Popular Observational Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poetry about life, society and the natural world
Popular poems, listed in order of their popularity this month.
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
1st Jul 2020 2:47pm
1st Jul 2020 2:47pm
Mirror
(Visual entry)
#love
#fire
#mirror #passion
#mirror #passion
111 reads
16 Comments
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
10th Jun 2020 10:14pm
10th Jun 2020 10:14pm
Asylum
His silence spoke in volumes—
solemn tomes in a library of shame,
where broken spines and dragon bones
line her catacombs with pain.
Bitter pain-tings of her past regrets—
picturesque, they rest in smiling frames;
she keeps her demons locked away
in an asylum for the insane.
Scratching at the surface (tension),
nervous, behind her tempered glass;
they convince her that she’s worthless,
as she breathes their toxic gas.
But she’s building her immunity—
inoculated by the Light,
to the noxious...
solemn tomes in a library of shame,
where broken spines and dragon bones
line her catacombs with pain.
Bitter pain-tings of her past regrets—
picturesque, they rest in smiling frames;
she keeps her demons locked away
in an asylum for the insane.
Scratching at the surface (tension),
nervous, behind her tempered glass;
they convince her that she’s worthless,
as she breathes their toxic gas.
But she’s building her immunity—
inoculated by the Light,
to the noxious...
#sadness
#dark
#forgiveness
#spiritual
#redemption
138 reads
22 Comments
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
25th Jun 2020 6:21am
25th Jun 2020 6:21am
Poet-tree
(Visual Entry)
#LifeStruggles
#trees
#WritingPoetry
#metaphor
#philosophical
109 reads
22 Comments
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
8th Jun 2020 7:55am
8th Jun 2020 7:55am
We Are One
Life is what you make it,
Take your maker's mold and break it.
Lift yourself from the moldy basement,
the containment...
...facilities of the mind.
"Take this pill, it'll be just fine."
Now, chew it up and spit it out!
Enough with mindless mastication!
This mental masturbation,
Blurs the lines of your reality.
Turn off your reality TV!
For the sake of geniality.
It's time to change the station,
To change the history of this nation
And rearrange this puzzling mystery,
To better fit the...
Take your maker's mold and break it.
Lift yourself from the moldy basement,
the containment...
...facilities of the mind.
"Take this pill, it'll be just fine."
Now, chew it up and spit it out!
Enough with mindless mastication!
This mental masturbation,
Blurs the lines of your reality.
Turn off your reality TV!
For the sake of geniality.
It's time to change the station,
To change the history of this nation
And rearrange this puzzling mystery,
To better fit the...
#LifeAsAWriter
#CallToAction
#redemption
#philosophical
#morality
133 reads
19 Comments
Ahavati
Poem Published
20th Jun 2020 3:37am
20th Jun 2020 3:37am
Front Yard
Tonight I lie under fireflies—
the pre-summer warmth
igniting their brief adult life
Crickets bow-drilling legs
flame auditory mating signals
Deafening cicada chorus
emerging from catacombs
of an earthen temple
Bat frequency
bouncing off prey—
distant thunder clearing its throat
amid a flash of heat
This is how I want to go out:
one swoop—an inferno
of burn; a falling star ...
the pre-summer warmth
igniting their brief adult life
Crickets bow-drilling legs
flame auditory mating signals
Deafening cicada chorus
emerging from catacombs
of an earthen temple
Bat frequency
bouncing off prey—
distant thunder clearing its throat
amid a flash of heat
This is how I want to go out:
one swoop—an inferno
of burn; a falling star ...
#death
#animals
#nature #spiritual
#nature #spiritual
143 reads
23 Comments
Ahavati
Poem Published
16th Jun 2020 10:28pm
16th Jun 2020 10:28pm
Creed
Power does not belong to a minority—
even counted together
they could not exceed the majority;
thus, stepping toward Oneness
is impossible without equality. . .
which cannot be measured
amid the absence
of each tribal voice
concerning the direction
of their country—
but, even if present
they would be mute
unless that majority
chose to listen—
better yet. . .
relinquish adequate seating
fulfilling the creed: ...
even counted together
they could not exceed the majority;
thus, stepping toward Oneness
is impossible without equality. . .
which cannot be measured
amid the absence
of each tribal voice
concerning the direction
of their country—
but, even if present
they would be mute
unless that majority
chose to listen—
better yet. . .
relinquish adequate seating
fulfilling the creed: ...
#corruption
#power
#politics
#America
#inequality
159 reads
34 Comments
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
7th Jun 2020 3:30am
7th Jun 2020 3:30am
The Pleasantries of Peasants
(Visual Entry)
#happiness
#LifeStruggles
#music
#inequality
#dance
121 reads
18 Comments
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
13th Jun 2020 1:35am
13th Jun 2020 1:35am
Morality
(Visual Entry)
#love
#mirror
#humankind
#morality
#responsibility
125 reads
15 Comments
Ahavati
Poem Published
10th Jun 2020 4:54am
10th Jun 2020 4:54am
Brutality
viz. . .
#inequality
#morality
165 reads
22 Comments
Honoria
Poem Published
7th Jun 2020 2:39pm
7th Jun 2020 2:39pm
Two Lane Highway
It’s a quiet road where one lane heads north, the other south.
I travel life on both sides of this road especially at night.
Never ever meeting the illustrious middle.
Always sunny on the north side, never allowing pain and grief in this cavernous hole of loneliness.
The south side is where I live most comfortably.
Where my real self dwells-
It knows my pain and inner most sorrow.
The disappointment of failures only said aloud in my head and immediately denied.
In silent desperation I drive...
I travel life on both sides of this road especially at night.
Never ever meeting the illustrious middle.
Always sunny on the north side, never allowing pain and grief in this cavernous hole of loneliness.
The south side is where I live most comfortably.
Where my real self dwells-
It knows my pain and inner most sorrow.
The disappointment of failures only said aloud in my head and immediately denied.
In silent desperation I drive...
#sadness
#grief
#betrayal #disappointment
#betrayal #disappointment
105 reads
28 Comments
Sky_dancer
Poem Published
15th Jun 2020 6:44pm
15th Jun 2020 6:44pm
Poets Speak in Art Swirls
You, New Yorker
Strutting your Studff
Splashing yor
Multicoloured cum
You love cunt
and hate pussies
But momma was a lioness
And the kitten between my legs
Begs
I see you
in between the strokes,
Lines,
Thighs
Sighs
Lies
Can you paint me
With your tongue;
Peirce my nipples
With your intellect
Can you see me naked,
Like I see you
Your lips
Fat and full
Like my labia
I imagine their kiss
Strutting your Studff
Splashing yor
Multicoloured cum
You love cunt
and hate pussies
But momma was a lioness
And the kitten between my legs
Begs
I see you
in between the strokes,
Lines,
Thighs
Sighs
Lies
Can you paint me
With your tongue;
Peirce my nipples
With your intellect
Can you see me naked,
Like I see you
Your lips
Fat and full
Like my labia
I imagine their kiss
#lust
#erotic
#inspirational
#dirty
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
117 reads
20 Comments
Ahavati
Poem Published
11th Jun 2020 00:58am
11th Jun 2020 00:58am
What matters
in this moment
is not a fire someone set
engulfing an innocent
youth down its throat
none of us are saints;
we've all made mistakes—
hoping a second. . .
third, or fourth chance
makes an appearance
before we become artifacts.
What matters now—
in this moment
is that George Floyd
and all before him
were robbed of that hope
through no fault of their own—
enough is enough; ...
is not a fire someone set
engulfing an innocent
youth down its throat
none of us are saints;
we've all made mistakes—
hoping a second. . .
third, or fourth chance
makes an appearance
before we become artifacts.
What matters now—
in this moment
is that George Floyd
and all before him
were robbed of that hope
through no fault of their own—
enough is enough; ...
#racism
#CallToAction
#inequality
159 reads
7 Comments
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