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missjem56
Poem Published
Today 3:49pm
Today 3:49pm
Two Minutes Silence (8th May 2025)
VE Day
A time to remember
As images flash through my head
Documentaries of WWII
The death camps
Abuses, and rapes
Bombings
Broken families
Broken lifes
Starvation
And even cannabalism
Perhaps the bigger tragedy
Is that 80 years later
All the above is being repeated
Time, and time again
A pandemic
Of lost souls
In fruitless, futile wars
Empty promises
And brutality
by Jemia
A time to remember
As images flash through my head
Documentaries of WWII
The death camps
Abuses, and rapes
Bombings
Broken families
Broken lifes
Starvation
And even cannabalism
Perhaps the bigger tragedy
Is that 80 years later
All the above is being repeated
Time, and time again
A pandemic
Of lost souls
In fruitless, futile wars
Empty promises
And brutality
by Jemia
#death
#fate
#murder #war
#murder #war
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oskar
Poem Published
Today 9:18am
Today 9:18am
Europe's problem
The Problem of Europe.
Christianity is a rising mist I normally do not bother to
think of I dislike all religions as ill omens told fairytales
demanding to be taken seriously.
The worship of Jesus could have been a friendly affair
bewildered vicars talking about peace and thanking
the ladies for the beautiful flowers.
Until one remembers the Bush and Blair two knights
who wedges war against Islam by invading Iraq and
fight a religion all good Christians and Hebrews detest.
So if you thought religious wars were of...
Christianity is a rising mist I normally do not bother to
think of I dislike all religions as ill omens told fairytales
demanding to be taken seriously.
The worship of Jesus could have been a friendly affair
bewildered vicars talking about peace and thanking
the ladies for the beautiful flowers.
Until one remembers the Bush and Blair two knights
who wedges war against Islam by invading Iraq and
fight a religion all good Christians and Hebrews detest.
So if you thought religious wars were of...
#admiration
#courage
#emotions #kindness
#emotions #kindness
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Tallquietguy
Poem Published
6th May 2025 1:51pm
6th May 2025 1:51pm
Adios, DUP
And so another community
Dissolves into the faceless multitudes
Not with a bang but a whimper
Does it die
Though cyberspace was never
A particularly stable place
It's always been a little strange
And rather disappointing, don't you think?
Any 'home' you find will always in the end
Reveal itself to be merely a shimmering illusion
Vibrating electrons
Paint a mirage of words
Onto the cold, dark screen
Turn away for a moment,
They've disappeared
Were they ever really there?
Dissolves into the faceless multitudes
Not with a bang but a whimper
Does it die
Though cyberspace was never
A particularly stable place
It's always been a little strange
And rather disappointing, don't you think?
Any 'home' you find will always in the end
Reveal itself to be merely a shimmering illusion
Vibrating electrons
Paint a mirage of words
Onto the cold, dark screen
Turn away for a moment,
They've disappeared
Were they ever really there?
#bittersweet
#fate
#MovingOn
#nostalgia
#sadness
33 reads
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oskar
Poem Published
6th May 2025 8:15am
6th May 2025 8:15am
is war a natural occurrence
Are wars as natural as forest fires?
The world is a restless war between India
and Pakistan's armies are ready and eager to fight
as usual, the people are ill-informed
Israel has a problem; people are in an uproar
the way the sitting regime mishandle
the constant warfare, there might be a civil war
the USA, that believes in an uni-polar world but
see they are no longer the world's ruler
Europe wants more war in Ukraine
Alexandre Dugan believes in a multi-polar world
he is correct; the age for supremacism is over
Or is it...
The world is a restless war between India
and Pakistan's armies are ready and eager to fight
as usual, the people are ill-informed
Israel has a problem; people are in an uproar
the way the sitting regime mishandle
the constant warfare, there might be a civil war
the USA, that believes in an uni-polar world but
see they are no longer the world's ruler
Europe wants more war in Ukraine
Alexandre Dugan believes in a multi-polar world
he is correct; the age for supremacism is over
Or is it...
#anxiety
#apathy
#confusion
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oskar
Poem Published
4th May 2025 00:29am
4th May 2025 00:29am
the dancer
The Dancer
At fifteen, he was a dancer with a slim body
and narrow hips, after school he walked to
the dance studio where he was welcome
and danced as long as he could
other boys bullied him and said he was
girlish, but the girls liked him because of him
the felt save
On and on he danced, the press wrote
about this talented boy, but the bullying
didn't stop to prove to them he was not a sissy
he, at eighteen, joined the Ukraine army
who could use a boy like him in a forward
position keeping an eye on the enemy ...
At fifteen, he was a dancer with a slim body
and narrow hips, after school he walked to
the dance studio where he was welcome
and danced as long as he could
other boys bullied him and said he was
girlish, but the girls liked him because of him
the felt save
On and on he danced, the press wrote
about this talented boy, but the bullying
didn't stop to prove to them he was not a sissy
he, at eighteen, joined the Ukraine army
who could use a boy like him in a forward
position keeping an eye on the enemy ...
#anger
#anxiety
#apathy #boredom
#apathy #boredom
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missjem56
Poem Published
4th May 2025 00:02am
4th May 2025 00:02am
Peaking At The Weather!
Voice
"peaking
Thursday!"
Weather
forecast:
luckily.......
Not
in
Peking
then!
by Jemia
"peaking
Thursday!"
Weather
forecast:
luckily.......
Not
in
Peking
then!
by Jemia
#funny
#LifeAsAWriter
#misunderstood
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goldenmyst
Poem Published
3rd May 2025 8:07pm
3rd May 2025 8:07pm
Rhapsody of a St. Tropez Muse in Summer
Rhapsody of a St. Tropez Muse in Summer
Dream logic unlocked
In radiant tresses of ruby fire
Burning a path across my retina
Like Beaujolais wine on a summer day in St. Tropez
Poured across milky breasts
When heaven cannot wait to disrobe
The pre-exhibition drapery of an artist
Whose brushstrokes unveil the maiden hues
Of beachside beauty seated on the throne of the Goddess
A model of womanhood playing the harp
Divan warmed by the inner fires
Of her corporeal form reclined in majesty
With the luster of a pearlescent...
Dream logic unlocked
In radiant tresses of ruby fire
Burning a path across my retina
Like Beaujolais wine on a summer day in St. Tropez
Poured across milky breasts
When heaven cannot wait to disrobe
The pre-exhibition drapery of an artist
Whose brushstrokes unveil the maiden hues
Of beachside beauty seated on the throne of the Goddess
A model of womanhood playing the harp
Divan warmed by the inner fires
Of her corporeal form reclined in majesty
With the luster of a pearlescent...
#art
#beauty
#seductive
#sensual
#women
61 reads
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Summerrain75
Poem Published
3rd May 2025 6:38pm
3rd May 2025 6:38pm
Yesterday
Yesterday
I was young and naive
I believe in things
That seemed like truths
To my unquestioning mind
I followed blindly like a sheep
I know better now than yesterday
I learned some truths of life
That I never knew before
I start to question things that is doubtful to me
To seek answers for things I do not know and understand
Today I know:
Not all things are equal
Not all things are fair
Not all crimes will be punished in this life
Not all love will be reciprocated
Tomorrow I will be wiser
I...
I was young and naive
I believe in things
That seemed like truths
To my unquestioning mind
I followed blindly like a sheep
I know better now than yesterday
I learned some truths of life
That I never knew before
I start to question things that is doubtful to me
To seek answers for things I do not know and understand
Today I know:
Not all things are equal
Not all things are fair
Not all crimes will be punished in this life
Not all love will be reciprocated
Tomorrow I will be wiser
I...
#philosophical
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missjem56
Poem Published
2nd May 2025 11:15am
2nd May 2025 11:15am
Bubble Bath! (Limerick)
There was
an old lady
of Bath
Who was
always good
for a laugh
Whilst
on holiday
in Nantucket
She said
oh my
golly gosh
This
non-swearing
lady of Bath.....
by Jemia
an old lady
of Bath
Who was
always good
for a laugh
Whilst
on holiday
in Nantucket
She said
oh my
golly gosh
This
non-swearing
lady of Bath.....
by Jemia
#funny
#limerick
#satirical
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missjem56
Poem Published
1st May 2025 1:26am
1st May 2025 1:26am
Lying In Wait
Into
the
quagmire
Hanging
over
the
abyss
Of
abysmal
war
by Jemia
the
quagmire
Hanging
over
the
abyss
Of
abysmal
war
by Jemia
#apocalypse
#corruption
#fate
#politics
#war
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paperstains
Poem Published
29th Apr 2025 3:44am
29th Apr 2025 3:44am
Rhetorical
Do apologies from a liar
have any value?
Are promises void
when made to the deceitful?
Can you betray
the betrayer?
have any value?
Are promises void
when made to the deceitful?
Can you betray
the betrayer?
#books
#deception
#lies
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WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
28th Apr 2025 12:34pm
28th Apr 2025 12:34pm
GPS is useless in life
28 of 30
amazing what you can do
with a single package of Ramen
when the budget has no elasticity
{...always assuming one exists in the first place...}
or how far you can stretch a tank of gas
carefully conserving
painstakingly plotting out routes
because...
...needs must
& no more resources are forthcoming
{at least...not in immediate sight}
crawling out of bed
even though your bones still ache
sore from the day before
after dropping in exhaustion
because there are...
amazing what you can do
with a single package of Ramen
when the budget has no elasticity
{...always assuming one exists in the first place...}
or how far you can stretch a tank of gas
carefully conserving
painstakingly plotting out routes
because...
...needs must
& no more resources are forthcoming
{at least...not in immediate sight}
crawling out of bed
even though your bones still ache
sore from the day before
after dropping in exhaustion
because there are...
#humankind
#LifeStruggles
#strength
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