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by tommy
Last post
 September 7th
...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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When I Find My Way to You
by MooshyMushroom
Last post
 6 hours ago
...See more When I Find My Way to You Blue sky, what a relief to have from afar ‎Your smile, innocence and ignorance combined ‎She lies, her appearance is just a cover in sight  ‎He lies, pretending he doesn't see it with his own eyes  ‎ ‎Flattered heart, to sit closely by your side ‎Crowned is she like, having to walk with you in the crowd ‎What is it like, to be loved by someone with unconditional kind?  ‎She tries to comprehend, if its truly right? ‎ ‎Counting the days, one to three ‎Recalling the times you stood up differently  ‎I didn't took notice, until I realized  ‎You were once already there, when I just didn't mind  ‎ ‎Letting go of my past mistakes, I uttered to myself, I will start in a new space ‎Forgetting it like I wasn't in love before  ‎Pretending like I haven't been foolish at all ‎ ‎"Would you be the one?", I didn't mind to know  ‎How long we'll stick together, is simply unknown But what kept me moving forward wasn’t certainty What held me closely was an opportunity, I didn’t want to hold loosely But just how far can we actually be? When you seemed a lot better, just how much do I mean that, really? Are we pretenders, trying to distract ourselves? Are we running from the reality? And we’re both simply “lies” in our heads? To sit with this, is a mystery To be with you was sweet like a honey But the reality unravels itself so quickly  For the gap between you and me, was much greater, invisibly How long will you stay, to say that you love me? Once the cover is gone, would you still stick close by me? When finally, its not just the chills and the love songs When all the insecurity,  started  to play like a funeral song Tomorrow, will hold itself together God’s answer to my prayers is something I can’t yet uncover But supposed you read this  letter, and you have known I wanted you to know that I am holding on to what I still don’t know I will stay, until the next crossroads I won’t hide myself, nor move away from you I will see you again until we ever can Say my goodbye’s and hello’s like it doesn’t have no end - //MooshyMushroom//
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Even here something blooms
by mossyfrets
Last post
 18 hours ago
...See more Cruelty is difficult to understand and suffering that serves no purpose is equally mysterious. If we imagine a world capable of containing such things, a world governed by harshness and struggle, we encounter another puzzle: the sudden appearance of brightness and power, like a song rising unexpectedly from the darkest place. Unless people throughout history and across every culture have somehow been deceived by the same illusion, there seems to be something real about beauty: a kind of grace that exists without needing to justify itself. About five years ago, I witnessed a mockingbird descend directly from the roof gutter of a four-storey building. It seemed completely spontaneous and unconcerned, as natural and effortless as the opening of a plant or the first spark of a flame. The bird simply stepped into empty space and began to fall. Its wings remained tucked against its body, almost as though it were perched on a branch and singing rather than plunging toward the ground. It was dropping faster and faster, accelerating through the air until just before it might have struck the earth, it slowly and deliberately opened its wings. The white markings beneath them appeared, its broad tail spread out, and suddenly the fall became a graceful glide. The bird landed lightly on the grass. I had just come around the corner when I noticed it. No one else was there to witness what had happened. That made me think about the old philosophical question of whether a tree makes a sound when it falls in an empty forest. Perhaps the answer is that beauty and grace do not depend on someone being there to notice them. They can happen whether or not anyone is watching. The least we can do is try to be there.
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Nightmare of first day of school
by stormieandpaws
Last post
 19 hours ago
...See more Nightmare of first day of school Time to go back to school when was a child it was first day of school most kids excited to be back to see their friends but for me it was not a happy time at all the teasing and ones being mean to me was not due to anything I did at all their reason was I spent part of the day in the resorce room but to then that was a good reason to make fun of me why why are some kids so mean to other looking back I see myself as a child alone or being teased teachers at times were as bad as the kids the comments and punishments came from them a lot just see the child I was smiling on the outside but on the inside hurt and sad due to all they did a child in the wind being blown about by the actions of others
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Ledger
by mossyfrets
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more The air has stopped breathing. Hands around a fragile flame. There are decisions, and then there are what we once used to call reminders, scattered across the sky like fallen feathers. A choice - to remember how we were carried from one place to another with gentleness, even after the light faded, and then the night, and then stars.
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A House of Rain
by mossyfrets
Last post
 3 days ago
...See more If you would like to know more about rain then perhaps you should enter a house after it. Any house can become a house of rain. For example, you might find a house called Rooms for Quiet Days. Inside, you might find a kettle beginning to sing. And even though it is the height of summer, even though the sun is a weight pressed against the windows, you might still make tea. It is good tea but admittedly better suited to colder evenings. You might then leave the cup on the table and open the window because that is what windows are for. Then you might lie down for a while because that is what summer is for. What might you dream then, if not rain moving softly across the glass, like a thought passing through the house on its way somewhere 
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ek shauhar hai mera... kya naam du mai? / What Name Shall I Give Him?
by wantoceanmoon
Last post
 Tuesday
...See more Ek shauhar hai mera, kya naam du mai Mera naam leker kabhi pukara nahi hai Rahta hai dur, bhut dur ek shher me, Bualata hai mujko roj naya naam leker, Pyar karta hai mujse per jatata nahi hai, Khud pucho, fir bhi batata nahi hai, Ankhe hai uski bahut choti choti Ankho se bhi wo dikhata nahi hai Kahu kya mai usko, samaj me na aaye Mujko bhi dena hai ek naam usko, Dariya kahu ya samunder kahu mai Ya kah du mai usko tadpata dil Badal kahu mai ya baris ki bunde Ek shauhar hai mera, kya naam du mai… Ja raha tha jis din wo chor ker mujko Lipti thi us se, per royi nahi thi, Tadpa tha dil per tuti nahi thi The aanshu mere, ankho me uske Punam ki raato me samunder ho jaise Khamosh tha wo, bhigi thi palke Badhne laga wo, chorker jab mujko Hum bicharne lage, hum tadpane lage Na wo ruk paya, na mai rok payi Ek shauhar hai mera, kya naam du mai… Karta hai bate roj phone per bhi Do betiya hai hamari, Nayan aur Riddhi Bahut der der tek unse karta hai bate Puchta hai mujse duniya ki bate Mai wife hu uski, na koi fikar hai Kabhi haal mera pucha na mujse Bus kahata thik ho meri pyari betiyo ki mummy Kaise ye kah du, mai kaisi hu tum bin Lagta hai jaise sab kuch hai fika, Koi rang nahi hai, koi sang nahi hai Jab tum nahi ho, to duniya virani Mai pyasi nadi hu tum baris ka pani Jab kahti hu unse, kaise ho tum bhi Isharo se kahta, bus... bolti hai ankhe: "Zinda hu yaha sirf, jaan ho tum hamari" Mai kahti hu, mai hu Wo kahta hai hum hai Milna hai ek din yahi aas hai bhi Wo mujse hai baki, mai usme hu baki Ek shauhar hai mera, kya naam du mai… "Dil se nikle kuch lafz... Just wanted to share a piece of my heart here today. ❤️"  English version===== this is English version translated by Ai bt its orginal form, its just translated    What Name Shall I Give Him? I have a husband… what name shall I give him? He has never once called me by my true name. He lives far away, in a distant city, Yet calls me each day with a new love name. He loves me so deeply, but never shows it, Ask him yourself, he still keeps it unsaid. His eyes are so small, so gentle and quiet, Yet even through them, no secret is read. What should I call him? I ponder in silence— I, too, wish to give him a name of his own. Shall I call him a river, or call him the sea? Or name him the aching heart in my chest? Is he a cloud, or a raindrop falling? I have a husband… what name shall I give him? On the day he left and walked away, I clung to his side, but I did not cry. My heart was breaking, but I stood strong. The tears were mine, but they shone in his eyes, Like an ocean swelling beneath a full moon night. He stood in quiet, his lashes all wet. As he stepped away, leaving me behind, We began to part, our hearts began to bleed. He couldn't stay, and I couldn't stop him. I have a husband… what name shall I give him? He calls every day and speaks on the phone, To our two little daughters, Nayan and Riddhi. He speaks to them for hours on end, Then asks me of news from all over the world. I am his wife, yet no worry is shown, He never once asks how I am on my own. He just softly whispers, "Are you fine, my sweet daughters' mother?" How do I tell him how I live without him? It feels as though everything has lost its light— No color remains, no companion in sight. When you are not here, the world is desolate. I am a thirsty river, you are the rain. And when I ask softly, "How are you doing?" He answers in gestures… his eyes say it all: "I am merely surviving here… you are my life." I say, "I am." He says, "We are." Holding fast to the hope that we'll meet again one day. A part of him lives in me, and I remain in him. I have a husband… what name shall I give him? "Dil se nikle kuch lafz... Just wanted to share a piece of my heart here today. ❤️"                        
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Hold onto Dreams
by aquaLion1074
Last post
 Tuesday
...See more Hey y'all I was feeling kinda hopeless 😞 so I decided to make a positive poem to lift my spirits. Then I realized I can share the poem and hopefully make people happy 😊. Have a wonderful day y'all ❤️ !! Y'all matter 🫶. Hold onto your dreams Because if they fade Hope is lost along the way When hope is lost, dreams aren't made... Then that life is torn away So hold onto your dreams  Cuz if they stay... More will follow  When hope displays 
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body vs essence (& update/rambles)
by 7Bear7
Last post
 Monday
...See more Bones creak and muscle aches Such a common phrase, to be heard But yet again tonight it rings so true Mind is blank and soul is frayed So unheard and seen, by word and sight Reset systems to default so I may feel whole tonight Not body or essence can stop my faith tonight. That the moon always shines,  The sun always shall rise, And the songs will always be free Not sure what this one is/was but I've been trying for days and been to tired and falling asleep before I can write. . . Anyways my birthday was a couple days ago I'm 20 now yay? Its a bit weird but I has fun.  I also had my first day of lecture classes yesterday, and today was physical practice and it was so tiring my whole body aches T - T  But I am learning so yay Anyways enough rambling about me, yall have a blessed night 🩵
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Checkmate
by Daybloom
Last post
 Monday
...See more Flick the ash off your cigarette See the embers fade You can try to discard me Baby I’m here to stay Play your hand I can read your face Lost before you start Up my sleeve, I have an ace No words to say Can’t scare me away Just take your jab I’ll smile and laugh Surrender tastes bitter Lying lips quiver Now take your seat As I stand and deliver
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forgotten hues of blue
by cyanessence
Last post
 Sunday
...See more *forgotten hues of blue* The day wore on her searing skin, scorching any daring enough to feel its chill. Yet another wandered beneath clouds of regret, failing to feel the cleansing rains that poured. How could they ignore, she thought, the biting cold of selfish pursuit? Me, mine, I, myself, all said without regard for the ear that hears. Brutal forces tearing bread from broken hands left the giving with nothing to receive. Confused must be the community that takes bones from the dead to construct fences designed for solitude. Raving brags of how the other was had in a bad deal was the madness that made the crowds lament. As the birds flew to find somewhere less lost, an icy idea withered stillness of mind. Mystified by tangles of paths trodden by apathy, the forest offered chance to remember tomorrow. To neglect the darkness night brings sours each new dawn. To reside among the many that never shed tear dried the well of well-being. Escaping to leaves, seeking relief from blight and scorn, would be the only remedy that granted respite to mourn. Boundless sorrow, denied of attention, deprived view of bountiful colour. Witnessing the fallen writhe, absent of emotion, turned once sweet cries bitter. Within the refuge of trees that grew, perhaps, too, she would learn to grow. Sight of flying leaf is unseen when the woods that tend become walls that do not home, merely house. Under canopies of green, alone, at last, she could douse her woes with forgotten hues of blue.
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Haiku/tanka #4
by PicklesANDOcean4ever
Last post
 September 11th
...See more I just realized that my last one wasnt correct I did 5-7-7-7 loll  September 8th 2026 haiku I've been efficient  I've done so much homework (help) I still have more *cry*
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by BalanceofBrainandMind
Last post
 September 11th
...See more “It's the hardest thing in the world to explain yourself, to tell your story clearly.” What part of your story do you feel is still waiting to be heard?

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