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 73° 
Will
the skimpy queens
drip their glory
beneath the neon-winged
albatross
in purple waves;

they straighten their
fractured hair in
frightened puddles

as the rotten meat
of traffic kills
the stars
 70° 
Todd Sommerville
I posted this poem a few weeks ago but
have since turned it into a song on
my you tube channel.
I'd like to invite you to check it out at

www.youtube.com/@tsummerspoetry

if you'd like to just read the poem it's here on my
HP Page Thanks!
 68° 
Satya
Sitting near the river
Realise the truth of life
Truth which could be beautiful
If perspective changed .
Speaks that,
Life is full made up of ups and downs
Sometimes it get high sometimes way much down
let people to think about it..
Slowly improving poetry..
 66° 
Vrinda
"It's late in the night
3:08
filled with hate
thought it was fate
turns out it's all fake
I still wait
for what? oh I wish I knew
flying feelings over the moon"
i wrote this at 3:08 am
 63° 
McKenna
Living in a cruel world
That eats confidence for breakfast
And snacks on self esteem
Builds up people like them
To break down people like her
Of course shes going to question herself
If you looked like her
She laughs off remarks
About her own insecurities
Because therapists don't cry
And neither do clowns
Only if they hurt themself–
To get a laugh from the crowd
Laugh at her clumsiness
Yet they never know
Its a sign of her lack of care
For the life she's forced to live,
And the wish she's never promised
 62° 
Maddy
Be grateful to have another day
Make it the very best it can be
Tomorrow may never come and it is not promised
Reach deep down and enjoy what others come to expect
Expect nothing and accept the challenge to do the very best you can
As you rIse
 62° 
Sometimes Starr
It was a simple transaction
Bleed to get back in
Love when we have a love interaction

First it's the feeling
Then comes the color
Driven by math
And seen by no other

I am twisting through myself

You need to stop and look
At the way things have been
You need to take some time
To let it all in
Now you're a dumbf--k
Wicked and washed up
Take your spaghettified brains and
Blow them out of your skull!

It was a love interaction
Got to let me believe
I am the smartest thing
Since Adam and Eve

We're tripping bigtime
This ain't the good life
And when I'm looking at you
I'm green, and out of my mind

I am twisting through myself

You need to stop and look
At the way things have been
You need to take some time
To let it all in
Now you're a dumbf--k
Wicked and washed up
Take your spaghettified brains and
Blow them out of your skull!

Just patch me in
Just patch me in
Just patch me in
Just patch me

Just patch me in
It's your big win
Just patch me in
Just patch me

You need to stop and look
At the way things have been
You need to take some time
To let it all in
Now you're a dumbf--k
Wicked and washed up
Take your spaghettified brains and
Blow them out of your skull!
 59° 
César Vallejo
Enfrente a la Comedia Francesa, está el Café
de la Regencia; en él hay una pieza
recóndita, con una butaca y una mesa.
Cuando entro, el polvo inmóvil se ha puesto ya de pie.

Entre mis labios hechos de jebe, la pavesa
de un cigarrillo humea, y en el humo se ve
dos humos intensivos, el tórax del Café,
y en el tórax, un óxido profundo de tristeza.

Importa que el otoño se injerte en los otoños,
importa que el otoño se integre de retoños,
la nube, de semestres; de pómulos, la arruga.

Importa oler a loco postulando
¡qué cálida es la nieve, qué fugaz la tortuga,
el cómo qué sencillo, qué fulminante el cuándo!
 59° 
Joss Lennox
Then renewal enters--
After the longest winters,
Strengthened setting sun.
where there's darkness and endings, there's also beginnings, resilience and quiet strength.
 55° 
Nolan Bucsis
I woke up in right now.
When I was really back there.
Apprehensive and afraid.
My cold sweat.
Chilling

Sleeping past the morning
Nervous that nothing will pan out.
As it does in my head.

But I don't think it happened before

Back when my mantra was
Never did nothin.
Never was gonna be anything magnificent.
Never tried enough to be great.
Not even mediocre.

All I ever got
Was a failed
Life.
 54° 
Yonah Jeong
At the corner of the dark room
After crouching and leaning on the bed
Wake up and with heavy steps
Whenever lover is coming.
 53° 
Berrin Yakar
I’ve been stranded in a desert,
Two years behind the bars of sand.
Never tried to break free,
Just watched the sun sink with me.

Then one day— like any other,
Through my wreckage, I caught his gaze.
Shivering— I’m cold he says,
Burn me up with the fire you ignite.

Passed beyond my clouds,
Every scar of mine must be his guide.
So I’ll drop my broken heart—
Become the spark of your night
This poem got published on Everscribe Magazine/Issue 8, hope you like it too :)
 51° 
Nobody
I fell for a poet
An expert with his words
By night a whisper,
By day unheard

I fell for a poet
A hazy, giggly dream
A little boy in a teenager's body
A life ripped at the seams

I fell for a poet
Who's writing love poems I'll never read
For someone else in his life,
Anyone but me.

I fell for a poet
So I'll wait, quiet as the sea
For this feeling to fade
Or for him to fall for me
jsyk, thisisnt anyone on the website i swear i would never let him see my gay poetry 😭😭
I want to escape,
To leave this cloudy place,
Where the rain freezes over,
Leaving a layer of ice,
Wrapped tight around our hands.

I want to leave,
Will you come with me?
The north is bitter,
Rich men plaster their homes with soulless things,
Leaving the poor man's mouth frothing.

I am leaving this place,
Please come with me,
The trail is cold,
Your embrace is warm.
If you say no,
I will stay.
I fall into her
 50° 
Sherri Woodman
I'm trying hard to not react,                                                           ­                 
                                               ­                                                                 ­        
to get all of my power back                                                             ­                       
                                         ­                                                                 ­      
Calling on an inner peace                                                            ­              
                                                                ­                                                        
to set me free & give me relief                                                           ­                   
                                             ­                                                                 ­          
As I breathe in and then exhale,                                                          ­                        
                                                                ­                                                      
my cooler head soon prevails                                                         ­                     
                                           ­                                                            
 Confident that I can
succeed,                                                         ­               
                                                 ­                                                                 
 that I have all that I need                                                             ­           
                                                                ­                                                    
So, the tables are
turning                                                          ­                                
                                ­                                                                 ­                 
and I find myself learning                                                         ­                             
                                   ­                                                                 ­            
That if I take it day by
day,                                                             ­                   
                                             ­                                                                 ­          
I might end up being okay
 50° 
colleen
we used to draw sharks
on our living room floor,
and run away laughing
when it was time to clean up.

we’d sit at the curb
a block away from home,
consuming junk food and stories
no one will ever know of.

u were the baby of the family,
a constant reminder that i had to grow.
and ur name even came from me,
a responsibility i will always adore.

i’m sorry if life has failed u,
i can’t help the regrets that come rushing in, knowing in my heart that i tried,
but u just weren’t mine to save.

i wish we could stay in the past forever
ur hand in mine as we crossed the road,
i wish the innocence stayed in ur eyes longer,
but now it’s time i let u grow.
 49° 
Kelly McManus
It's far beyond time
the day of change has arrived
but gone unnoticed
 48° 
Julie Grenness
Here is my loving tribute to you,
You don't really mind if I do,
Send my thankful smiles your way,
Laugh, power to the gray,
After forty years,
You remove fears,
You don't mind,
So kind,
You.......
Feedback welcome.
 48° 
Jason
It's a lot closer than you think
eternity
pick any molecule, proton, atom
my love for you
it's there
Et toi, dors-tu quand la nuit est si belle,
Quand l'eau me cherche et me fuit comme toi,
Quand je te donne un cœur longtemps rebelle ?
Dors-tu, ma vie ! ou rêves-tu de moi ?

Démêles-tu, dans ton âme confuse,
Les doux secrets qui brûlent entre nous ?
Ces longs secrets dont l'amour nous accuse,
Viens-tu les rompre en songe à mes genoux ?

As-tu livré ta voix tendre et hardie
Aux fraîches voix qui font trembler les fleurs ?
Non ! c'est du soir la vague mélodie :
Ton souffle encor n'a pas séché mes pleurs !

Garde toujours ce douloureux empire
Sur notre amour qui cherche à nous trahir ;
Mais garde aussi son mal dont je soupire ;
Son mal est doux, bien qu'il fasse mourir !
Quand l'été, dans ton lit, tu te couches malade,
Couverte d'un linceul, de roses tout semé,
Amour, d'arc et de trousse et de flèches armé,
Caché sous ton chevet, se tient en embuscade.

Personne ne te voit, qui d'une couleur fade
Ne retourne au logis ou malade ou spasmé ;
Qu'il ne sente d'Amour tout son cœur entamé,
Ou ne soit ébloui des rais de ton œillade.

C'est un plaisir de voir tes cheveux arrangés
Sous un scofion (1) peint d'une soie diverse ;
Voir deçà, voir delà tes membres allongés,

Et ta main qui le lit nonchalante traverse,
Et ta voix qui me charme, et ma raison renverse
Si fort que tous mes sens en deviennent changés.


1. Escofion, scofion : Coiffe de femme.
 47° 
Kellonor
Crossing the ocean of endless stars
Will you be there waiting for me,
Or do I have to still my heart
And antagonize the entire nature of my character.

Opened feelings, no fear at all
I took out the deepest part of me
And bathed in your light,
Only for you to shove me back into the endless ocean of void.

It was the scent of the sea that opened the memory,
Where sunlight blurred my vision, and I saw you
Tall, dark hair, eyes that charm,
And a smile that negated everything wrong in my world.

I wish the story wouldn't end.
I have to walk back into the cairn of insecure souls,
Wandering aimlessly, pondering what they did wrong
In this life or the next.

I dream of escape, of finally leaving the void behind.
Written from within my own void of helplessness
 45° 
Dru
Shield 'em when you can
Shield 'em when you must
If you love em , Shield  'em

Because the world is cruel
Because evil sits in plain sight
O'wise bad experience will wisen you up
But it might be too late to recover

So throw your hands around them
Yes ! If you care for little ones
Protect them when they go wandering on the Web
 44° 
Silvestre
crash and slam---
into the silver reflection,
where
I see myself
on the waters,
my thoughts
go astray
and begin
a riot in
my mind,
shattering
what's left of me
 41° 
Rafael Alberti
Pirata de mar y cielo,
si no fui ya, lo seré.

Si no robé la aurora de los mares,
si no la robé,
ya la robaré.

Pirata de cielo y mar,
sobre un cazatorpederos,
con seis fuertes marineros,
alternos, de tres en tres.

Si no robé la aurora de los cielos,
si no la robé,
ya la robaré.
 41° 
Amethyste
I stare long at every face

That looks like you

Your are a mirage

I come towards you

Your body is a dejavu

Of warmth

Oh to touch it

Oh to have you mine.
Yo sólo soy un hombre débil, un espontáneo
que nunca tomó en serio los sesos de su cráneo.
A medida que vivo ignoro más las cosas;
no sé ni por qué encantan las hembras y las rosas,
Sólo estuve sereno, como en un trampolín,
para saltar las nuevas cinturas de las Martas
y con dedos maniáticos de sastre, medir cuartas
a un talle de caricias ideado por Merlín.
Admiro el universo como un azul candado,
gusto del cristianismo porque el Rabí es poeta,
veo arriba el misterio de un único cometa
y adoro en la Mujer el misterio encarnado.
Quiero a mi siglo; gozo de haber nacido en él;
los siglos son en mi alma rombos de una pelota
para la dicha varia y el calosfrío cruel
en que cesa la media y lo crudo se anota.
He oído la rechifla de los demonios sobre
mis bancarrotas chuscas de pecador ******,
y he mirado a los ángeles y arcángeles mojar
con sus lágrimas de oro mi vajilla de cobre.
Mi carne es combustible y mi conciencia parda;
efímeras y agudas refulgen mis pasiones
cual vidrios de botella que erizaron la barda
del gallinero, contra los gatos y ladrones.
¡Oh, Rabí, si te dignas, está bien que me orientes:
he besado mil bocas, pero besé diez frentes!
Mi voluntad es labio y mi beso es el rito...
¡Oh, Rabí, si te dignas, bien está que me encauces;
como el can de San Roque, ha estado mi apetito
con la vista en el cielo y la antorcha en las fauces!
"You misrepresent me

In this piece


I don't see myself here"
You bare your teeth
At the thought
Of a crack
 40° 
Alex Teng
Don’t stay because you feel you must,
Love can’t be built on guilt or dust.
Stay only if your heart beats true,
If every breath still aches for “you.”

I want your smile, not just your face,
Your laughter warm, your soft embrace.
But if your joy begins to fade,
Don’t let our love become a cage.

I’d rather kiss you one last time,
Than hold you bound by silent crime.
So stay, my love, if love is why
Not just to soothe a saddened sigh.
 40° 
Poetato
O Lord
I lay it all before You
As I did yesterday

But this time
My eyes
Surely
Remain open.
 39° 
Austin Meehan
03
The cliché
I pull you in
You pull away

Gravity can't exist
Cause I'm watching
You just float away
 37° 
Kashifa
I am not a poet
Just trapped in love
Maybe this trap
made me one
I don't know

I never asked to
write these lines,
But you
You made me

So read them
Find yourself
between the verses
And become
my poet now
 35° 
neth jones
i lust insist
tense under ruttish restraint and expectation
                                                     ­             trussed
28/04/25
 35° 
Jimmy silker
When even our core becomes sand
After its followed the crust
Mantle
And land
Then vibrates
To the far reaches
Would we be the first to go?
Do we phase up or below?
We'll be grains
So what would that teach us?
 35° 
Abby
it feels like a trap
(my brain)
it gives me the wrong answers
(keeps me suffering in vain)
 34° 
Sean Maloney
I miss you
Not in the way a high schooler misses an ex
The way a spouse misses a life partner
It’s been a day
 34° 
John Prophet
Walk away.
Siren’s
song.
Resonating.
Gently
whispering.
Soothing.
Cooi­ng
persuasive
messages.
Molding
mind and
manor.
A.I.
omnipresent.
Enveloping.
Nature,
human nature.
Turned.
Slowly
turned
to something
different.
Subtle
alteration.
Change in
direction.
In time,
arrives
in a
different
place.
One
determined
not human.
Machine
guided.
Walk away.
Put down
the technology.
Less consumed
by it.
 33° 
Juno
If you asked me my future job,
I would say “I’m not sure”,
But if asked me my dream job,
I would say - music
Singing,
Song writing,
To be in a band,
Though I know it is unrealistic and it may always stay as just that- a dream

But to touch people souls,
-Their hearts
Like music does to me ,
To make them feel every word-
Every note-
To be changed just in that moment
For there worries to melt away-
Escape from the world,
Or reveal the worlds beauty-
Taken away in a boat through stream of melodies,
- My melodies

-JJ
18/04/25
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