A_Failed_Artist
Poem Published
Today 4:20pm
Today 4:20pm
Raised to be Sad
A smile doesn't come naturally to me.
I've never even seen one.
This house and it's taxpayers have a disease which they spread down on me.
The girl with a cake full of makeup, feels like a joke to the mirror.
And when they say cheese, she feels as ugly as forgery.
"Don't be so down," they try to tell me. I tell them, "It's human nature."
I've never even seen one.
This house and it's taxpayers have a disease which they spread down on me.
The girl with a cake full of makeup, feels like a joke to the mirror.
And when they say cheese, she feels as ugly as forgery.
"Don't be so down," they try to tell me. I tell them, "It's human nature."
#anxiety
#depression
#family
#beauty
#school
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A_Failed_Artist
Poem Published
Today 4:35am
Today 4:35am
Meet
A congregation of two in a building no one subscribes to.
Men, women, people, children,
Two parties meeting for the first time.
The brothers, the fathers, the sisters, the mom.
Broken homes filled with glue only last for so long.
Might as well make the best of it.
Men, women, people, children,
Two parties meeting for the first time.
The brothers, the fathers, the sisters, the mom.
Broken homes filled with glue only last for so long.
Might as well make the best of it.
#happiness
#marriage
#family
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DanielChristensen
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:28am
Yesterday 4:28am
Ginsberg, NY
I was born on the Hudson,
Well,
Slightly to the left,
On Coney Island
1pm
Exactly,
Halfway
Between my mother’s marriages,
Between a footstep
From unhappy inertia,
These perfunctory unions
Our coital explorations
Engender,
You’ll understand,
Sweet love of this shared
Moment,
On some evenings,
Silent expanse
In expectant
Stillness,
Haloing the phalanx of
Orange street moons,
Here and there,
A derelict satellite,
Winks at the wing mothed
Wildlife,
Halfway...
Well,
Slightly to the left,
On Coney Island
1pm
Exactly,
Halfway
Between my mother’s marriages,
Between a footstep
From unhappy inertia,
These perfunctory unions
Our coital explorations
Engender,
You’ll understand,
Sweet love of this shared
Moment,
On some evenings,
Silent expanse
In expectant
Stillness,
Haloing the phalanx of
Orange street moons,
Here and there,
A derelict satellite,
Winks at the wing mothed
Wildlife,
Halfway...
#love
#family
#America
#memories
#healing
64 reads
11 Comments
CaraPecosa
Poem Published
25th Sep 2021 7:10pm
25th Sep 2021 7:10pm
1800 Miles to Yellowstone Park
As the trip kicked off of Louisiana’s boot
I stared out of the window in pursuit
Of eating a bowl of my favorite fruit
Mom and dad’s argument was moot
My mother always docile and sometimes mute
My father always stern and sometimes brute
They’ll make up before we get too far along the route
They’re arguments are usually minute
I just knew one thing was absolute
I’d enjoy that bowl of wedged grapefruit
I stared out of the window in pursuit
Of eating a bowl of my favorite fruit
Mom and dad’s argument was moot
My mother always docile and sometimes mute
My father always stern and sometimes brute
They’ll make up before we get too far along the route
They’re arguments are usually minute
I just knew one thing was absolute
I’d enjoy that bowl of wedged grapefruit
#family
#memories
#travel
18 reads
4 Comments
Scorpio
Poem Published
24th Sep 2021 7:21pm
24th Sep 2021 7:21pm
Writing Poetry
When it begins, it's all brand new
Life's so exciting there's so much to do
First there's the playground and going to school
You learn your numbers and the Golden Rule
Then you meet friends and you watch the tube
Play soccer or football, hating girls, they like you
But, that soon changes when you discover boobs
And if you want boobs you gotta get a car
You soon figure out there's boobs at the bar
Then comes weed and everything else
If your not real careful you could lose yourself
This is the point when you make a choice ...
Life's so exciting there's so much to do
First there's the playground and going to school
You learn your numbers and the Golden Rule
Then you meet friends and you watch the tube
Play soccer or football, hating girls, they like you
But, that soon changes when you discover boobs
And if you want boobs you gotta get a car
You soon figure out there's boobs at the bar
Then comes weed and everything else
If your not real careful you could lose yourself
This is the point when you make a choice ...
#love
#family
#rhyming
#memories
#WritingPoetry
22 reads
1 Comment
journeychase
Journey
Journey
Poem Published
22nd Sep 2021 3:48pm
22nd Sep 2021 3:48pm
Gone
it’s the clouds
at times
that remind me
of you
the stars, the moon
the wind, the sun
the here and now
the past
the future
almost everything
sometimes
there just aren’t
enough words
but, you’re still gone
and nothing
absolutely nothing
can change that
at times
that remind me
of you
the stars, the moon
the wind, the sun
the here and now
the past
the future
almost everything
sometimes
there just aren’t
enough words
but, you’re still gone
and nothing
absolutely nothing
can change that
#love
#family
#death
#suicide
#emptiness
64 reads
10 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
21st Sep 2021 4:00am
21st Sep 2021 4:00am
Ellis Island of the Mind
Ellis Island of the Mind
My wife was the bride of a thousand woes
who wore her blouse for modest memories
that gathered under cotton clouds
of smoke and tears.
Her body was a diary written
in sanguine ink to be legible
for the blind who read
the Braille of her heart
where the broken thorns
of her past are embedded
in her soul forever.
Her immigrant eyes dreamed in tears
of her bubbie who told her
about tea houses in the neighborhood
called Little Russia on the banks
of the Hudson River
where...
My wife was the bride of a thousand woes
who wore her blouse for modest memories
that gathered under cotton clouds
of smoke and tears.
Her body was a diary written
in sanguine ink to be legible
for the blind who read
the Braille of her heart
where the broken thorns
of her past are embedded
in her soul forever.
Her immigrant eyes dreamed in tears
of her bubbie who told her
about tea houses in the neighborhood
called Little Russia on the banks
of the Hudson River
where...
#wife
#family
#memories
#historical
#nostalgia
22 reads
5 Comments
AverageJoe
Poem Published
18th Sep 2021 6:47pm
18th Sep 2021 6:47pm
Past and Present Things
There are degrees you don't know
Like a whisper as yet unheard
A distant shimmering glow
Though the way is yet unlearned
***
I'm the son of a follower of the god of war
A prodIgal son
Descended of wayfaring souls
A strange pooling of names vaguely stirs
Corsham and Dauntsey in Wiltshire
Lane in Cornwall, and Berkshire
Gloucester in Gloucestershire
And somehow Haworth in West Yorkshire
All distilling down to those last fateful steps in...
Like a whisper as yet unheard
A distant shimmering glow
Though the way is yet unlearned
***
I'm the son of a follower of the god of war
A prodIgal son
Descended of wayfaring souls
A strange pooling of names vaguely stirs
Corsham and Dauntsey in Wiltshire
Lane in Cornwall, and Berkshire
Gloucester in Gloucestershire
And somehow Haworth in West Yorkshire
All distilling down to those last fateful steps in...
#love
#family
#travel
#SelfReflection
#tradition
42 reads
4 Comments
marina2020
Rain Woman
Rain Woman
Poem Published
16th Sep 2021 9:10pm
16th Sep 2021 9:10pm
Time
I wish I had more
There never seems to be enough
I need more
Time to get work done
Time to think
Time to spend with family
Time I never had with my dad
I never really thought much about time until now
Not until his ran out
There never seems to be enough
I need more
Time to get work done
Time to think
Time to spend with family
Time I never had with my dad
I never really thought much about time until now
Not until his ran out
#father
#family
#death #memories
#death #memories
24 reads
1 Comment
wallyroo92
Poem Published
14th Sep 2021 00:11am
14th Sep 2021 00:11am
The World is Yours
Dear Kimmy,
You’ve gone through all the pre-flight checklists
You’ve already tuned and set all the strings
You’ve been preparing most of your life
Steady and ready to spread your wings
Yes, you may have a long way to go
But the winds will carry you very far
You’ve been planning for a long time
Now you just gotta reach for your star
Once in a while, it’ll get rough and tough
But we know you are focused on your goal
You will meet many folks from all walks of life
And they too will tell you: You have a beautiful soul ...
You’ve gone through all the pre-flight checklists
You’ve already tuned and set all the strings
You’ve been preparing most of your life
Steady and ready to spread your wings
Yes, you may have a long way to go
But the winds will carry you very far
You’ve been planning for a long time
Now you just gotta reach for your star
Once in a while, it’ll get rough and tough
But we know you are focused on your goal
You will meet many folks from all walks of life
And they too will tell you: You have a beautiful soul ...
#children
#family
#college
41 reads
1 Comment
Scarlett_Midwinter
Poem Published
11th Sep 2021 11:48pm
11th Sep 2021 11:48pm
Mum and Dad
Mum
Might as well say it right this time
You were always there for me
Behind-the-scenes
Though many times I've done you wrong
And so has your family
Mum
You always soldiered on
Not complaining of all the harm
They did to you
Because you were true
Unto your gentle self
Dad
I never meant to see you as a bad man
You were often a friend and
You protected me
From Mum's family
Seeing the way they treated you
...
Might as well say it right this time
You were always there for me
Behind-the-scenes
Though many times I've done you wrong
And so has your family
Mum
You always soldiered on
Not complaining of all the harm
They did to you
Because you were true
Unto your gentle self
Dad
I never meant to see you as a bad man
You were often a friend and
You protected me
From Mum's family
Seeing the way they treated you
...
#parent
#forgiveness
#family #redemption
#family #redemption
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shadow_starzzz
Poem Published
10th Sep 2021 11:52am
10th Sep 2021 11:52am
Friday Evening - Bonfires on the Beach
With good music, food & friends, along with our 2 besties… #furbabies
#family
55 reads
2 Comments
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