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by tommy
Last post
 January 31st
...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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not ok in my mind
by poetrybeginner
Last post
 16 hours ago
...See more It will all be ok they say.  But will it.  No seriously.  Will it all be ok.  Because if I hate my self this much  and I hurt my self this much  and if I don’t belong this much.  Am I even worth the wait.  The wait for it all to be ok.  Because all these sleepless nights are starting to drag on  and the tears which smother my face and pillow are getting tired But I can’t help it.  I can’t help that instead of waiting and persisting  I would rather for it all to be over.  to finally be calm.  At peace.  Because why wait when you know deep down it will never be over.  u know that.  U know that no matter how much changes  that feeling  that shiver  that thought  will never fully disappear.  And even though u hate it some little part of your self wants it.  It invites it in.  It likes it.  And this puzzle of why u want it hasn’t been completed and u can’t be bothered solving this mystery of why.  So u ignore the why.  The why am I like this.  The why did it start.  The why did I keep going.  And u turn it into how.  The how do u keep it bad.  How do u make it worse.  Because yes U can scream in ur head over simple things  The things people point out as normal normal.  And those people will think u are fine about those normal things to.  Because they still believe u are normal.  But another step is to unleash that scream.  Let them hear it.  Because only then, just maybe, they will pay a little more attention to how normal  u really are. 
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Poena Damni
by leahjustausername
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more The light stains the Wee Hours; The Limbo without the Poena Damni. 'The big, bad star to scare the small ones away.' The rearview mirror holds its lust in my eyes— Surviving it, prohibited rope; the Wee has it, The dark showed no shapes. The Dark showed no shadows— The shallow was, indeed, the purest Continuous sin. The Lighth ring of ***. The winged—they fly in pairs. I would have held you, I'm sure I would have, If Herr hadn't hanged us all with This rope. You're still the only one breathing. Poena Damni was my only punishment— I gradually lose my complexity.
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Not Today..
by Pudding1000
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more Today is not when I HAVE to matter, Today is not when I have to make the difference, Today is not when I sort my entire being out Today is not when I fix what was broken Today I rest. I let the sorrows be sorrows, love be love, hate be hate And I let my heart and soul breathe.  Because today doesnt have to be the beginning to an end. It can simply just be... Today.
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singing sands, sung by breath, breathe easy
by cyanessence
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more why, Phārāoh, why build such a thing Pyramid in desert 🏜 monument to singing 🎶 sun ☀️ none but you can hear 👂? the desert winds 💨 blow Phārāoh spoke 🌬 she said, if such winds are anything like breath 🌬 winds will one day shout terrible gusts🌪 winds of winding, twisting death ☠ notice, as we speak our volumes waver, dip, rise, peak our breath is not wasted our breath reverberates, breathes vibration beneath our feet🩴 Phārāoh wanted not tomb but temple sanctuary, to weather weathering storm in halls, in corridors desert winds blew alarms, instruments of wood 🪵 would sound dire warning ⚠️ in house 🏠 of stone🗿 Phārāoh would rest 😴 😪 😔 😞 respite from spiteful sun ☀️ rooms cool enough to house desserts 🍨 🥧 🍦 🍡 🍧 in a desert home 🏡 seemingly fit for none Phārāoh was a Queen👸 for good reason her sensing of subtlety saved many from screaming 😱 from breathing winds🌪 of screeching death 💀 breath can breathe life breath can breathe ground from underneath feet
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You are the reason
by CecileBrieur74
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more The wait worths the place  when two souls understand the weight of longing and leaving  both know things they can't give  i was feeling light  i was feeling sad  i was feeling right  and maybe you are the reason  Sunburned by our fights  Drowned by our tears  Turned off by our life  And saved by our fears Happiness never waited for And I could have never wished for more  The darkness flew under the bed once more  And maybe you are the reason
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The living corpse
by GracieBunn13
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more I died very early in my journey— Aged to see, not to be— I became an expert on living, Because it never came to me. Hidden away, I become known To the ends of my beginnings only, Locked the day I would awaken, Existing in my head as all uncomely. I lost before I passed the line, and now my ends are winning near, Waiting. . . for shutdown to finally clear, Waiting. . . for this slumber to deliberately disappear. Nothing ever came to me but acceptance, Losing in life, which they’ve given us. I died and fell much further—gradually every day, I became the living corpse, always underway.
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Life is like a Merry-go-round
by aquaaaaa
Last post
 Wednesday
...See more This poem is dedicated to my friends, past or present, wherever they may be. 💙 Life is like a merry-go-round, And I think I'm tired of going round alone. So come with me on this ride, while I speak to you and confide. People come and go on this ride, Some come to talk, some come to hide. And as we laugh, going round and round, I know that not everyone can stick around. I tell myself that it's okay,  But I can't help but feel gray. I trust that our bonds will never fray, But I know that this feeling will never go away. Like my merry-go-round, the march of time goes on and on, It's a fact of life. I have to carry on, even though they may be gone. Yet my hope persists, and my heart remains open, And my merry-go-round awaits its passengers. And as I look back at my merry-go-round, The ponies have grown into pegasi, and the carts into chariots. And when I look into the rhinestone decorated mirrors of my childhood, I see myself, a beautiful mosaic of my friends, pieces of them embedded into my very soul.
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The Life
by duckylistens37
Last post
 Tuesday
...See more I wish the people could understand.  Understand what it’s like to be me But I wouldn’t wish that pain upon someone  Because they would never really be free I can’t eat or sleep no matter what I try Nothing makes me happy or brings me joy And I don’t wish for anyone to feel this way But they treat my emotions like a toy They treat me like I am broken Like one bad word will send me out of control So they walk on eggshells when I’m around Like keeping me happy is their goal But I’d be happy if I was treated normal  I am more than my mental health And I wish I could be like them Having a happy life is the real wealth 
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Why do you love poetry!
by Befree2825
Last post
 Tuesday
...See more When my mind was blank and my heart numb , "poetry was there" . When tomorrow became a burden and my nights a pool of tears "Poetry was there" When the feeling was unexplainable and reality like a dream "Poetry was there" I love poetry so much. 
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Morning Poem
by MagicalLiving99
Last post
 Monday
...See more I Sat on the porch, bathed in sunlight Listening to the wind dancing with yellow leaves Three little birds 🐤 🐦 🐦‍⬛ hopping besides me Greeted me with chirps, hi hello and howdy 
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intuition
by WellsFiction
Last post
 Monday
...See more Some people are rude. Some people are mean. Some people lie. Some people cheat Some people betray us then demand forgiveness Only to hurt us again and again Pay attention to how the people around you make you feel Don't allow people to hurt you Not everyone should be allowed to have access to our happiness
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The unseen battle
by stormieandpaws
Last post
 Monday
...See more The unseen battle Wanting to help support others fear come into play stepping away but wanting to stay within the storm within the being but everything seems to hard unsure what to do at this point to run away or to stay to give in to the fears or fight them alone within the fight within a smile on my face but that only a mask I wear trying to stay positive as that how others see me but the thoughts within be far from positive at this time I hear them who abused me and words they said so within that I am being attacked with words the your not good enough you never will be give up as in the end you know you can not do that then the one I hate the most just run away before you get rejected so the battle is within and without too but feel as if I can not really voice what really going on

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