Regular poetry thread

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Regular poetry thread

Regular poetry thread (because I'm tired of not editing my poems)

This is exactly what it sounds like! A thread to post poetry. I'm excited to read all of your work!

submitted by Bluebird
(April 30, 2017 - 8:51 pm)

back to the Pudding's Place

Wow Jaybells! This poems are so inspiring and amazing. I love "I watch the mountains jut up as if to catch the sky"! This is so beautiful!

submitted by Cranberry , age 14!!!!!, Pantala
(August 9, 2021 - 5:08 pm)
A silver ray of moonlight 
Cutting through the sand
Shining on the sea
Looking like a nickel in my hand.
The golden ball of fire 
Rises into the sky
Growing like a flower
A weed, a growing lie.
Maybe you don't know me.
Maybe I'm your friend.
But like that ball of fire 
We all grow up in the end.
The very smallest promise
The very biggest  fear
Tear you down when broken
Tear you down when near.
Although the oceans large 
And the sky a huge vast thing,
Friends will always be there
Through what fears and promises bring. 
submitted by Cranberry , age 14!!!!!!, Pantala
(August 9, 2021 - 5:18 pm)

This is really creative!

I like the style, especially the pairs that practically beg for comparison, and the cool imagery!

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(August 9, 2021 - 10:40 pm)

i don't want to be

alone

but i always end up

alone

i wish i could blend in

not alone

surrounded by a crowd but also  

unnoticed

i wish i could show up and

no one

would bat an eye and i wouldn't have to 

say anything 

i just want to not be

alone

for the world to whiz by around me 

and i

could be part of it

without

having to try and break myself or do

anything 

why am i still

alone 

submitted by Scribbler, ???
(August 9, 2021 - 10:51 pm)

*hugs* I feel you.

submitted by WordSong, age Forever, Under a rock
(August 10, 2021 - 4:57 pm)

I see the way you struggle

Your hope is misplaced

There's no reason to fight so hard

When it'll get you nowhere

 

You hear the way I talk

And grit your teeth,

'Hope is the driving force behind everything,'

you say, 'Don't drag me down with you.'

 

I don't agree, but I do respect it. 

It brings me peace to know

That we, and our worldviews,

Can live together in harmony.

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(August 10, 2021 - 2:04 pm)

My appearance belies my personality

I am shy

Quiet

Unnoticeable

I am tall

Pretty (no, i am not ashamed of saying it)

Foreboding

I think it my of tapping the world on its shoulder and saying

Hey

I am here too

I am worth noticing 

I am not monotonous 

When I am with my friends I am different

I am vibrant

Talkative

Happy

But the world is my friend too, with it's fogs and mists and dews

With it's libraries and museums and forests

If the world is my friend than why do I act this way, why am shy and quiet instead of vibrant and talkative?

No, I know the answer to that

The world is my friend, but it's people are not. 

 

submitted by CelesteOfTheGoldMoon
(August 10, 2021 - 3:52 pm)

I mean . . . same. Also beautiful poetry.

submitted by WordSong, age Forever, Under a rock
(August 10, 2021 - 4:58 pm)

Ooh, that's relatable.

I really love the line "The world is my friend, but its people are not" Yikes, so poignant~

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(August 11, 2021 - 1:26 am)

raincloud

drops of rain

pouring, pouring.

 

are you upset,

my love?

no, but my hair is damp

and so are my clothes

and the rain kinda hurts.

but that's okay, 

so long as your heart is light.

 

rain on your parade, 

but wouldn't it be fun

to grin at the floats,

hair wet

face wet 

clothes wet

instead of standing,

burning hot,

forcing out cheers through

parched lips.

 

hey, raincloud

are you alright?

do you rain in joy

or sorrow?

do you try to

dampen peoples' spirits,

or do you rain so

thirsty people

(& plants)

can drink

and dance for joy?

 

raincloud

drops of rain

pouring, pouring. 

 

submitted by WordSong, age Forever, Under a rock
(August 10, 2021 - 5:07 pm)

Interesting perspective!

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(August 11, 2021 - 9:48 pm)

Telegram 

If I were to send a telegram to the world it would read

HELP STOP

I CANNOT BREATHE

No, it's not my nonexistent asthma (though,

thank you for checking)

and no, I do not think it's life threatening (so,

apologies for worrying you)

but all the same:

HELP STOP

I CANNOT BREATHE

I suppose it's just that I exhaled a few seconds ago

and it seems I've forgotten how to inhale, or at least

forgotton to inhale.

But as I quietly asphyxiate, I hope you know I don't blame you. 

~~

Hrm, that one's a little odd but I kind of like it haha 

submitted by Luminescence, age 12, Atlantis, she/her
(August 11, 2021 - 8:37 pm)

Huh, interesting...

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(August 11, 2021 - 9:51 pm)

hope you don't mind i wrote a reply because uh

i relate :,D

unbreathing

as you

send out a wordwide telegram,

you sit unbreathing, breaking the unspoken rule:

always do your best to keep living

(and- i don't even know if unbreathing is a word, but it sounds sad and interesting and

i kind of like it even though it holds a terrible meaning.)

 

HELP STOP

I CANNOT BREATH

says you, words flashing through my consciousness, and

HELP STOP

I CANNOT BREATH

my throat closes up

my vision begins to dim

i am unbreathing too although i'm fine (well, physically)

it's a mental thing, i know, but i can still feel the

weight of your words pressing down on my airways, cutting

away the one thing keeping me here-

breath breath breath breath

 

I'LL TRY TO HELP STOP

BUT I'M NOT GOOD AT THIS KIND OF THING

i say, sending my response.

I'M SORRY STOP

MAYBE WE CAN ASPHYXIATE TOGETHER?

terrible request, i know, but

somewhere out there you're head is pounding with the lack of oxygen and mine is pounding too,

and i know things are mostly better when someone else is with you

or is that just my lonely, aching heart speaking? 

submitted by dreamii@lumi pg. 126, lost
(August 12, 2021 - 10:51 pm)

I love this, dreamiing! and honestly, it made my day brighter to know that someone felt the same, and also that you liked it enough to make a response poem <33

submitted by Luminescence, age 12, Atlantis
(August 13, 2021 - 5:06 pm)
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