AmyMMosier
Poem Published
13th Oct 2024 00:31am
13th Oct 2024 00:31am
eight doves on a wire
eight doves on a wire
together
friends on bar stools
together
friends on bar stools
#animals
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Nizana
Lauryn
Lauryn
Poem Published
6th Oct 2024 6:21pm
6th Oct 2024 6:21pm
Will I Be Remembered?
Dear journal
My thoughts are troubled. The clear truth is that one day, I will face the same ending that meets all humans. I cannot escape death.
Will anyone remember me when I am ash? Will there be any record of past loves in the ruins of what once was? Will the beauty of nature, the rustling leaves, the chorus of the ocean still sing to me in the darkness that awaits? And the kindness I've known, the gentle touches, the warm smiles – will they carry any weight in that land of nothingness?
These were my thoughts as I lay in my bed missing my daughter. My...
My thoughts are troubled. The clear truth is that one day, I will face the same ending that meets all humans. I cannot escape death.
Will anyone remember me when I am ash? Will there be any record of past loves in the ruins of what once was? Will the beauty of nature, the rustling leaves, the chorus of the ocean still sing to me in the darkness that awaits? And the kindness I've known, the gentle touches, the warm smiles – will they carry any weight in that land of nothingness?
These were my thoughts as I lay in my bed missing my daughter. My...
#animals
#death
#lover
196 reads
5 Comments
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
29th Sep 2024 00:07am
29th Sep 2024 00:07am
The Dreaded Question
The Swedish man knew me as a dog lover
though I happily took over the job of feeding the stray kitties
gathered by his country house door every evening
But yeah,
dogs.
I loved my beagle, Brandy Joy
and Swedish man's Rottweiler, Daisy
and his friends' dogs
and my friends' dogs
and strangers' dogs
and dogs on TV
and the dog I met once
who had a perfect German shepherd head
on a corgi body.
The only dog I can think of,
that I couldn't quite bring myself to love,
was a friend's...
though I happily took over the job of feeding the stray kitties
gathered by his country house door every evening
But yeah,
dogs.
I loved my beagle, Brandy Joy
and Swedish man's Rottweiler, Daisy
and his friends' dogs
and my friends' dogs
and strangers' dogs
and dogs on TV
and the dog I met once
who had a perfect German shepherd head
on a corgi body.
The only dog I can think of,
that I couldn't quite bring myself to love,
was a friend's...
#animals
#anxiety
#choices
142 reads
8 Comments
ThePalestRider
Poem Published
28th Sep 2024 9:14pm
28th Sep 2024 9:14pm
Evocation
On frozen shores where silence reigns
Beneath the stars that twist and weep
A ritual dark, in binding chains
Awakes where shadows never sleep
The skies above, they coldly lie
But deeper still, a star does glow
Reflected in the ice-bound eye
Of those who bow to what's below
At Earth’s forsaken edge they stand
With eyes cast up, but souls laid bare
And constellations, wild and grand
Speak words too ancient for the air
In darkest reaches of the night
They feel the pull of unseen gaze
Weaves through death,...
Beneath the stars that twist and weep
A ritual dark, in binding chains
Awakes where shadows never sleep
The skies above, they coldly lie
But deeper still, a star does glow
Reflected in the ice-bound eye
Of those who bow to what's below
At Earth’s forsaken edge they stand
With eyes cast up, but souls laid bare
And constellations, wild and grand
Speak words too ancient for the air
In darkest reaches of the night
They feel the pull of unseen gaze
Weaves through death,...
#animals
#curse
#dark
#magic
#narrative
110 reads
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MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
27th Sep 2024 2:59am
27th Sep 2024 2:59am
Scrat
The lengthening shadows rule
now that summer is gone
and autumn plays the weather fool
as raindrops soon respawn.
There's a streak of cold in the breeze
as squirrels gather nuts
to stash them in the drowsy trees
for nibbles into gluts.
Though winter might not be so bad
the nut fat must be packed
under the fur by which they're clad
as peanut heaps are smacked...
smacked by a constant nervous chew
reducing nuts to paste...
so quickly, that for me and you,
would leave no time for taste!
now that summer is gone
and autumn plays the weather fool
as raindrops soon respawn.
There's a streak of cold in the breeze
as squirrels gather nuts
to stash them in the drowsy trees
for nibbles into gluts.
Though winter might not be so bad
the nut fat must be packed
under the fur by which they're clad
as peanut heaps are smacked...
smacked by a constant nervous chew
reducing nuts to paste...
so quickly, that for me and you,
would leave no time for taste!
#animals
128 reads
12 Comments
Nizana
Lauryn
Lauryn
Poem Published
23rd Sep 2024 3:27pm
23rd Sep 2024 3:27pm
An Atheist's Scripture - Unlikely Church #4
Let us seek to understand our existence in the realm of the "already named," a world that is both vast in its cosmic indifference and intimate in its human narratives.
We are mere animals whose fate is sealed in the nature of our mortality. Our ultimate end is known to us all. Death awaits each of us without prejudice or pause. In this recognition, we must face the stark truth that we can gain no knowledge of absolute goodness during our fleeting moments under the sun. Such absolutes are constructs of the mind that seeks certainty in an indifferent universe.
...
We are mere animals whose fate is sealed in the nature of our mortality. Our ultimate end is known to us all. Death awaits each of us without prejudice or pause. In this recognition, we must face the stark truth that we can gain no knowledge of absolute goodness during our fleeting moments under the sun. Such absolutes are constructs of the mind that seeks certainty in an indifferent universe.
...
#animals
#identity
#sex
173 reads
1 Comment
wallyroo92
Poem Published
21st Sep 2024 5:16pm
21st Sep 2024 5:16pm
Dogs and Cats
They’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats
They’re probably being served with a side of rat
I bet they’ve been told they’re consuming the bats
It’s the kind of head gear you’d get from an ass hat
They’re deep-frying hush puppies and grilling kittens
And if they’re baking don’t forget to bring some mittens
It’s like swinging at a web in the face that suddenly hit you
Hungry and thirsty for more hair of the dog that bit you
They’re roasting the wieners with a side of feline
Expecting to see hundreds out in the street waiting in line...
They’re probably being served with a side of rat
I bet they’ve been told they’re consuming the bats
It’s the kind of head gear you’d get from an ass hat
They’re deep-frying hush puppies and grilling kittens
And if they’re baking don’t forget to bring some mittens
It’s like swinging at a web in the face that suddenly hit you
Hungry and thirsty for more hair of the dog that bit you
They’re roasting the wieners with a side of feline
Expecting to see hundreds out in the street waiting in line...
#animals
#funny
202 reads
6 Comments
neves
Poem Published
21st Sep 2024 00:28am
21st Sep 2024 00:28am
(VG)
I gaze in their eyes
knowing how violent
being inside a body
you shouldn't have
to experience is.
knowing how violent
being inside a body
you shouldn't have
to experience is.
#animals
#minimalist
#nature
224 reads
1 Comment
AaHarvey
Poem Published
18th Sep 2024 9:49am
18th Sep 2024 9:49am
0 - Unfinished poetry 10
Fight against the tiger
Ride the tiger, don’t be a liar.
Show your true self, reveal what’s inside of ya.
Kill the devil that lives inside your mind.
It think it’s time to show your razor smile.
Teeth bared, hands balled in fists,
Fight against the bottomless pit,
There must be a way out of this I have no doubt.
Fly on the tiger mind through the clouds.
(C)2020 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
Ride the tiger, don’t be a liar.
Show your true self, reveal what’s inside of ya.
Kill the devil that lives inside your mind.
It think it’s time to show your razor smile.
Teeth bared, hands balled in fists,
Fight against the bottomless pit,
There must be a way out of this I have no doubt.
Fly on the tiger mind through the clouds.
(C)2020 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
#animals
52 reads
0 Comments
hyperviolet
Poem Published
13th Sep 2024 4:47am
13th Sep 2024 4:47am
what the world is worth
I love the bugs in the dirt beneath my feet
I adore the sharks which feast
I think bird’s songs are nothing short of wonderful
And even a grizzly bear could put me into safety’s lull
The plants, so complicated yet simple
The water and the complicated ways it can ripple
A flying squirrel, soaring through the brush and branches
The ways in which a species advances
A spider, the originators of fine art
A snake coiled around my arm
A groundhog, burrowed deep inside the earth
These things and others is what the world is worth
I adore the sharks which feast
I think bird’s songs are nothing short of wonderful
And even a grizzly bear could put me into safety’s lull
The plants, so complicated yet simple
The water and the complicated ways it can ripple
A flying squirrel, soaring through the brush and branches
The ways in which a species advances
A spider, the originators of fine art
A snake coiled around my arm
A groundhog, burrowed deep inside the earth
These things and others is what the world is worth
#animals
#nature
49 reads
1 Comment
deliabear
Debbie
Debbie
Poem Published
5th Sep 2024 8:03pm
5th Sep 2024 8:03pm
Being Alive
And in the silence, I suddenly understood the many ways
a person can die yet still feel alive.....unknown
The birds do not need,
the sun bright taut red berries
As a case to be merry.
Do birds know there is a tomorrow?
Where hope installs a door.
The nest builder anticipates a future.
Do birds remember a yesterday?
Regret is not in the bird's fortay.
But the warmth of the sun may feel familiar.
How much of today did you really live?
With one foot on the dusty road back,
to the memories of weight.
And one foot...
a person can die yet still feel alive.....unknown
The birds do not need,
the sun bright taut red berries
As a case to be merry.
Do birds know there is a tomorrow?
Where hope installs a door.
The nest builder anticipates a future.
Do birds remember a yesterday?
Regret is not in the bird's fortay.
But the warmth of the sun may feel familiar.
How much of today did you really live?
With one foot on the dusty road back,
to the memories of weight.
And one foot...
#animals
#nature
#TruthOfLife
146 reads
10 Comments
jenny_is_hungry
Poem Published
5th Sep 2024 1:15pm
5th Sep 2024 1:15pm
Lilith
It brings me joy
Listening to my beasts
Scare off the unwanted
In a world where men
Feeling so needed
For protection
I laugh as my beasts
Screech not to me
Command not of me
Deadly
More ferocious
Than any of them
In my solitude
Without you
And any inflated (ego synonym)
I dare them
Or any
Please
Dare trespass unto my land
Tell us please
And tell it again
We need a...
Listening to my beasts
Scare off the unwanted
In a world where men
Feeling so needed
For protection
I laugh as my beasts
Screech not to me
Command not of me
Deadly
More ferocious
Than any of them
In my solitude
Without you
And any inflated (ego synonym)
I dare them
Or any
Please
Dare trespass unto my land
Tell us please
And tell it again
We need a...
#animals
#dogs
#motherhood #strength
#motherhood #strength
147 reads
3 Comments
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