Submissions by Sappho
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm a reading- and writing-addict, and usually write poems, essays and stories in my mothertongue German. As I also love the English language very much, I started to write English poems some time ago. I am looking forward to reading YOUR poems!
SELF POEM
Published
15th Feb 2025 3:04pm
15th Feb 2025 3:04pm
Big Black Bird
Madness
Humming, an old woman rocks herself
A man repeats a word again and again
Two older women are fighting for a doll
Somewhere a. radio is blaring loud
Another ordinary day begins as usual
And I am part of this community of fate
My new home is a caring home
Defect entity
A thinking mind and a loving heart
Locked in a frail disabled body
One of God"s abandoned children
Superfluous and useless for society
Mercíless sorted out and deported
A deeply desperate fallen angel
With unsuitable disheveled wings ...
Humming, an old woman rocks herself
A man repeats a word again and again
Two older women are fighting for a doll
Somewhere a. radio is blaring loud
Another ordinary day begins as usual
And I am part of this community of fate
My new home is a caring home
Defect entity
A thinking mind and a loving heart
Locked in a frail disabled body
One of God"s abandoned children
Superfluous and useless for society
Mercíless sorted out and deported
A deeply desperate fallen angel
With unsuitable disheveled wings ...
#disability
#illness
#vulnerability
67 reads
11 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Feb 2025 7:56am
5th Feb 2025 7:56am
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Eagerly you build your own bird cage
Accusements, anger and revenge
Are the bars surrounding you
Like in a never-ending loop
You replay hurtful experiences
In front of your inner eye
Forgive!
Forgive freely!
Forgive others!
Forgive yourself!
Your plumage has turned pale
Your song doesn't sound happy anymore
Now is the time to let go of
Resentments, trouble and despair
All the self-destructive feelings
You have carried far too long
Forgive! ...
Eagerly you build your own bird cage
Accusements, anger and revenge
Are the bars surrounding you
Like in a never-ending loop
You replay hurtful experiences
In front of your inner eye
Forgive!
Forgive freely!
Forgive others!
Forgive yourself!
Your plumage has turned pale
Your song doesn't sound happy anymore
Now is the time to let go of
Resentments, trouble and despair
All the self-destructive feelings
You have carried far too long
Forgive! ...
#forgiveness
52 reads
2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
21st Jan 2025 4:47pm
21st Jan 2025 4:47pm
Dear Mary Magdalene!
I know you're a woman honest and kind.
I want to ask you some questions, if you don't mind.
They say you had to prostitute yourself to survive.
If that's true, I pity your hard life.
They say you were a sinner, by demons possessed.
But I think you were neither sinful nor obsessed.
Church fathers defended their power with might.
That's why they tried to silence you, am I right?
You played a significant role in Jesus' life.
Were you an apostle or even his wife?
He trusted you secrets not easy to understand
Which you were intuitively...
I want to ask you some questions, if you don't mind.
They say you had to prostitute yourself to survive.
If that's true, I pity your hard life.
They say you were a sinner, by demons possessed.
But I think you were neither sinful nor obsessed.
Church fathers defended their power with might.
That's why they tried to silence you, am I right?
You played a significant role in Jesus' life.
Were you an apostle or even his wife?
He trusted you secrets not easy to understand
Which you were intuitively...
#Christian
87 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Jan 2025 6:28pm
13th Jan 2025 6:28pm
Full Moon ín Love
Once in a month I cry for your love
Without words but loud and clear
Don't look around you, I'm not here
Find me high in the sky above
Sometimes I reach out for you
My moonbeam fingers stroke your fur
Until almost like a cat you purr
And I feel that you love me too
Protected by the velvety night
I kiss you soft and tender
Caress you with my splendor
Your yellow eyes reflect my light
Tonight you'll throw back your head
And howl a sweet melody to me
I blush with delight can you see
My moon face is...
Without words but loud and clear
Don't look around you, I'm not here
Find me high in the sky above
Sometimes I reach out for you
My moonbeam fingers stroke your fur
Until almost like a cat you purr
And I feel that you love me too
Protected by the velvety night
I kiss you soft and tender
Caress you with my splendor
Your yellow eyes reflect my light
Tonight you'll throw back your head
And howl a sweet melody to me
I blush with delight can you see
My moon face is...
#beauty
#ILoveYou
129 reads
8 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Jan 2025 2:16pm
8th Jan 2025 2:16pm
Phoenix Rising
Every morning I hear your voice
Mesmerising and enchanting
A testimony to your determination
Confident and expectant
When the sun is higher
Your song sounds sad
You switch the key
From major to minor
You have to they say
You cannot they say
You must not they say
Demands eat you up
You pile up all your projects
Light them and allow the flames
To consume you and your ideas
Rebirth and death begin anew
But you can break this circle
Don't burn your work but all obstacles ,
Rise from...
Mesmerising and enchanting
A testimony to your determination
Confident and expectant
When the sun is higher
Your song sounds sad
You switch the key
From major to minor
You have to they say
You cannot they say
You must not they say
Demands eat you up
You pile up all your projects
Light them and allow the flames
To consume you and your ideas
Rebirth and death begin anew
But you can break this circle
Don't burn your work but all obstacles ,
Rise from...
#courage
#inspirational
#strength
105 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
31st Dec 2024 9:33am
31st Dec 2024 9:33am
In Morpheus' Arms
Sleep, little brother of death
Darkness captures me
Silence surrounds me
Total loss of control
Surrender to my nightly visions
Colorful dream pictures
Mysterious encounters
Sweet little secrets
Bizarre scenarios
What's this all about?
In my sleep I'm most awake
All senses are sharpened
No distractions by social noise
My subconscious is open to
Guidance of a higher power
Sleeping isn't an escape to me
But a fountain of inspiration
Symbols are the language of dreams
Waiting to be...
Darkness captures me
Silence surrounds me
Total loss of control
Surrender to my nightly visions
Colorful dream pictures
Mysterious encounters
Sweet little secrets
Bizarre scenarios
What's this all about?
In my sleep I'm most awake
All senses are sharpened
No distractions by social noise
My subconscious is open to
Guidance of a higher power
Sleeping isn't an escape to me
But a fountain of inspiration
Symbols are the language of dreams
Waiting to be...
#dreams
#MyInspiration
103 reads
8 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
6th Dec 2024 8:30am
6th Dec 2024 8:30am
The True Story Of Adam And Eve
Another lovely day in paradise.
The sky is coloured in orangy red
When from their wildflower bed
Adam and Eve gently rise.
All of nature breathes peace.
Playfully a fox chases a hare.
Sweet birdsong lingers in the air.
Sun warms a cat’s golden fleece.
A stroll through Garden Eden they take
With a lively mind and carefree.
When Eve stops in front of a tree,
On one branch lies a glittering snake.
"Careful, Eve! From the evil run away!"
“It’s a harmless beauty, can't you see?
I'm sure it's the...
The sky is coloured in orangy red
When from their wildflower bed
Adam and Eve gently rise.
All of nature breathes peace.
Playfully a fox chases a hare.
Sweet birdsong lingers in the air.
Sun warms a cat’s golden fleece.
A stroll through Garden Eden they take
With a lively mind and carefree.
When Eve stops in front of a tree,
On one branch lies a glittering snake.
"Careful, Eve! From the evil run away!"
“It’s a harmless beauty, can't you see?
I'm sure it's the...
#faith
#rebirth
#spiritual
103 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
28th Nov 2024 3:40pm
28th Nov 2024 3:40pm
Written in the Stars
Lying on a soft fragrant meadow
Under the diamond studded sky
In a warm summer night
Vibrating with magic
I read your story
Written in the stars
A rising star
Newly born and bursting with ideas
Highly intelligent and creative
A revolutionary mind
A fresh wind of change blowing
To renew and improve society
A celestial star
Coming from the universe
Following a higher calling
Embarking on a journey to
Bring justice and peace to
Planet earth and her inhabitants
A flickering star ...
Under the diamond studded sky
In a warm summer night
Vibrating with magic
I read your story
Written in the stars
A rising star
Newly born and bursting with ideas
Highly intelligent and creative
A revolutionary mind
A fresh wind of change blowing
To renew and improve society
A celestial star
Coming from the universe
Following a higher calling
Embarking on a journey to
Bring justice and peace to
Planet earth and her inhabitants
A flickering star ...
#admiration
#emotions
#motivational
114 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
21st Nov 2024 12:20pm
21st Nov 2024 12:20pm
Whispers of Love (Collaboration with Vision_of_Insanity)
To you, as you light up the sky
A perfect, lovely night for love
Our dreams intertwine and bind us
Together, forever
My love,
I want to give myself to you
Completely lost in the magic and
Beauty of the present moment
We lie in fog-covered fields
You & I harmonize like the stars
Your gentle lips whisper a song,
Lifelong
Your cherry lips, velvety and sweet
Need to be sealed with a kiss
Echoing in divine dimensions of
Eternal bliss
Eternally yours...
A perfect, lovely night for love
Our dreams intertwine and bind us
Together, forever
My love,
I want to give myself to you
Completely lost in the magic and
Beauty of the present moment
We lie in fog-covered fields
You & I harmonize like the stars
Your gentle lips whisper a song,
Lifelong
Your cherry lips, velvety and sweet
Need to be sealed with a kiss
Echoing in divine dimensions of
Eternal bliss
Eternally yours...
#emotions
#love
139 reads
6 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Nov 2024 8:34pm
11th Nov 2024 8:34pm
1001 Thanks
Dear Vision-of-insanity!
When I read the first poem of your pen
I felt confused
A sober and merciles look at the world
Cruel but undeniably true
At the same time I was
Irresistibly drawn to your work
Every time I was active on DU, I visited
Your page and got lost in your poetry
Your writing style is brilliant
Awesome wording, rhythm and flow
Sarcastic sense of humor
Contribute to creating stunning poems
Every now and then you published
Bitter-sweet and heart-touching poetry
Showing a well...
When I read the first poem of your pen
I felt confused
A sober and merciles look at the world
Cruel but undeniably true
At the same time I was
Irresistibly drawn to your work
Every time I was active on DU, I visited
Your page and got lost in your poetry
Your writing style is brilliant
Awesome wording, rhythm and flow
Sarcastic sense of humor
Contribute to creating stunning poems
Every now and then you published
Bitter-sweet and heart-touching poetry
Showing a well...
#gratitude
124 reads
8 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
10th Nov 2024 8:36am
10th Nov 2024 8:36am
Diamond Processing
They judged and humiliated you
They tried to shape you according to
Their own narrow-minded world view
Their disregard tortured you very much
Your collision with social roles
Put you under enormous pressure
This way giving birth to a
Precious raw diamond
Despite all adversities and hardships
You embarked on a journey of
Finding and fulfilling your
Lífe's purpose
Your suffering scrubbed away
The magma of prejudices and
The mud of expectations and demands
The shining diamond became visible ...
They tried to shape you according to
Their own narrow-minded world view
Their disregard tortured you very much
Your collision with social roles
Put you under enormous pressure
This way giving birth to a
Precious raw diamond
Despite all adversities and hardships
You embarked on a journey of
Finding and fulfilling your
Lífe's purpose
Your suffering scrubbed away
The magma of prejudices and
The mud of expectations and demands
The shining diamond became visible ...
#rebirth
#spiritual
165 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Nov 2024 9:30am
4th Nov 2024 9:30am
The Way I Love You
When you are not with me
You are my first thought when I wake up
My last thought before I fall asleep
You are every sip that I drink
You are the sweet fruits that I eat
You are my healing water of life
You are the cooling breeze of wind
Caressing my skin on hot summer days
You accompany me deeply rooted in my heart
When you are with me
We are completely naked
There is no holding back
I share every thought with you
Listen to you attentively
I feel your feelingso
Sense your needs ...
You are my first thought when I wake up
My last thought before I fall asleep
You are every sip that I drink
You are the sweet fruits that I eat
You are my healing water of life
You are the cooling breeze of wind
Caressing my skin on hot summer days
You accompany me deeply rooted in my heart
When you are with me
We are completely naked
There is no holding back
I share every thought with you
Listen to you attentively
I feel your feelingso
Sense your needs ...
#love
173 reads
4 Comments
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