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

I like the somber vibes! :3

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(November 5, 2021 - 8:43 am)

She is running 

Her feet bare, pounding on the steaming stone

Every step sends a jolt of fiery pain

But that is nothing

Compared to what she is running from

The kind of pain that seared her soul

Reduced it to a smoldering pile of ashes

Dumped her, fighting for every breath, in the dark

Left her alone, awash in a fury of lies and blinding truth

But her scars have sealed, her skin tough where it tore

And she won’t let it happen again

So she keeps running


submitted by Phoenix Tears, age 12, Revolutionary Grape Jelly
(November 4, 2021 - 9:04 pm)

Based on this alone, you sound like a really skilled writer. Maybe I'm just biased towards this type of, I guess, 'looser' storytelling,  but I think this poem it amazing!

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(November 5, 2021 - 6:46 am)

I am so limited on what I can write cause the first letter of the non-shortened word cause doesn't work. Let's try to write something without that letter. actually, I'll show you which one. A C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. IT's right after "a".

 

A long time ago,

I wished to fly,

Yet now I can't

Because it's so high.

 

A long time ago

I wished to swim.

Yet now I fear the water

So it makes my wish a whim.

 

A long time ago

I wished to cook

Fish,

Yet now I fear the hook.

 

A long time ago

I wished to see life.

This time my fear vanished

And I saw it in Ife.

 

 

What do you guys think? There were so many rhymes I wanted to use, except, that on lettter, in fact, this letter (in case you didn't figure it out,):  b (had to copy and paste.) So yeah. That's the letter I can't use unless I copy and paste.

submitted by Pancake, age Open, Custard Spot
(November 5, 2021 - 1:25 pm)

I love it, especially the first verse...

submitted by Shining Star, age 13 eons, The Milky Way
(November 5, 2021 - 5:20 pm)
The first night
After the songs left
Bleak, just bleakness
No reason
For anything
Please stay
We beg
With our whole heart

The songs do not respond
Do they not hear?
Do they not care?
For us, the wardens
We chose the songs
The songs chose us
Bound together for eternity 
Do not leave
We plead
With our entire soul

Still no reply
All we want is meaning
With the songs and with us
We await their return
Ever hopeful
Never expectant
The years pass
The seasons change
But without vibrancy
Or the true spark
Come back
We implore
With our complete essence

We linger
For generations
Without our spirit
Lost forever
Drowning in nothing
Crushed with nothing
Defeated forever by nothing
Just the simple absence 
Of our songs
(nothing, really, basically a story in poem form. You all are welcome to use it for story prompts when you get stuck)
submitted by Phantasmagoria, age never, e/en/es
(November 5, 2021 - 9:05 pm)

I can't catch my breath,

See a future beyond the next heartbeat,

But you say to raise my head

And push forward,

Forward,

Even if only for another breath;

Toughen up--

It feels impossible,

So all I can do is try,

Try to take another step;

One step closer to something,

Something I can't see out there--

While forcing myself to pave a new path,

Onward--

Because there's nothing else to do

but push on?

submitted by Jaybells, age Nebulous, Lost in the Void
(November 6, 2021 - 12:04 am)

*Asks in a sweet tone,* Why were you up this early?

*Voice becomes angry* YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE TO BED!!!

submitted by @Jaybells, From:Pancake
(November 6, 2021 - 3:29 pm)

*slightly frightened* Um, t-time difference, maybe?

submitted by @Pancake, It's Jaybells
(November 6, 2021 - 10:29 pm)

shimmering pools in your eyes

why can't you just let me be happy 

i've shared my light with you

why can't you watch it's glow

without being blinded

why can't things be normal

normal

Two Friends

i don't think i want to be your friend anymore 

 

submitted by CelesteOfTheGoldMoon
(November 6, 2021 - 9:35 am)

That's sorta sad, and the tone has this childlike innocence that stings a little. 0_0

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(November 6, 2021 - 10:27 pm)

shattered dreams at my feet

unfound; unclaimed

lost dreams

dying in broken pieces

i pick up a shard and see your face

and i have a sickening feeling they're mine

 

Hmmm....I don't know about this one. Thoughts? 

submitted by Phoenix Tears, age 12, Revolutionary Grape Jelly
(November 7, 2021 - 12:34 pm)

I like it! :3 

To me it has these really pretty almost iridescent purples and blues and almost-blacks, with shiny bits of shards of whitish-blue glass mixed in(that might not make a lot of sense if you don't have synesthesia though), and I think the last two lines were especially cool.

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(November 7, 2021 - 1:59 pm)

Oh, kind of like an opal? I think I'll add a bit about the color in, now that you mention it. Thanks for the feedback! 

submitted by Phoenix Tears, age 12, Revolutionary Grape Jelly
(November 7, 2021 - 6:11 pm)

you want me to trust you

but how can i trust the one who stole my heart?

how can i know you will never, ever, take anything precious from me again?

hmmm?

before you,

i was free

i ran with the goats on the hilly mountaintops

i laughed with the birds in the sharp cool air

now i follow you around like a lovesick puppy

and frankly, im getting really tired of your pompous demeanor 

but you have my heart

and im forced to stay

lest i am drowned in a sea of nothingness. 

submitted by Phoenix Tears, age 12, Revolutionary Grape Jelly
(November 7, 2021 - 12:45 pm)
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