Poems about the Power of Words
#PowerOfWords
Poems about the power of words, and the ability for words to influence human behavior. Whether it's the power of words to hurt and abuse, or to empower and motivate, words have been demonstrated in science to affect the emotions and actions of others. Here you'll find poems exploring the power of written and spoken words on the writer, other people, and wider society.
missjem56
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:32pm
Yesterday 6:32pm
The Sword Swallower
There were so many words
Floating around
Inside my head
That eventually
I reached an overload
And they began
To leak out
Of all my orifices
Then swamp the room
Then to flood out
Through my open window
Onto the street below
Swallowing swords along the way
I screamed for HELP
But that word
Had already left the building
And been swallowed up
In the now
Gathering tsunami
As my thoughts
Gathered more momentum
Than before
Then something bizarre occurred
As if this wasn't already ...
Floating around
Inside my head
That eventually
I reached an overload
And they began
To leak out
Of all my orifices
Then swamp the room
Then to flood out
Through my open window
Onto the street below
Swallowing swords along the way
I screamed for HELP
But that word
Had already left the building
And been swallowed up
In the now
Gathering tsunami
As my thoughts
Gathered more momentum
Than before
Then something bizarre occurred
As if this wasn't already ...
#PowerOfWords
#FeelingLost
#emptiness
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Zazzles
Broom
Broom
Poem Published
9th Oct 2021 11:29pm
9th Oct 2021 11:29pm
Rose scented claws
Pat Benatar: Hell is for children
https://youtube.com/watch?v=MxYsi5Y-xOQ
Trinity Returns: Prologue
I pulled it off, but what now?
I heard flahradah, is a good place to get lost.
Faking my death was a stroke of luck.
I regret nothing.
To be Continued…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=MxYsi5Y-xOQ
Trinity Returns: Prologue
I pulled it off, but what now?
I heard flahradah, is a good place to get lost.
Faking my death was a stroke of luck.
I regret nothing.
To be Continued…
#PowerOfWords
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TrueLover
Meganne
Meganne
Poem Published
4th Oct 2021 8:40am
4th Oct 2021 8:40am
Time for a new tactic
I remember the day it arrived, it was a dreary bus ride home from school.
The world continued on and I remember all the passing cars.
Depression has been like a cloud of black smoke filling up my lungs just enough leave to invisible scars.
As the smoke fills the air,
It’s not lethal to everyone only some of us even knows its there.
Even though self inflicnted death rates are climbing the worlds reaction still seems so anticlimactic.
Maybe I should try another tactic.
Maybe I should try a different form of expression. ...
The world continued on and I remember all the passing cars.
Depression has been like a cloud of black smoke filling up my lungs just enough leave to invisible scars.
As the smoke fills the air,
It’s not lethal to everyone only some of us even knows its there.
Even though self inflicnted death rates are climbing the worlds reaction still seems so anticlimactic.
Maybe I should try another tactic.
Maybe I should try a different form of expression. ...
#PowerOfWords
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1 Comment
DCLXVI_1989
Poem Published
29th Sep 2021 8:34am
29th Sep 2021 8:34am
Dialated Star
the sky is red
So subtle
Unsure if you'd even notice
The Sun is glowing
I mumble
As I'm burning from the solstice
it's right in front of me
aggressive tendencies
Clocked out in pattern
But what they want from me
Possessive renderings
It doesn't matter
Freedom from mentality's breakdown
Reality in lead of the hellhound
Choking on the chain
Fresh hells and oh wells
never have i breathed in air so pure
it's burning to my lungs
never have i exhaled enough
tastes like giving...
So subtle
Unsure if you'd even notice
The Sun is glowing
I mumble
As I'm burning from the solstice
it's right in front of me
aggressive tendencies
Clocked out in pattern
But what they want from me
Possessive renderings
It doesn't matter
Freedom from mentality's breakdown
Reality in lead of the hellhound
Choking on the chain
Fresh hells and oh wells
never have i breathed in air so pure
it's burning to my lungs
never have i exhaled enough
tastes like giving...
#PowerOfWords
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2 Comments
BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
24th Sep 2021 1:45am
24th Sep 2021 1:45am
“Technique” ... A Poem written by Big Virge 2/9/2021
Now My Rhyme Technique’s ...
Stylised And Neat ...
You Could Even Say ...
That It’s Kind of Unique ...
In How My Wordplay ...
Sticks To REALITY ...
And Tends To Upset ...
Due To Its REALNESS ... !!!
That’s Technically Written ...
To Embrace Common Sense ...
That’s Enhanced With Intellect ...
And ELEVATED Thinking ... !!!
So Upsets The Type of Heads ...
Who Are Down With Ignorance ...
My Technique Works Best ...
To Poetically Express ...
What I See In This Life ... ...
Stylised And Neat ...
You Could Even Say ...
That It’s Kind of Unique ...
In How My Wordplay ...
Sticks To REALITY ...
And Tends To Upset ...
Due To Its REALNESS ... !!!
That’s Technically Written ...
To Embrace Common Sense ...
That’s Enhanced With Intellect ...
And ELEVATED Thinking ... !!!
So Upsets The Type of Heads ...
Who Are Down With Ignorance ...
My Technique Works Best ...
To Poetically Express ...
What I See In This Life ... ...
#rhyming
#LifeAsAWriter
#myself
#WritingPoetry
#PowerOfWords
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missjem56
Poem Published
23rd Sep 2021 6:13pm
23rd Sep 2021 6:13pm
Wax
Sometimes, lyrical
Sometimes, just my ears
Sometimes, it's the moon
Sometimes just a candle
Bleeding molten tears
by Jemia
Sometimes, just my ears
Sometimes, it's the moon
Sometimes just a candle
Bleeding molten tears
by Jemia
#lyrics
#PowerOfWords
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Ahavati
Poem Published
20th Sep 2021 4:09am
20th Sep 2021 4:09am
Ephah
It's late
I want to write
I don't want to read
nor scry
I don't want to design
consumeristic graphics
I simply want words
to emerge as the Moon
from behind clouds
illuminating the field
while I, as Ruth, glean
what's left behind
before threshing
the miniscule amount
into an ephah of poem
to carry home
~
I want to write
I don't want to read
nor scry
I don't want to design
consumeristic graphics
I simply want words
to emerge as the Moon
from behind clouds
illuminating the field
while I, as Ruth, glean
what's left behind
before threshing
the miniscule amount
into an ephah of poem
to carry home
~
#moon
#night
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#PowerOfWords
146 reads
28 Comments
Ms_SweetPea
Poem Published
17th Sep 2021 5:30pm
17th Sep 2021 5:30pm
All F'ed Up!
Funny how I fell into fancy
With his flawless, flashing smile
Fathomed, frenzied fantasies
Forbidden thoughts and while...
I fained, forgotten interest
But he fought to catch my eye
Faked, false casualness at best
Smothered a fluttering flutterfly
My flushed face, failed the test
First he focused flirting frievously,
Fanning furiously those flames
For they fumed the fire in me
Flooding me with fluffy feelings
That I found I could not tame
Finally, feverishly kissing him
To end this frustrating game
With his flawless, flashing smile
Fathomed, frenzied fantasies
Forbidden thoughts and while...
I fained, forgotten interest
But he fought to catch my eye
Faked, false casualness at best
Smothered a fluttering flutterfly
My flushed face, failed the test
First he focused flirting frievously,
Fanning furiously those flames
For they fumed the fire in me
Flooding me with fluffy feelings
That I found I could not tame
Finally, feverishly kissing him
To end this frustrating game
#love
#relationships
#rhyming
#funny
#PowerOfWords
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FATBOY300PLUS
Poem Published
16th Sep 2021 6:41pm
16th Sep 2021 6:41pm
Amnesia
Ever been balls-deep in a woman and forgot where the Hell you were at?
Not clueless
But just un-fuckn-caring
I'm talkn muscles tense
Breathing hitched
Heart thumpn
Bodies twistn
Sheets, pillows, and clothes flung all to hither and yon
Slick, slippery pussy juice everywhere
With strokes, caresses, and squeezes in perfect sync
Taking your body to infinity and beyond
I mean
Lost track of time
Of whose house you were in
How thin the walls were
And just how much Shit you'd talked 'bout givin her a...
Not clueless
But just un-fuckn-caring
I'm talkn muscles tense
Breathing hitched
Heart thumpn
Bodies twistn
Sheets, pillows, and clothes flung all to hither and yon
Slick, slippery pussy juice everywhere
With strokes, caresses, and squeezes in perfect sync
Taking your body to infinity and beyond
I mean
Lost track of time
Of whose house you were in
How thin the walls were
And just how much Shit you'd talked 'bout givin her a...
#love
#PowerOfWords
#sensual
97 reads
8 Comments
Ms_SweetPea
Poem Published
15th Sep 2021 8:50am
15th Sep 2021 8:50am
A Mantis Prayer
The morning air was crisp
the sky a dove gray blue
which made the eye fall on
his brilliant lime green hue.
He was caught up in prayer
a statue of holy reverie,
arms folded and head bent
he continued to ignore me.
Was he praying for the day?
For good fortune and health
I for one could not really say,
what an insect deems as wealth?
Well his prayer was answered,
as I waited, till wings took flight,
instead of turning on my wipers
and sending him into the light.
the sky a dove gray blue
which made the eye fall on
his brilliant lime green hue.
He was caught up in prayer
a statue of holy reverie,
arms folded and head bent
he continued to ignore me.
Was he praying for the day?
For good fortune and health
I for one could not really say,
what an insect deems as wealth?
Well his prayer was answered,
as I waited, till wings took flight,
instead of turning on my wipers
and sending him into the light.
#nature
#rhyming
#funny #PowerOfWords
#funny #PowerOfWords
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2 Comments
BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
14th Sep 2021 1:05am
14th Sep 2021 1:05am
“Lyrical Jewels” ... A Poem written by Big Virge 26/7/2021
I Drop Lyrical Jewels ...
Like Seas Create Pools ... !!!
So They’re Constantly Juiced ...
To Find Wisdom To Use ...
So My Jewels Are Infused ...
With A Lot of What’s True ...
Like Be Careful of Who ...
You Believe To Be Cool ... !!!
Because Many Will Choose ...
To Play You For A Fool ...
If You’ll Quickly Give Trust ...
To Just ANY Human ...
A BIG LYRICAL JEWEL ... !!!
That’s NOT Good To Argue ...
And That’s Just The TRUTH ...
Because Life Gives You Proof ...
You See Jewels Come In...
Like Seas Create Pools ... !!!
So They’re Constantly Juiced ...
To Find Wisdom To Use ...
So My Jewels Are Infused ...
With A Lot of What’s True ...
Like Be Careful of Who ...
You Believe To Be Cool ... !!!
Because Many Will Choose ...
To Play You For A Fool ...
If You’ll Quickly Give Trust ...
To Just ANY Human ...
A BIG LYRICAL JEWEL ... !!!
That’s NOT Good To Argue ...
And That’s Just The TRUTH ...
Because Life Gives You Proof ...
You See Jewels Come In...
#lyrics
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
#PowerOfWords
#philosophical
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2 Comments
BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
10th Sep 2021 6:17am
10th Sep 2021 6:17am
“Even In Times Like These” ... A Poem written by Big Virge 8/7/2021
It’s A Really Cool Vibe ...
To Still Want To Write Rhymes ...
With No Power Or Light ...
In The Day Or The Night ...
Cos’ It’s Now Been A While ...
But My Creative Files ...
Are Constantly Growing ...
As I Write This Poem ...
To Sounds of The Ocean ...
Barbados Has Left ...
People In St. John ...
To A LONG Power Loss ...
So Those In Government ...
Are Clearly Not As Strong ...
As They’d Like Us To Think ...
When Problems Come Along ...
I Now Can’t Hear A Thing ... ...
To Still Want To Write Rhymes ...
With No Power Or Light ...
In The Day Or The Night ...
Cos’ It’s Now Been A While ...
But My Creative Files ...
Are Constantly Growing ...
As I Write This Poem ...
To Sounds of The Ocean ...
Barbados Has Left ...
People In St. John ...
To A LONG Power Loss ...
So Those In Government ...
Are Clearly Not As Strong ...
As They’d Like Us To Think ...
When Problems Come Along ...
I Now Can’t Hear A Thing ... ...
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
#WritingPoetry
#PowerOfWords
#philosophical
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