Observational Poems by Top Critiquers
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poetry about life, society and the natural world
Poems written by Top Critiquers
The Greatest Generation
All those lives
All those lives
tossed into turmoil
When there was a rise in tyranny
and crimes against humanity
Many answered the call to fight for justice
Men were sent off to war
Women went off to work
All those lives
All they sacrificed
When I think of 1944
I think of the world being at war
Innocent lives being taken away
Innocent people being displaced
I think of all those young men being in faraway lands
not knowing if they would come home
I think of the mothers who...
All those lives
tossed into turmoil
When there was a rise in tyranny
and crimes against humanity
Many answered the call to fight for justice
Men were sent off to war
Women went off to work
All those lives
All they sacrificed
When I think of 1944
I think of the world being at war
Innocent lives being taken away
Innocent people being displaced
I think of all those young men being in faraway lands
not knowing if they would come home
I think of the mothers who...
#war
#inspirational
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Messenger
The likes of no one draw near
Times of change, a growing fear
Upon the ocean my dreams all died
Ever since the full moon rises the tide
Watching the world precisely through my lens
Famine & Poverty will never end
Times of change, a growing fear
Upon the ocean my dreams all died
Ever since the full moon rises the tide
Watching the world precisely through my lens
Famine & Poverty will never end
#LifeStruggles
#pollution
#water
#rhyming
#poverty
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molestor pester boil in oil
stroke me I think not
peddal you trike elsewhere
I farted in you
why?
you earned it
think with that
shit in your brains
take that alien
and stay the fuck away
poison ivy on you thick cock
you're empty
clashes keep your ashes
ashes ashes we all fall down
peddal you trike elsewhere
I farted in you
why?
you earned it
think with that
shit in your brains
take that alien
and stay the fuck away
poison ivy on you thick cock
you're empty
clashes keep your ashes
ashes ashes we all fall down
#dark
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FOCUSING ON REAL LOVE
LOVE!
Today I will remember
that LOVE IS...
The most powerful
four letter word that
has power over its
enemy, the other
four letter word
HATE.
REAL L--O-V-E IS...
L-iving and real for all
O-ffered freely from a sincere heart
V-ictory over hurts and hate
E-ternal in nature...always survives
Meet me at the Kissing
Place and we'll continue
to share real L-O-V-E.
OKAY?
Today I will remember
that LOVE IS...
The most powerful
four letter word that
has power over its
enemy, the other
four letter word
HATE.
REAL L--O-V-E IS...
L-iving and real for all
O-ffered freely from a sincere heart
V-ictory over hurts and hate
E-ternal in nature...always survives
Meet me at the Kissing
Place and we'll continue
to share real L-O-V-E.
OKAY?
#happiness
#love
#hope
#inspirational
#TimeHeals
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Something
A butter yellow moon
sat drowsy
in a stagnant sapphire sky.
The twilight ached for something,
anything to happen.
Like our perpetual mortal hope,
for something more
around the bend.
Something that causes the heart to swell,
escape it's firey hells.
Vastly far, diamond stars bestow wishes,
Upon a seemingly lost soul wandering a cobblestone street.
Yet he just might be happier than a man bestowed a feast.
The abandonment of ego is the key to unlock inner peace.
The less you desire, the less you really need.
sat drowsy
in a stagnant sapphire sky.
The twilight ached for something,
anything to happen.
Like our perpetual mortal hope,
for something more
around the bend.
Something that causes the heart to swell,
escape it's firey hells.
Vastly far, diamond stars bestow wishes,
Upon a seemingly lost soul wandering a cobblestone street.
Yet he just might be happier than a man bestowed a feast.
The abandonment of ego is the key to unlock inner peace.
The less you desire, the less you really need.
#identity
#night
#peace
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She Pondered
It’s what we do as humans, isn’t it?
Compare and contrast the good, the bad and the ugly. It makes us feel better, doesn’t it?
Helping ourselves ease the disappointment of what we perceive we don’t have, versus those whom we perceive TO have, right?
Proverbial grass is greener theory, until the veneer cracks. Dark truths ooze out. As vultures we swoop in to pick the flesh from the rotting corpses. Why?
Compare and contrast the good, the bad and the ugly. It makes us feel better, doesn’t it?
Helping ourselves ease the disappointment of what we perceive we don’t have, versus those whom we perceive TO have, right?
Proverbial grass is greener theory, until the veneer cracks. Dark truths ooze out. As vultures we swoop in to pick the flesh from the rotting corpses. Why?
#frustration
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A sea of trees
Lost and adrift in a sea of trees,
but unlike water I tread not leaves.
So sink I do into its shade
beneath the hanging masquerade.
So much life from Fuji"s fire
yet stronger still is death's desire.
Listen to their dying pleas,
out there lost among the trees.
Strong of limb and rooted trunk
in forest thick so far I've sunk.
So easily we lose our way,
hear now what the souls will say.
Enter not if you're not strong
the sorrow here is deep and long,
The trees will hold all that you give ...
but unlike water I tread not leaves.
So sink I do into its shade
beneath the hanging masquerade.
So much life from Fuji"s fire
yet stronger still is death's desire.
Listen to their dying pleas,
out there lost among the trees.
Strong of limb and rooted trunk
in forest thick so far I've sunk.
So easily we lose our way,
hear now what the souls will say.
Enter not if you're not strong
the sorrow here is deep and long,
The trees will hold all that you give ...
#suicide
#forest
#trees
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excavation
In this cage, blood alone
will not break this bondage
it takes sweat
to excavate the key
that fits the lock
we can salivate
like a rabid dog
pushing against the bars
our ears ringing
with our own voice
beaten down
by the bouncing echo
our teeth will not gnaw
through this curse
we'll break by the weight
of our chains first
and our mile long howl
on the way down
will do us no good
we have to dig
all writers do
will not break this bondage
it takes sweat
to excavate the key
that fits the lock
we can salivate
like a rabid dog
pushing against the bars
our ears ringing
with our own voice
beaten down
by the bouncing echo
our teeth will not gnaw
through this curse
we'll break by the weight
of our chains first
and our mile long howl
on the way down
will do us no good
we have to dig
all writers do
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
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what (they call improvement)
rows
and rows
of established
trees
cut down,
animals displaced
from
their homes,
the land
stripped,
life giving
waters drained,
all for
the sake
and benefit
for mankind,
and this
is what
they call
improvement.
and rows
of established
trees
cut down,
animals displaced
from
their homes,
the land
stripped,
life giving
waters drained,
all for
the sake
and benefit
for mankind,
and this
is what
they call
improvement.
#forest
#trees
#river
#animals
#nature
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Clouds Collide
clouds like white cotton candy
fluffy in the sky of blue
tuck together and dance merry
when wind comes their way
as two strangers meeting by chance
eyes meeting and sparks ignite
hands reach out for gentle touch
needs and desires come into light
when clouds drift and collide
within the confine of nature's dome
magic ignites and they coalesce
and thunder and lightning are born
Strangers embrace become as one
falling in love in a dizzy whirlwind
colours subdued become so bright
when they...
fluffy in the sky of blue
tuck together and dance merry
when wind comes their way
as two strangers meeting by chance
eyes meeting and sparks ignite
hands reach out for gentle touch
needs and desires come into light
when clouds drift and collide
within the confine of nature's dome
magic ignites and they coalesce
and thunder and lightning are born
Strangers embrace become as one
falling in love in a dizzy whirlwind
colours subdued become so bright
when they...
#love
#storm
#nature
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SAVOR EACH PRECIOUS MOMENT
Every moment of life has a meaning divine
Craft them with love, cherish your precious time
Remember the past but don't go dwelling within
for it is here, it is right now, that your joy begins.
There's a truth, there's a balance, in all we see
from things left unsaid, to leaves on a tree.
Let gentle soft rivers flow through your mind.
Treasure each heartbeat, try hard to be kind.
Be truthful and be honest in all that you say and do.
Pain caused to another one day will return to you.
Tree branches bend and break from winds blowing.
Actions...
Craft them with love, cherish your precious time
Remember the past but don't go dwelling within
for it is here, it is right now, that your joy begins.
There's a truth, there's a balance, in all we see
from things left unsaid, to leaves on a tree.
Let gentle soft rivers flow through your mind.
Treasure each heartbeat, try hard to be kind.
Be truthful and be honest in all that you say and do.
Pain caused to another one day will return to you.
Tree branches bend and break from winds blowing.
Actions...
#love
#motivational
#inspirational
#gratitude
#emotions
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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
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