Non-Fiction Prose by Members Last Online
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Non-poetic writing including diary extracts, journal entries, letters, essays and art
Poems published by members most recently online.
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
18th Oct 2022 2:05pm
18th Oct 2022 2:05pm
Fear Everything
I was taking a walk awhile ago and I wanted to tell you how sometimes I fear everything so you would have some company ...
#friendship
#support
#curse #fear
#curse #fear
140 reads
24 Comments
Officialkn9ne
Poem Published
11th Sep 2018 9:12pm
11th Sep 2018 9:12pm
Alone
Do you ever get that feeling where you don't want to talk to anybody? You don't want to smile and you don't want to fake being happy. But at the same time you don't know exactly what's wrong either. There isn't a way to explain it to someone who doesn't already understand. If you could want anything in the world it would be to be alone. People have stopped being comforting, and being alone never was. At least when you're alone no one will constantly ask you 'what's wrong' and there isn't anyone who won't take 'I don't know' for an answer. You feel the way you do just because, you hope the...
#misunderstood
#frustration
#confusion #SelfReflection
#confusion #SelfReflection
450 reads
3 Comments
adagio
Poem Published
21st Nov 2022 6:28pm
21st Nov 2022 6:28pm
Sawdust Memories
Memories of conversations and a penny's worth of sawdust. Is there a heaven? Mom said there was. With unicorns and porch swings. She would take me in her arms and hug me. Touching my cheek with her tears as she passed, with a penny's worth of sawdust in her hair. Among the memories of wood shavings on the floor. Now she is in heaven with "the carpenter's son."
#memories
156 reads
0 Comments
LiamReeduus
LiamReedus
LiamReedus
Poem Published
12th Sep 2019 5:15pm
12th Sep 2019 5:15pm
Dad
You were the iconic view to me
Showed exactly how a man should be
I remember when the lord called you
Tore my world in two
You was quiet an strong
Showed my mother no wrong
Held your kids with compassion
Ran your home in military fashion
You took time to show us all
Brave soldier refused to fall
You was my idol and more
When you left it rocked me to the core
Noble strong and wise
That day many heard the cries
Respected by all hated by few
Just wanted to say dad i miss you
Showed exactly how a man should be
I remember when the lord called you
Tore my world in two
You was quiet an strong
Showed my mother no wrong
Held your kids with compassion
Ran your home in military fashion
You took time to show us all
Brave soldier refused to fall
You was my idol and more
When you left it rocked me to the core
Noble strong and wise
That day many heard the cries
Respected by all hated by few
Just wanted to say dad i miss you
#grief
#father
#heartbroken
#gratitude
#respect
358 reads
6 Comments
Wafflenose
Ellie
Ellie
Poem Published
14th Sep 2022 8:28pm
14th Sep 2022 8:28pm
Being AWOL
It's been an interesting couple of weeks.
I've had a bad patch with MH since some time in August. I decided to wait it out for a while to see if the (regular, permanent) medication did its thing, because it's quite an amazing phenomenon to witness when that happens. Things are now going in the right direction. Although I usually rush back to work as soon as I'm allowed to, this term I've chosen to benefit from one school's music lessons policy, and the other school's laidback approach, in order to delay my return for a while. I'm working very part-time this week and will be...
I've had a bad patch with MH since some time in August. I decided to wait it out for a while to see if the (regular, permanent) medication did its thing, because it's quite an amazing phenomenon to witness when that happens. Things are now going in the right direction. Although I usually rush back to work as soon as I'm allowed to, this term I've chosen to benefit from one school's music lessons policy, and the other school's laidback approach, in order to delay my return for a while. I'm working very part-time this week and will be...
#LifeStruggles
#illness
#MentalHealth
#hurt
#disability
146 reads
10 Comments
Serendipity_
Poem Published
27th Nov 2022 9:06pm
27th Nov 2022 9:06pm
Death
When I die
Will you cry?
Will you cry?
#death
31 reads
Nizana
Poem Published
9th Sep 2022 12:41pm
9th Sep 2022 12:41pm
Mother/Daughter Note - Mistakes and the Roulette Wheel
You asked a hard question in your last note (How to know it's time for sex). My first answer was long enough that I could picture you rolling your teenager eyes as you read, but hard questions receive long answers.
I mentioned making mistakes but have a few more thoughts on that subject.
Sometimes you know something could be a mistake but you want it so much you take a chance. It’s like wagering happiness against the possibility of hurt or loss at at a spinning roulette wheel. You place your bet and watch helplessly to see where the ball lands. That moment...
I mentioned making mistakes but have a few more thoughts on that subject.
Sometimes you know something could be a mistake but you want it so much you take a chance. It’s like wagering happiness against the possibility of hurt or loss at at a spinning roulette wheel. You place your bet and watch helplessly to see where the ball lands. That moment...
#regret
#sex
#risk
133 reads
4 Comments
BlueBeastGirl
Beasty
Beasty
Poem Published
20th Aug 2022 8:19am
20th Aug 2022 8:19am
A decade on this site
I started to read my work from day one the other day.
To see the changes over the years
From bad grammar and childishness teenage pain
To being a young adult burning out in college
and now Im firmly into adulthood with worries of a woman
This year marks a decade on this site
I started out angry and demanding of love
Hurt by the world and just begging for love
Love has dominated my poetry life and
maybe that's why people dont read much anymore
I think it's okay because I've written
Close to almost a thousand poems here ...
To see the changes over the years
From bad grammar and childishness teenage pain
To being a young adult burning out in college
and now Im firmly into adulthood with worries of a woman
This year marks a decade on this site
I started out angry and demanding of love
Hurt by the world and just begging for love
Love has dominated my poetry life and
maybe that's why people dont read much anymore
I think it's okay because I've written
Close to almost a thousand poems here ...
#sadness
#friendship
#LifeCycle
#nostalgia
#bittersweet
222 reads
20 Comments
CruelHandedWriter
Jamie Rhodes
Jamie Rhodes
Poem Published
19th May 2022 12:18pm
19th May 2022 12:18pm
The Hardest of Days
#depression
#loneliness
#suicide
#shadows
#weakness
467 reads
6 Comments
Umm
Poem Published
13th Sep 2022 9:05pm
13th Sep 2022 9:05pm
Falling: 9/13/2022
..instead of going straight to sleep at 3:00 am in the morning, no doubt exhausted, you, in the most quiet-gentle way possible, made your way under the duvet, taking care not to wake me, though I must admit I was half awake - somewhere between a dream and reality, i felt your arms gently wrap around me, your body curl up around my body, and your quiet quiet voice whisper to the nape of my neck "I love you, i love you...i love you" ..as if you didn't for the world of you want to stir my sleep, but just couldn't not tell me ..and i don't think i've ever felt the full force of those words from a...
#gratitude
#admiration
#respect
259 reads
17 Comments
DaddyScruff
Poem Published
6th Oct 2021 12:05pm
6th Oct 2021 12:05pm
No Idea
Got some political shit,
A romantic love letter,
Erotic poems to post.
Hell,
I don't know
If I'm happy
Horny
or angry!
I'm just gonna do my thing.
See where it goes.
A romantic love letter,
Erotic poems to post.
Hell,
I don't know
If I'm happy
Horny
or angry!
I'm just gonna do my thing.
See where it goes.
#insomnia
199 reads
2 Comments
APissPoorShaman
Ryszard
Ryszard
Poem Published
17th Nov 2022 5:36pm
17th Nov 2022 5:36pm
Character assassination and sexual harassment
--- I have NEVER said an improper word to any one [women or man] on this site ---
the following message chain is point black accusing me WITHOUT evidence of driving women from this site. I am now requesting all who read this post to link hard evidence of improper behavior [emails, replies, messages] that corroborates the vile accusations presented here. I have already begun transitioning to other poetry sites because of lost friends and closed doors on dup since I took sides in a war between two poetesses. Enough is enough, I am demanding evidence. ...
the following message chain is point black accusing me WITHOUT evidence of driving women from this site. I am now requesting all who read this post to link hard evidence of improper behavior [emails, replies, messages] that corroborates the vile accusations presented here. I have already begun transitioning to other poetry sites because of lost friends and closed doors on dup since I took sides in a war between two poetesses. Enough is enough, I am demanding evidence. ...
#anger
#frustration
129 reads
9 Comments
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