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Poetry about life, society and the natural world
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Aptsky
Poem Published
Today 4:56am
Today 4:56am
Strangers in life
Life's full of scary things
Strangers that push and pull you away
So fast
Trying to serve them their plates constantly
So it's all bearable
Strangers everywhere you look to
And you wonder how you could ever
Relate to them all
Give them a space
In your heart of joy
Make them some kind of room
Hopefully they'll even take?
Or just pass by you
With a laugh
Or awkward expression
On their face
Strangers that push and pull you away
So fast
Trying to serve them their plates constantly
So it's all bearable
Strangers everywhere you look to
And you wonder how you could ever
Relate to them all
Give them a space
In your heart of joy
Make them some kind of room
Hopefully they'll even take?
Or just pass by you
With a laugh
Or awkward expression
On their face
#identity
#confusion
#SelfReflection
#acceptance
#SelfWorth
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RobynRenee
Poem Published
Today 2:33am
Today 2:33am
on dust and nothing
If everything becomes dust
Dust is everything
If everything is worth nothing
Nothing is worth everything
Which means everyday
I do nothing but collect dust
I am bearing the weight of the world
And containing the extent of its expansive wealth
On the tiniest
of my fingers
Dust is everything
If everything is worth nothing
Nothing is worth everything
Which means everyday
I do nothing but collect dust
I am bearing the weight of the world
And containing the extent of its expansive wealth
On the tiniest
of my fingers
#money
#philosophical
#poverty
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Murk
Poem Published
22nd Feb 2020 2:38pm
22nd Feb 2020 2:38pm
Vile Beast
What a vile beast is man, so focused on dominance nowhere can it co-exist
With any other , constantly taking and taking, leaving scars, pains and emptiness
Amongst a perfect design of constellations , so Intune its conformations of a higher power,
That can form creations while man only creates chaos and confrontation’s as it devours
Breathe, now think of the relationship you have with the old oak
You breath what it gives and it breathes what you return and without one another both would choke
To disrespect that matrimony is insanity
But the beast that...
With any other , constantly taking and taking, leaving scars, pains and emptiness
Amongst a perfect design of constellations , so Intune its conformations of a higher power,
That can form creations while man only creates chaos and confrontation’s as it devours
Breathe, now think of the relationship you have with the old oak
You breath what it gives and it breathes what you return and without one another both would choke
To disrespect that matrimony is insanity
But the beast that...
#dark
#despair
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Kaylor1967
Ruben
Ruben
Poem Published
22nd Feb 2020 12:18pm
22nd Feb 2020 12:18pm
A Captive Audience
You’re never alone.
Look around.
See the eyes.
Far reaching into every corner.
Secrets.
Held up against you.
Each transgression recorded.
Every move tracked.
Hello big brother and sister.
The electronic age.
A cashless society.
Just a click today.
Swipe away your privacy.
If you want, only if you want?
Connections or shackles.
Believe what you will.
Slaves to technology.
There will be no apology.
Controlling the masses.
More effective than religion.
Messages from tiny...
Look around.
See the eyes.
Far reaching into every corner.
Secrets.
Held up against you.
Each transgression recorded.
Every move tracked.
Hello big brother and sister.
The electronic age.
A cashless society.
Just a click today.
Swipe away your privacy.
If you want, only if you want?
Connections or shackles.
Believe what you will.
Slaves to technology.
There will be no apology.
Controlling the masses.
More effective than religion.
Messages from tiny...
#technology
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SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
22nd Feb 2020 4:58am
22nd Feb 2020 4:58am
Straight Talk (Colors and Prosperity )
Why are world actions driven by the color of one’s skin tone, and not by the content of character. One would have assumed once Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. looked over that mountaintop and after delivering his memorial speech, I Have A Dream, at this time, racial equality and unification would have progressed for all, in addition, color barriers would be mended by the year 2020.
As a resident of Upper East Side New York, I still hear the shouts from the mountaintop, yet, unfortunately it’s not echoes of integrated peace, we have overcome; it is the cries of give us justice, or...
As a resident of Upper East Side New York, I still hear the shouts from the mountaintop, yet, unfortunately it’s not echoes of integrated peace, we have overcome; it is the cries of give us justice, or...
#TruthOfLife
#philosophical
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Kaylor1967
Ruben
Ruben
Poem Published
21st Feb 2020 3:18pm
21st Feb 2020 3:18pm
Fast forward.
Step into the light....
See the real truth.
The writing that’s on the wall.
Trouble times ahead for us all.
Burning trees to feed the nations
Polluted skies that hide the lies.
The greedy masses who just don’t care.
The fate of the planet in careless hands
So, cry to your gods for your eternal salvation.
Dare to hope that those cries will be heard
Absolution for this world's wrong doing.
Forgiveness for the destruction of mother Earth.
A chance to heal the poison of revolutionary days.
The sunset beyond a carbon dioxide...
See the real truth.
The writing that’s on the wall.
Trouble times ahead for us all.
Burning trees to feed the nations
Polluted skies that hide the lies.
The greedy masses who just don’t care.
The fate of the planet in careless hands
So, cry to your gods for your eternal salvation.
Dare to hope that those cries will be heard
Absolution for this world's wrong doing.
Forgiveness for the destruction of mother Earth.
A chance to heal the poison of revolutionary days.
The sunset beyond a carbon dioxide...
#pollution
#apocalypse
#desert
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Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
21st Feb 2020 3:53am
21st Feb 2020 3:53am
Was It The Dublin Coddle
( going out on a Limerick )
There once was a copper named Bart
‘Twas famous the way he could fart,
Locals thought it obscene
How he’d pile on the beans,
The crowd all said ‘He must be smart!’
He seemed to be bless’d from the start
Bart turned pooting into an art,
So on St Paddy’s Day
We were happy and gay,
A party there’d be a la carte.
The town planners made it a gift
And foot the bill due to the thrift,
All the ladies would make
Shepherd’s pie,...
There once was a copper named Bart
‘Twas famous the way he could fart,
Locals thought it obscene
How he’d pile on the beans,
The crowd all said ‘He must be smart!’
He seemed to be bless’d from the start
Bart turned pooting into an art,
So on St Paddy’s Day
We were happy and gay,
A party there’d be a la carte.
The town planners made it a gift
And foot the bill due to the thrift,
All the ladies would make
Shepherd’s pie,...
#food
#limerick
#funny
#culture
#tradition
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13 Comments
Kaylor1967
Ruben
Ruben
Poem Published
20th Feb 2020 9:17pm
20th Feb 2020 9:17pm
Is there really any point?
In the beginning there was...?
Children learn from their surroundings.
They can tell the difference between the lies and what’s true. Can’t they?
Politicians have difficult decisions.
No one knows who’s side they are on.....
Parents face an encroaching world.
It threatens to snatch everything that’s precious.
Peacemakers try to make a point.
Their protests are always just a side show.
Welcome to the real event.
Somebody makes it big, gets to the top.
Famous for a while. Only a while.
Teachers encourage the next generation. ...
Children learn from their surroundings.
They can tell the difference between the lies and what’s true. Can’t they?
Politicians have difficult decisions.
No one knows who’s side they are on.....
Parents face an encroaching world.
It threatens to snatch everything that’s precious.
Peacemakers try to make a point.
Their protests are always just a side show.
Welcome to the real event.
Somebody makes it big, gets to the top.
Famous for a while. Only a while.
Teachers encourage the next generation. ...
#earth
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1 Comment
unnifaomsl
Poem Published
20th Feb 2020 4:56pm
20th Feb 2020 4:56pm
Ruined Society
Concrete jungles
full of screechinng machinery,
obsidian tears fall to
the asphalt and sizzle
under the fake sun.
We wrap ourselves in wires,
blind as they stoke the fires,
and scream disease when
a mortal heart beats.
A metal hand pulls us from our seats,
we obey and enslave ourselves
with joy.
We are a ruined society,
a failed experiment.
On the quest for knowledge, we lost
each other and our thoughts
resign us to not care
full of screechinng machinery,
obsidian tears fall to
the asphalt and sizzle
under the fake sun.
We wrap ourselves in wires,
blind as they stoke the fires,
and scream disease when
a mortal heart beats.
A metal hand pulls us from our seats,
we obey and enslave ourselves
with joy.
We are a ruined society,
a failed experiment.
On the quest for knowledge, we lost
each other and our thoughts
resign us to not care
#technology
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2 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
20th Feb 2020 3:41pm
20th Feb 2020 3:41pm
The Touch Of Silk
A Rose so soft to the touch
To give one you love, what a rush
Delicate silken petals
Pleasant to the hands, an enriching treasure like gold or hard metal
A beautiful flower of various colors
Can be given to a man, woman, from father to mother
A Red Rose
So virtuous and true
Love me Now-Through-And-Through
A start of a new romance
Candlelight dinner under the stars we dance
A Pink Rose
I give unto you
For the gratitude of our friendship in everything that you do ...
To give one you love, what a rush
Delicate silken petals
Pleasant to the hands, an enriching treasure like gold or hard metal
A beautiful flower of various colors
Can be given to a man, woman, from father to mother
A Red Rose
So virtuous and true
Love me Now-Through-And-Through
A start of a new romance
Candlelight dinner under the stars we dance
A Pink Rose
I give unto you
For the gratitude of our friendship in everything that you do ...
#love
#relationships
#ILoveYou
#lover
#passion
53 reads
8 Comments
micki49
Alicia Young
Alicia Young
Poem Published
20th Feb 2020 3:03pm
20th Feb 2020 3:03pm
ONLINE DATING
Dating has changed so much since I was out there
This ONLINE DATING is our present
And our future
Instead of people getting to know the you within
The are ready to conquer you
When can we meet?
Let’s exchange phone numbers
You beautiful
You are my baby
I love you
In my mind,
I ask
Do you even know who you are wanting to meet?
What’s their mental state
Is he/she a murderer or serial killer?
What diseases he/ she may be infected with?
None of these questions you dare ask
The only thing on your mind is to...
This ONLINE DATING is our present
And our future
Instead of people getting to know the you within
The are ready to conquer you
When can we meet?
Let’s exchange phone numbers
You beautiful
You are my baby
I love you
In my mind,
I ask
Do you even know who you are wanting to meet?
What’s their mental state
Is he/she a murderer or serial killer?
What diseases he/ she may be infected with?
None of these questions you dare ask
The only thing on your mind is to...
#relationships
#technology
#frustration
#disappointment
#dating
33 reads
14 Comments
JusTim_
Poem Published
20th Feb 2020 2:46pm
20th Feb 2020 2:46pm
Ilumini
It is not my silence that harkens your thought
it only enhances demanding desires
a whirlwind stoking of latent fires
manifesting in the mind at rest
bolts of lightning
ilumini
where colours explode
sparking the dark
painting an elegant sky
kissing of the rivers
not long for dry
violet to green
sails full mast
waves pounding
pushing, pulling
pondering
moments left at sea
I see
blue
in rose's stubborn petals
barking back at the wind
bending her...
it only enhances demanding desires
a whirlwind stoking of latent fires
manifesting in the mind at rest
bolts of lightning
ilumini
where colours explode
sparking the dark
painting an elegant sky
kissing of the rivers
not long for dry
violet to green
sails full mast
waves pounding
pushing, pulling
pondering
moments left at sea
I see
blue
in rose's stubborn petals
barking back at the wind
bending her...
#beauty
25 reads
4 Comments
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