Submissions by Honoria
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
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LOVE POEM
Published
16th Dec 2024 3:33am
16th Dec 2024 3:33am
My Grief, Mine Alone
I want desperately
to write about you
To tell the world
how wonderful you were
and how lucky,
anyone who had the
Privilege
of knowing you,
would be
My thoughts…
won’t settle down
and let me
pen my feelings
I’m too afraid
if I do the flood gates
holding back my tears
will tear loose their hinges
and the tsunami of grief
will drown my soul
to write about you
To tell the world
how wonderful you were
and how lucky,
anyone who had the
Privilege
of knowing you,
would be
My thoughts…
won’t settle down
and let me
pen my feelings
I’m too afraid
if I do the flood gates
holding back my tears
will tear loose their hinges
and the tsunami of grief
will drown my soul
#death
#grief
272 reads
30 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
20th Aug 2024 11:49am
20th Aug 2024 11:49am
The Cycling Self
There is an
emptiness
that never
seems to…
empty…
itself
No matter
the groups
or therapies
encountered
to relieve
A pain
Always present
in some niggling
manner I loathe
because
I thought
I conquered it
Finding peace
in nature
and gratitude
amongst loved ones
can ease
the burden
of this…
Cross
BUT
It’s ever present
and always
carried
on my
Left
shoulder
...
emptiness
that never
seems to…
empty…
itself
No matter
the groups
or therapies
encountered
to relieve
A pain
Always present
in some niggling
manner I loathe
because
I thought
I conquered it
Finding peace
in nature
and gratitude
amongst loved ones
can ease
the burden
of this…
Cross
BUT
It’s ever present
and always
carried
on my
Left
shoulder
...
#betrayal
#cancer
#marriage #WritingPoetry
#marriage #WritingPoetry
491 reads
52 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Jun 2024 1:52pm
7th Jun 2024 1:52pm
Moon Glow
To wear the moon like a crown
How I’d glow as no other
From bland to brilliant
with one beam
A shining beauty for once
Silences me, the seeker
Of all things that glisten
I’m still me
Hoping but not hopeful
Dreams and wishes heaped
upon a romantic moon,
a fool’s folly
How I’d glow as no other
From bland to brilliant
with one beam
A shining beauty for once
Silences me, the seeker
Of all things that glisten
I’m still me
Hoping but not hopeful
Dreams and wishes heaped
upon a romantic moon,
a fool’s folly
#dreams
#sadness
643 reads
63 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
18th May 2024 6:16am
18th May 2024 6:16am
Snail Mom?
She loves fiercely and with abandon
No favorites, they’re all adored
Big or small each one has their own special place in her heart
Treading lovingly, collecting shells
Natures fuel and healing power
Earth mother gently nourishing her offspring with such tenderness
Wait!
What?
She said, “I’m a Snail mom”
I said, “Huh?”
🐌
No favorites, they’re all adored
Big or small each one has their own special place in her heart
Treading lovingly, collecting shells
Natures fuel and healing power
Earth mother gently nourishing her offspring with such tenderness
Wait!
What?
She said, “I’m a Snail mom”
I said, “Huh?”
🐌
#friendship
#healing
#love #nature
#love #nature
371 reads
38 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st May 2024 4:51am
1st May 2024 4:51am
The Written Word
The page is blank to the naked eye
To mine it’s covered in scribbles
Notes and thoughts, ideas and stories
Somehow all connected to each other
Within that tangled mess of words
There’s a bridge of how we came to be
I can’t seem to link the arcs
For their movement eludes me
Maybe I’m blinded by love,
no~
I’m engulfed in rage
I need to make this plausible
Everything feels so relevant
None so meaningful as our story
To mine it’s covered in scribbles
Notes and thoughts, ideas and stories
Somehow all connected to each other
Within that tangled mess of words
There’s a bridge of how we came to be
I can’t seem to link the arcs
For their movement eludes me
Maybe I’m blinded by love,
no~
I’m engulfed in rage
I need to make this plausible
Everything feels so relevant
None so meaningful as our story
#NaPoWriMo2024
454 reads
45 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Feb 2024 5:03am
5th Feb 2024 5:03am
I Know Not
The constancy of your love
Has confounded me from the beginning
Having never sought it
Why would you give it so freely
In very small increments
The nature of my thoughts turned
An unrequited love was let go
A new trajectory set its path
Of all the minutes in a day
And all the days in a year
Never did you miss an opportunity
To tell me you loved me
My mind set to wonder
How would I carry on if you left
I know not
Has confounded me from the beginning
Having never sought it
Why would you give it so freely
In very small increments
The nature of my thoughts turned
An unrequited love was let go
A new trajectory set its path
Of all the minutes in a day
And all the days in a year
Never did you miss an opportunity
To tell me you loved me
My mind set to wonder
How would I carry on if you left
I know not
#love
710 reads
73 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Nov 2023 6:43am
27th Nov 2023 6:43am
Paid For
In a world of consumerism
I hoped one thing would be free.
As it wasn’t tangible
how could it possibly be purchased?
Pleading for an emotional refund
I was declined the reimbursement.
Because in the end,
we are all bought.
Final Sale!
I hoped one thing would be free.
As it wasn’t tangible
how could it possibly be purchased?
Pleading for an emotional refund
I was declined the reimbursement.
Because in the end,
we are all bought.
Final Sale!
#love
733 reads
61 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
8th Aug 2023 1:18am
8th Aug 2023 1:18am
The Woman You See
Ever the happy-go-lucky child
Idyllic upbringing into womanhood
Strong and self assured
Or
The façade of such a person
Checking off each passing day
Akin to the doomed Iphigenia
With no
fairy godmother
to
rescue
her
Idyllic upbringing into womanhood
Strong and self assured
Or
The façade of such a person
Checking off each passing day
Akin to the doomed Iphigenia
With no
fairy godmother
to
rescue
her
#sadness
#loneliness
#SelfReflection #sacrifice
#SelfReflection #sacrifice
918 reads
88 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Jun 2023 3:13am
25th Jun 2023 3:13am
Paradise
I drove through a piece of heaven tonight.
It was exactly how I imagined it.
Airy,
liberating...
As I approached the other side,
waiting to greet me was the crescent moon.
Its light, so bright, felt like a hug
as it held me entranced.
I have never felt more at peace
It was exactly how I imagined it.
Airy,
liberating...
As I approached the other side,
waiting to greet me was the crescent moon.
Its light, so bright, felt like a hug
as it held me entranced.
I have never felt more at peace
#moon
#clouds
769 reads
72 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
28th May 2023 7:03am
28th May 2023 7:03am
Thirty Pieces of Silver
For this
paltry sum
I’d throw
away
my
morality.
Is this, truly, who I am?
I ponder
the query
hoping not
but…
The sun
shines
brightly
as if oblivious
to my
deliberately
delicate
mental debate.
Turning a corner,
the dawning
of a new vision
sheds clarity
on an old
desire.
Yet,
the heart
pounds
stronger
for what
it’s been
denied.
Plucking
daisy petals
“I will do” ...
paltry sum
I’d throw
away
my
morality.
Is this, truly, who I am?
I ponder
the query
hoping not
but…
The sun
shines
brightly
as if oblivious
to my
deliberately
delicate
mental debate.
Turning a corner,
the dawning
of a new vision
sheds clarity
on an old
desire.
Yet,
the heart
pounds
stronger
for what
it’s been
denied.
Plucking
daisy petals
“I will do” ...
#betrayal
#confessional
#SelfReflection #NaPoWriMo2023
#SelfReflection #NaPoWriMo2023
755 reads
57 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
30th Apr 2023 6:54am
30th Apr 2023 6:54am
Poetic Lessons
I tried
walking in beauty
like the night
All I got
was a
stubbed toe
and a
bruised shin
Lesson: turn the light on
How did I love him?
I counted all the ways.
On one finger.
Lesson: toss him back in the sea
I travelled
the two
diverged roads
To discover
they were
a cul de sac
Just spinning
round in circles
Lesson: stay home
Treading softly
so I wouldn’t stomp on
his dreams,
there were so many
I’d have to float
to avoid a...
walking in beauty
like the night
All I got
was a
stubbed toe
and a
bruised shin
Lesson: turn the light on
How did I love him?
I counted all the ways.
On one finger.
Lesson: toss him back in the sea
I travelled
the two
diverged roads
To discover
they were
a cul de sac
Just spinning
round in circles
Lesson: stay home
Treading softly
so I wouldn’t stomp on
his dreams,
there were so many
I’d have to float
to avoid a...
#SelfReflection
#NaPoWriMo2023
801 reads
50 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
19th Apr 2023 4:53pm
19th Apr 2023 4:53pm
Please, stay
I find my voice
will not cooperate
for the task of asking
you to stay.
It feels weak, a failure
knowing I need you.
Of all the situations
life could possibly present
this would be the last
I’d employ, yet~
“don’t go”,
screams my mind .
I know you hear it.
Looking away
is the only action
that feels normal
as your eyes burn
into my soul,
I see your arms lift
to wrap around
my shoulders
but they feel heavy
and
burdened.
...
will not cooperate
for the task of asking
you to stay.
It feels weak, a failure
knowing I need you.
Of all the situations
life could possibly present
this would be the last
I’d employ, yet~
“don’t go”,
screams my mind .
I know you hear it.
Looking away
is the only action
that feels normal
as your eyes burn
into my soul,
I see your arms lift
to wrap around
my shoulders
but they feel heavy
and
burdened.
...
#myself
#NaPoWriMo2023
795 reads
52 Comments
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