The poetry corner - post your poems in here

[Chris_B]

Hi everyone,

This is a thread for sharing your creative works. 

Please bear in mind our community rules before submitting your work.  

This thread is located in the BB Social Zone, so the primary purpose here is entertainment.

We will not publish poems containing dark or disturbing content, including themes of suicide, self-harm, death, dying, abuse or other forms of trauma.

Thanks for your understanding. 

[Beryl]

Here is a piece of prose i just did on one of my favourite subjects, flowers. See if you like it. Sorry its not a rhyming poem.

     Deep, deep, beneath the hedgerow.

     Under a thousannd thorns.

      Nestling safely amongst dry brown leaves

                                                   blinks the shyest of flowers.

                                                                                       The violet.

         Each leaf a perfect little heart of darkest green,

                        Each tiny flower an amethyst jewel of pure purple, glittering there

                                                                                       in the shade.

         Elusive sweet fragrance reveals its hiding place for the cleverest bee.

                The sky darkens.

                           Cold clear raindrops fall, blowing in the winter wind.

       Safe, well beneath its prickly umbrella,

                               The little violet sleeps.

   To everyone out there, from Beryl.

[Beryl]

Hi DLM,  your poem is so very powerful and chilling. It painted such a strong image. I understood.

     Beryl

[arialgk]

Girl 

I saw a movie about a girl

She wanted to fly like a bird 

she is me in this life

the movie is my life. 

To fly free above the world 

away from people and danger. 

to float free upon the air

close to our true mother nature. 

Wings that warm and protect

when the world gets dark and scary

home away from home

the sky is calling me, come to me.

Be free my child and fly

leave your troubles behind you. 

fly to a safer place away from the world. 

to a home in the sky.

Find a tree branch up high

make a nest strong and true.

sheltered and protected from the darknes.

Warm and loving place to be.

Down to earth I must go 

darkness clouds the ground 

to fly among the clouds

to ground myself once more. 

To fly like bird, free above the world 

a wish a girl is dreaming will come true 

the girl is laying on the grass 

looking with longing at the sky. 

Dreaming of flying like a bird 

fly free, forever free. 

[arialgk]

Hi

I like your poem. Inspires me to write a poem about my own inner child. A tribute to her. Thank you for your words.

[arialgk]

Challenges and inspires.

[arialgk]

Hi

I like your poem and find myself on the road, traveling to a new me.

It is good the way you expressed i. So true.

[arialgk]

Hi to all.

Time

It marches us forward

like soldiers in a line

forever going, never stopping

trampled if you stop

The sun comes up

the day begins again

the sun goes down

another day ends again

The wind forever blowing

the sands of time

turning, tumbling, eroding, smoothing

water rising, washing away

Birth, child, teenager, adult

pain, adventure, love, loss

rules, freedom, boundaries, responsibilities

change, changes, changes, death

We see the world

the world sees us

we see the universe

it judges and rules

Our fate, our destiny

our hands, who's hands

make our own future

make our own life

The world goes round

the clouds float by

the sun comes up

the sun goes down

[arialgk]

Hi

I use to find drawing an outlet and therapeutic Avenue for expressing what I was going through. It now seems to be poetry and writing. This was started but then had to go out so never finished. I decided to leave as is.

My Prison

Four walls - three rooms

my cat, my son and me

the window looks out to the bush

the view of the wild world

My room with a view

prison of my own making

these walls keep me safe

these walls can stop time

A day, a week, a month goes by

so quick yet so slow it seems to go

my demons follow me

room from room as I wonder

My room, my world, my life.

[arialgk]

How do I check replies to the poems I put on the website. It says I have so many but unsure how to see or reply to them.

help would be grsteful

[Beryl]

Hi all in bb land. I wrote a poem about winter. Is it ok to put it here only it seems like this thread is only for poems about much deeper stuff and so maybe people would not like it.      Love every single one of you, beryl