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. 

[quirkywords]

Tony like this poem, 

especially the last lines. 

Put clothes upon their own skeleton

                        They carry around with them

                                    -all the damn time……

[mmMekitty]

Hi Bob_22

Just reading again, & I really like the last line:

"What lingers on when whispers speak"

I've had a troubling sort of day, & somehow, that line has struck a chord within me. Thank you.

[Bob_22]

No worries mmMeKitty, thank you so much for the feedback!

[white knight]

TOP HATS AND TAILS

 Top hats and tails of the creatures born

 clique of a kind seek outsiders torn

 To tear the heart of Samaritans of vision

out numbered by poppies that make decisions

 And the trumpets blast as the cocoon has split

 to reveal the butterfly with a woody wit

 to call upon those with chests, no medals adorn

Top hats and tails of the creatures born

 With whispers over café dribble and fire

Quasi council with no tuxedo attire

 Squash the Samaritan with a sharp whack

 Only when the butterfly has turned his back

 That’s the way the culture goes down

 Pitter patter when not around

 lust for power and hearts are torn

 Top hat without tails of the creatures born

 And the bees play trumpets and the birds still sing

 that’s what nature always brings

 Meeting place dormant no meeting a fire

 whispers go on…without tuxedo attire…

 Come here to us , new to the land

 speak and tell us of your plan

 We are the ones no medals adorn

 Top hats no tails of the creatures born...

TonyWK

[smallwolf]

In a crowded house, I'm on my own.
Laughter echoes, I can't partake,
Isolation lingers, it's my heartache.
then family is near, yet distant as a stone.
Amidst my kin, I feel alone...

[mmMekitty]

Thank you, Wolfie.

One thought leads to another. (& some thoughts are never very far away).

* But I Did Recall

I felt so small -

Against the wall.

He feet so tall;

I was going to fall.

I couldn’t speak at all,

But I did recall.

Next, I kicked & brawled

But didn’t sprawl.

Will I use my voice & call

& stop this, once & for all?

mmMekitty

July 16 2023

[white knight]

CARAVAN REPAIRS

Running repairs in good old Junee

In the middle of the summer heat

So I used some glue that's super

And fixed the hinge on our dunny seat

Then it was midnight in our Sunny

And I was counting sheep when my wife let one rip

And disturbed me in my sleep

So up I got and dodged our pups

Then squeezed into the tiny loo

It all felt rather permanent

As the seat oozed of superglue

I tried with all my might to stand

Then the seat tore from that cassette

Pain was excruciating

I had to have a bex

I passed by the kitchen sink

And I needed to be fed

Spotted a can of spam beef pie

And slices of some bread

With my misses snoring like a trooper

A midnight walk was on

A hat, a torch and umbrella

And I be bloody gone

Well the coppers pulled me up

As I paced the CBD

Ya can't get any sleep with snoring

I'm sure you cops agree?

Well they looked at me a little odd

I had a funny feeling pass

Then the Sargent quietly asked

What's that dunny seat... doing on your arse?

Well I reached around to realise

That the dunny seat was stuck

The cops held on for dear life

To pull it off my butt

Finally "at the count of three"

A last tug to slip its grip

It at last let go alright

When I let a big one rip.

Well I made it back wife was angry

I was almost in the nude

She asked in a whispering tone

Did you eat the doggies food?

So be careful where you put your glue

And read labels in some light

And expect the unexpected

In the middle of the night...

TonyWK

[white knight]

UNCLE WITH A HEART

Three decades ago he knew you from the start

Then watched you grow up tall that uncle with a heart

He stirred you all the timie, every chance he got

You were the apple of his eye, you were his “forget me not”

And on that saddest day, of all the news you had

You lost your beautiful uncle, no wonder you were sad

He left you with his love, affection is an art

You’ll never forget him… your uncle with a heart…

TonyWK

[Eagle Ray]

Wow, just read the poems on this page. They are amazing!

[Eagle Ray]

P.S. Tony, Caravan Repairs is hilarious 😂 Multiple funny images went through my mind.