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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)

haha poetry is fun

i dont like this one though 

(Untitled)~

ruins, dusty, dead and cold

wandering, lost, so alone

what happened here, what caused

my world to come crashing

oh, help, i think im falling

 

broken cities, empty hearts

where have you gone, my love

what happened here, what caused

my world to come crashing

oh, help, i think im falling

 

 

and darkness lifts, you come and say 

but we can build it up again, 

we can pick it up again

i will help heal your heart, my love

 

the ending sucks oigeduiegf

submitted by HeroesOfPoetry, age eternal, Fancy Kiwi
(August 25, 2020 - 12:48 pm)

While I'll admit the ending is a tad sappy, it's sometimes nice to balance out the darker tones from the beginning and end on a softer note. I think this is intriguing, especially the first stanza!

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(August 27, 2020 - 2:38 am)

When the sky bleeds gold and stains the sea,

When the land is painted with cloud-pearl dust,

When the rivers turn an emerald sheen,

'Tis then I'll know to do that which I must. 

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(August 25, 2020 - 6:21 pm)

Rain falling,

Artistry in it’s methodical melencholy.

In creeps the sun,

Now a curve of color fills the sky.

But with the drip-dropping of sadness remaining, 

Opening the memory of

Water falling, the weeping of the sky.

submitted by Zahava S., age 13, the stars
(August 26, 2020 - 4:20 pm)

i wonder what lies in the space between

pen and paper

the words and thoughts that 

fill the gap of 

what is said

and what somone truly wanted to say.

submitted by Luna-Starr, age 27 eons, Existential Ponderment
(August 26, 2020 - 7:11 pm)

Wow, this is really cool, Luna-starr! Personally, I just really like the pondering feel that can sort of come of as both sad but also just curious.

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(August 27, 2020 - 2:41 am)

Depression is like a flame:

I can grab onto some driftwood and escape,

But only for a short while, and by then it's too late;

Spiralling down again, burning away the effectiveness

of anything that used to bring me happiness;

What's left now? Even when I know I should feel warmth

from the blaze, there's nothing left but my own cold, empty gaze.

The only thing I seem to gain, is a torch that exposes yet more pain,

Things that others would never see, by that wretched flame are illuminated for me;

Each day knowing that the inferno will consume

all my oxygen, eat away at me day after day, yet again,

Which is why, at least

for me,

I say:

Depression is like a flame. 

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(August 27, 2020 - 2:32 am)

I'm sad to say that I can totally relate to this. :(

submitted by Lupine, Platform 9 and 3/4
(August 27, 2020 - 11:59 am)

For some reason, she--

Bella-- has cryptically said

These words: Vu I am. 

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(August 27, 2020 - 2:45 am)

Fun fact: this poem was inspired by a New Yorker cover and something my grandpa said.

One with the surf~

At the place

Where land meets thrashing

Sea,

Where humans come

To be thrilled 

By the unimaginably great 

Ocean.

(We believe we rule all, yet

The Earth 

Is more than 70 percent

Water.)

That girl

Who is racing through 

White foam

And the ever-moving tide

Yes, she is one

With the surf.

submitted by DoodleGirl , age 13 , Earth
(August 27, 2020 - 2:43 pm)

I made some small edits to the last poem; it didn't seem to flow quite well, bit I'll post that later. I was to lazy to type this next one up so here's a picture. 

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submitted by DoodleGirl , age 13, Earth
(August 28, 2020 - 10:24 am)

it remains Untitled,

nameless

amongst the thousands of words that make up

the titles of others.

so what shall i

call it,

how to address it,

when the time comes to

speak of it?

so many millions of

words,

of ideas 

and yet

it remains

Untitled 

submitted by Hawthorne
(August 28, 2020 - 6:00 pm)

Haha, that's really meta, I like it!

submitted by Jaybells, age Obscure, Lost in the Universe
(August 30, 2020 - 4:40 pm)

Thanks!

submitted by Hawthorne
(August 31, 2020 - 2:41 pm)

Eee I'm starting to like poetry, I never thought I was a poet, and I still don't know if my poems are good but I really like making them! Critque welcomed!!

Darkness

Inky black

I close my eyes

I open them

The dark is the same

The dark is still dark

I can’t see.

I can’t see my own hands in front of me

When I reach out,

Hoping to grasp something,

My arms fall

Back to my side

Is the darkness

Black and empty?

This I know,

This I know with all my reasoning

Yet I start walking forward

Breaking into a run

But... 

If I run forever

I will still never know

If there is anything other than

Inky black

And when I close my eyes

And when I open them

 

I still can’t see.

submitted by aqua, the person
(August 30, 2020 - 11:50 am)