Observational Poems by New Members
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poetry about life, society and the natural world
- Published by new DU Poetry members.
StaveleyJ
Poem Published
21st Feb 2020 3:16pm
21st Feb 2020 3:16pm
Reading Train
At seven forty three I start to move
But today my seat is facing wrong.
Although I know where I’m going to
What I see is where I’m coming from.
Behind me my future is set out
Like the pages of an unread book.
I look forward into where I’ve been
I contemplate the route that I just took.
And where are you as you start to read;
Facing me or maybe on my right?
Do you read the headlines that I show,
Or scan my just read pages with delight?
Or are you staring now at what I write
Carried by the rhythm of a train ...
But today my seat is facing wrong.
Although I know where I’m going to
What I see is where I’m coming from.
Behind me my future is set out
Like the pages of an unread book.
I look forward into where I’ve been
I contemplate the route that I just took.
And where are you as you start to read;
Facing me or maybe on my right?
Do you read the headlines that I show,
Or scan my just read pages with delight?
Or are you staring now at what I write
Carried by the rhythm of a train ...
#fate
#travel
19 reads
0 Comments
timkit
Tim Kitchen
Tim Kitchen
Poem Published
17th Feb 2020 4:04pm
17th Feb 2020 4:04pm
A Day In The Life Of Jacob
A Day In The Life Of Jacob
Even though it rises every day
somewhere, someplace in time.
On a day in the life of Jacob
the sun doesn’t often shine.
A shopping centre is bright and loud
and Jacob is sitting on the ground.
With his head buried in his hands
sensory overload of sight and sound.
People notice as he begins to shout
his Mother scared he’ll run away.
Some think he’s badly behaved
but for him it’s just an Autism day.
Later he escapes to his room
stressed and needing time alone. ...
Even though it rises every day
somewhere, someplace in time.
On a day in the life of Jacob
the sun doesn’t often shine.
A shopping centre is bright and loud
and Jacob is sitting on the ground.
With his head buried in his hands
sensory overload of sight and sound.
People notice as he begins to shout
his Mother scared he’ll run away.
Some think he’s badly behaved
but for him it’s just an Autism day.
Later he escapes to his room
stressed and needing time alone. ...
#Autism
20 reads
2 Comments
sarahbear67
Poem Published
20th Feb 2020 10:14am
20th Feb 2020 10:14am
Nothing
It lies there heavy in my heart
Resting upon some ventricle probably to the left
As I am left handed
The emptiness I can feel
Enveloping my being
Who can see the sunrise?
When all it does is rain on earth
And sparks ignite in Heaven
Upon a bleak summer's day
Resting upon some ventricle probably to the left
As I am left handed
The emptiness I can feel
Enveloping my being
Who can see the sunrise?
When all it does is rain on earth
And sparks ignite in Heaven
Upon a bleak summer's day
#inspirational
13 reads
2 Comments
Shiva_143
Poem Published
15th Feb 2020 3:10am
15th Feb 2020 3:10am
Thinking Truths
I lie in the dark;
I am thinking truths.
Heavy hearts are made light
With the leak of time,
Like a speaking mime
That might finally part
With his quiet pursuits
I lie in the dark;
I am thinking truths.
Tension grows meager
With a soothing phrase;
One that’s moving, plays
Eagerly at the mention
Of the slightest bruise
I lie in the dark;
I am thinking truths.
Love is the enemy of hate,
So take care that they don’t hold hands;
A man’s greatest dare to make:
To challenge...
I am thinking truths.
Heavy hearts are made light
With the leak of time,
Like a speaking mime
That might finally part
With his quiet pursuits
I lie in the dark;
I am thinking truths.
Tension grows meager
With a soothing phrase;
One that’s moving, plays
Eagerly at the mention
Of the slightest bruise
I lie in the dark;
I am thinking truths.
Love is the enemy of hate,
So take care that they don’t hold hands;
A man’s greatest dare to make:
To challenge...
#TruthOfLife
#philosophical
31 reads
4 Comments
Shakti_143
Poem Published
20th Feb 2020 8:35am
20th Feb 2020 8:35am
Hungry Hounds
Softly be the morning light - let it shine
Hue sublime peels back the night
Illuminate earth, ignite
New life laid dormant, waiting - lost in dreams
Each one gleams, fate is making
Boundless creations waking
Restless cycle forever seeds - Nurturing
Inspiring all to succeed
Growing a strong need to feed
Hearts in abundance resound - yet some bleed
Taunting greed, like hungry hounds
Leaving carnage on earth's ground
Oppressing all nature's gifts - Forcing change
Vexed hearts rage, whilst planet...
Hue sublime peels back the night
Illuminate earth, ignite
New life laid dormant, waiting - lost in dreams
Each one gleams, fate is making
Boundless creations waking
Restless cycle forever seeds - Nurturing
Inspiring all to succeed
Growing a strong need to feed
Hearts in abundance resound - yet some bleed
Taunting greed, like hungry hounds
Leaving carnage on earth's ground
Oppressing all nature's gifts - Forcing change
Vexed hearts rage, whilst planet...
#earth
#environment
#pollution
29 reads
8 Comments
PMurray419
Poem Published
9th Feb 2020 10:08pm
9th Feb 2020 10:08pm
Relationship Cycle of the Broken
Here is something dark,
here where love starts.
being each others light,
even in the dark.
till the first fight,
now you hear her bark!
Never enough, never right.
the high of the chase is fading,
possessiveness and jealousy waving.
replacing honesty with half truths,
perception inspiring sleuths.
here comes the blues!
burned once before,
looking for the clues?
scarred to the core,
is it them or is it you?
insecurities rising,
the ends just over the horizon!
accusations, impatience,
half hearted...
here where love starts.
being each others light,
even in the dark.
till the first fight,
now you hear her bark!
Never enough, never right.
the high of the chase is fading,
possessiveness and jealousy waving.
replacing honesty with half truths,
perception inspiring sleuths.
here comes the blues!
burned once before,
looking for the clues?
scarred to the core,
is it them or is it you?
insecurities rising,
the ends just over the horizon!
accusations, impatience,
half hearted...
#love
#depression
#heartbroken
#betrayal
#FallingInLove
46 reads
3 Comments
__tyree__
Poem Published
9th Feb 2020 5:45pm
9th Feb 2020 5:45pm
That feeling
Memories of pain remain to kill all bliss, Headache is the epiphany that it's the moments not the person we miss. Reminisce me of a kiss and sheer thought of a touch, fools the mind into believing what we lost is now become so much. Addicted to the lies, lack of faith in the goodbyes, fear of loneness force the mind to see a future in hopeless eyes. Know your worth and find strength to realize what you deserve. Never relieving the past simply cause you .... Miss that feeling.
#conflict
#TimeHeals
#UnrequitedLove
#IMissYou
#bittersweet
34 reads
2 Comments
PittinixDesigns
Poem Published
22nd Feb 2020 12:23pm
22nd Feb 2020 12:23pm
The Child that You Are Carrying
The child that you are carrying is not a plaything,
It is a human being like you and me.
And life is very precious to the Creator.
The marvels of conception are beyond our comprehension.
God is extremely great and wonderful.
The process of an embryo developing into a baby is a miracle.
Cherish and adore the child that is growing inside you.
Do not abort the gem of your womb.
Every child definitely has the right to live.
The shedding of innocent blood demands retribution.
Ladies, abortion is definitely wrong!
It is a murderous act,...
It is a human being like you and me.
And life is very precious to the Creator.
The marvels of conception are beyond our comprehension.
God is extremely great and wonderful.
The process of an embryo developing into a baby is a miracle.
Cherish and adore the child that is growing inside you.
Do not abort the gem of your womb.
Every child definitely has the right to live.
The shedding of innocent blood demands retribution.
Ladies, abortion is definitely wrong!
It is a murderous act,...
#mother
#children
#motivational
#inspirational
#morality
10 reads
0 Comments
tasia_arlene
Tasia Arlene
Tasia Arlene
Poem Published
11th Feb 2020 1:09am
11th Feb 2020 1:09am
Doze
It’s so dark.
You’re still on my mind and I’m falling apart.
Listening to my beating heart and the traffic passing the mini mart.
Up all night is starting to feel like a waste.
3 a.m is a lonely place, even for a pretty face.
But the music is sounding bland.
Entertainment is boring when its always on demand.
I’d rather be holding you hand.
Alive in a different land.
Wasn't that the plan?
But I’m up and I’m thinking.
Trying to control my breathing.
The smoke in my lungs is finally leaving.
I just wish I was sleeping.
You’re still on my mind and I’m falling apart.
Listening to my beating heart and the traffic passing the mini mart.
Up all night is starting to feel like a waste.
3 a.m is a lonely place, even for a pretty face.
But the music is sounding bland.
Entertainment is boring when its always on demand.
I’d rather be holding you hand.
Alive in a different land.
Wasn't that the plan?
But I’m up and I’m thinking.
Trying to control my breathing.
The smoke in my lungs is finally leaving.
I just wish I was sleeping.
#loneliness
#night
#insomnia
#sleep
#PowerOfWords
37 reads
2 Comments
Li0nsWater
Poem Published
12th Feb 2020 8:10pm
12th Feb 2020 8:10pm
Protons, Neutrons & Electrons = EVE (Paradelle Practice)
I am an ancient spirit,
I am an ancient spirit,
Here once more to teach,
Here once more to teach.
Once here an ancient,
I am more spirit to teach.
Call me by my name,
Call me by my name,
There is energy in the purpose,
There is energy in the purpose.
By energy the call is in me,
Purpose my name there.
Duty to higher evolution,
Duty to higher evolution,
Even if it means a revolution,
Even if it means a revolution.
To duty, it means higher,
Even if a revolution, evolution.
If there to...
I am an ancient spirit,
Here once more to teach,
Here once more to teach.
Once here an ancient,
I am more spirit to teach.
Call me by my name,
Call me by my name,
There is energy in the purpose,
There is energy in the purpose.
By energy the call is in me,
Purpose my name there.
Duty to higher evolution,
Duty to higher evolution,
Even if it means a revolution,
Even if it means a revolution.
To duty, it means higher,
Even if a revolution, evolution.
If there to...
#universe
#rebirth
#TruthOfLife
#evolution
#morality
44 reads
7 Comments
docebo
Poem Published
8th Feb 2020 11:45am
8th Feb 2020 11:45am
Those worthless words
Some people do stupid things, then say, "TRY!"
And afterward SOMEONE asks, "WHY?"
Other people do amazing things, then take a bow.
And afterward SOMEONE asks, "HOW?"
Those two words, seemingly full of potential,
Are truly worthless, and can never make one full.
In questions dealing with the heart,
The truest answers are all but art.
If you try, you'll understand I bet,
Some fuck to remember, while others fuck to forget.
And afterward SOMEONE asks, "WHY?"
Other people do amazing things, then take a bow.
And afterward SOMEONE asks, "HOW?"
Those two words, seemingly full of potential,
Are truly worthless, and can never make one full.
In questions dealing with the heart,
The truest answers are all but art.
If you try, you'll understand I bet,
Some fuck to remember, while others fuck to forget.
#secrets
#honesty
#SelfReflection
#acceptance
#wisdom
40 reads
2 Comments
Crazontheinside
Poem Published
15th Feb 2020 1:50am
15th Feb 2020 1:50am
Sociopath - Hidden Secrets
#anger
#secrets
#MentalHealth
#greed
#denial
27 reads
1 Comment
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