Poems About Risk by Top Critiquers
#risk
DamianDeadLove
Poem Published
24th Oct 2024 7:01am
24th Oct 2024 7:01am
Chasing Dreams
Writing all my fears on an empty page
Needing to share these random thoughts
Looking for common ground to engage
Never found it hard to connect the dots
Chasing dreams in a game of chance
I’m a realist when it comes to limitations
Sure it gets me off to make words dance
While venting all life’s many frustrations
Wisdom’s another word for commonsense
That’s been accumulating over the years
So many seasons spent sitting on the fence
Learning that nothing truly is as it appears
Needing to share these random thoughts
Looking for common ground to engage
Never found it hard to connect the dots
Chasing dreams in a game of chance
I’m a realist when it comes to limitations
Sure it gets me off to make words dance
While venting all life’s many frustrations
Wisdom’s another word for commonsense
That’s been accumulating over the years
So many seasons spent sitting on the fence
Learning that nothing truly is as it appears
#risk
190 reads
19 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
25th Nov 2024 11:11am
25th Nov 2024 11:11am
You learn from what you initiate
Unlock your eyes
Live to see
There is more
Than you might think
Hold your breath
Vow these words
Patience is the virtue and so if your life
There is no point fighting every hour
There is no point in holding all the power
We're all just gonna get louder and LOUDER
In the end it's just misconnected lies
Trap that myth
Drain your mind
Choose your path
Explore your time
Never give in
Live in sin
You learn from what you initiate
Live to see
There is more
Than you might think
Hold your breath
Vow these words
Patience is the virtue and so if your life
There is no point fighting every hour
There is no point in holding all the power
We're all just gonna get louder and LOUDER
In the end it's just misconnected lies
Trap that myth
Drain your mind
Choose your path
Explore your time
Never give in
Live in sin
You learn from what you initiate
#deception
#lies
#peace
#risk
#TruthOfLife
125 reads
6 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
26th Mar 2025 6:24pm
26th Mar 2025 6:24pm
I gave you my love
Not exactly sure what you did with it
Couple of empty vodka bottles in the trash
You're still looking good for the camera
Back story
Star power
Salty tears
Hard work
You're like a stock I'm holding through losses
The minute I sell it, it goes up
Holding on
It's what we did before the fame
Innocence
Determination
No Botox baby
Couple of empty vodka bottles in the trash
You're still looking good for the camera
Back story
Star power
Salty tears
Hard work
You're like a stock I'm holding through losses
The minute I sell it, it goes up
Holding on
It's what we did before the fame
Innocence
Determination
No Botox baby
#beauty
#love
#PowerOfWords #risk
#PowerOfWords #risk
135 reads
14 Comments
summultima
uma
uma
Poem Published
29th May 2020 10:15am
29th May 2020 10:15am
~uKhahlamba: 'Barrier Of Spears'
viz::uKhahlamba
#love
#birth
#rebirth
#spiritual
#risk
638 reads
5 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
Yesterday 12:29pm
Yesterday 12:29pm
rock on!
22 of 30
the fight has just begun
because...truly...
I know I just heard you wrong
"just sit down
don't rock the boat"
seriously...
do you even know me...
clearly we've never met
hello...
how about an introduction
born under Cancerean skies...
I am a water baby
swimming in the womb
driven by the Moon
I know I look like still waters
but I'm a turbulent ocean
which makes me...
...a wild card
I'm not concerned about rocking
{or even capsizing} ...
the fight has just begun
because...truly...
I know I just heard you wrong
"just sit down
don't rock the boat"
seriously...
do you even know me...
clearly we've never met
hello...
how about an introduction
born under Cancerean skies...
I am a water baby
swimming in the womb
driven by the Moon
I know I look like still waters
but I'm a turbulent ocean
which makes me...
...a wild card
I'm not concerned about rocking
{or even capsizing} ...
#determination
#risk
#strength
67 reads
6 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
25th Oct 2023 4:57am
25th Oct 2023 4:57am
Wrong Number
Hi”, the text came in from an unfamiliar number
“Who is this?” he replied a few minutes later
“It’s Kathy! I thought you saved my information”
“Sorry wrong number” he texted to dissuade her
“Oh I’m sorry to disturb your evening” she replied
“No worries” he said “it happens sometimes”
But out of custom he also added “have a nice night”
Something which he thought was just being polite
But then she responded with a picture of herself
“Thanks! Here’s a pic of me, where are you?”
And the old man nearly had himself a hard attack ...
“Who is this?” he replied a few minutes later
“It’s Kathy! I thought you saved my information”
“Sorry wrong number” he texted to dissuade her
“Oh I’m sorry to disturb your evening” she replied
“No worries” he said “it happens sometimes”
But out of custom he also added “have a nice night”
Something which he thought was just being polite
But then she responded with a picture of herself
“Thanks! Here’s a pic of me, where are you?”
And the old man nearly had himself a hard attack ...
#love
#funny
#risk
243 reads
6 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
19th Jul 2024 7:10pm
19th Jul 2024 7:10pm
Monty Burns
He's evil, and he's funny...
except evil isn't funny...
so what makes Mr. Burns so great?
It's because we inherently know
that evil is silly WHEN it isn't a threat...
due to gerontologic circumstance.
Let's keep it that way.
except evil isn't funny...
so what makes Mr. Burns so great?
It's because we inherently know
that evil is silly WHEN it isn't a threat...
due to gerontologic circumstance.
Let's keep it that way.
#culture
#freedom
#risk
293 reads
6 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
15th Nov 2024 1:08pm
15th Nov 2024 1:08pm
unblock sun block sin block son block
I've never seen anything so inadequate
never seen ever such an inadeq... wait
I've never been seen as an earthquake
never been anything more than awake
saying it this way may seem a mistake
just leave me alone and keep it stake
you are still there and makes me ache
you're not there anyway and I still wait
.............................................................
never seen ever such an inadeq... wait
I've never been seen as an earthquake
never been anything more than awake
saying it this way may seem a mistake
just leave me alone and keep it stake
you are still there and makes me ache
you're not there anyway and I still wait
.............................................................
#earth
#lies
#risk
#storm
#WritingPoetry
84 reads
4 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
15th Apr 2024 12:53pm
15th Apr 2024 12:53pm
Butterflies don’t get trapped in spider webs, so I must be something different…
this web of my own choosing
I even helped to build
its supporting structure
has upheld me
and those I love
through countless trials
invisible, sticky strings
of friendship
holding tight
preventing flight
I don’t want to tear the fabric
for those who still belong
but they’re too heavy to take with me
I am afraid to fly
alone.
I don’t know where I’m going
and I am afraid to stay
grounded
lest my wings (soul) dry up
drop off
the path...
I even helped to build
its supporting structure
has upheld me
and those I love
through countless trials
invisible, sticky strings
of friendship
holding tight
preventing flight
I don’t want to tear the fabric
for those who still belong
but they’re too heavy to take with me
I am afraid to fly
alone.
I don’t know where I’m going
and I am afraid to stay
grounded
lest my wings (soul) dry up
drop off
the path...
#SelfReflection
#FeelingLost
#escape
#risk
#NaPoWriMo2024
231 reads
6 Comments
TheOralizer
Poem Published
28th Dec 2020 10:21pm
28th Dec 2020 10:21pm
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
It's that time of year when
we are getting ready
to flip the calendar and
face the new year, exchanging
2020 with 2021. We have
determined our new year's
goals, plans, and commitments.
Reality hits: 95 % never keep
their resolutions, 5% do so feebly,
and 5% soar with the eagles.
* The weigh is still on, maybe a little more
*The cause is still boring
* The relationship is without sparkle
* The bucket list still has all the dreams
* The writing of more poems, even a book, no.
Nothing left but forgotten words and ...
we are getting ready
to flip the calendar and
face the new year, exchanging
2020 with 2021. We have
determined our new year's
goals, plans, and commitments.
Reality hits: 95 % never keep
their resolutions, 5% do so feebly,
and 5% soar with the eagles.
* The weigh is still on, maybe a little more
*The cause is still boring
* The relationship is without sparkle
* The bucket list still has all the dreams
* The writing of more poems, even a book, no.
Nothing left but forgotten words and ...
#inspirational
#LifeChangingMoment
#acceptance
#determination
#risk
493 reads
3 Comments
Cipher_O
Poem Published
24th Jul 2021 9:36am
24th Jul 2021 9:36am
The Phenomenon
Orb appears -
A horizon of tree tops,
hovering…
A stillness that stirs
Into internalized
profundity,
inmost froze -
A process in sideways
Clockwise,
Dismantled time,
dimension -
A definitive separation,
pulsation,
Singular
Heart beat -
Ponderous pondering,
observing,
insectoid orbs of become
Dark
Night, cricket silence,
stillness,
into appearance
of
Illusion?
Orb begins
to
draw
near,
...
A horizon of tree tops,
hovering…
A stillness that stirs
Into internalized
profundity,
inmost froze -
A process in sideways
Clockwise,
Dismantled time,
dimension -
A definitive separation,
pulsation,
Singular
Heart beat -
Ponderous pondering,
observing,
insectoid orbs of become
Dark
Night, cricket silence,
stillness,
into appearance
of
Illusion?
Orb begins
to
draw
near,
...
#confessional
#LifeChangingMoment
#myself
#SelfDiscovery
#risk
436 reads
2 Comments
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
16th Jun 2024 2:55am
16th Jun 2024 2:55am
Void
pitch black senryu
poetry without a sound
empty envelope
poetry without a sound
empty envelope
#risk
#senryu
157 reads
6 Comments
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