Short Observational Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poetry about life, society and the natural world
Short poems (30 words or less), most recently posted poems first.
nikkimoe
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:41pm
Yesterday 8:41pm
Uranium Sands
Before the bombs
the water was clean,
before the bombs
there was air you could breathe,
before the bombs
there was food to eat,
before the bombs
I had a family.
Simply
e
m
p
t
y
.
the water was clean,
before the bombs
there was air you could breathe,
before the bombs
there was food to eat,
before the bombs
I had a family.
Simply
e
m
p
t
y
.
#war
#death
#water
17 reads
1 Comment
_boybrains
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:43am
Yesterday 2:43am
Carrion River.
this spider stream
trickling down south
is no kindred or
a cousin;
barely even
a stranger.
trickling down south
is no kindred or
a cousin;
barely even
a stranger.
#PowerOfWords
#minimalist
8 reads
_boybrains
Poem Published
14th Nov 2019 00:18am
14th Nov 2019 00:18am
flashing.
instagram needs
a life content
warning...
unrealistic.
a life content
warning...
unrealistic.
#humankind
#evolution
#minimalist
7 reads
3 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
13th Nov 2019 7:41pm
13th Nov 2019 7:41pm
why do people go to war?
..because it
pays better
than peace
pays better
than peace
#humankind
31 reads
14 Comments
_boybrains
Poem Published
13th Nov 2019 4:07am
13th Nov 2019 4:07am
go(d)
its four am
i’m perched
on top of
the van,
god is
slamming
his telephone
down ...
cunt.
i’m perched
on top of
the van,
god is
slamming
his telephone
down ...
cunt.
#confessional
#PowerOfWords
#minimalist
20 reads
10 Comments
Mister_Write
Poem Published
12th Nov 2019 7:09pm
12th Nov 2019 7:09pm
Haiku #25
a lone empty shrine
sitting on a blank front lawn
"is nothing sacred"?
sitting on a blank front lawn
"is nothing sacred"?
#culture
16 reads
0 Comments
shannonJane
Poem Published
12th Nov 2019 1:21am
12th Nov 2019 1:21am
Sorry I'm not who you want me to be.
I am sorry to be me.
I am sorry to write.
I'm sorry to be alive.
I am sorry to write.
I'm sorry to be alive.
#PowerOfWords
19 reads
2 Comments
Kingvirky
Poem Published
11th Nov 2019 7:54pm
11th Nov 2019 7:54pm
Unscripted 2
Inspiration is like
The ten second wave
You must ride high
Till it breaks
And you are left low-
underwater
The ten second wave
You must ride high
Till it breaks
And you are left low-
underwater
#dreams
#motivational
#inspirational
18 reads
0 Comments
_boybrains
Poem Published
11th Nov 2019 2:38pm
11th Nov 2019 2:38pm
14/25
it’s a strange thought
how time has carried
on, but a pair of blue
eyes, blonde locks &
a honey coated laugh
has been frozen in a
moment—
forever.
how time has carried
on, but a pair of blue
eyes, blonde locks &
a honey coated laugh
has been frozen in a
moment—
forever.
#friendship
#death
#confessional #minimalist
#confessional #minimalist
8 reads
Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
11th Nov 2019 1:07am
11th Nov 2019 1:07am
Skin Deep
Beauty lies beneath the skin...
ugly goes much deeper.
The first is all too obvious...
the other is a sleeper.
ugly goes much deeper.
The first is all too obvious...
the other is a sleeper.
#kindness
#conflict
#identity #evil
#identity #evil
45 reads
4 Comments
_boybrains
Poem Published
10th Nov 2019 4:27pm
10th Nov 2019 4:27pm
Didn’t You Know?
Many
stars are
plucked from
gutters.
stars are
plucked from
gutters.
#stars
#SixWordStory
#minimalist
26 reads
14 Comments
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
10th Nov 2019 8:52am
10th Nov 2019 8:52am
2 Cinquains
( visual poetry )
#animals
#fire
#nature
#cinquain
#humankind
57 reads
8 Comments
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