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Asian Poetry
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Visual Poetry
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Literature
Simple
To brave a face, and keep one’s steady Is like a lace A thread just one to steady Keep it clean Make a penny Keep her clean Take your penny Their light would be enough if not for the smear Then you see their grease, smudging what was clear To brave a face, you shamble Embrace a road more simple
Traditional Poetry
1157
Literature
Abandon: Sobriety
Abandon: Sobriety
Temptation destroys the very fabric of controlled rejection
And I yearn for a stupor salvation
This thirst is my disgraceful halation
And every shot sends me deeper into oblivion
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My morals got caught up in warfare
Defining the worst side of my personality
These dark circles around my eyes lead nowhere
My irises are the source of frailty
Isolation is the only resort
The final stand against another taste
Just until my courage is immersed
And then another hit awaits
Bottom of a bottle / Bevel of a needle
A sacred betrayal / Spiraling into denial
My thoughts phase from numbness
Temporarily freed from reality
Resentme
Poetry 2
1130
Literature
The Soul Smuggler
The Soul Smuggler
He sits and waits, for just a call
The call that brings a contract
To lead a soul to Heaven or Hell
Not from death, oh no,
But from the Void, separating
The Angels and the Demons
He has no name
He hides in shadows and cracks,
Invisible to the naked eye
Revealing himself to those who pay
So he can gamble a life, into Heaven or Hell.
That's his life, he knows no more
He has no age, therefore no fear of Death
He faces many risks, more to his life,
For even in the Afterlife you can still die
He fights with courage and wit
He runs with hope and risk
Telling people to run the other way.
When asked his name, he s
Free Verse Year One
1200
Literature
Forgive me
Could he possibly be avoiding me,
Or am I avoiding him?
Is it something that I said,
Or just something that I did?
Where did this awkwardness come from;
Why won't he meet my gaze?
All apologies end in conflict,
As we sink deeper into our lies.
The distance is growing rapidly,
Our string is about to snap.
All the bridges up to now,
Will collapse into a wreck.
I hate myself for saying,
All those stupid things that hurt you.
I know I don't deserve it,
But forgiveness is a virtue.
Free Verse Year Two
1297
Literature
5. Seeking Solace
Another cup of
cold milk today -
cause there's
nothing better
to avoid duties
than drinking
all the time.
I wish it was hot
or it was cacao,
but I can afford only
this substitute of
husher and sweetener.
I'm on a diet -
I avoid pleasure
and all of you.
A small kitten adds charm
to the soothing picture
of me sitting on
an uncomfortable chair
near not burning chimney.
The little creature
is the only one,
who feels that
there's something
wrong with me.
But it's not enough:
it's an animal,
understanding even less
than a girl living
in the fantasies
of fairytales
and movies.
Free Verse Year Three
131
Literature
Riding Hot Air Currents
Your voice drips sweet surrender,
takes this icy heart and makes it swelter,
I can feel the longing,
in your vice grip I am belonging.
Hot air currents we do ride,
from you this night I can't hide,
you've caught me on my blind side,
missing you like suicide.
Distance toys with my mind,
my fingertips walk over cloud clusters,
stretching to where you are,
your words burn so deep they are leaving a scar.
Don't let up,
don't shut up,
just know that this torture is welcome,
just know I'm the air below you my falcon.
Free Verse Year Four
35
Literature
-Once More- (2020)
Howling into the wind, through the wind My thoughts to you flutter and ascend Shivering and rattling My bones, hollow and broken My dreams, heavy and dull Let me speak to you once more, just once more Laughing and howling into the wind, becoming the wind My thoughts, illuminated, fluttering to you Softly and silently My body, tattered and cold My heart, fallen in love Let me come closer even still, just be still I could sleep here but the wind will surely howl through the night Picking up every color, fluttering into the sky Feminine and pink My cheeks, burning and flushed My feet, kicked towards the moon A smoky lavender lullaby, was stolen from my lips Perhaps it was just an empty sigh, swept away by the wind I have so many doubts, wavering, and fluttering Fearful and cowardly My hands, skeletal and empty My fingertips, impressed upon your skin There is still no evidence, no proof, nothing for me Will the wind laugh at these tears? Will they be torn away? The ivory gates cracked
Free Verse Year Five
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Breathe Me In (I dance alone) by HoaxDreams, literature
Literature
Breathe Me In (I dance alone)
You're like my cachaça de café All in all you're sweet and heady Like lilac wine, a dream-like fantasy An urging, I can only get when I'm on the upside But you have a bitter undertone Feelings keep getting out of tempo Do you also want to come undone? Your bitterness doesn't drive me away Because I'm in love with everything that makes us the same And different The sweetness makes me dizzy, I giggle like a child again I feel young, discovering something special, my heart's washed on the bay Innocence bleeding on the shore the wind sprays The bitterness wakes me up and tells me "thank god, I'm not dreaming this" But hey, I just really want to know Whats the criteria to be in your lungs? Become what you breathe Be lethal, everything It's just that I never felt this way before And I know, the handle is cold But whatever's on the other side of the door I fear it is just what I'm looking for The floorboards creak The room shakes, trying to expel me away But I take cautious steps, you're
The Dangers of Phone Addiction by SnowyZoe97, literature
Literature
The Dangers of Phone Addiction
Many people of today Often rely on their smartphones On the Internet, they have so much to say And there’s so much that they've ever known. But even in the world of apps, And music and viral videos, It just becomes all work and no play, Since all smartphone users have their drawbacks. In fact, all social media out there Can ruin the way we think. But nobody ever seems to care That media destroys them faster than they blink. The more likes people get on Facebook, The bigger their ego inflates. It’s not necessarily a good thing, and if that happens, All they get is less love and more hate. All those messages people get while texting Is ruining all of their thoughts. They’re unaware of the damage it brings And don’t try to connect the dots. Smartphones are ruining people's lives, And brainwashing most of the human race. And a single person is more likely to get brainwashed, When they always have a smartphone two inches away from their face. Many
I awoke Disorientated Two identical mornings Disappointed I wasn’t here, nor there A coin flipped Is he or is he not? He is not Snap decisions Permeating the air Smoke coils, ashes fall Stripped of pride I can easily forget Tenderness, like rain Evaporating and pooling Simultaneously The footprints I left behind Should be dyed a shimmering gold Just as the sunset, just as the streetlights A warm autumn embrace Scattering my thoughts Across the night sky Set them ablaze And they will become stars Drenched in moonlight All expressions swept away Flickering red and blue An emergency someplace, but not here Nor there
Walking out under the sun Toes in the sand toss around The wheat sung a lullaby While it waltzed with the wind It was the hums about honey When it treads long about From spoon to teacup When I closed my eyes and The breeze brought a little leaf And a flower, tint and paper making Scratching noises to summon poems You would tear up Lock eyes with me And hand me gin With a gingerly biting kiss Oh my darling, would you dare me? To make a jump, to make a bet That you're bad But the best for me Would you dance around If I fell out Of all my wits and Hold my hand and shake me To behold you Ah again I feel I dont see anymore From crops and crops whip and leather I'm sticking to my guns You say they feel like feathers I'm made to think, to ponder, about the abyss And it looks like linen and blood velvet It's dark and soft Like the mould in your brain I'm growing beyond my years On my marmorean prison These vast floors when you're leaving Makes my tears Beautiful diamond rain Hide me
You know where to find me, I’m waiting On the sand, I’ll be by the ocean I marked the spot Beside the heart painted graffiti You bring the sun and the bells resounding For you are wind, spreading yourself over everything, singing I bring the sea, cold and dark Tumultuous and deep, you’ve seen before this sight So you’re scared but I’m a spark You expect me to scream and hurt you But darling, I only kneel by your side I only want to understand, only to hear While I caress your hair and kiss your skin We’re hurt birds, can we heal alongside? So, one day, we can fly together and get out of here? I feel like a spark. Am I a summer arcade? A muse to discard? I try to convince myself “Vienna waits for you” In the dark, she wants to never end, how about to start? I’m tired of singing blues I’m grey in the mourning So I’m afraid of a girl who welcomes the morning light While dawn’s at my back, flipside We’re like kids writing down open diaries Ripping pages, ripping hearts Our minds torn I
remember the crystal beaches when we were casting spells at night bathing in the moonlight summoning the muses invoking the ancients a beauty and a beast in the harbor burried by past conjuring the love dreaming of darkness and light I came to understand I cleared my mind but the spell still hangs in the air I will always remember
I Don't Want Any More Hostility by diddles25, literature
Literature
I Don't Want Any More Hostility
I don’t deny that there will be disagreement I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that there will be contention I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that there will be differing opinions I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that there will still be scandal I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that there will be hardship I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that there will be soreness I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that I am not perfectly virtuous I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that I share the responsibility I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that there will still be animosity I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that there will still be resentment I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that there will be reproach I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that there will still be distrust I don’t want any more hostility I don’t deny that there will still be blame I don’t want any more
Let Healing Rain Pour on Scorched Land by diddles25, literature
Literature
Let Healing Rain Pour on Scorched Land
All is still as dry as tinder; Alas, after the wildfires in our home There is enough tinder that awaits ignition And we are still in this hearth of uncertainty I can breathe more easily But because victory upsets much of the population And I am still nervous at the resentment Of people who feel that they themselves won’t be heard. I won’t pretend that I am a perfect example Of virtue, I am also flawed, but I can’t take any more implacable contention Which he lit who was supposed to be responsible. I won’t pretend that I am a perfect example Of virtue, I am also flawed, but I want to resolve the problem, That we will unite against a worse crisis All seemed to collapse and naked despair And anger almost crushed me. I would not trust. I take little pleasure now, when many people Of this country feel some sort of soreness. Happy and contented people don’t become inflamed; Fear, anger, pain, and disappointment are All behind resentment, and I did not Want to listen and I could offer my
the hunting instincts alert as the tree tops bend to give him honors moons embrace him with ghastly light as he leaps - into nightness of the night the caverns hiding his trophies once alive, not truth of his victories he stalks the darkness like a mist unreal in the gleam of the stars a hunter of shadows forest spirit, the one that walks in silence feet buried deep in the grass emerald hues glowing the one that owns unlight
The blight, soaking the world in its venom eating the flesh in the name of pestilence the orb of futility in each word spinning over the fatal fulfillment their hearts lost the madness continues as it bleeds the lambs as it bleeds the wolves the crystal palace shattering leaving little shards in the eyes of the humankind the rat lashes it tails twelve tails of the apocalypse the cities bury in the the ashes and burn; high flame of the three furies this is the time of amends digging shards from our eyes to see our truth the world needs the end to reach the new beginning