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DEATH WOULD NOT WAIT

Thank you for coming, I’m sorry I’ll miss this gathering,
If you know me well, you’d know I didn’t want to quit,
As I’ve said, I am dead, but I sense only you here, and that’s staggering.
Circumstance took his chance, and yes, I did submit.

An eternity of darkness, in this box, it is gravely quiet,
The lid is tight, they screwed it shut, I can never be reborn.
I didn’t notice it at first, but I have created a personal climate.
My fingernails have scratched the lid, tell me how you mourn?

The Dunes of Hope

The ebb and flow of forces tidal
Eroding the firmament of my resolve
My slow decay of exposed and weathered bedrock
Gives way to the thorns of beach roses
Sinking shallow roots carefully in the dunes of hope

Independence

My independence
Holds my special memories
Deep within my heart

For those who had fought
To preserve our liberties
Who now have long passed

To me he was king
He had compassion and love
He was my father

He like others died
To make our lives more fruitful
To make our lives free

It is up to us
To save our Independence
Each month day and year

By remembering
What actions took place through war
To maintain our peace

Overthinking

Someday
I'll
stop
thinking
about
old lovers
and
letters
and
things
I
did
for
them
I'll
stop
worrying
about
what
got
broken
and
how
I
failed
to fix
it
I'll
stop
thinking
about
those
things
someday
but
not today...
not today

Pulchritudinous independence day 2023

Utter brainless nincompoop
in this poem heretofore addressing
I wanna be forever free
and clear from mortal anguish,
and need more than a blessing -
I need a miracle worker after confessing
behavior causing depressing
wretched state of mind
self incriminating admission expressing
emptying out checking
and savings accounts.

Fever Dream.

I can't see past him, it's like his presence binds
His voice sparkles like Zephyrus' wind chime
His hands, they weave and fix,
Bringing a thousand stars together in a beautiful mix.

He wears a cloak of darkness, yet radiates pure light
His shadow it seems, has the universe's full might
His form yet lays unrest, as if he's a shimmer
These surroundings can't hold him, I feel time go a bit quicker.

XIX

Blood flows through my veins,
I try to flow, but it always fails in vain,
Many hopes, dreams, glory, gushing every January,
growing, Marching on with will,
To the warm and rigid hands of May,
Unbelief and fear comes with other August visitors,
Leaving failures behind, to keep me sober every December.
My Lazarus is struggling, striving to come forth,
But he is lost, locked inside the fig tree.
My people praise me, calling me a hero,
One who has nothing, not even a zero
I try to see my tomorrow,

Reflection

Look in the mirror do not like what I see

I see the inner reflection of me

I hide my tears with a phony smile

My heart has been broken for awhile

The darkness that I hide in my soul

Tries to fill a deep dark, cold hole

My eyes reflect what is inside

Each blink is just another lie

Like a carefully hidden enticing trap

My brain is on the verge of a snap

Self-contained struggles within thoughts

They tie my stomach into looping knots

Breaking mirrors cannot end my reflection

Morning Rainbow

Carry me away,
make these images,
these unfinished statues
of rainbow sunrise,
complete.
Enlighten my soul.

Could you take me from here?
To full moon light above pastures,
fill my nights with the caress of care,
May I take you?
Run my fingers through your curls.
You are my opulent universe!

Infatuating appearances,
I will not give up on
the search for another daybreak.
To see zebras paint constellations,
and birch leaves land on water steps,
my nature.

a selection between 1995 and 2021

this is one of the first poems i wrote. I followed a boy home from school when i was 15, knocked on his door and said: ‘have you got a girlfriend?’, he said ‘no’. I said ‘do you want one? He said ‘i’ll just get my coat’. And we went out for 6 months

WILL HE?

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