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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

Yes, seconded. I was going to write my own comment, but Leafy already said everything I was thinking. ;P

submitted by Leeli
(June 12, 2019 - 9:26 am)

The Last Fireworks (inspired by A Silent Voice)

~~~~~

Red and yellow streak the sky

Why, I sob, quivering, why?

Lying pitifully mangled on the floor

Stabbing pain coursing through my core;

 

Remembering the time that I stood watching

Those same fireworks over that bridge,

Plunging into dark silence matching,

Same as yours over the ridge

 

Of your balcony, slowly climbing,

Our actions, thoughts, closely rhyming,

Watching the silent blazes screaming,

Almost... ignoring my pleading, gleaming

 

Of these glassy eyes, I realize

The silent world in which you live,

So heartlessly before, where my sorrow lies...

Oh, but which you too easily forgive.

 

I apologized in your silent signing

And tried to forget, but this timing

What I felt when I thought of you

Mirroring what I tried to do, too; 

 

But, just in time, just barely

I manage, to grab your hand;

Eyeing you as I fall, warily,

It's okay, I want to reprimand;

 

But it's too late now;

Too far off the ground;

I know I won't make it,

Still, those lively fireworks alit...

 

And nobody else the wiser,

I'm sorry, I really am,

You're not at fault, either,

Misunderstandings and issues, quondam.

 

I just want, at least to see

One pitiful last time 

The bright fireworks, blazing free

And your face, now gaping, silent as a mime.

submitted by Jaybells, age Classified, Lost in the Universe
(June 11, 2019 - 4:42 pm)

Over the mist-filled depths,

Woven through the trees,

Faierie fluff, lilting,

Swaying in the breeze;

 

The long-haired maiden treads

Softly through the waves,

Inhaling the damp, cold atmosphere,

Reassuring darkness like Northern caves;

 

She pauses, listening intently,

Stalking stealthily as she goes,

Watching the mist waver past her,

Then again halts, spotting creamy rose; 

 

A haunting melody revebrates,

softly through the night,

her ears attuned,

Begging, to be right;

 

Finally her dark eyes widen,

As through the Silky sea

Appear taidhbhse (Tevshi), and Siren

With Selki, dancing among Daoine sídhe (Dane she)

 

With their yellow roses, 

And fair skin, aglow,

The wind of the sea blows

Away everything, with only her to know. 

submitted by Jaybells, age Classified, Lost in the Universe
(June 11, 2019 - 11:19 pm)
Dive
~~~~~
Peering through the turqoise
Amber crystalline form
I move with elegant poise,
Cutting gracefully though gentle wave
Cool shade, warm sun
Though the water magnified
The motions and I are one 
Before all is shattered, with one swift dive. 
submitted by Jaybells, age Classified, Lost in the Universe
(June 12, 2019 - 2:55 pm)

I don't know where this poem came from, I've never been in love before... anyways! This is from the point of view of a poetic guy who's madly in love. I'm doing a screenshot because I like the font I used, plus it's a letter and I added borders on the top and bottom to look like a piece of paper. Here it is:

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submitted by Soren Infinity, age 27 eons, BeaconTown
(June 14, 2019 - 7:59 am)

Ok, so this poem won first place in an official contest at my school, but I'm not sure how well-written it actually is... anyways, here you go!

Sea is for Smile

~~~~~ 

Grey, dreary, frigid;

That describes today.

But watching the green-blue currents

She thinks, that's okay.

 

Now she's on a whale watch,

but only to get away.

She's hoping the mist will rise

before they leave the glassy bay.

 

As if finding her request, reasonable enough,

the fog soon parts its way-

melting away like snowk

on a sunny day.

 

She watches the water, churning,

like emeralds turning to pearls,

whipping around the hull

rippling away in eddies and whirls. 

 

A playful orca, timid porpoises in a pod,

A couple of minkes, 4 finback whales,

long, graceful strokes are a few Blue

and half a dozen humpbacks spotted. 

 

As she squints through the sea-spray,

hair waving in the soft breeze,

of new her favorite place she-

 

for the first time

in a long time-

smiles. 

submitted by Jaybells , age Classified, Lost in the Universe
(June 17, 2019 - 6:08 pm)

Glass Bottle

~~~~~

On the shelf

Green, clear, clouded;

Ornately designed,

Alone, or at bazaar crowded;

 

Holding letters, unsent,

Lost in the sands of time;

Caressing, refreshing

Simple, plain, or sublime;

 

Sparking young imaginations,

Melted, formed in fire's hands;

Easily entered, ardously extracted,

Here at home or in far away lands. 

submitted by Jaybells, age Classified, Lost in the Universe
(June 19, 2019 - 11:57 am)

Zirconium

~~~~~

As time screams to a halt

Beyond my mortal ability to

Comprohend what happened;

Darkness encompasses all,

Eventually to melt, dulled;

For the time being 

Given life is to be;

Half-heartedly painted

Is a smile on my façade, again;

Just a while longer,

Kill some time while you're at it,

Lost for now, but to return;

Mulling over the past;

Nothing is to come 

Of looking back in remorse;

Pointed glares and whispers fading

Quondam's memories;

Responses cut

Short, 

Thinned,

Undertaking impossible tasks;

Vehelment protests

Worrying, yet unscathed, for now;

Xenocryst-like in this world, unbelonging;

Yielding inadequately to it's calling; like

Zirconium, in the face of relentless corrosion. 

submitted by Jaybells, age Classified, Lost in the Universe
(June 19, 2019 - 12:56 pm)

I do lots of haikus, here's one.

 

Loneliness

Hiding in a corner

In a busy room, waiting

For someone to come 

submitted by Diamond Fox, age 14, Lost in a Book
(June 19, 2019 - 1:05 pm)
Sunflower
~~~~~ 
Smiling warmly, as always,
Perking up, like all days
Under the glaring rays
Of the sun you love, ablaze;
Unfaltering, you follow,
Pursuing your love till hollow,
Never to turn, led astray,
Face never to look away;
You thrust yourself forward,
Like an eager golden bird,
Love, unrequited, a burning ember,
Coming back each day, always to remember;
But never losing hope,
So bright, no need to ever mope
Each day, to so tirelessly trail
Behind, regardless of how frail;
Your beloved, like Narcissus,
Casting you away, heartless,
Unhearing each time you plea,
Broken, not long you have, to be;
But, when night falls, you remember,
Always living on, never to surrender,
Mirror image, tongues aflame,
It's not the rejector that you blame;
You still smile warmly, as always,
Perking up, like all days,
Under the glaring rays
Of the sun you love, ablaze.
Unfaltering, you still follow,
To pursue your love till hollow,
Never to turn, lead astray,
Face never to look away; 
Faithfully, as your beloved is to die
You droop at night, as if, at last, to cry
When no longer near, or around,
Finally, you bend, sadly, towards the ground;
But by tomorrow, you tuck your pain away,
In between you petals, for another day,
Until your dark troubles grow to torment,
The seeds you hide away lie, dormant
For the day that you can't
Smile warmly as always,
Or perk up, like all those days, 
Under the glaring rays
Of the sun you loved, ablaze.
submitted by Jaybells, age Classified, Lost in the Universe
(June 21, 2019 - 5:25 pm)

Sorry, for some reason the spacing is off in Sunflower, it's supposed to be 4 lines per stanza, except for the last one, there are 5 lines. I think I'm going to rewrite it...

submitted by Jaybells , age Classified, Lost in the Universe
(June 22, 2019 - 8:02 pm)
Sunflower
~~~~~ 
Smiling warmly, as always,
Perking up, like all days
Under the glaring rays
Of the sun you love, ablaze;
Unfaltering, you follow,
Pursuing your love till hollow,
Never to turn, led astray,
Face never to look away;
You thrust yourself forward,
Like an eager golden bird,
Love, unrequited, a burning ember,
Coming back each day, always to remember;
But never losing hope,
So bright, no need to ever mope
Each day, to so tirelessly trail
Behind, regardless of how frail;
Your beloved, like Narcissus,
Casting you away, heartless,
Unhearing each time you plea,
Broken, not long you have, to be;
But, when night falls, you remember,
Always living on, never to surrender,
Mirror image, tongues aflame,
It's not the rejector that you blame;
You still smile warmly, as always,
Perking up, like all days,
Under the glaring rays
Of the sun you love, ablaze.
Unfaltering, you still follow,
To pursue your love till hollow,
Never to turn, lead astray,
Face never to look away; 
Faithfully, as your beloved is to die
You droop at night, as if, at last, to cry
When no longer near, or around,
Finally, you bend, sadly, towards the ground;
But by tomorrow, you tuck your pain away,
In between you petals, for another day,
Until your dark troubles grow to torment,
The seeds you hide away lie, dormant
For the day that you can't
Smile warmly as always,
Or perk up, like all those days, 
Under the glaring rays
Of the sun you loved, ablaze.
submitted by Jaybells , age Classified, Lost in the Universe
(June 22, 2019 - 8:04 pm)
Sunflower
~~~~~ 
Smiling warmly, as always,
Perking up, like all days
Under the glaring rays
Of the sun you love, ablaze;
Unfaltering, you follow,
Pursuing your love till hollow,
Never to turn, led astray,
Face never to look away;
You thrust yourself forward,
Like an eager golden bird,
Love, unrequited, a burning ember,
Coming back each day, always to remember;
But never losing hope,
So bright, no need to ever mope
Each day, to so tirelessly trail
Behind, regardless of how frail;
Your beloved, like Narcissus,
Casting you away, heartless,
Unhearing each time you plea,
Broken, not long you have, to be;
But, when night falls, you remember,
Always living on, never to surrender,
Mirror image, tongues aflame,
It's not the rejector that you blame;
You still smile warmly, as always,
Perking up, like all days,
Under the glaring rays
Of the sun you love, ablaze.
Unfaltering, you still follow,
To pursue your love till hollow,
Never to turn, lead astray,
Face never to look away; 
Faithfully, as your beloved is to die
You droop at night, as if, at last, to cry
When no longer near, or around,
Finally, you bend, sadly, towards the ground;
But by tomorrow, you tuck your pain away,
In between you petals, for another day,
Until your dark troubles grow to torment,
The seeds you hide away lie, dormant
For the day that you can't
Smile warmly as always,
Or perk up, like all those days, 
Under the glaring rays
Of the sun you loved, ablaze.
submitted by Jaybells , age Classified, Lost in the Universe
(June 22, 2019 - 8:04 pm)

Soren posted a poem called "Love letters" here with the caveat of never having been in love; I don't know if I love her or just really, really like her, because after all we're only in high school, but I decided to write this poem anyway.

Love letter:

how could i help it? how could i help

falling for you?

you with your distinct handwriting

your musings on philosophy

your passion over long-dead literary figures

and art, and social justice;

you, humming scraps of foreign songs

blinking into the spring sunshine

dancing without regard to who is watching.

i hope you know: 

the way your face lights up is impossible to capture on camera.

how could i help it?

you left me no choice. 

submitted by Zeus, Idaho
(June 28, 2019 - 9:02 pm)

@Zeus, I love this poem! It's really relatable and well thought-out.

submitted by Jaybells, age Classified, Lost in the Universe
(July 25, 2019 - 12:18 pm)
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