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. 

[David Nobody]

Hi Mr P...

while I don’t understand “free form” poetry (the Picasso of the poetry world), I am amazed at the similarity of out “thoughts”. Although you are a few steps ahead of me with your realisation and understanding of depression.

Looks like we got ourselves a showdown!

Slam Poem

A stage I did seek
Where I am to speak
These words that I have written down
I’m new here you see
And not usually
Performing, lest I look a clown

The poetry slam
A verbal exam
With a sense of trepidation
Me reading out loud
In front of a crowd
Just needing determination

Not done it before
But looking for more
To sell a few poetry books
With dollars in hand
It’s going as planned
I’m getting profuse second looks

As confidence grows
In reading my prose
The sweat on my brow will abate
With nearly half read
The panic I dread
I sent it to sit and rotate

A publishers sight
Would make my whole night
Much better than I could wish for
A contract to sign
To print what is mine
Excitement beginning to soar

I came here to win
To beat all the spin
That says you need “looks” to succeed
So what if I’m old
My end I will hold
And any who challenge will bleed

My words are no joke
Beware this old bloke
To rhyme to the end is my goal
So to your dismay
Step out of my way
Go back to the queue for the dole

My poetry’s done
I might not have won
But gave it one hell of a try
Like Arnold Schwartzman
Be back when I can
And then I will rhyme ‘till you cry

[Phnx2405]

A showdown ? hahaha

honestly, i have no idea what i'm doing. i dunno about style, technique. i just go with what feels right at that particular time. So when you proclaim that you are a few steps behind i don't see it that way. You are where you are, there are lines, stanzas and particular wording you have used that i'd never be able to come up with. Whether thats an understanding or realisation isn't for me or anyone to assume. that would be naive given our 'strangers' status 🙂

SLOW DANCE.

So young and naive you took my hand to lead me on a slow dance
You leaned in and held me close, making me nervous of your touch
Step by step in perfect disharmony I almost tripped at every chance
Too intimate and I became anxious, more reserved in your embrace


Too young when you held me so close, starting this twisted romance
Kissed me when I wasn't ready but I went along with it anyway
Step by step, teaching me all the wrongs and nuances of the songs
Obsessed with me, never a moment of peace in this partnership


Dancing in the shadows, this sinning shrine of hallows
Lead me astray in this darkening slow dance and you make me feel holy


Never once has the music stopped forcing this agony onto me
Our lessons lead to bruises and scars, haunting my brightest dreams
Beat by beat the tempo changed but never has your patience
Hold me tighter each and every misstep and stumble I continue to make


In the dimmest light of this romance you kiss me with little passion
Just enough seduction to make me feel like this dance is maybe worth it
Addicted to these demons, we have such an intimate connection
Tighter the embrace, darker the dance; each more destructive than the last


Dancing in the shadows, this sinning shrine of hallows
Lead me astray in this darkening slow dance and you make me feel holy


You lead me
You need me
Take control and tease me
You ache me
You break me
Never to release me


So old and pained you’ve taken me beyond exhaustion on this slow dance
Too old and frayed, in tears wishing for this music to end
The song remains the same and I finally feel unholy
But I'm never letting go...

[David Nobody]

An example of my “romantic poetry”

Be Mine

Be Mine with your love like a fireball
Be Mine and no pain your heart shall befall
We may have only just met, it is true <— and this is way to soon for this crap
But leave me now and my soul will turn blue
Be Mine forever, we can have it all

Be Mine with your aspect like an angel
Be Mine so you can feel my heart tremble
Our time together so far has been great
Thirteen out of ten, if I were to rate
Be Mine, the two of us can assemble

Be Mine with your laugh oh so contented
Be Mine as great is humour when blended
Friday, oh Friday, please come here faster
I just can’t wait ‘till again I see her
Be Mine and nothing will be lamented

Be Mine with your tender heart on your sleeve
Be Mine please and I just may never leave
And tomorrow, the next day, what will bring?
With our true love it could be anything
Be Mine, a blanket of love we shall weave

[Phnx2405]

GODDESS OF THE SHADOWS

This perfect amount of addictive dark beauty
Ever tantalising
Tempting stare of lust haunting me


Bad ideas swirling like smoke
Never disappointing
Her eyes, blackholes of seduction


Goddess of the shadows, pandemonium undressed
Dark urges laying my conscience to rest


Blending all sins, sincerely without regret
Beyond comparison
Control lost in each dishonoured kiss


Betray our lovers, avoid judgment in our arms
Guilt of omissions
What they’ll never know, never hurt them


Goddess of the shadows, pandemonium undressed
Dark urges laying my conscience to rest
Submerged in the darkest depths of this passion
Never meant for me, igniting my submissions


Sweet goddess of the shadows, addictive divinations
Naughty, sexy whispers beckon to me my mistress
Each touch electricity, each promise a lie
Every beautiful climax feels like our final goodbye


I’ll saviour her
In every misstep
Saviour her
In broken prayers


I’ll worship her
In every sin
Emotions eclipsed
Pandemonium undressed

[David Nobody]

Tomorrow

I would forgo all the happiness in the world... But I wouldn’t
I would forgo all the pain in the world... But I can’t
I would forgo all the hope in the world... But I won’t

You are the best thing
You are the nicest lady
You are the only one I would die for, and that isn’t fair

My words mean nothing
My feelings are not considered
My life is not worth squat, if you are not part of it

I love you
I need you
I have lost you, I know that, and my life takes another dive

You fulfilled all my wishes
You were there for me
You picked me up from the trough of life and gave me hope

My life has lost focus
My being is all messed up
My feelings are all mixed up and I don’t know what to do

I want you, but
I can’t have you
I am too sad, too worthless, too human, too... Me

You need your space
You need time alone
You need to be yourself without me being part of your circle

My world is falling apart
My thoughts are all blurry
My friends would say, it will get better... Sure

I would love to love you
I would love you to love me
I know that only one of those can be true and you are gone

You may not know it
You may not feel it, but
You are the most beautiful person in the world, inside and out

My feelings for you hurt
My treating you like I did was bad
My hope and future dwindled with the words that I said

I know that I was stupid
I know what I am doing now will not help
I have nothing to offer but my love, my being, such as it is

You are better than me
You deserve better than me
You will find happiness, I am sure, without me

My heart it seems to me
My heart it was not to be
My heart was yours to hold, yours to hug, yours to mould

I want what I can’t have
I want you, you, you alone
I want you, and that I can’t have... I know

You have your life, your home
You have your work, your friends
You have everything you want, desire, and need... Just not me

My head is hurting now
My heart is bleeding on the floor
My life was better with you, alas that is no more

I know that this is wrong
I know that it will drive a wedge, but
I know I have to say these things, these words are in my heart

You are golden
You are pure
You are my best memory

My world will go on
My world might go on
My self... Tomorrow... We will see
.

.
A lot of passive aggressive words. I, You, My. I, You, My. I, You, My. Did I think that I should have owned her? If I knew that it would drive a wedge, why did I write it in the first place? Nothing good was ever going to come out of it. Idiot.

[white knight]

LEGS OF SPOKE

How can I let them know?
When the dark exceeds the glow
When the sun hides behind the clouds
Silence they hear...but I scream so loud.

Some stand beside a 6 foot hole
Shake their heads and see its toll
They ask how he could have dropped
Out of the circle -a forget me knot

Yet they seem to see clear and there is hope
When they sight a person with legs of spoke
A crippled girl pushing her chair
A man be manic- there's no one there.

"Storm in a tea cup" hurts so bad
Like the cyber crow who remains so glad
Keeps flying and in full flight
Achieves his art...in the middle of the night

For some in power see it their way
Even at the side of a 6 foot grave
Shake their head and call out "why"
"Why on earth- he didnt have to die".

So kind some be they reach out so true
Smile away "we want to meet you"
Bring along your vintage car and your smile"
But leave - what's behind your dial.

So we laugh and dine and all's ok
Leave at home come what may
If I be saddled with legs of spoke
They'd lift me around- bloody good bloke.

But as my mind hurts so bad
Cannot hide my feelings- mad?
Can no longer be bloody good bloke
Sometimes I wish.....
I had legs of spoke......

[white knight]

LITTLE FEATHER

Little feather left and right
As you fall slowly in the night
Coming from a nest above
A bed of twigs and a world of love

Down it falls on the ground
A gust of wind to toss it around
Then as the sun rose to dry it out
The lighter it was to get out and about

Then along came a bird full of love
To take little feather to her nest above
Where little feather was put in a nest
To warm the heart where baby bird rests…

[white knight]

AROUND THE BEND

A mothers arms traded for her spite
No peace like a child’s nightmares at night
Swirling emotions bitter sweet
But there’s art in a park’s empty seat

And the waves of the ocean never end
The tears help fill them we contend
Of the lighthouse our only life saving friend
Such is life from …around the bend

A gasp of air from a routine dive
Reconnects black dog and keeps us alive
Those rascals calling that turns the tide
Passing of old friends now deprived

And the waves of the ocean never end
The tears help fill then we contend
No stability, no harmony others could lend
Such is life from …around the bend

So the ship of life sails slowly by
Love and laughter drowns our cries
Dancing mellows and by the by
Overboard stigma and we don’t know why

And the currents of the ocean never end
And our smiles are worthy of any friend
Our hearts keep beating to you we lend
….Such is life ….from around the bend

TonyWK

[Phnx2405]

Boys with the responsibility on their narrow shoulders
The burden of bearing arms and their souls unwilling
The burden of being buried without ceremonial respect
In a land desecrated and serrated by the plight of destruction


A construction of legions bestowed in attack
Stowed and stored in poorly crafted boxes with rats
Mounted upon each other, one after another
In a parade of cattle fighting a forgotten battle and cause


Living to count the cattle, forgetting to count the cows
Counting the soldiers in the reign of desolate powers


As the rest of us lie awake counting thousands at a time
We settle for nothing more than children in men’s attire
Counting thousands at a time eating out our staring eyes
For we are counting the crows in the back of our weary minds


A faint whistle, a camp ignorance of them falling around
Stay brave; we crave the subtle remembrance of silent days
Another whistle overhead, overheard a peaceful country away
As the stench of death permeates, the crows circle overhead


Deaf to reason, dead to resolve we sold our souls for medals
Never earned as the whistles turn to whispers in the wind we burn
The ashes of men flutter in the breeze, dancing with the flies
Mistaken atonement, the crows wait patiently to pry open our eyes


Not the sheep we try to sleep, afraid to open our eyes
Men that dream wake to scream, afraid they’ve lost their minds


A brittle courage outlined by firing upon the innocent and unarmed
A sustained fear as tears sustain even the most murder hungry eyes
The fences climbed, the barbed wire hidden in the raided trenches
Limbs and ligaments torn, the flesh exposed to the counting of the crows

[David Nobody]

Lady

Lady, are you waiting somewhere for me?
Even though my words are bordering twee
I’m pretending that I know how to write
And stopping my heart from falling tonight

A lonely man comforted by his pain

Lady, I am hoping that you are real
For my love, I am waiting to reveal
Believing in what happens every day
No matter what any nay-sayers say

A lonely man comforted by his pain
All this hurt is what is keeping him sane

Lady, can you promise me you won’t leave?
For if you do, my heart in twain shall cleave
Upon your head, I’ll be placing my crown
And over your shoulders, a satin gown

A lonely man comforted by his pain
All this hurt is what is keeping him sane
His writing is always a fantasy

Lady, I will be there to hold your hand
And playing for you on a baby grand
On darkness we will be shedding our light
Pledge to me your love, on this very night

A lonely man comforted by his pain
All this hurt is what is keeping him sane
His writing is always a fantasy
But to him it is bringing ecstasy