Popular Observational Poems
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Poetry about life, society and the natural world
Popular poems, listed in order of their popularity this month.
Billy_Snagg
Snaggy
Snaggy
Poem Published
4th Nov 2023 10:41pm
4th Nov 2023 10:41pm
No Time For Regret!
No time for regret that belongs to yesterday.
We cannot change what's been and gone -
So why waste the energy?
What can't be fixed might drive us crazy,
And life's too short for that!
Let's embrace it, come what may -
Celebrate a brand new day,
YOUR WAY!
A future unknown.
Haha! I'm the last person to revel in the unknown -
Anyway, it sounded good!
But hey, there is some merit in it -
Feeling excited about what's to come,
While now is simply an unwritten book.
It's easy to get bogged down fearing the worst, ...
We cannot change what's been and gone -
So why waste the energy?
What can't be fixed might drive us crazy,
And life's too short for that!
Let's embrace it, come what may -
Celebrate a brand new day,
YOUR WAY!
A future unknown.
Haha! I'm the last person to revel in the unknown -
Anyway, it sounded good!
But hey, there is some merit in it -
Feeling excited about what's to come,
While now is simply an unwritten book.
It's easy to get bogged down fearing the worst, ...
#LifeStruggles
195 reads
21 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
20th Nov 2023 1:08pm
20th Nov 2023 1:08pm
Breakfast with You
Everyday
Breakfast
Have it with you
We discuss berries
Yours are exotic
Mine, pedestrian
Best time of the day
Breakfast
Have it with you
We discuss berries
Yours are exotic
Mine, pedestrian
Best time of the day
#love
#food
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
#philosophical
98 reads
25 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
24th Nov 2023 7:46pm
24th Nov 2023 7:46pm
Glove Compartment
I'll know everything I need to know
One look
Papers in order
No excess
What I would expect from you
So much beauty
Drips from your pores
Exquisite organization
Dark chocolate wrapper on back seat
Still human
One look
Papers in order
No excess
What I would expect from you
So much beauty
Drips from your pores
Exquisite organization
Dark chocolate wrapper on back seat
Still human
#cars
#TruthOfLife
#humankind #WritingPoetry
#humankind #WritingPoetry
90 reads
21 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
22nd Nov 2023 8:58pm
22nd Nov 2023 8:58pm
Optimistic Pessimist
Fixed a squeaky door
WD40
Expect the squeak anyway
Somewhat disappointed
Success
Failure too
WD40
Expect the squeak anyway
Somewhat disappointed
Success
Failure too
#disappointment
#success
75 reads
24 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
12th Nov 2023 3:18am
12th Nov 2023 3:18am
everyone
we are all going through
this together
whether dog paddling,
doing a dead man's float,
or looking for a life preserver
before going down for the
third time
no one is immune
no one is unscathed
there are cuts, bruises,
broken bones of the
heart and the human
spirit
no one escapes life
without living
so the next time you
are standing in line
at the grocery store
or waiting at a bus
stop on a freezing
January morning
take a second ...
this together
whether dog paddling,
doing a dead man's float,
or looking for a life preserver
before going down for the
third time
no one is immune
no one is unscathed
there are cuts, bruises,
broken bones of the
heart and the human
spirit
no one escapes life
without living
so the next time you
are standing in line
at the grocery store
or waiting at a bus
stop on a freezing
January morning
take a second ...
#LifeStruggles
95 reads
14 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
Today 1:57pm
Today 1:57pm
Everyone Loves Dogs
Soon to be celebrating 1 year with Onyx
Our rescue dog from Texas
Came with the name Mabel
Changed it to Onyx to honor her Brindle coat
You save a dog
They save you
Nothing new there
My walk is 6am
It’s when NYC is actually quiet
Only people out are
Delivery people and Nurses
Going on a shift or coming home
Sometimes you get a GOOD MORNING
Other people with dogs half asleep
It’s a good life with Onyx
She licks my face often
Smiles and wags
Nothing better
Our rescue dog from Texas
Came with the name Mabel
Changed it to Onyx to honor her Brindle coat
You save a dog
They save you
Nothing new there
My walk is 6am
It’s when NYC is actually quiet
Only people out are
Delivery people and Nurses
Going on a shift or coming home
Sometimes you get a GOOD MORNING
Other people with dogs half asleep
It’s a good life with Onyx
She licks my face often
Smiles and wags
Nothing better
#love
#dogs
37 reads
17 Comments
Ahavati
Poem Published
11th Nov 2023 2:04pm
11th Nov 2023 2:04pm
Choctaw Cherokee
I channel it often
without even trying
feeling the reservation
beating history's
drum of time
Dust devils swirling
around moccasins
summer heat distorting distance
into fractured particles
across the Blue Ridge
Winter's stillness
under a Moon so engorged
children believed
it was pregnant with snow
We lived simply; rose early
knew our purpose
honored our daily duty
to the tribe as a whole
Never had money
but lacked for nothing
through sharing and trade
...
without even trying
feeling the reservation
beating history's
drum of time
Dust devils swirling
around moccasins
summer heat distorting distance
into fractured particles
across the Blue Ridge
Winter's stillness
under a Moon so engorged
children believed
it was pregnant with snow
We lived simply; rose early
knew our purpose
honored our daily duty
to the tribe as a whole
Never had money
but lacked for nothing
through sharing and trade
...
#historical
164 reads
12 Comments
neves
Poem Published
19th Nov 2023 1:07am
19th Nov 2023 1:07am
Solus
If you're doing it
for financial gain,
popularity or to
attract the one
i'd put that pen
down on the table
especially if I was
someone like you,
this road leads
to endless routes
our purposes often
require isolation
and the silence
is so beautiful
that others will
not know how
to handle us,
it's an unspoken
rule hiding away
behind words
each hand
has written
once you know
this it doesn't
stop not even
for...
for financial gain,
popularity or to
attract the one
i'd put that pen
down on the table
especially if I was
someone like you,
this road leads
to endless routes
our purposes often
require isolation
and the silence
is so beautiful
that others will
not know how
to handle us,
it's an unspoken
rule hiding away
behind words
each hand
has written
once you know
this it doesn't
stop not even
for...
#dark
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
107 reads
10 Comments
ajay
Poem Published
29th Nov 2023 7:31pm
29th Nov 2023 7:31pm
bastardtechnology!
wheniwrotethispoem
thespacebaronmykeyboard
hadceasedtofunctionexactlyasitshould.
still,
atleastigotapoemoutofit.
🙃
thespacebaronmykeyboard
hadceasedtofunctionexactlyasitshould.
still,
atleastigotapoemoutofit.
🙃
#technology
53 reads
16 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
26th Nov 2023 6:14pm
26th Nov 2023 6:14pm
what really matters most
the only things in life one really
needs is food, shelter, a self
directed purpose and a few
friends as honest and direct
as an arrow launched from a
bow into the bullseye of your
heart
needs is food, shelter, a self
directed purpose and a few
friends as honest and direct
as an arrow launched from a
bow into the bullseye of your
heart
#responsibility
63 reads
8 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
3rd Nov 2023 7:07am
3rd Nov 2023 7:07am
Scarred Bark Part II
Admiring the trees with colorful leaves
That're falling from high as they grieve
Leaving some trees barrenly undressed
That just can't handle constant duress
Stress from storms got 'em torn & battered
Beginning to lean like a rose that's withered
Tethered to pain of epigenetic proportions
Trying to stay sane after late term abortions
They gotta use caution when standing tall in fields
Executioners are lurking while out carrying steels
Making it harder to heal as bark's peeled everyday
When roots are uprooted,...
That're falling from high as they grieve
Leaving some trees barrenly undressed
That just can't handle constant duress
Stress from storms got 'em torn & battered
Beginning to lean like a rose that's withered
Tethered to pain of epigenetic proportions
Trying to stay sane after late term abortions
They gotta use caution when standing tall in fields
Executioners are lurking while out carrying steels
Making it harder to heal as bark's peeled everyday
When roots are uprooted,...
#death
#LifeStruggles
#trees
#nature
#MentalHealth
100 reads
5 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
12th Nov 2023 10:20pm
12th Nov 2023 10:20pm
beware
look around
you
the garden is dying
all around us
the house is on fire
and the front door
is locked
there is the sound
of marching feet
approaching...
and they're not here
to save us
you
the garden is dying
all around us
the house is on fire
and the front door
is locked
there is the sound
of marching feet
approaching...
and they're not here
to save us
#humankind
#ignorance
88 reads
10 Comments
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