dec 2024 2:26am
30th Dec 2024 2:26am
Gap Filler Required
The woman I just saw
had
such
a
splendid
thigh
gap
and
scrumptious
derriere
that
I
lost
my
f
o
c
u
s
Can't say for sure whether she had a head or not.
had
such
a
splendid
thigh
gap
and
scrumptious
derriere
that
I
lost
my
f
o
c
u
s
Can't say for sure whether she had a head or not.
#women
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Paulajobi
Paula Jobi
Paula Jobi
Poem Published
29th Dec 2024 11:41pm
29th Dec 2024 11:41pm
Three wishes...
I want to take Ed Sheeran to the planet
Mars and raise little cuddly puppy dogs.
Elon Musk - make my wish come true!
I want to dumb down all the people to
a mental stage close to Down Syndrome -
To make the world more peaceful.
Scientists? Do this and I'll pay you with sex!
I want the DEATH PENALTY back in all 50 states
and all around the world! But I get to flick the switch and decide who dies!!! It would be so awesome!
God? Do I have your fucking blessing on this?
Mars and raise little cuddly puppy dogs.
Elon Musk - make my wish come true!
I want to dumb down all the people to
a mental stage close to Down Syndrome -
To make the world more peaceful.
Scientists? Do this and I'll pay you with sex!
I want the DEATH PENALTY back in all 50 states
and all around the world! But I get to flick the switch and decide who dies!!! It would be so awesome!
God? Do I have your fucking blessing on this?
#LifeGoals
#wisdom
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backdeckbenny
Poem Published
29th Dec 2024 6:45pm
29th Dec 2024 6:45pm
Unsullied
Yesterday.
I watched an infant seeing an overhead fan for the first time.
I could feel his innocence.
His amazement.
His observation without bias.
A consciousness but not yet a mind.
Devoid of conditioning.
Uncluttered, unfettered, un everything.
Joy without thought.
And I wondered.
Where did my wonder go?
My awe go?
Oh there it is.
In the Birdsong.
In the sound in a conch.
In the trees,the sky,the grasshopper.
It never left.
Just got covered by adulthood.
I watched an infant seeing an overhead fan for the first time.
I could feel his innocence.
His amazement.
His observation without bias.
A consciousness but not yet a mind.
Devoid of conditioning.
Uncluttered, unfettered, un everything.
Joy without thought.
And I wondered.
Where did my wonder go?
My awe go?
Oh there it is.
In the Birdsong.
In the sound in a conch.
In the trees,the sky,the grasshopper.
It never left.
Just got covered by adulthood.
#childhood
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oskar
Poem Published
29th Dec 2024 2:21pm
29th Dec 2024 2:21pm
white horses
White horses
The beach was very long for miles, as far as
The eye could see, but now winter cold.
The farmer and I had gone there to load sand
Into a horse cart
The Nordic sky was magnificent, the sea was
clear and green, are small in this vastness
It was then I saw two white horses riding a crest
of the translucent sea came ashore, snorting and
Galloping yonder.
The farmer didn’t see it, busy, he was eating
The leg of a lamb his wife had given him for
The long journey
Years later, at an art exhibition, a painter had ...
The beach was very long for miles, as far as
The eye could see, but now winter cold.
The farmer and I had gone there to load sand
Into a horse cart
The Nordic sky was magnificent, the sea was
clear and green, are small in this vastness
It was then I saw two white horses riding a crest
of the translucent sea came ashore, snorting and
Galloping yonder.
The farmer didn’t see it, busy, he was eating
The leg of a lamb his wife had given him for
The long journey
Years later, at an art exhibition, a painter had ...
#admiration
#hope
#love #motivational
#love #motivational
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skymikan
Poem Published
29th Dec 2024 11:30am
29th Dec 2024 11:30am
Universe
The wonders of the universe,
behind the dark velvet sky,
are we bound by a cosmic curse
or surrounded by silent lies?
Lying on my back, I gaze
at the scattered stars above,
the nebulas’ elusive haze,
the galaxies we dream of.
The wonders of the universe,
where I am but a fleeting dust,
do I have a purpose here
or just drift in the cosmic rust?
Staring through the windowpane,
while the world moves outside,
my shadow softly wanes,
surrendering to the night’s tide.
The wonders of the universe,...
behind the dark velvet sky,
are we bound by a cosmic curse
or surrounded by silent lies?
Lying on my back, I gaze
at the scattered stars above,
the nebulas’ elusive haze,
the galaxies we dream of.
The wonders of the universe,
where I am but a fleeting dust,
do I have a purpose here
or just drift in the cosmic rust?
Staring through the windowpane,
while the world moves outside,
my shadow softly wanes,
surrendering to the night’s tide.
The wonders of the universe,...
#universe
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drone
Poem Published
29th Dec 2024 8:51am
29th Dec 2024 8:51am
The Sound
The problem with
The sound of silence
It has a nasty habit
Of opening doors
To thoughts
One never thought of
Before
The sound of silence
It has a nasty habit
Of opening doors
To thoughts
One never thought of
Before
#honesty
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SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
29th Dec 2024 7:06am
29th Dec 2024 7:06am
A Thousand Years From Forever (Eleven)
Serenading A Dream
The Golden Palace
The Supreme King’s Royal Bedchambers
Scotland
1700
He is lying Your Majesty, I have never allowed this man to touch or smell the fragrance of my skin
I am the Queen of Scotland, and am not an adulterer, as the King speaks before this inquiry begins
Upon your mercy, spare me the shame
I would like to remain in my castle, until my King returns, his arms I need to console
Someone has professed untruths upon the remnants of my humble spirit, words are being...
The Golden Palace
The Supreme King’s Royal Bedchambers
Scotland
1700
He is lying Your Majesty, I have never allowed this man to touch or smell the fragrance of my skin
I am the Queen of Scotland, and am not an adulterer, as the King speaks before this inquiry begins
Upon your mercy, spare me the shame
I would like to remain in my castle, until my King returns, his arms I need to console
Someone has professed untruths upon the remnants of my humble spirit, words are being...
#mythology
#water
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neves
Poem Published
29th Dec 2024 4:34am
29th Dec 2024 4:34am
It's the 28th of December 2024
I came here eleven years ago
and met somebody extraordinary,
tonight I return to this bridge leaving
this note saying family can be
chosen in this life too.
We are smiling because you will
meet somebody extraordinary too,
you can't see us but we
are sitting beside you.
and met somebody extraordinary,
tonight I return to this bridge leaving
this note saying family can be
chosen in this life too.
We are smiling because you will
meet somebody extraordinary too,
you can't see us but we
are sitting beside you.
#family
#friendship
#LifeCycle
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backdeckbenny
Poem Published
28th Dec 2024 7:22pm
28th Dec 2024 7:22pm
Greedy Bastard
Can you not just be content.....
Content in this moment......
No need to experience anything new.
You have it all.
Right here,right now.
You're the lucky one.
But the saddest one.
Awake in your future.
Asleep in your NOW.
Does the sky ask for more?
Content in this moment......
No need to experience anything new.
You have it all.
Right here,right now.
You're the lucky one.
But the saddest one.
Awake in your future.
Asleep in your NOW.
Does the sky ask for more?
#greed
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adagio
Poem Published
28th Dec 2024 3:18pm
28th Dec 2024 3:18pm
Breakable Wings
Narcissistic algorithms extorting the soul
with body politics and insanity's syllables
an illusionist with headlights driving in the
fog with no self-esteem like a Humpty Dumpty
with breakable wings
with body politics and insanity's syllables
an illusionist with headlights driving in the
fog with no self-esteem like a Humpty Dumpty
with breakable wings
#corruption
#hypocrisy
#morality #politics
#morality #politics
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oskar
Poem Published
28th Dec 2024 11:50am
28th Dec 2024 11:50am
not happy
Not Happy
This morning on a site. we saw the hotel where
Hemingway stayed to write an important book
We wait to see which bed he slept in, also
it is an ad when a site feels the need to out-basing
such triviality
In the newspaper, that day was struck the sameness
how articles were written "We need to talk about"
and so on
We are told of a Ukraine war, not the reason only
that Russia wants the rest of Europe and other
blatant lies
Any critical observation about Israel is dismissed
out of hand as anti-Semitic,...
This morning on a site. we saw the hotel where
Hemingway stayed to write an important book
We wait to see which bed he slept in, also
it is an ad when a site feels the need to out-basing
such triviality
In the newspaper, that day was struck the sameness
how articles were written "We need to talk about"
and so on
We are told of a Ukraine war, not the reason only
that Russia wants the rest of Europe and other
blatant lies
Any critical observation about Israel is dismissed
out of hand as anti-Semitic,...
#apathy
#bittersweet
#boredom #confusion
#boredom #confusion
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