104. Poem
There're people who are good
Good for everyone, you and me
Their presence is a great blessing
Helping and giving to those living
There're people who are bad
Bad to everyone, you and me
Their presence is the biggest Bane
Vindictive and filled with hate even to those dead
There are people who pretend
Pretending to be good to you and me
Their presence...
Monday 31st January 2022 10:34 pm
Also by Sunshine:
103. Poem | Blissfully happy | Storytelling: the art | Untitled | 102. Poem | 101. Not a poem | 100. Poem | Century | 99. Poem | 98. Poem | 97. Poem | Sleeping | 95. Poem | 96. Poem | 94. Poem | 93. Poem | 92. Poem | 89. Poem "love the 89" | 91. Poem | 90. Poem | Alliance of parties | 88. Poem | 87. Poem |Mandarin Ducks
Monday 31st January 2022 8:46 pm
Also by julie callaghan:
Misty Grey | White Furore | Little Jenny Wren | Calm After The Storm | The Big Garden Birdwatch | Day Two Of Isolation | Covid Blues | Watercolour | #Partygate | Winter Butterfly | It’s A Small World | First Wordle | Meatloaf RIP | Show Off | Mesmerising And Heavenly | Crisp Winters Day | Leighton Moss | PoemADay19 | Full Moon | Wolf Moon | Inquisitive And Still | Winter Sunset | Golden Morning Light | January Morning | Winter Sunrise | January Rainbow | Hamish The Highland Cow | On Thin Ice | PoemADay5 | Morning Sun | It’s Not My Party | Great Britain Pt2 | Great Britain | Wild Birds | Low Mist | Cold And Old | Dark Knight Mystery (pt3) | Cyril The Squirrel | Dark Knight Mystery (part 2) | Dark Knight Mystery | Elegant And Graceful | January Blues, Today’s News | Todays Trip | New Year Wish |night physics III (1/31/22)
yep it's about that time
as I look to my watch
it's me. I am 5 years old
Sick again on my birthday.
Always sick on my birthday
the dulled flavor of strawberry shortcake still rests on my tired grin.
mom got me the knights I wanted, the ones from the dollar store
so many of them and you can switch their arms with each other
you can give this one more armor
good; he needs...
Monday 31st January 2022 5:31 pm
Also by Zach Dafoe:
night physics II (01/07/22) |Only Champions Combat Here
Two tennis trojans
clash fighting continuously
rackets point direction
mental physical strength
five hour marathon
breaking tactical serve
line of fire
champions equally matched
lifting Open Trophy
true grit was
the only call.
Monday 31st January 2022 4:47 pm
Also by Nigel Astell:
Open Mic | Caught in The Act |Bee Strike
Monday 31st January 2022 12:46 pm
Also by d.knape:
The Thing You Are Looking For | Taking Tests | Cat's Company | Lot For Sale | Breeds Of Poets | Rest In Peace | Pondering | Followed By Cop | Compatible Companions | Drive-Thru Vax | The Sky Theater | Daylight Dreams | The Leaf Blowers | Red Light | Persistent Living | Daytime Moon | The Two Of Us | Government Guidelines For Eating Roast | Seasons | Short Leash | Death Of A Cricket | Castoffs | Catepillars | Old Wooden Houses | Following A Creek | Pshaw | Non-Renewable Energy | Feeding Sparrows | Thunder & Ghosts | Mirror |SHE USED TO DREAM OF BETTER THINGS
The I, me, pajama striped shirted,
Ignorant, stand alone, shout-out nutcase,
nonsensical words blurted,
staggered with burp and belch
under caustic breath;
ale breath, shot breath.
He gives a show of
none stick comedy,
and imperfectly performed
puerile knobbery.
“Huh! Huh!”
Pint, betting slip, kebab
“What’s that? Yea,
I'll be home soon, Bab”
Tells her t...
Monday 31st January 2022 10:37 am
Also by Marc Hawkins:
LADY WALKING | CUTS |Wheeled luggage
I smoke and watch her
pack.
The taxi waits.
Then like a premonition
I have a mirrored memory
of her departure-
the scent of her
washed skin-
recalling the
ins and outs of our arguments...
She's smiling as she
leaves the echo of
our space.
She's laughing as we fail
to finish yet another argument...
I pick through the remains
of the accusations
th...
Monday 31st January 2022 10:04 am
Also by Tommy Carroll:
Time to decide | After the nearly before | "Taking the knee"? | Waiting for our Mum |Heaven in hell
I thank thee my Rabb
For creating a heaven for me in this hell
A respite within the flames to feel and breathe
Protection from everything evil and dark ugly
I thank thee my Rabb
For this little haven in the form of heaven
Perfectly build for me despite all the darkness
Life has become easy, joyful and happy for me
I thank thee my Rabb
For all the angels arou...
Monday 31st January 2022 2:04 am
Also by Ghazala lari:
Feelings | A scene from Science Fiction movie | Will I ever know? | New Beginnings | I Trust Thee | World peace | Aazaad Titli | With every fall, my soul did rise!!! |The Wall of Life
In life we build our special walls
Behind which we choose to hide.
It makes us feel safe and secure,
And it keeps us all dignified.
It shelters us from all the world,
And it makes us feel respected.
But this wall can be knocked down,
Which is often unexpected.
And if your wall is now destroyed,
You may now feel quite exposed.
And others may then stare and laugh,
And your faults beco...
Sunday 30th January 2022 2:33 pm
Also by Stuart Vanner:
Justice | Bowls |A POX UPON THIS PARADOX
In my long lifetime, I've witnessed the appearance of the self-contratulatory, virtue-signalling mode
of behaviour that would persuade us that "nowadays" is to be admired and emulated if we are to be
considered good and worthy human beings. We are lectured and preached to about our obligations
and duties towards the world and its dog, while,closer to home, things occur that give the li...
Sunday 30th January 2022 2:24 pm
Also by M.C. Newberry:
QUESTION? | FINAL CURTAIN? WORDS FOR AN INTERMENT | IT'S JUNE IN JANUARY | ACTIVIST | TODAY'S "CONTRACEPTIVE"? | QUESTION |Shard
Scribbled on a memory stick
or potted like a plant:
I am bedazzled, ragged,
dazed, by the sun's romance.
Sunlight slants in sideways
disturbing summer's sleep
dust motes gleam in the sunbeams,
keep the primal screams at bay.
Sun seeps into splintered shards
recollections form into sharpened swords
while meaning schemes
to split the scene
I try hard.to focus on what appears -
or ...
Sunday 30th January 2022 12:31 am
Also by John E Marks:
The sign of the cross | Charlie | Alchemy | Synaesthesia | A Sufi Saint contemplates his imminent dissolution | CONQUEST | No woman is an island | Raindrop | Winter tree | Popocatépetl | Beloved City | O! hear the silence now | The Wild | And so she goes | Taliesin | Savant syndrome | St Sophia's cathedral, Constantinople | On the edge of the world |First Meetings.
Tucked behind a corner booth table I caught a glimpse of a lonely shadow lingering in a vacant corner. Immediately my attention was drawn to an unfamiliar face with a tortured sort of composure. Had I not found the courage to recite a friendly greeting an opportunity would have been missed.
I sat with my back against the wall, the taste of stale coffee on my tongue
My thoughts ran back and ...
Saturday 29th January 2022 11:51 pm
Also by Jordyn Elizabeth:
This one is for You. | The Cowboy | Wild Woman (6.) | Escape | Wild Woman (5.) | Dear Alice | Wild Woman (4.) |'Mere suffering exists,but no sufferer is found;
'The deeds are,but no doer is found'
: Buddhagosa
Saturday 29th January 2022 6:18 pm
Also by Grant Leonard Aspinall:
A Perfect rose | Diamond Moon | Eternal Full Moon | Ca Ira | Dolphin Moon | Success | Our Precious Cat | Barricade |The Turbulent Sea
The Turbulent Sea
It began when the moon
Poured its light onto a still ocean
Stirring the waves
Commanding they rush to the shore
Pushing and tumbling over stones
Drenching the shingle, the beach
Coating and soaking every coarse grain of sand
Then suddenly, pulling sharply backwards,
Dragging all beneath the bubbling, frothing waters
Turning, twisting, tumbling
...Saturday 29th January 2022 4:29 pm
Also by Brenda Wells:
Winter | Silence | Nostalgia | By the Light of the Wolf Moon | New Year's Day Tanka |The Day Bobby Kennedy Died
I was watching television when Bobby Kennedy died
I was only twelve years old
But old enough to cry
I ran out into the garden somewhere
And quietly said a prayer
But that didn’t seem to matter,
because Bobby Kennedy died
I was kind of upset that no one was listening
I just wish they’d answered my prayers
I remember going to bed that night
dragging my feet on the...
Saturday 29th January 2022 2:54 pm
Also by Steve Higgins:
Like my Mother Used to Make |Lemur Incident
Swift and graceful lemurs
occupy the canopy.
So swift, so beautiful
feet don't touch the ground.
Swift, graceful, beautiful
abreeze through treetops
too many to count. Here's one
-but wait-
for whatever reason
the accustomed leap
now second nature
still breathtakingly acrobatic
fails.
He has lost his grip. It happens.
The back-up branch snaps off in his hand
here's a real pro...
Saturday 29th January 2022 1:17 pm
Also by Adam Whitworth:
Begin Halfway, End Up At The Start | Song For The Chorus | PARALLEL LIVES | From The Horse's Mouth | Mould On A Pristine Universe | Recognition | Unfinished |In the eye of the storm.
A church stood high on a cliff top
Far above the tumultuous sea.
It was a stormy night,
As the vicar fought the violent gale,
To reach his night-time ceremony.
He foresaw a depleted congregation
On such a tempestuous night,
But turning on the bright church lights
No parishioners could he see.
They clearly preferred to worship
Vicariously.
The vicar presse...
Saturday 29th January 2022 9:11 am
Also by John Botterill:
Dubious Flowers | Bubbles of the Mind | Life as a Treasure Hunt | Nobody Told Me | Your Car's Too Wide | Thanks Buddy | Poetic Licence |Home
HOME
So close yet so far
Six hours in the car
Memories
Pasties
Miles and Miles
One day, we will be reunited
Until then,
unrequited.
Saturday 29th January 2022 8:21 am
Also by A. Louise:
Jigsaw |The Tide Is Changing
The Tide is Turning
The news that is broken
When you know someone has to leave
Is hard to hear
But waiting for them to leave
When the news is understood
Is harder
Reminding ourselves that the person who we care about
Is not going on a one way trip to the moon
And knowing we will see them again
Provides some comfort
But does not fully take away the st...
Saturday 29th January 2022 7:44 am
Also by Rasa Kabaila:
Two Women | Mend me | Covid Blues |BOATS CARRYING THE IMMIGRANTS
escaping wars their bodies washing to shore
from the deep sea, I hear a cry
bubbling through with agony
bodies washing to shore, one by one
drowned baby in mother's arm
held on tight as she swallowed her last breath
walking the beach on shells when I was young
where I found sanctuary
crash of waves my melody
now, only corpses beneath my feet
human remains, walru...
Friday 28th January 2022 7:56 pm
Also by Ziba Mahdavi:
SOLDIERS OF MERCY | A Misplaced World |The land of total rhubarb
Welcome to the sunlit uplands
of total rhubarb, England's
fastest growing cash crop.
(Too bad there's no one left to pick it).
Fertilised by inverted pyramids
of piffle, or should that be
de Pfeffel? Where Afghan hounds
matter more than Afghans.
And talking of animals, did even
the Cheshire Cat wear
such a self-satisfied smirk?
As tourists flock to ...
Friday 28th January 2022 8:31 am
Also by Greg Freeman:
The end of the line | Drizzle | 'Go, go, go'! | 1963 | There's a dinosaur in the bath |Hope
I wasn’t there
And can’t imagine
The fear the death, the hopeless crowding
The sick the dying the poor the crying
The black abyss that swallowed all
The world aghast the smoke, the pall
Just writing this it makes me sick
At mankind’s filth, at mankind’s tricks.
No more, forever, we must avert
We must be vigilant we must be alert
But slips unseen ...
Thursday 27th January 2022 10:45 pm
Also by Edbreathe:
thE 200,000 | Amen | sea GIrL | close | Cort | CHasm |Siren
There was a certain lure
of idleness
Within waves
of her golden hair
A tranquil haven to escape
From the worldly normal fayre
Her eyes
were hidden treasures
Of ruby & emerald glimmer
Her skin sparkled
like frosty morns
Under moonlit silvery shimmers
As I dived into
her ocean deep
She drowned me in delight
Then sang a lament
old & true
...Thursday 27th January 2022 10:29 pm
Also by Stephen W Atkinson:
The Witches Glee | Calliope | Awaiting Bliss | Twilight's Caress | Mr Rhubarb | How It Should Bee... | The Tramp | If Ever I Fall |Life
Exiled in a foreign land
Sentenced to never leave
Afraid I took a stand
To fight my urge to grieve
I tied my faith to my hands
Afraid I walked asleep
Blind my feet brushed a sand
The first hope and leap
I thought it was the end
I know where to see
A view that never bends
A key to something new
To the night the only light
Can’t be b...
Thursday 27th January 2022 9:52 pm
Men Confusion
My world has come to an end.
Co-dependent like a child to a Dad
Losing my sexuality through men-o-pause
Obliterate me with your gaze
but don’t try to command my soul
the one I thought was the one
is the only love who’s been the truth
but I have fucked him over with my ego.
I let myself go but you were just the same
The dark haired, mum fuck that you have
Not reco...
Thursday 27th January 2022 6:35 pm
Cathedrals
Some clergy we know won’t leave cathedrals.
Why should they? There they have all that they need:
Pomp, faith and power over life and death.
The ones who do venture out discover
A mess of a world, with stammering crowds,
Stricken women who curse when buying bread,
The rich, first in line for absolution.
Yet they negotiate the obstacles,
Jump the barriers, take rough stu...
Thursday 27th January 2022 5:31 pm
Also by Stephen Gospage:
Fox | Art | Sheds | Tightrope | Power | Train | Strange Times | She danced |Belly of the Beast
I'm in the belly of the beast
Think as thin
I did not mean
But I did it again
I wander around this stinking place
With a great look of astonishment on my face
I dash from here
And hide over there
Fully aware there is a lurking bear
I try to silence
My chattering teeth
When all of a sudden
Screams
Screams from the deep
Peering inside
...Thursday 27th January 2022 4:46 pm
Also by Are Kay:
My Siren |GAME THEORY
I was 10 years old the last time.
I didn’t understand but my mam and dad were terrified.
It was Game Theory played out to perfection by the Kennedy brothers and, less commonly acknowledged, by Nikita Khrushchev.
At any rate, history records it as a “game”. If the outcome had been different perhaps it would not be viewed as such – if, indeed, there were any of us left to have “history”.
...Wednesday 26th January 2022 7:47 pm
Also by John Coopey:
ON A WINNER | SLIGHTLY DEAD | SOME LIKE IT COLD | CORKSCREWS | WHO'S SORRY NOW? | YER DYSON AIRBLADE | IN THE BLEAK MID-WINTER | YOUNG GIRL | "LIFE'S A BITCH" | THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD | BABIES | WHAT’S APPENED’ |Till the end of the line
I have entered this new chapter of my life,
But it feels like the past is not so far behind.
I wish you were here to see the person who I have become today,
I wish you were here to tell me that it was going to be okay.
From seeing each other almost everyday,
To not having spoken to each other for over a year seems like hell.
I wish you were here to get me out of this mess,
...Wednesday 26th January 2022 5:33 pm
About life
This that happened
Nothing to say
What I am actually thinking
My words may sway
It’s like a tide one can surf
Life’s opportunities make you tough
You may have done all wrongs
But to do legit you have all long
Not the whole book, It’s just a page
True freedom of thoughts, breaks the cage
Do what you love, take on your hobby
Not made for 9-to-5, you may be
Milleni...
Wednesday 26th January 2022 1:30 pm
a winter haiku
Wednesday 26th January 2022 1:37 am
Also by Lauren Em:
Beautiful | Narcissism | Insomnia |Covert
The constriction is covert,
the strings are made of silk:
it's attrition by stealth.
The letters from prison,
penned by unreason
in the syntax of petulance,
unfurl the frustration
over the failure
of the fabled
to materialize in
the realm of the real.
And the dullness
promised in a hiss
one can play deaf to
no more, gently seeps
into v...
Wednesday 26th January 2022 12:06 am
Also by Holden Moncrieff:
Narratives | Crumbling | Anew | Disregarded | Undoing | Transubstantiation |Dame Luz, o Dios
Ayudame, hermana, he me caído!
Help me, sister, I have fallen.
I, Willow, have called you, O Scissortail,
You and your harem.
Graze off the pests that swarm upon me.
How I love you!
You go about your business, demand nothing of me.
Help my sister too. She has fallen beside me.
Her limbs are broken and scattered.
Her old skin, ripped open, peels from ivory bones.
Yet see how still she c...
Tuesday 25th January 2022 7:52 pm
To be in love
To simply love someone does not compair to being in love with someone.
loving someone is an action, a choice one can make for themselfs. this alone can not be simply relied apon.
Being in love with someone is all consuming and will swallow you whole. It does not ask for reason and is all someone could need.
Loving someone is a choice, a switch that can be controlled. Loving is giving the ...
Tuesday 25th January 2022 12:00 pm
Also by kimberley anne swindle:
The recipe for a love cake | If soul mates do exist. |808s over heartbreaks
Can I just fizzle away into the 808s
And fuck the heartbreaks
That ensnared me into your trap
Like the music I thought you were.
I hit replay, replay, replay
Just to feel the reverb jumpstart my chest again.
You never made my ears cry like the melodies did anyways.
Tuesday 25th January 2022 6:09 am
Also by M3RK:
Schrodinger's Felines | crosses | finders, keepers | Where gods go to die | Erosion |A creek by dead cabins
One day he will follow her to the sea
By way of creek breaking through cold pine root
Through stone and sand, through outstretched hand
Through this silent land he laps languidly
Rushes relentless, rests in pools, rolling blue jewels
To the sea, on to the endless sea, meet her at the shore
The salt and the roar, the recession of wave and water
Starlight's son and daughter, mingling in the t...
Tuesday 25th January 2022 12:18 am
Also by Patrick Kennon:
Apis | Sugartree | Standing in a shaft of light |Morning Air
Tranquilly awoken by the chirping of robins
The sun narrowly gleaming over the hazy horizon
Fresh dew providing my senses with clarity as this new dawn arrises
Appreciating the rush of crisp air as it permeates throughout the room
Whilst also savoring the warmth of the quilts and the comfort of my lover
As yesterdays troubles fade in the sunlight
I have awoken to begin anew
...Monday 24th January 2022 11:32 pm
Also by Cody Roach:
Book of Life | Tidings | Portrait | Blood Sport | Lioness | An oasis of love |windmills
windmills
the old windmills
in Spain, slowly turning
large cloth blades
turning and grinding
ancient grains of the past
lined up in a row on a hillside
waiting for Don Quixote
to mistake them for giants
with his sidekick Sancho
he attacked them
only to get his lance
caught in the canvas blades
thought he had been tricked
by an evil...
Monday 24th January 2022 9:48 pm
4 Endings
(4)
Stepping over the fence
you both almost catch your legs
on thistles inbetween the bricks
unaware worse was yet to come.
(3)
Listening to the winds applause
you almost bow to them
almost like they were evading
the devil's staircase too
(2)
Burning the negatives
her recklnessness haunted him
all the way home
into the arms of strangers.
(1)
Visting each other graves
...
Monday 24th January 2022 7:02 pm
Also by Andy N:
Three x Winter Haiku |Phantom Florida Winter
Your breath white like steam gently
hangs in sway
Cloaked in novelty, it's now a
winter game
A puff from your chest out
of your mouth
A picture you paint when cold
air allows
Squirrels pitter-patter, a chase
in the trees
A distant garbage truck booms,
bangs and squeaks
Sun crawls higher reflecting
off your brow
The...
Monday 24th January 2022 6:08 pm
Who said drainage was boring?
mains and laterals neatly planned
herringbone pattern or even fanned
salt-glazed carriers carrying shit
simple land drains topped with grit
clay tiles in the farmer’s soil
sometimes flexi wavy coil
porous concrete or perforated
the flow of water calculated
twin wall pipes, long radius bends
junctions, our useful friends
rodding eyes, a socket plug
open drains, just shallow dug
Monday 24th January 2022 5:40 pm
Angelie 🕊
A new angel joined the ranks in heaven above,
Never imagined attending your funeral and sending you off with doves.
Gone but our memories of you will live on,
Ever present in all our hearts where you belong.
Loved by many and we are all struggling with this loss,
In the next life we shall reunite, when it’s my time to cross.
Everyday we will get to...
Monday 24th January 2022 1:53 pm
Also by Your Royal Poetess:
Crystal |Awaiting Freedom
I seek myself
Fighting demons in my head
I fight a battle daily in my head
These voices in me try to bring me down
Saying I'm not good enough
My chest aches
As though a stone presses on me
My lungs gasp with stifling air
Feeling short of breath
I suffocate with my head barely above water
As much I may try to avoid it
It always finds me in the quiet
Robbing me of...
Monday 24th January 2022 8:18 am
Also by Nawadita Janice Philip:
Breaking The Silence | Words |Mt Mataba Battlefield Hike
Mt Mataba Battlefield Hike
I did my first 2022 hike up Mt Mataba. I had previously planned to go to Clark area and see some battle sites up there but it was cancelled due to CCP Virus restrictions. Maybe next month instead. I took one of the front paths up Mt Mataba. I wanted to see the Japanese field hospital tunnel again and photograph it. On the way up Mt Mataba I met a hiking party the...
Monday 24th January 2022 6:43 am
Also by NICK ARMBRISTER:
An Awful Harvest |Sacrifice
Sacrifice
Readable from her eyes,
Even when she cries.
Possible all lies.
So much love to give
The only reason to live.
How shall she prove
The sacrifice?
She has so much to lose
Every mountain she would move.
Her Sacrifice is the risk she takes.
All her rules and priorities she breaks
To give and give and give
So you can live and live and live.
Some call...
Sunday 23rd January 2022 10:45 pm
The Road of Trust
The road of Trust
Dalan Jahan
Don't give me
Tantamount word
Earlier thats you given a Red bird...
Dont give me similer land
That's you digging for water
in past and past..
Dont give me this colour
Which colour is used to Delete
your rainfall forest.....
Give me a new and new
Give me truth and truth birth
Give me road and road
The road of Trust....
Dalan Jahan
B...
Sunday 23rd January 2022 8:10 pm
BROTHERS
We arrive in Dolgelley
the sun still rides the late peaks
and our day will soon be over.
We ascend to the top floor
of a grey terrace pub
with its utility wardrobe whose door
cannot be closed.
A late light informs the lace curtains
with its bleak projection.
My brother's saddlebag has landed on the floor;
soon he will light a disgusting Falcon pipe,
...Sunday 23rd January 2022 1:20 pm
Also by ray pool:
TAWDRY AUDREY | PUPPY LOVE |Fluffy Snow
Fluffy Snow by William McKechnie is available from most media platforms.
Originially a poem turned into a song
Sunday 23rd January 2022 12:58 pm
I am Human
Its survival of the fittest
They attack me in the heart space
Because they envy
How much this heart of mine can take
As I contine to move foward
You would never know
That I was heart broken
You could never walk in my shoes
I fixed myself with the love of the ancestors
This is the heart of the Lion
The intelligence of the Owl
The body of the Goddess
The covering ...
Sunday 23rd January 2022 2:12 am
Lamb Poem
Regardless of those who seek to destroy searching spirits
my Jesus is different he laughs with me
I don't even ponder about His human incarnation
I want the Spirit I need the Spirit
Jesus is the Spirit of the world
and when He said 'so in everything, do to others
what you would have them do to you'
He gave us the Keys to free ourselves
the plans f...
Saturday 22nd January 2022 6:32 pm
Also by Kealan Coady:
One King | For The Great Mover |An Elegy for England
An Elegy for England
As you sink beneath the waves of time
I lament your demise with a heavy heart
Dearly loved I carry in my heart memories of you
Tears well up in my eyes as I witness your passing
as the morning dew is squeezed from your verdant pastures
The honour and dignity of your past glory
ebbs like an out going tide leaving a bare pool in the sands of time
Far...
Saturday 22nd January 2022 2:56 pm
Also by keith jeffries:
The Enemy Within | The Winter's Sun | Sirob | The Deep Well of Winter | Shrivelled | The Remnant | Sweet Ambition |Gentle Vs Wicked
Muddled minds with cruel plan,
And the vicious journey began
Each one deranged in its own way;
Missed to reflect the price to pay
Lies interwined everywhere;
Living the life in intense fear
The puppets were dancing to the demon's move;
Shaking the heads left and right,
Twisting the words like brain-dead
Now came an innocent heart;
Doesn't play mind games
...
Saturday 22nd January 2022 1:41 pm
Words
Words of magnificiant splender written in verse
Words like magic casting a curse
Words of forgotten lore
Words of a slipped Tongue
Words sharpened like swords
Words of bleeding mercy to the court
Words you cannot abort
Words are spoken so they shall be
Words of suspicion shaking the ground at your feet
Words of mistrust to the unsuspecting mind
Words of disappointment...
Saturday 22nd January 2022 7:26 am
Also by New Shoes:
Then and Now |As Winter Fades
As winter fades and turns to spring,
my spirits soar to hear birds sing
those songs unheard for far too long,
but welcome now amid the throng
returned to make the welkin ring.
The sense of joy this sound can bring
for such a subtle, simple thing,
to see flocks back where they belong,
as winter fades.
For some time yet a chill may cling
to fluttered feathers ...
Friday 21st January 2022 4:09 pm
CAPITAL
It’s Paris I’m cycling a beret on head
Bonjor over cobbles
A basket of bread
Soyez notre invité.. Soyez notre invité
je pense que tu connais la suite
Was French now I’m German
Forgive Me
God Bless Me
Oh look its Berlin
Mein Rhythmus ist Techno, aber nur solange ich hier bin
Washington the Whitehouse Madrid and Millan
Then top of the morning its Dublin
Ooh Guinness
Gw...
Friday 21st January 2022 3:03 am
Also by Sarah Louise mcnee:
PERSEVERANCE PAYS | SONIA | PROXIMITY | MAGNANIMOUS |My Inferno
That I would hang myself in the sky outside your window
and slowly reach my hand out to the sun,
claiming its fire as my own.
One more bright star in your sky,
a bloody inferno.
So that when you look out,
there is one more small piece of joy.
I am all I have
to give.
Thursday 20th January 2022 10:48 pm
"Purple Blast"
A reserved outcome, a specific touch, I love how you remember, thunder, blunder, scattered wonders, many lunas passed the ocean, tamed spontaneity, I pray for common clarity and mass sincerity, purple blast covers the wall, what could this purple substance be? Blast Blast, contrast, I forgot who my past was, the narrow dart throw, marshmallow heart, you can't remake a scar, my failures are up to p...
Wednesday 19th January 2022 11:09 pm
Also by Michael Morales:
The Color on the Walls | Love can you imagine | Bellwether | "Purple kite" | "Love Tantrum" | "Haystack" |C.B.
It is cold this time of year
but the frozen sidewalk seems worth while
knowing im walking to your coffee shop
just the chance that you are there
makes this bitter coffee taste so sweet
and this frosted morning feel warm and bright
just to see that you are not there
and suddenly the cold and the bitterness of the world is seen
Tuesday 18th January 2022 3:40 pm
My
Tuesday 18th January 2022 6:42 am
sail away
I feel the sickness rising
I glare your smile every once in a while
Sweaty fists and ulcers on my tongue
You never gave a care with your life in disarray
Now you're off miles away not worried but you say you gotta stay
Hold me close and never let me go
Keep my frame of mind when you go
Swelling guts over poured up cups
I see the reaper coming closer dont let me judge
Eager for death you...
Tuesday 18th January 2022 12:36 am
"Sun-catchers"
The trail leads gently up
and through the stand of trees
The day is chilled by autumnal winds
just in from the coast
I contemplate the desperation of the falling leaves
as they wander about in the bracing air
Carried by the breeze to where they will lie
And I wonder: “Are they bitter?”
Or do they accept their fate
as the annual benediction
of having served their purpose
reflect...
Monday 17th January 2022 8:31 pm
Also by Mike McPeek:
Tuffy | Paper Heart | Ralph and Alice |Sometimes
Sometimes things work
Sometimes we get ahead
Sometime we meet people
We don’t wish dead
Sometimes we get an idea
Sometimes we’re inspired
Sometimes we find peace
Despite the blood required
Mostly the fuckers win
Mostly it’s pretty grim
Mostly we’re haunted by
A burning ignorance
Always you’re on my mind
Always I do this blind
Always ...
Monday 17th January 2022 2:57 pm
Also by Robert C Gaulke:
Pistachios | Filed by Decade |Aim High
As we enter the New Year
Forget all your worries and fear
Set yourself worthy goals
That may revive your souls
Don’t linger on the past
Life is going extremely fast
Live up each and every dream
Rise and shine with every morning’s beam
Show the world what you are capable of
Not forgetting to still spread peace and love
Reach for the sky and aim as high as you...
Monday 17th January 2022 1:28 pm
The Double Dunce
He gets a great legacy !
But alas! he lives all the way in fancy!!
In a machine he puts potato,
And expects to get tomato.
The dunce fancies to become PM,
Having no as such self-decorum!
Understanding his own limitations,
Help him understand life's transactions,
And finally find the tomb with satisfaction.
Sunday 16th January 2022 5:19 pm
Also by DR. MUKUND BHANDARI:
TAKING FLIGHT... | ON THE NEW YEAR EVE |A Perfect Evening
Sitting on the couch next to you
Makes me feel calm, happy and content,
Like walking on a beach with a sunset view,
Every second here is time well spent.
Saturday 15th January 2022 8:39 pm
Also by Stuart Bright:
The moment it all changed |A Good Cry
Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about
Words that have haunted me since childhood
They were imprinted into my brain
They broke my heart
They scarred my soul
For years I hid my tears
From glaring eyes
I shut down feeling anything
Motionless
Helpless
Unable to speak
Until
I was alone
Where no one could see me
Or hear me except God
...
Saturday 15th January 2022 2:55 pm
I know
you are not real in my reality
you do not exist in my anxiety
when it burns hot in my chest
like an aching that will not cease
with an appetite
that cannot be satisfied
and where are you
when words and motives like assassins
inflict mortal wounds
upon an already frail mortal
who is fighting for survival
I do not see you present here
in the midst of my ...
Saturday 15th January 2022 12:30 pm
January 2022 Collage Poem: Seagulls of the Nightclub
The Queen’s Head hanged, another story from the Death House
Necks stretched and they are gone –
Jenny Wren farts in the face of the seagull scrambling
To gobble her up
Those who will steal your food for thought, that parasitic breath
Hung out to dry, to eaten in an afterthought, by the seagulls
It was still worth the joy, the hope and ways of love
But as the wi...
Friday 14th January 2022 5:42 pm
Enlightenment
The Yellow Brick Road
Is turning to rubble now
Bright flowers push through.
I thought True North was
At the end of the rainbow
A warm hearth waiting.
But I find it here
In this trickling drop of rain
In this dragon fly.
Friday 14th January 2022 3:23 pm
Home of the Brave
A Navajo boy, 15 years old.
Initiation into manhood. His father blindfolded him
and brought him to the density of the wild forest
to be left alone. The youth in the night,
blackness, as leaves would rustle
of wind, animals trampling
over the expanse of endless earth,
the youth trembled! It seemed this ordeal
as it slowly unfolded had no end. His bleak experience darkene...
Thursday 13th January 2022 6:28 pm
Also by Paul Tobia:
A Garden of Lotus Flowers |Pity Party
I don’t want to develop the sickness
Called mental illness
Invades my mind like a parasite
Bury its self
In the depths of my inside
Make its home my mind
Then invites all its friends
One at a time they bring
Gifts like confused thinking
Along for the ride is hallucination
My next door neighbour is misery
She is nosey
And boy she loves company
Alwa...
Thursday 13th January 2022 1:48 pm
Also by SistaARTSoul:
Beware |Insight
Visions and dreams, relate to some degree,
A surreal decree, doubts and questions remain.
In a realm, a night depicting a day,
Is as the sun to an oracle, without answers.
Meteoroids miraculously compared to rain,
“All knowing, all seeing”, a deity for saints.
His eye replaced the sun, locked in shock
His silent voice, bent winds and swept the clouds.
Fallen, a dead man de...
Wednesday 12th January 2022 10:53 pm
Also by JustKelvinMasilela:
at dawn |Invincible!
Today I feel the best
Better than the rest
Better than the clouds high
Bigger than the blue sky
Stronger than the mountain great
lighter than the butterfly sweet
Brighter than the sunshine
Cooler than moonlight sublime
More vibrant than the brightest colour
More passionate than the greatest lover
Smoother than the flowing water
Sharper than the sharpest diamon...
Wednesday 12th January 2022 4:32 am
And I Never Knew Her Name
She bit into the green apple with perfect white teeth.
Is her hair really that shade of red? I suspend disbelief.
Smartly dressed she stands, all the world her stage.
Happily serving anyone coffee she earns her wage.
She sees all life going on, smilingly serving drinks all day.
She must have heard it all, chatted up in every possible way.
Managing to look like the coffees she sel...
Tuesday 11th January 2022 6:50 pm
For Once…
For once I didn’t open my eyes
And flick on the screen
Scan the news, designed to make me scream.
Posts and pictures of people “seizing the day”
Each not so subtly saying
“Look at me look at me”
Instead…
I poured coffee
With my first cigarette in hand
And looked at something ...
Tuesday 11th January 2022 10:44 am
What A Dick
Two highwaymen on Hampstead Heath
Compared their evening's lot:
"I robbed a royal," said the first,
"And this is what I got:
A thousand pounds, a golden ring,
An antique silver cup..."
To which the second smiled and said,
"That's great...Now stick 'em up."
Tuesday 11th January 2022 3:43 am
My little dog always seems to have the last word
I was playing scrabble with a friend,
I hope the next few lines don't offend.
My little dog eat all the letters thought they were a treat,
For the next few days lots of messages he did excrete.
My little dog always seems to have the last word,
I keep picking up letters with every single turd.
Sunday 9th January 2022 1:17 pm
Also by hugh:
The rebellion of a 14 year old against wearing a mask in school | We must do something NOW to stop knife crimes multiplying !! |Heart in a tight curl
Don't dare stare
At golden eyed lakeside girls
With honey coloured hair
But be prepared
And execute swift side glances
Get your heart buried
By avalanches and avalanches
Of effortless beauty
Saturday 8th January 2022 10:44 am
Life & nature
Friday 7th January 2022 5:27 pm
Also by Jadia4708au:
Mistaken man -God | Mistaken man -God | The sacred revelation-Poetry | Love the way | World-Non-existent | Life is not empty | Moality symbol=An owl | Wiseman & wisdom |Your Turn
Once upon a time
There wasn't a day more satisfactory than today,
The eyes of the mirror were not a victim's eyes.
And a smile could catapult over every jagged ridge.
Stars given a name didn't squander the night,
Steep mountain roads called for flying feet,
and lifted arms celebrated both sun and rain.
The alarm clock was more salutary than dull sleep,
A shaka brah heart surfed the e...
Thursday 6th January 2022 11:48 pm
We’re all Stuffed!
The country is screwed
and we’re all stuffed
All this virus malarkey
I’ve had enough
Life’s not normal
It’s all too hard
When can I go to London
and visit the Shard, the Palace
Or Parliament?
Nobody’s listening to my rant
They’re all fed up, with all the rules
Keep your mask on and don’t be rude
Keep your distance
No not when driving
Just everywhere you g...
Thursday 6th January 2022 9:47 pm
Also by Rick Varden:
All I Want | A New Year Rant |Lost Love
To hold you in my arms one last time
To feel your touch even though I knew you weren’t really mine
To feel your lips touch mine and again feel your love
Hoping, dreaming, wishing I could bring you back
Hoping, dreaming, wishing to fix this shattered heart
But a touch, a kiss, my love wasn’t enough
You’re not coming back
You’ve chosen
And it’s clear now
Your love is ...
Thursday 6th January 2022 9:06 pm
Words, eyes and vision
How peaceful the relationship would be,
if words and intentions are aligned,
no deception just version of soul purifed.
Paradise the earth would be,
if eyes could see heart and ears could hear unspoken words,
distinguishing the cheese on trap or fruit for charity.
This beautiful world,
free from chaos of imposter or saints,
innocent, pious and easily understood.
...
Thursday 6th January 2022 4:52 pm
One Year, Daddy
My dearest Daddy,
It's already been an entire year since the Angels up above wrapped you in their wings and reserved a first class ticket to have God himself share your life story with everyone and have you reunite with your parents. It feels like you were just here yesterday...but that was so many yesterdays ago...
I am devastated
I am in disbelief
I am broken
I am scarred for life
Si...
Thursday 6th January 2022 2:44 pm
Stone Bridge
The connection between our gaze was that of a stone bridge.
My soul on one end and hers at another.
There, our journey began to the middle
Wednesday 5th January 2022 2:00 am
Wrist-holding
Why do i keep this picture in my wallet
stupid but I cant throw it
super duper party
cant manage to think at all
let my body laugh without even a thought
drunk like trash
losing youth so fast
feeling free as hell
could jump from that high
hand grabbing my wrist
oh crap I know who it is
anxiety found me
I need a few more sip
Tuesday 4th January 2022 8:11 pm
The Grataerial
The Grataerial
It was weeks since our aerial got blown off the roof
And the telly’d been knackered since then
I promise… I’ll fix it… mi father said
He just din’t promise us when
I’ll fix it he promised
When it’d been down a week
It’s the vertical hold
It just needs a tweak
I’ll get mi screwdriver
And stick it in here
And wiggle the screw
Till th...
Tuesday 4th January 2022 7:55 pm
My body is just cells to you
Torment is
Our bodies together
Soft skin on soft skin
Entangled tightly
Spooning
Your breath heavy on my neck
A kiss goodnight on my back
My lips
start to relax
Warmth begins between my hips
Pulsating
Mind racing
My lips
start to drip
My desire
A scented aroma
Fantasies begin to play
Body begging to be played
A silent moan
A loud resentment
Don't let it feel good, ...
Tuesday 4th January 2022 1:29 pm
Also by Sarah-Kaye:
Bottom of the list | Intense |Love is Sometimes Violent!
I got a tell me about yourself question!
Well, you see the makeup on my face,
It's not a beauty enhancer
It conceals the scars on my face
That carry the testimony of last night
Punches on my jaws,
Punches on my eyes,
Bleeding nose
Blocking blows, please STOP...
He said LOVE is sometimes violent,
So i stayed!
Tell me about yourself?
Well, I buried my co...
Tuesday 4th January 2022 10:35 am
Also by Inoe CN:
A Moment of Silence, Please! | This Writer is Not a Poet |Today is the Tomorrow You created Yesterday
Monday 3rd January 2022 9:51 pm
A Tempting Dawn
A new year is dawning.
With a moan as an escort
Tempting a conversation
through the front door.
Fingers run down the mistletoe.
Moving in quick succession
To finish what started with a seduction.
Invisible footprints
decorate the naked floors
motioning a pleasure unexplored
Mirrors shatter the illusion
of this lustful encounter,
on the day after Christmas.
Monday 3rd January 2022 1:06 pm
Do We Loose Attraction From The One We Love?
Yesterday I was looking at my flaws in mirror.
I realised.
At times, I don't feel like talking to the person I say I love.
At times, I won't wish to spend time with him.
At times, I won't wish to look at his sparkling eyes.
I felt, I lost attraction.
I felt, maybe it was one another crush to which I gave the name of love.
Then I noticed that there are times when we won't like ...
Monday 3rd January 2022 11:39 am
Also by Advaita singh:
Do We Loose Attraction From The One We Love? |4. 1/3/22
Maybe this isn’t fair
Maybe it wasn’t worth it
Love is rare
Love was perfect
Days are long
Days spent searching
She sings her song
She prayed for certain
Truth be told
Truth was lacking
Today is different
Today was lonely
Tomorrow will be painful
Tomorrow is uncertain
Monday 3rd January 2022 8:08 am
Also by RJ:
3. 1/3/22 | 2. 1/3/22 | 1 [1/3/22] |Only if you have to
Lie, if you wanna lie
If it makes it true
If it helps you sleep
Pray, if you wanna pray
If it hides the sins
If it'll make you a saint
Scream, if you wanna scream
If it clears your throat
If it keeps you safe
Pose, if you wanna pose
If you feel supreme
If it brings you up
Brag, if you wanna brag
If that makes you feel
If it keeps you sane
Judge, if you wanna judge
If it f...
Sunday 2nd January 2022 11:44 pm
I Wrote a Poem for You
I was told to write a poem for you
I understand why, it’s a lovely gift
Provided it’s any good
But you think they’re all good
So you will enjoy the poem I wrote for you
I’m not being arrogant, not at all
My poems aren’t good or lovely
They’re just words that barely connect
No rhyme, no reason, no theme.
I still don’t know if I’m trying
If anyone will think it’s good
...Sunday 2nd January 2022 12:53 pm
New beginnings
There is always apprehension and a little bit of tension
What lies in store on a shore is at the moment unsure
There is a shift and a move and all relations anew
There is leaving behind familiar grounds and those used to sounds
As we move in life towards new beginnings there never will be old endings
As the old will still remain entrenched as sweet memories indelible
And as ...
Sunday 2nd January 2022 12:40 pm
Red and Green
Green indents,
Pattered soil,
A make believe undone for me.
The trampling boots,
Of boys in greens,
Another to ride you down upon.
Sparkling tea,
Loose leaf,
Caramel born from winter.
A slay red ridden,
To my door,
Without forever mourn.
And in a steep,
Gleam between,
My heart does truly sink.
Because I know,
Im damned to be,
No worth between my bracelet beads.
Candle...
Sunday 2nd January 2022 7:10 am
86 words spoken
So, the gods have deemed it necessary that we live another year,
The over lords overall plan for us is quite unclear,
Will the problems of the lost, last year graciously disappear?
Whilst some desire sobriety, others drown in beer.
Unified behind a lie we lay back down to sleep,
Thoughts within our minds we never find the time to speak,
Dreams that w...
Saturday 1st January 2022 3:16 pm
Second choice
12/22/21
More than what it was like to be the girl who was the second choice-
I often wonder what it's like to be the mother of the girl who was second choice
Surely she doesn't even know or she would have never supported the relationship in the first place
Or perhaps she does and in her yearning for her daughter to be "protected" by the boy she was talked into thinking was a man, she ...
Saturday 1st January 2022 12:57 am
Also by VHH:
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