Poems About Shadows by Top Critiquers
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Poems about shadows by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
12th Apr 2024 2:09pm
12th Apr 2024 2:09pm
Sister, removed
I wish I had known you better.
I wish I could say I tried.
But I – buried under small bodies
and schedules and needs,
with just enough distance between us to be
inconvenient –
And you – for so long obscured from my view,
with my lifelong tormentor between us --
I just thought we’d have more time.
Eclipsed by his tortured shadow
of bluster and opinions and judgement,
she tossed out colourful sparkles
of beauty and care into our family,
touching us all with a thoughtfulness
much deeper than...
I wish I could say I tried.
But I – buried under small bodies
and schedules and needs,
with just enough distance between us to be
inconvenient –
And you – for so long obscured from my view,
with my lifelong tormentor between us --
I just thought we’d have more time.
Eclipsed by his tortured shadow
of bluster and opinions and judgement,
she tossed out colourful sparkles
of beauty and care into our family,
touching us all with a thoughtfulness
much deeper than...
#family
#shadows
#spiritual
#cancer
#NaPoWriMo2024
183 reads
12 Comments
Glaxian
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2025 00:07am
3rd Feb 2025 00:07am
Existential View
Largely the troubles of this life
Burning fires of struggle and strife
In this life, there seems to be time
Between the start and finish line
Delusion feeding illusion
Everyone always dies alone
Is it music or just a tone
Dancing to the rhythm of life
Celebration of no real strife
Forever living in this time
One moment it's all on the line
Jubilation of exaltation
Realizing you're never alone
Legacy built on a milestone
Everybody is the same
But from various viewpoints
Burning fires of struggle and strife
In this life, there seems to be time
Between the start and finish line
Delusion feeding illusion
Everyone always dies alone
Is it music or just a tone
Dancing to the rhythm of life
Celebration of no real strife
Forever living in this time
One moment it's all on the line
Jubilation of exaltation
Realizing you're never alone
Legacy built on a milestone
Everybody is the same
But from various viewpoints
#dance
#mirror
#philosophical
#shadows
#TruthOfLife
50 reads
2 Comments
James_A_Knight
Poem Published
16th Dec 2022 6:44pm
16th Dec 2022 6:44pm
RAVEN LIGHT
Raven light shone on the tide
He heard her voice inside the dream
Calling him across the waves
Over the dark and untamed sea
He left the bones shivering
Took the dead bus out alone
Under the crisp winter stars
Along deserted motor lanes
Shining black syrupy tar
By fields of deathly silent grain
Over the sullen sleeping hills
Into the nameless creeping towns
Where tired people forgot their names
Through the saddened melting snow
Shining crow light bright and black
Shone across the famished sea
Toward...
He heard her voice inside the dream
Calling him across the waves
Over the dark and untamed sea
He left the bones shivering
Took the dead bus out alone
Under the crisp winter stars
Along deserted motor lanes
Shining black syrupy tar
By fields of deathly silent grain
Over the sullen sleeping hills
Into the nameless creeping towns
Where tired people forgot their names
Through the saddened melting snow
Shining crow light bright and black
Shone across the famished sea
Toward...
#dreams
#sea
#night #shadows
#night #shadows
483 reads
2 Comments
Hashman
Poem Published
16th Jan 2025 2:10am
16th Jan 2025 2:10am
Black Raven
Standing before The Gate of Secrets
Full Moon up above
The Red Planet hanging by it's side.
Wonder what they're talking about...
So close yet so far
tell me what you know Mr Moon
tell me your dreams
tell me your secrets...
the raven caws
as Mars falls behind The Moon
it's all a mystery waiting to be sloved
and the moon dances through the clouds
caw caw
says the raven...
Full Moon up above
The Red Planet hanging by it's side.
Wonder what they're talking about...
So close yet so far
tell me what you know Mr Moon
tell me your dreams
tell me your secrets...
the raven caws
as Mars falls behind The Moon
it's all a mystery waiting to be sloved
and the moon dances through the clouds
caw caw
says the raven...
#fate
#shadows
#spiritual
36 reads
0 Comments
a_methyste
hlightdroid
hlightdroid
Poem Published
28th Nov 2019 4:26pm
28th Nov 2019 4:26pm
Hospital room
I woke up in the middle of the night and everything was shaking. I ran out of the hospital room. It was the first day in the hospital and i was not used to the environment and as i did run, i took the right side of the hall which lead further to the hospital, not to the exit. So i turned back. While passing again past my room i got reminded of Ana. I said to myself, how did i leave her inside. I stepped at the door of the hospital room and instead of Ana, i saw no one inside. I got reminded that i was in the hospital and not at my house so i just run to the left, heading to the exit. The...
#shadows
440 reads
2 Comments
MalcolmG
Poem Published
30th Oct 2024 10:40am
30th Oct 2024 10:40am
Im Your God
I’m Your God
In the shade of moon, where shadows dwell,
I'll weave a tale of your self-made hell.
Mind pulses with dread, despair's gentle call,
Leading you softly as your barriers fall.
Taste me, discover the threads that rewind,
Your heart locked in darkness, no light to shine.
Come, crawl faster, with blind faith you tread,
Life slips through your fingers, as it hangs by a thread.
I’m your God, tugging at every edge,
Warping perception, lost in the hedge.
Blinded by whispers that cloud your sight,...
In the shade of moon, where shadows dwell,
I'll weave a tale of your self-made hell.
Mind pulses with dread, despair's gentle call,
Leading you softly as your barriers fall.
Taste me, discover the threads that rewind,
Your heart locked in darkness, no light to shine.
Come, crawl faster, with blind faith you tread,
Life slips through your fingers, as it hangs by a thread.
I’m your God, tugging at every edge,
Warping perception, lost in the hedge.
Blinded by whispers that cloud your sight,...
#dark
#devil
#God #shadows
#God #shadows
79 reads
0 Comments
Lilliputian
Poem Published
18th Oct 2024 6:42pm
18th Oct 2024 6:42pm
Her Shadow
Living as a shade of her,
Surviving in the shining light,
Stuck on these walls, these floors,
Tired from following her commands,
Trailing in silence
As if I lack a mind of my own.
When she sleeps, I fade away,
Waiting for her to breathe life into me,
I envy her for having a soul, a body,
I need them to be mine
Wishing to possess her,
To break free from these confines.
Surviving in the shining light,
Stuck on these walls, these floors,
Tired from following her commands,
Trailing in silence
As if I lack a mind of my own.
When she sleeps, I fade away,
Waiting for her to breathe life into me,
I envy her for having a soul, a body,
I need them to be mine
Wishing to possess her,
To break free from these confines.
#freedom
#shadows
111 reads
CasketSharpe
Poem Published
15th Jan 2019 10:31pm
15th Jan 2019 10:31pm
Beneath a Burning Night
Beneath a burning night
Annihilation and shadows reign without a fight,
“A realm of destruction sending order in a rage
That forever expand the shadow-infested grave,
“Miles of rusty bridges cross out tortured soul
As we take caution not to fall in the bottomless hole,
“But the suicidal who breathes despairs’ wind
Willing jump their stupid-asses in,
“Before they know it there’re dangling in an open air prison
Created by their regret and pathetic hopeful wishing,
“Their screams by the surrounding darkness is consumed
As they...
Annihilation and shadows reign without a fight,
“A realm of destruction sending order in a rage
That forever expand the shadow-infested grave,
“Miles of rusty bridges cross out tortured soul
As we take caution not to fall in the bottomless hole,
“But the suicidal who breathes despairs’ wind
Willing jump their stupid-asses in,
“Before they know it there’re dangling in an open air prison
Created by their regret and pathetic hopeful wishing,
“Their screams by the surrounding darkness is consumed
As they...
#dark
#shadows
#suffering
#sacrifice
#curse
681 reads
2 Comments
runningturtle87
Poem Published
6th Apr 2023 2:02am
6th Apr 2023 2:02am
Reality Is Mind
Reality Is Mind
The function
of the form is
to house
that function.
The form
is its own function.
The CTMU:
The back
of the head
evolved eyes
on its blindside,
knowing exactly
what it would find:
the Self-Directed,
still evolving.
Submitting
to reality
and dominating
our vanities,
we bring
all sides
of ourselves
into inner,
integrated
harmony.
The function
of the form is
to house
that function.
The form
is its own function.
The CTMU:
The back
of the head
evolved eyes
on its blindside,
knowing exactly
what it would find:
the Self-Directed,
still evolving.
Submitting
to reality
and dominating
our vanities,
we bring
all sides
of ourselves
into inner,
integrated
harmony.
#universe
#shadows
#evolution
231 reads
2 Comments
poetOftragedy
Poem Published
1st Nov 2018 00:45am
1st Nov 2018 00:45am
a trip to the other side
#night
#shadows
#MentalHealth #nightmares
#MentalHealth #nightmares
579 reads
0 Comments
gothicsurrealism
Daniel Long
Daniel Long
Poem Published
1st Dec 2018 11:45am
1st Dec 2018 11:45am
Eye-Candles
Candles within your eyes,
illumines my shadow.
Lonely in the dim I was,
there’s now a glow to follow.
illumines my shadow.
Lonely in the dim I was,
there’s now a glow to follow.
#love
#loneliness
#night #shadows
#night #shadows
596 reads
2 Comments
smackdownraven
Poem Published
6th Sep 2024 1:30am
6th Sep 2024 1:30am
empty space
sadness quelled I gave myself time to grieve
searching for answers now on a quest
Melancholy will be going with me
interested, sorrow weighs and measures
she is the one that tests honesty
we can only bear so much pain
there are great many things in the dark abyss
as I encounter things I consider them
they affect us without us realizing it
the dark surrounds us
surrounds all of the planets too
I wonder if empty space has a mind
the wonders of the universes hidden
a well choregraphed chaos
I'm sending out my...
searching for answers now on a quest
Melancholy will be going with me
interested, sorrow weighs and measures
she is the one that tests honesty
we can only bear so much pain
there are great many things in the dark abyss
as I encounter things I consider them
they affect us without us realizing it
the dark surrounds us
surrounds all of the planets too
I wonder if empty space has a mind
the wonders of the universes hidden
a well choregraphed chaos
I'm sending out my...
#earth
#shadows
#stars #universe
#stars #universe
103 reads
0 Comments
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