forum POEMS post 'em here my friends!

Started February 07, 2019 by @ember-chan-will-never-forget-you

tune

i can write edgy things but cannot think of edgy titles. your ideas would be appreciated

What do you mean, that title is very edgy:)
I really like how vivid the imagery is in this one, and how the mood reflects the sense of wrong and creeping fear yet numbness…

oh thank you! i tried Hard

we all have ~those~ friends. title?

I've discovered it's hard to come up with names for someone else's poem, but:
-Your sympathy doesn't look good on me
-She grinned at the casket
-1 a.m. and home won't let us in

idk, maybe those'll give you something to work with. My prose muscles are pretty stiff rn :')

mm i like the sound of those

Trigger warnings: alcohol, drugs, suicide

Dead Man Walking

It's all one poem but i couldn't get the spoilers to extend past stanzas and am honestly too tired to figure it out right now…

I pledge allegiance
Obedience and conformity
To the flag,
Of the united under propaganda.
And to the republic
On which he stands
One nation
Under the shattered shadows of religion
One and unilateral.

-

Idk man it’s late and I’m mad at the entire government

@cue-nervous-humming Now that's a sick poem ya got there fam

Human

The world’s a stage, our life’s a show
Where could you go? So high, so low
A young proud soul, in fragile control
I grew past that a long time ago

Walking around, to dance about
Where could I go to hide alone?
The silence rise, like shadows do
They crawl behind to murder you…

I used to have all that I desire
Now they’re burned to ash and fire
I used to build things with my own hands
Now they’re gone, turned into sand

I wished to disappear and
Never return again
Stand up high and let me fall
Fall somewhere down…
Where I belong.

The life I live, in fantasy.
Much better there than reality.
At least I know I’m worth the wait…
At least the world is as I create…

I’ve walked along humanity’s way
Down the seas, across the lakes
I’ve searched around, so far, and up high
All I see, are full of lies

Down in the deepest corner
Of my heart, what would I find?
Darkened eyes, through mirrored walls
Looked through to find…
Nothing at all.

…

I used to have all that I desire
Now they’re burned to ash and fire
I used to build things with my own hands
Now they’re gone, turned into sand

I wished to disappear and
Never return again
Stand up high and let me fall
Fall somewhere down…
Where I belong—

I wished to tie the knot around me
For the fame, people could see
The fifteen minutes worth of my life
Do I wish for it to die?

A song of memories
A tune between death and life
Now I know, the wind that blows
Is enough to show…
Where I should go.

:00000 that's amazing what

0.0 Um can I hug you @Altrince_carries_a_Husbando_gallery , maybe ask if you're okay, maybe compliment your poem because oh my gersh-

@cue-nervous-humming Now that's a sick poem ya got there fam

Thank you!

Idk man it’s late and I’m mad at the entire government

This one just oozes bitterness and I'm here for it. (I'm also sorry you have to deal with that at the moment)

@Altrince_carries_a_Husbando_gallery
I really like it! Very philosophical. My favorite line is "A song of memories/A tune between death and life"

Ode to Flying

Music-box notes
Like bluebirds float
On wings lifted up by the wind.
Examine the hills
And tell me
Can you count each blade of grass?
No, but you can see them dancing.
Now, little aria, follow the clouds
Are they softer than you?
Are they gentler?
Do they inspire something new?
Or do they soak your wings
When you get too close
And send you plummeting with every beat?
I thought so, but never mind.
Now is not the time to stop.
Now is the time to listen
Listen to the heartbeats
Of the creatures here
In this place.
That’s life.
That’s hope.
That's love.
And you
Can sing
It too.
But you have to use
Your heart along with your voice.
Feel them raising you higher
Until you can look down on the clouds
And feel joy.

-

I am in a much better place today:)

Thank you for sharing that. I didn't have a great day today and that helped :)

You used to play games with controllers and cards
Now you play with emotions and hearts
You act like its normal to do what you do
Knowing you don't wanna be more than friends
You came into my life and said sweet nothings
You were digging my grave and you knew it
And i feel you enjoyed it, having my mind in your hands
Knowing you can bend my emotions
i knew you were going to leave, just not so soon
now you moved on to prettier girls, easier prey for you
only because I wouldn't give you what you wanted
And i'm not giving you the satisfaction of my crawling back to you
Im better off alone.

yall these are amazing how do you even poem what

Thank you for sharing that. I didn't have a great day today and that helped :)

I’m so glad I could help ;-;

insomnia

I remember twilight
It feels so long ago tonight.
Count the stars ‘cuz I ran out of sheep.
And I’ll count them all before I fall asleep.

Dreamland travelers left me behind
Stuck in bed waiting on time
There I'm lonely but inspired,
When they return I’m only tired.

-

sleeping is hard, man.

hmm i like abstract

Heck yeah, abstract is where it's at! Nice work on this one, fam! ^^

In other news, I….did a thing. I turned a character sheet into experimental poetry??? (CW for themes of self-harm, I suppose, although under a different context)

It is in fact an accurate sheet for a character of mine, but also I went off the deep end when I was writing it. Some parts are better than others (maybe it's a collection of poems instead of just one? Idk.) but overall I like how it turned out.

hellll dusty the character sheet poetry is so!! good!! i cannot!!! bro i might have to steal that format sometime it's really incredible. the lines "Something is fundamentally wrong. There is no air here. There is unending hunger–or perhaps just misguided emptiness" and "Death in the jungle, the gods' curfew. Minimizing the excess of all that shines and moves and duplicates. Fire in the old farmhouse." are so evocative and raw. seriously, this is peak work. everyone please come read dusty's poetry

gahhhh thank-you–I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's a really fun format, I recommend trying it out! Haha yeah I like writing stuff that makes me feel things, even if they don't make much sense, so this was a treat to work on >w<

Thoughts rapidly swim through my head
kicking and thrashing around
i was unable to breathe
underwater
my cries were heard by only wind
no one came
and so I got used to the feeling of drowning
and i continued to dive futher into
the inner abyss of my mind
the thoughts there still moving the same pace but have more variety
wondering why to continue trying to reach air
It seemed so unattainable
some people tried to help
but they never understood why i felt like this
and the people that did
realized i was too far gone to be saved

i need a title i was thinking ode to overthinking but idk, this is the first piece of poetry ive written in a while that i actually really like