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Poetry Automated Taglist!
by tommy
Last post
 October 23rd
...See more Welcome to the Poetry Taglist This thread is an auto-updating list. The list is regularly updated by forum leaders and can be found below. Having issues? Reply below and someone will help you! Why should I join the taglist? ✔ Never miss out on sub-community check-ins, discussions or events ✔ Get tagged and notified by community leaders whenever a new relevant thread has been posted ✔ Become a more active member of the community. What do I need to do? ✅ To add yourself to this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please add me. ❌ To remove yourself from this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please remove me. ------------------------- Current taglist as of 21 Sept  (updated by @ComradeRuhi) @burningRain127 @HarmonyBlossom @HatsEatYou @HealingTalk @juliak1968 @LoveMyMoonflowers @Rareshadow666 @ShySmiler @tommy @Torean @YourCaringConfidant @mytwistedsoul @nessapressure05 @sadcat13 @MunchkinBerry @limegreenKiwi7397 @incredibleRainbows2036 @Est3lle @BelovedMe @unassumingEyes @iloveyouxx @enthusiasticBeach8170 @WondersWhispers @Redpanda2419 @peachPear727 @Fallenstar24
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split episode
by neatWatermelon9280
Last post
 3 days ago
...See more I wish my brain wasn’t like this Retract, retreat, verbally abuse and beat I portray you as a villain again and again Use your past actions as a means to end I guess I just don’t feel worthy Of accepting love just for the sake of being me I mean, what even is there to love? I’m a broken shell wearing nothing but lies My empty insides, hollow in their loneliness Leaves too much room for this disguise I lie face first, at the mercy of expectation My chest rattles with the possibility of all I could never be My ever loving heart always present, but never seen Surrounded by people who will never want to know what I mean I plaster on fake smile after fake smile Their kisses are like knives as they maim and claim Assert domain over what little of my sanity remains The remains of what makes me me A puppet constructed of judgements Of broken promises A collection of all the attention people once gave They took and took as I bled out unwanted love They took and once they were done They dragged me to my grave Once again I’m left in the shadow of empty words They carve me from the inside out Stamp on my still beating heart Turn my mind to dust, my trust to doubt I struggle to escape them as I face the finality That maybe I’m right in wanting out of this reality How much pain does one person need And whilst we’re being honest Who honestly needs me? Catty and damaged and soft and kind and horrible and nasty and loving and refined I’m one in a million The only of my kind I think it’s a bad thing, an anomaly I’m a cocktail of so many mixed messes and tests Of intrusive thoughts crafted by my psychology They relentlessly attack and I struggle, even when at my best Let alone when I’m lying here, stuck on hells floor, I feel their words in their finality I’ve given up crawling towards whatever desperate end I want to let myself burn I want it to hurt I want the pain to make it mean something So maybe I can finally feel like it wasn’t all for nothing How can you love yourself in a world that doesn’t love you It criticises and hates on all that you do You’re too difficult Too loud Too stubborn Too proud Too much like you in all the things it demands you to do They stamp out the light of what makes you you And people say they’ll stay That promise echoed in my head as I watched him drive away Hope falling with the sun at the end of the day How do I change without being less like me? How do I get you to understand that all I need Is to hold your hand, so I can truly be seen I need to know you’ll stay in a world that has taught me that people do not But silly me, I forgot I’m too difficult Too loud Too stubborn Too proud Too good at pushing people away Too good at making them not stay Too good at cutting wounds so deep With my wicked tongue and damaged ways But I still love, I have to What else can I do, what else can I say?
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Poem: Where Have You Gone
by GenevieveMattevi
Last post
 Saturday
...See more Where have you gone, beloved child? You may have been lost but never exiled. Your loving soul now haunts my dreams, Dreams so perfectly sewn, seam by seam. Where have you gone, where have you gone? Your ashes spread beneath the tree, Your weary soul can now be free. Let your troubles vanish like snow— Bittersweet, like raw cocoa. Where have you gone, where have you gone? The wind blows through the peaceful meadow I wish you’d lain. But then again your soul was too wild a thing in a casket to stay. Your last breath’s the last time I took a breath of fresh air, But alas, you were too far gone to care. Where have you gone, where have you gone? Curse that balcony from whence you jumped that night— You took the devil’s bark, but we all took his bite. In peaceful meadows I know you now lie, By the side of the one who gave you life. Where have you gone, where have you gone?
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Cruel saints
by Helen32
Last post
 Friday
...See more What a bitter contradiction... They become a balm for strangers' wounds, a shoulder for unfamiliar tears, and have a thousand beautiful words for the suffering of others. They speak of humanity, of compassion, of love, of kindness... Their hands are always open to save the world, yet those very hands crush the heart of the person dearest to them with such merciless ease. Someone stands close by, someone who loves them, who has placed their heart in their presence, someone who may have reduced their entire world to the reflection in their eyes. And yet, how effortlessly they break that heart, without the slightest hesitation, as though that love holds no value, as though it does not even deserve the smallest measure of tenderness. How strange... How can someone weep for the suffering of the entire world, yet remain utterly unmoved while breaking the heart of someone who loves them?
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Wishvas
by greenGlobe3286
Last post
 Friday
...See more Wishvas ka naam hi to pyaar tha Kya meri jindagi se khelna Mere hi diye gaye wishvas ka adhikar tha english translation --  The name of faith was love Playing with my life I had the right to believe in myself
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A Poem About My Son Who Was Killed
by asus123
Last post
 Friday
...See more  Father, if you come on Friday, do not bring flowers. The earth has had its fill of them - and the scent, too, feels foreign. Just place your hand upon the cold stone, and listen. Perhaps you will hear, beneath the silence, what still remains here - a longing that has not died
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Poem : the art of writing
by chokshihet
Last post
 Friday
...See more 🫀 Poem 34 the art of writing Everyone warned her that she shouldn’t care, Or else she will end up in tears, Because they don’t consider her theirs, And now she doesn’t like to share, As with the people she is now aware, And thinks what everyone does wid her is bare, And trusting people for her is now rare, remembering it all she stays in fright, Having to many sleepless nights, In the dark without the lights, Fighting all the unseen fights, Doubting herself whether she is right, So the rescue to her pain is to write!
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(This one helps me remember [not ours])
by LunarTheTherian
Last post
 Thursday
...See more When tomorrow starts without me And I’m not here to see If the sun should rise and find your eyes Are filled with tears for me I wish so much you wouldn’t cry The way you did today While thinking of the many things We didn’t get to say I know how much you love me As much as I love you And each time you think of me I know you’ll miss me too But when tomorrow starts without me Please try to understand That an angel came and called my name And took me by the hand And said my place was ready In Heaven far above And that I’d have to leave behind All those I dearly love But when I walked through Heaven’s gate I felt so much at home When God looked down and smiled at me From His great golden throne He said this is eternity And all I promised you Today your life on earth is past But here it starts anew I promise no tomorrow For today will always last And since each day’s the same way There’s no longing for the past So when tomorrow starts without me Don’t think we’re far apart For every time you think of me I’m right here in your heart 💟
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I don't know what to do...?
by UknownResources
Last post
 Thursday
...See more sometimes in life, people don't know what to do, i dont know what to do, because my sense of judgement has been biased all this time, that i dont know what is good or bad for me, ive been trying to take it easy all this time, but to some it may be lazy or even too much, to some what's good or bad for me might be less or more beneficial or dangerous to me, my sense of judgement is flawed, because i dont know what is good or bad for me anymore, people that don't know what to do often seek guidance from people, To try and find someone to tell them what to do, to tell them where to go, To them what to do, To explain to them why they should do it, they just want someone to help them go down the right path, since they dont know what good or bad for them anymore, they want someone to tell them what to do because they don't know what to do, it's no wonder why so many jobs are taken up, because almost every single one of them is usually someone telling them what to do, because their sense of good or bad is biased, because they dont know whats good or bad for them anymore, and just like me, they probably say, i dont know what to do...?
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I'm happy...?
by UknownResources
Last post
 Thursday
...See more I'm cold as the ice in a drink, and still drink up high, with a brush in my hand, I swipe over and over, with each stroke I sigh from a care, a care for me, a care worth a million, yet only happens once, I pull my hair back with a hope, a hope to go back, go back a day or two, to relive a memory once more, Or even a year or two. Just to undo a mistake or a sin, To grow or change faster, so I may live stronger and smarter even with the scars, even with my heart, I still choose to cry, not to relieve the pain, But to feel the waterfall cover me again, To feel the cold embrace me, To endure a calm gentle touch, The water gives to me, Im happy, I'm calm, I'm not panicking, nothing is hurting me, I'm happy...?
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Poetry Books
by speciallife2729
Last post
 Thursday
...See more Does anyone have any good poetry books to read similar to Hailey Grace? I love her poetry books!
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meanings
by cyanessence
Last post
 Thursday
...See more if someone asks me: "what is the meaning of life?" i would respond: "what are the meanings of life?"
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served
by cyanessence
Last post
 Wednesday
...See more *served* Dinner was served but I did not want it as the chef added "colour" which took the colour from my face

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