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Poem Artwork - Cause and a fact

Shape

15 deviations
Literature

The Oyster

As in the salty shallows of the sea The oyster makes a home, and there it clings To battered rocks where a child's eye may see A mermaid who lies in the sun and sings, And when a grain of sand or some such piece Of foreign matter makes its painful way Into its shell and interrupts its peace A pearl will surely see the light of day, So does the poet, when a feeling makes Its way into the softness of her heart, Put words in careful layers on her aches, And though she suffers, she gives birth to art,     So that in time she may select the best     And make a necklace to adorn her breast.

Sonnet

297 deviations
Literature

Sonnet 1 - The deceiving

You say that you are reprieving, To bring at last relief. I say that you're deceiving, To string along the grief. Many come and many go, Some are young and some are old. They pull you down into the flow, Causing you to act so bold. And now it comes your criticized, Fingers point and sticks are thrown. This time you feel demoralized, Control so tight and sneer from thrones. So take that door which resembles pain, Before you know it you will live again.

Sonnet Contest

2 deviations
Literature

A Midsummer Night's Poem

The faeries and elves Steal a changeling child on A midsummer's night. Titania and Oberon, The lovers, Mechanicals.

Tanka

91 deviations
Literature

Twenty years

Twenty years 10 million minutes, in 7 thousand and 300 days. That’s a lot of moments, no matter what anyone says. Months 240, with seven quarter, hundred thousand hours. In that time you gained, All these skills and powers. Forty plus one thousand, Weeks of seven long. Ever moving forward, Reminiscing with a song. Two decades and four lustrums, Reason to celebrate per tradition. Yet on a day-to-day basis, One doesn’t notice the transition. Edited and written by Piezometric Poetry on 11-10-2023

Teens

388 deviations
Literature

Your Friendly Neighborhood Witch

If I were blessed with power in my veins To make and to destroy as I see fit, Then rest assured that I would take great pains To find a quiet place where I can sit And gather every trace that I can find Of arcane knowledge, so that bit by bit In blissful solitude I'd be enshrined, With everything I need just within reach In my small nest that's just as I designed, In the sole company of scrolls that teach The secrets of an art that men forgot As one by one they followed those who preach: “There's no such thing as magic, and you ought To strive for progress and dismiss those lies, For spells and all that nonsense are for naught.̶

Terza Rima

14 deviations
Literature

Whisper of Misery

tiny cuts into lacerations take what you want from me leave nothing behind but a whisper of misery

Tragedy

487 deviations
Literature

What was that again?

The feeling of tender lips that gently touch each other And hands that softly glide over bodies Laughing and crying together Loving embraces All in memory Faded, forgotten The feeling of a tender kiss And hands that softly glide over bodies What was that again? German version: Das Gefühl von zarten Lippen, die einander sacht berühren Und Hände, die sanft über Körper streichen Gemeinsames Lachen und Weinen Liebevolle Umarmungen Alles in Erinnerungen Verblasst, Vergessen Das Gefühl von einem zarten Kuss und Händen, die über Körper streichen Wie war das noch gleich?

Tribute

211 deviations
Literature

Autumn wheeze

Autumn wheeze Sniffing, wheezing, cough galore. In the train you hear it all the more. Far from safe, the travellers be, Also at work, in school, nowhere to flee! Coinciding with chilly autumn breeze. Aerosols flying, propelled with a whirling sneeze. Following a rampantly random trajectory. Uneasy, slimy, your distance, keep it please. Perhaps what I need is: a protective dome. Steer clear of me, or better yet: Work from your comfy home! Edited and written by Piezometric Poetry on 14-10-2022

Urban

183 deviations
Literature

Mixed State

feeling of nails on chalkboard screech; scream for me and me alone, just wanting, longing a vibrant emotion I can't live without, hold me close in the end and tell me it will all be over soon

Verse

262 deviations
Literature

Come Out, Come Out

Come out, come out and play, they always say, With eager, smiling faces shining bright: It must be sad to live your lonely way. No doubt your world is dull and drab and grey, But if you let us help, we'll bring you light: Come out, come out and play, they always say. Come out, come out, it's fun, don't shy away, For we know best, now don't put up a fight: It must be sad to live your lonely way. The best years of your life, day after day, Are wasted in a dark and endless night: Come out, come out and play, they always say. Come out, come out, we won't lead you astray, We promise, little hermit, we won't bite. It must be sad to live your lonely way. There is but one approved technique that may Achieve the heights of pleasure and delight: Come out, come out and play, they always say, It must be sad to live your lonely way.

Villanelle

69 deviations
Poem Artwork - Mind-full-mess

Visual

572 deviations
Literature

For Your Kiss

i lay the braided stars before your precious countenance that you may walk the path of light where gods no longer dwell for we are but a figment of ephemeral affectation reflecting in the tear that wells in worlds wont to forget the season of surrender shall not plunder my resolve to beckon at your call under the restless moon’s fluoresce awakened… stripped and strung in astral flecks that flickered with foreboding the myths depicted in the dithering of days foregone still haunting, as your fragrance wafts into the garden florid waifs found desiccant as wistful sentiments entwine me in an urgent yearning for your kis

Spring Contest

17 deviations
Literature

Can't Handle The Truth

empty shell filled with butterflies, beautiful liar; the mysterious whisper just where you almost couldn't hear hot air fills my lungs, scream softly "I'm just tired."

Free Verse 2

2147 deviations
Literature

Butterfly

stuck in a depressive trance I want to give myself a fighting chance, my final olive branch I'll get up early, take care of my needs, work on my hobbies, do good deeds even let old wounds bleed And when I've been at it a while a beautiful soul living in her own style maybe then I'll crack a smile

Slam Poetry

91 deviations
Literature

Not That Different: Windows and Doors

Sometimes I fall silent. Facing the whiteness of what is yet not, Of the nothing that must be made something, Must be made beauty by me. My weapon of choice - words. The bulding blocks of a new reality. I paint a picture in black and white So that others may see a world of magic. But facing the white, I fall silent sometimes And words fail me And I fail them. I watched others come face to face with the nothing. But they used colors to chase it away. Brandishing delicate lines And confident strokes. I watched windows be opened, Windows to new worlds Frozen in a moment of beauty. And I saw stories hidden Behind every swirl of a line.

'Not That Different' Contest

12 deviations
Literature

So Much Unexplored

So much madness Unexplored Spaces sharp and burning With nothing to hold on to Where the mind flows Cluelessly Without a reason So much darkness Unexplored Monstrous shadows Look deep into their eyes Hollow and convulsing As their forms close in Digesting you whole So much near-death Unexplored A gateway into The land without the self Fear lingers in the rain And feeds the rivers Of collapsing veins

Darkest Secrets Contest

38 deviations
Literature

To Flame

I'm an addict for love feel the heat of a moth growing closer to flame my wings already kissed by growing fire. I live for the warmth, even as I burn alive

Free Verse 2.5

1681 deviations