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)

This poem is called "Covid"

 

We bought

We went.

We came

We spent.

We were happy

Now we're not.

What changed that

You wonder while tieing your knots.

I tell you what happened,

I tell you the tale,

Of the lockdown

When there was so many fails.

They thought it was best,

We were not aliowed

To do anything but rest

With no work.

Didn't they understand?

Covid was not such a pain.

It was like a cold,

And full of rain.

Our friends too

Were locked away 

And I was alone

Wasting away the day.

Finally!

It's all gone!

We have won!

Or have we? 

 

Hope everyone likes it. 

submitted by Pancake
(October 22, 2021 - 2:28 pm)

Interesting~

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(October 24, 2021 - 8:46 am)

Hi! I really appreciate all the poems you're posting here, Pancake! However, although it might not be bad for some, for many people, COVID-19 is not at all like a cold. People don't have to go to the hospital, be put on a respirator, and have long-lasting side effects when they have a cold. These are all things that have happened to people I know personally due to covid, and many, many other people. And do you know how many people have died? Please look at the statistics on covid from a reliable source, such as the CDC website. And if we hadn't gone on lockdown, it would have been even worse. I get that it sucked being away from friends- it sucked for me too. But it's to save lives. 

Basically, look at the statistics. Dealing with the preventable death of a loved one, is, in fact, a pain. Anyone can add with facts (I don't have time for that right now). <3

I understand what you're saying, Azalea, but writers may express emotions from varying points of view. I don't think Pancake meant to downplay the effects of Covid, but rather to express how it's impacted her/his life.

Admin

submitted by Azalea , age she/her, The art studio
(October 24, 2021 - 4:21 pm)

Okay. Okay. I was maybe not in the calmest state of mind when I wrote this, and I did overreact, and maybe I missed Pancake's meaning completely, so I apologize for that. And I know changing someone's mind isn't as easy as writing a post on the internet- and I was not meaning to say Pancake couldn't express their emotions about covid- anyone should be allowed to say their opinions that are appropriate for the CB- but there were some things that weren't just that. Anyway, I'm gonna just end this here, because it's not going anywhere. None of this is meant to be hostile at all!! Thanks, Admin :)

*also, side note, some people use pronouns other than she and he, so it's better to use they/them when you don't know :) 

submitted by Azalea , age she/her, The art studio
(October 25, 2021 - 11:41 am)

I was mainly trying to rhyme when I said Covid was like a cold, but I did think Covid was like a cold. I got Covid, but that's what it was like. A cold.

submitted by @Azalea, age Reply, From:Pancake
(October 25, 2021 - 6:43 pm)

"Free'

 

We were never

Truely free

Even if we are adults,

We still need a key.

 

Who owns the key

You ask

Curious about the unknown

As if it wears a mask.

 

The key has been lost

No one to take care of it.

Well, what is the cost?

You say.

 

There is no price,

You cannot buy it.

Then were is it, with mice?

No, I say.

 

This key does not belong

To anyone one of us.

It is in our mind,

So stop making a fuss.

 

But I want to be free!

You shout.

You will see.

I say, unsure of myself.

 

When? When will I see?

You ask over and over.

When you find the key,

You'll know it.

 

I want to know now

I want to be free!

You say again.

That's when I flee.

 

I could not tell you

The key is kept

Locked away

So I left.

 

I left you alone,

Watching me.

I ran so fast I could have flown.

But I didn't.

 

You see, the key is locked

Inside a box

with no key.

You cannot get it.

 

You wanted to be free.

I couldn't help you.

I never came back.

I still think of you and wish I told you what was true.

 

I hope everyone enjoys this poem. 

submitted by Pancake
(October 22, 2021 - 2:49 pm)

I really, really like this one! It's sorta sad and dark and like an unravelling mystery with a tragic end and underlying sense of regret, but in a good way.

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(October 24, 2021 - 8:50 am)

If there were no boundries,

We could see

For miles and miles

And be free.

 

If there was no fire,

We could be cold

Frozen forever

In an hold.

 

If there was no people,

this world would be

So lonely forever

But it'd be free.

 

Without Covid,

This world would be happy.

We would see our friends

And not be unhappy. 

submitted by Pancake, age No clue, River Lake
(October 23, 2021 - 6:23 am)

I wanted to fly

But not in a plane.

I wanted to fly

But not in the rain.

I wanted to fly

But not by falling.

I wanted to fly

By myself.

 

I wanted to be above the clouds

But not on a skyscraper. 

I wanted to be above the clouds

But not on a plane.

I wanted to be above the clouds

But not on a mountain.

I wanted to be above the clouds

By myself.

 

Why can't I do it?

I ask no one.

Because you do no have that power

Says a voice that makes me wish to run.

 

I did not listen

I did not!

I learned to fly like a bird.

I never sold all my Yachts.

 

I learned to fly once.

I could never again.

I didn't want help,

So I jumped of a cliff.

I stared up at the sky.

I saw the snow.

Then I tried to fly.

It worked!

But I could not go up. 

submitted by Pancake
(October 23, 2021 - 7:03 am)

Mate, that's dark but sooo relatable. I like your style!

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(October 24, 2021 - 7:57 pm)

I'm writing this as I go, it might be bad but I want to write something

 

Light is a symbol of everything good,

Friendship, love, kindness

However, light can be blinding.

Darkness is a symbol of everything bad,

sadness, death, fear.

However, darkness can be peaceful.

Not everything is always as it seems,

But nothing isn't never as it seems.

 

i don't know. *is confuzzed* not confuzzled, confuzzed. That was not a typo.*shrugs* don't ask

submitted by a poetish
(October 23, 2021 - 1:05 pm)

Cool! I love the different perspective~

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(October 24, 2021 - 8:51 am)

Yes or no

To be or not to be

Those are the
questions

Choices, choices

 

Choice is our power

Yes

Ours is the hour

 

Taken away, is
anything left?

No

Just shards who
remain bereft

 

True freedom –
limitless, unbound

To be

Our own soul, our own
sound


The choices WE defined

Not to be

Just the past we’re
assigned

 

Know or do not

Gone or be sought

Black or white

Laughter or fright

 

 

Choices are
everything

submitted by Phantasmagoria, age never, Beyond
(October 24, 2021 - 2:46 pm)

Where did they go

why am i all alone

i miss what has gone

i miss what has stayed

i want them to know

but what can I say

my life is a tangle 

of knots, all a mess

where do i go

from here

i want to say im sorry

for hurting 

you

but what can i say

how can i say

im sorry?

where did the words go?

my minds flown a way.

im lost in the helplessness 

i didnt mean to

i hit you

i hurt you 

i punched you 

i took you forgranted 

but you stayed

you helped

and i said i was sorry

but how do i tell them?
how do I tell the others? 

what do i say?

i love you.

im sorry.  

submitted by Cranberry, age 14, pantala
(October 24, 2021 - 3:25 pm)

This is so sad, but in an interesting way. Sounds like a good, angsty storyline if you want to write a larger tale about it.

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(October 26, 2021 - 1:25 am)