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:jsenn: Welcome to #Heart-of-Poetry



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We appreciate all genres and forms of poetry, as well as other works of literature. Whether you wish to submit your own writing or browse the work of others, this is the place for you. Our main purpose is to support, inspire, and encourage aspiring poets and authors.

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Everyone is welcome to join -- all incoming requests will be automatically approved. Even if you're only here to support other artists' work, your presence is greatly appreciated!

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Please respect our community. Keep in mind that we reserve the right to kick-out all deviants found trolling, spamming, or bashing anything associated with this group. Any offensive or insulting comments to our members will be hidden and reported.

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Please be aware that this group only accepts works of literature. Additionally, we expect our members to submit to the proper gallery folders themselves. Due to an increasing number of submissions, a daily limit of two deviations has been set. (Please see the Gallery Notes for more information on submissions.)

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Each week, a new group journal is published with a writing prompt. This helps encourage our members to stay active with their writing. (See the Journal Notes for more information on prompts.)

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:writersblock: We are a very active and open community of writers. Though we mainly focus on poetry, this group is dedicated to all literature -- poetry, prose, novels, etc. Our main purpose is to support, inspire, and encourage aspiring poets and authors.

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Updates and a new contest!

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Sorry for the inactivity in this group. Some quick updates though, and a new contest!

:bulletblue: We have a new folder submission limit, of 2 deviations per week. Having almost 2,000 means a lot more to go through, and we're just trying to keep up.

:bulletblue: Prompts are going to be on hold for a while, unless someone wants to join as a contributor and have that be their responsibility. Otherwise they're going to stay on hold for a while.




:bulletblue: :bulletgreen: Contest :bulletgreen: :bulletblue:

Theme: Six word story. Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story that had only six words that could make one cry.

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

The theme of this contest is to write a story that is under ten words. This contest is entitled 'The Six Word Story' but it can be any length as long as the tale or poem is under ten words.


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1. Three entries per deviant

2. Mature content is allowed, but it must have a warning

3. Must be ten words or less

4. Your entry must be written for this contest (published after this journal)

5. Please submit to the Six Word Story Contest - OPEN Favorites Collection. Entries to the gallery will not be judged.

6. Entries will be accepted from May 8th until June 30th.

7. Judging will commence from July 1st through July 7th.


:heart: Prizes :heart:

1st place: The entry will be permanently moved to the group's "Featured" folder. The artist will feature in a long mention in the group's blog. A literary request and 100 :points: from our Co-Founder, =Oilux. A critique courtesy from the group on any piece

2nd place: The entry will be permanently moved to the group's "Featured" folder. The artist will be mentioned in the group's blog. A literary request and 75 :points: from our Co-Founder, =Oilux.

3rd place: The entry will be permanently moved to the group's "Featured" folder. The artist will be mentioned in the group's blog. A literary request 50 :points: from our Co-Founder, =Oilux.

Honorable Mentions (applies to all participants): Everyone will be mentioned for participating and receive a llama badge from ~karasoul

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Featured
Defy the StarsI will defy the very stars in the sky to be where you are.
Mere gravity could never keep my soul at bay.
With thoughts of kissing your lips no distance can be too far.
Not even the four elements could keep me away.

Fate may form a different story at hand.
Destiny is silently seeking a tangled way to keep us apart.
No true love can ever been planned.
I will stay true to the course as long as you keep me in your heart.

My love hold on to what we have and what can be.
As long as there is hope I will not let go of what the future brings.
Someday for eternity you will be with me.
Yearn for tomorrow I will come to you on love's dDefy the Stars by ~EnthusiasticArtist
The EdgeI hate you for no reason,
You love me for a lie,
Yet we can't seem to move forward,
Despite how hard we try.

Our relationship is too far gone,
Now our friendship's on the edge.
You say that doesn't matter,
There's no way we'll leave this ledge.

How can I rely on you?
How do I earn your trust?
How can we convince ourselves
That we're not the best for us?

Tattered, torn, and broken.
Fraying strings on your guitar.
So much less than we could be
But all we ever are.

A wish upon a lonely star,
A simple phrase, "good night."
No matter what we do, it seems
Everything is never right.

My thoughts are just a jumbled mess.
Your wordThe Edge by ~sunshine81795
Nothing More Perfect
Two lives so apart
But I'll never forget
There's nothing more perfect
Than the day that we met.

I still feel the scars
But love you all the while
There's nothing more perfect
Than the way that you smile.

You blush when I'm near
But you cannot disguise
There's nothing more perfect
Than the glow in your eyes.

Because of your friendship
I finally see
There's nothing more perfect
Than what you did for me.

~MNothing More Perfect by ~thepigang314
Featured
Poetry - General
Furious RainUnexpected here she came
The furious rain
Ravishing everything ahead of her
Screaming through her thunders
Touching us with an icy breeze
Our bodies fragile like a glass
Piercing us through the heart
With her lightning’s
Embracing the sky with a dark veil
Taking away our rays of sun

The furious rain
Surrounds me
While in slow motion I feel like walking
Ahead I see everything like through the mist
Feeling lonely I stand still
Though my feet’s moves
Through the heavy rain
Something chains me to the ground
To be blown away
By the furious rain
Like a flower which just blossom

In the middle of the grey street
I’m alone Furious Rain by ~Dany1908
They won't know the TruthSomeone once told me that writing wasn't an art,
or a skill even worthy of obtaining.
Writing. So boring to read...
It's so boring to write...

So I asked him, "Sir, could you answer me this;
do you think saving lives is a... good thing?"

And he replied, "Yes."

"Do you think sanity is worth preserving?"

"Yes."

"Well sir, for some people, writing does just that
and more.
It is a shoulder to cry on,
and understands us more than any soul could."

He looked around and then looked at me
and said, "Well, art can make you feel something in your soul...
So therefore, writing isn't art."
He looked around again.

I felt there was no way to explainThey won't know the Truth by ~EmberSan
Overcooked Moments of AffectionSometimes the moments could be too crispy,
Other times they could taste like salt water.
But I’ll always devour them like a starved child.

Because the recipe book in your mind is filled with delicacies.
And every chief cooks up at least one disaster in their life time.
But mostly because I know moments such as these are scarier than food.

So with a little imagination I’ll gobble every burnt platter.
Stuffing myself until I’m a stuffed animal,
And plumber than the turkey at our next romantic dinner.Overcooked Moments of Affection by ~uniquePoetry
Wallflower.The mysteries of myself
Define me
I'm dancing between fading lines
Trying to understand
What it means
To be alive

I'm much too needed to die
And much too overlooked to be alive
I struggle between existence
And nothingness.

Blending in with everyone
I mix
I match
I hide
No one will know me here
No one will see me
No one will talk to me
No one will hear me
No one will careWallflower. by ~vallyfullofemotions
Poetry - General
Poetry - Dark
Breaking Of The MindHe throws the blade about
As if he doesn’t give a damn
But he has a girl trapped in the corner
Crying her eyes out
Thinking that she is going to die
Because he is smiling like a monster
That is about to devour her soul

It doesn’t take too much to scare
The living daylights out of someone
But it’s so easy to just cause
The breaking of the mind

He smirks and licks his blade
As if wanting to taste her blood
Once it coats the blade
She continues crying her eyes out
Wanting to find a way to escape
But there is nowhere for her to go
For he has the girl trapped in a cage

It doesn’t take too much to scare
The living daylighBreaking Of The Mind by ~bodders1991
Case Study #65I swear I didn’t do it
  I know
I know I didn’t
I swore
           Just now
 I looked
    And she took
And I blinked
And I think…
      It goes in a circle
 Uh
Like this
And this
 And that
 And this
And stop
               Stop
And stare
   Stop staring
Like you don’t believe
    Me
In me
     It’s gone
She’s gone
  But I didn’t do it
Stop
    Stop
Stop telling me to stop
 What?
I didn’t
I don’t
       Remember why I’m here
Again
       Lily
Lily
    Where is Lily?
It hurts
                  My heart hurts
Hertz; electrifying
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Why am Case Study #65 by ~heartxofxchains
Night of the 13thNight of the 13th
Lines on the Wind
That night, the whole community was still
As though a strange event would befall
Then there came a solitary voice
'T was neither man nor woman, nor child
They all had gone inside and locked their doors
Nay, 't was the wind
How oft of late have I heard the voice?
I swear, it knows my name
Who could have told it?
The wind, it is a westerly flow
It has blown for many a night this week
Is there not a cemetery yon,
Somewhere in the distance, to the east?
Perchance, as it crossed a solitary grave
Someone there poke my name
When the body feels a chill, we wear a coat;
When the heart feels the chill, what can we wear?
Hark, now the wind is rattling my door
It sounds as though a hand is knocking
It has called my name again
Ah, what can this portend?Night of the 13th by ~Michel-le-fou
MedicineWe can help you! We can cure you!
Your emotions are on adrenaline!
Here, take this medicine!
It'll make it all better!
It'll break your brain's fetter!

Just please listen to us!
We promise these will fix you,
and it's the best we can do!
It won't turn your mind to mush!
It'll make the voices all hush!

Just ignore the screams,
and watch for the signs,
of an increased risk of suicide!

You cut your wrists to dull the pain?
Well surely you must be insane!
Here, just take this!
It's a chemical cocktail kiss!
It's insanity's bane!
With it, you'll be sane again!

I see, I see...
So anxiety is your game?
Just take this once a dayMedicine by *Blazin8004
Poetry - Dark
Poetry - Family
Tears Like RainSlick droplets pour from the sky

Reflecting the sickness and sorrow everyone feels

On earth no ones shows tears they cry

Once gone away from pain

From heaven do they fall

Tears like rain

Ever wondered why rain sometimes

Is worse than others?

Because, of course, someone else awoke; up to the sky

Are they tears of joy?

Or ones of sadness

No one knows, besides one young boy

Drew was what everyone knew to be his name

He once was in his home on a dark afternoon

But, he decided he wanted to go outside and play

When he walked to the door and pushed through

He realized how gloomy it really was

He knew he would have to go back inside Tears Like Rain by ~Onceisleaf
A Reason to StayAgain and again we stumble and fall,
Where do you find the strength to not end it all?

If you life is really as bad as you say,
Why do you hang on for one more day?

I don't know about you, but I couldn't take my own life
even if it is sometimes filled with pain and strife

I have friends and family - a reason to stay
and a little brother who looks up to me

See when I narrow it down, need a reason to stick around
He'll come to me and turn my frown upside down

There's still innocence in his eyes
for his life, isn't filled with as many lies

So I'll smile and laugh as he pull's a silly face
and remember than for now, here is my place.A Reason to Stay by ~Charlie0210
Shatter by ~DreamDayWirter
Daddy DearestBeing in your position while I grew,
I want to know, were you afraid, are you afraid,
When you held me as I cried tears so new?
You were there, but then you were gone, and in your leave I prayed

I wanted my Daddy there, a solid presence, not a specter fleeting, flickering out.

Daddy dearest, did I do some wrong?
You said you wanted to be a part of my life
Yet, when I see you, you’re nothing more than an empty face in a peopled throng.
I love you so, and always will, I’ll forget all the pain you caused, mental strife.

But where are you now?
All the months I try to open the lines of communication
Where did you go? Why have you uDaddy Dearest by ~Hawk-Moth
Poetry - Family
Poetry - Fantasy
Bluebell DreamsI become lost in your dreamy skies,
sleeping beneath the sweet elixir,
bluebells chime their lullabys,
and somewhere inside,
I know they are all lies.

But I can only see fields of blue,
one forgets the distance
between the earth and the heavens,
but it is only an endless delusion.

Like the shifting colors of your eyes,
while drinking honeyed and flower wine,
here within the carnivores mouth
we all succumb to sweet little offerings. Bluebell Dreams by *SilverWynd
DREAMING OF CALYPSOUpon a distant shore that appears and
disappears into the unfurling smoke of myth...
they live there, the Harpies that fly with
the twilight on their wings and Hell shining
in the window of their eye, the Phoenix rises
from the flames that overbrim the soul's
glass and presses into the unknown boundary
of water tempestuously brewing who knows what,
but she knows...she who charms the shadows
into Wolf-Women and watches as they hunt where
others of lesser passions would never dare,
who could say they have seen the Griffin fly
overhead, disheveling their dreams into shades
of myth and scorching convention into unconformity?

As Time ticks away tDREAMING OF CALYPSO by ~NocturneJewel
PARALLELPARALLEL

I'm living twice in one life
I'm feeling empty, a hole
I'm feeling sharp, like a knife
I'm growing fast, I'm too old

A deadly game that I'm in
there's no life within
I cannot die, I can't live
and here again I begin

The impossible
here it's possible!

I fight alone with my sword
I'm feeling down, so cold
I have the power, I hold
I'm here alone, not a word

I hear a voice, who is he?
There's no one looking for me
I don't believe what I see
I cannot feel, yet I'm free!

The impossible
here it's possible!

I'm lying down in daze
I feel asleep, but I'm awake
The room is fading in haze
I see her there on the lake

I'm loosing twice thePARALLEL by ~DraganTheMighty
ChildI fly over a lavender field born as a butterfly and rest upon the gently nodding timothy, on a bright morning that looks like falling stardust through the eyelashes.
I have waited for you at the outermost ring of the tree. I measure with you the exact depth of the sky and listen to the striped windsock rustle and count the number of cars that make a lonely sound.
I am there when you close the envelope and the secret door opens. I have hidden a silver needle in the sewing basket, but only the doves upon the red tiled roof and the black dog on the yard still remember where it is.
Follow the ivy on the wall of the abandoned wing. Count the bars on the uppermost window of the tower and wait for the bell toll before you turn your back.Child by *tulinuotio
Poetry - Fantasy
Poetry - Friendship
i think it is time to get this out of my systemif you knew enough you'd swallow your intentions before they got rotten,
thoughts should never outlive their time, and no
peace can be found in dwelling on
plague-ridden ideas.
but perhaps you long for war, for the deconstruction of my reality.
you used to say you pitied me
with disgusted whispers, we hid behind the bushes
so they wouldn't see
the company you keep.
you said i had everything you wanted. at first it was subtle,
a glance with starstruck eyes that turned away too quickly,
the words came much later but i already knew.
   (i always wondered how you
   could be so
      jealous of someone as shameful as me.)
but let's not get ahead of ourselves, i am untrustworthy
and ugly and so many
things i'd rather not look at under a microscope
but i always do it anyway,
to maybe find a piece of me you didn't shape.
it is my fault,
that we never stayed the way we were that year
when i never disappointed you.
it is my fault and i almost feel pri think it is time to get this out of my system by ~EternalSunday
Best FriendDo you know how many times you’ve hurt me,
Never intending to, never noticing?
Do you know how many times you’ve pierced a dagger through my heart,
Completely oblivious to it?
Pain is the hardest coming from a friend.

What felt so natural to you
It pained me so deep.
Why do I feel as we are growing more and more apart
When you are walking right next to me?
Why do I feel like you’re slipping and I can’t hold you?

You have no idea how scared I am
That I will leave you behind
And that you will think I betrayed you.
You have no idea how many times I cried because of you,
Because you just don’t see, and I don’Best Friend by ~MauraGreen
He Doesn't See Me AnymoreThey're holding hands
And walking heel to heel
He doesn't see me anymore.

They make love under a black sky.
I'm waiting for a call that never comes.
He doesn't see me anymore.

I sit on a couch, thumb-twiddling
While they gaze into each other's eyes.
He doesn't see me anymore.

He's in trouble, used to go to me.
Now she's the only one he trusts.
He doesn't see me anymore

She threatains to take him away from me
If I step out of line again.
He doesn't see me anymore.

Then again, he isn't screwing me
So why should he care?
He doesn't need me anymore.He Doesn't See Me Anymore by ~TheLastIconoclast
There is... by =SpriteBlayde
Poetry - Friendship
Poetry - Haiku
Poetry - Haiku
Poetry - Humor
Foxes and HoundsFoxes and Hounds
Comparing the clever mind with the dull mind
The fox and the hound are cousins
Their uncle is the wolf
The former has stayed in the forest
The latter lived under a tiled roof
One fine day, the hound's master
Brought the hound outdoors
To track and hunt the wily fox
But the hound knew not the score
The fox knew the hound runs by smell
So whenever it found  a break
It scurried through the forest
To bathe clean in a lake
The common soul is a hound
It will whine that the clever soul is cunning
The fox and the hare will not be found
While, in the forest, running
One will lose its odor, the other hides underground
Both will exit the hunt safe and sound
Such a pity for the witless hound
 Foxes and Hounds by ~Michel-le-fou
LimericksThere was an aspiring young poet
Who hated all limericks and showed it.
She said "Songs are fine
With humour and rhyme
But if a ballad is tuneless veto it!Limericks by ~FlickeringCandle
S.O.SDear,

  S.O.S

It's been six months.
   Please tell me, am I in luck?
A while, since my ship had sunk.
   All my fault, and now i'm fucked.

Dear,

 S.O.S

It's been a while.
   Great blue sea, for many miles.
Trapped alone, on deserted isle.
   Poseidon, with who I had trifled.

Dear,

 S.O.S

It's been too long.
    Uncharted beach, I don't belong.
Sailed you to sea, I did you wrong.
    But kudos to you,
         help has come along.

Dear,

Anyone!

Help! I plead!
   In the sea, I bob and weave.
I swam I tried.
   Torn away, in riptide.
Is anyone out there? Left alive?
   
To-and-fro, I waddle and bobble.
Someone savS.O.S by *Ellen-Souler
Blundell Park by ~Skargill
Poetry - Humor
Poetry - Life
Poem for PeopleThese are the words
For every weakened heart
sitting, screaming, in the dark
For every girl and boy
who hides  quietly in the light

These are the words
For every single soul
who needs something to help them make it through another day
because this poem doesn't get life anyway

This is a line
For every lie you've told
from fear of getting locked away
For every time you've apologized
and didn't mean it

This is a line
For when you finally put your heart on paper and realize
no one will ever understand
because brains aren't supposed to work like that

This is a stanza
For every smile
that last ounce of sanity took away
For every thought thatPoem for People by ~DangoLovesYou
satiationafraid of the world;
my solemn heart is.
i clothe it in ripped
folds of infinity,

protecting it from
the hatred and turmoil
of me, my dying body;
part of this finite world

cast from the very fabric
of the earth itself--
i am nothing more than
an embodiment of a moment.

set to pass when i,
have satiated the passing of time--
throughout the stars i rest between;
ill rest forevermore.satiation by ~Kitzy2011
Night to remember, night to forgetCemetery silence
Nothing to be seen
Deep dark thoughts
Pulsating inside me

Fists on the stone
Knuckles in blood
What have I done?
Where have you gone?

Roses on the grave
Thorns in my heart
I’ve turned into a slave
Slave of my mind

Tears instead of words
I have nothing left to say
I'm surrounded by the tombs
And this is where I'll stay

One day they will come
To take away my soul
To fully break me down
So I won’t be reborn

But I’m not afraid
I’m too tired of fears
So here I will remain
Shedding my last tears

I want this to be a night to remember
I want this to be a night to forget
Cause the eternity of our forever
Night to remember, night to forget by *SuperGirlSwag
Falling off the EdgeDo you know what it feels like?
To nearly fall off the edge,
but not quite...
just so that you're dangling;
clinging for your worthless life
lest it fall into the sea of loneliness.
Your callused, pink fingers turning
to a shade of purplish-red of pain
as it does it best to hold on.

Splash.

In the sea of loneliness,
everything is crisp, translucent.
There is nothing around you,
you are alone...
unlike other people,
you have no one
clamouring to save you;
you have no one
diving in to get you out.

There is no point
screaming for help,
you will only waste
the little time and air you have left.
You only have the darkness
of the sea envelopFalling off the Edge by ~therealanonymous
Poetry - Life
Poetry - Love
Lunar LoveThe Lunar Eye plays peeping tom
To the poet pair that sit below
And the stars are buried by their glow
Which lingers till the girl is gone
He sits while she talks on and on
And never thinks to stop her voice
Alone among all men he is her choice
To while away the time and share birdsong.

In sleeping time, by small degrees
His flaws become all that she sees
And his love cannot go so far
Her eyes wander to what pleases
Her form, she mocks and leaves
And his sallow soul is sinking like a star.Lunar Love by ~TheLastIconoclast
You Need Me as Much as I Need YouYou can't get over me,
I can't get over you,
so why are we standing so far apart?

We tried before
to walk away
and live our separate lives,

but what did it get us?
We are right back where
we started from.

There is no reason left to fight,
the only thing we can do
is break down and give in
to this feeling we cannot control.

There will never be
another you,
and you know
no one else will look at you
quite the way I do.

I remember once,
you told me you would give me your heart,
and that day I took it from you.

It was only a joke
but it is true,
we cannot manage to live apart,
you have too much of me,
and I have too much of you.
You Need Me as Much as I Need You by *SilverWynd
Semi-FormalThe day of semi, the young man had to prepare
It was the limelight that he did crave
The girl tonight, the one he would not share
The blade whispered over his face, the clean shave

The comb went to his coarse hair
Pulled back, brown hair parting
He had to look formal, put out a good air
He was looking good, but he was only starting

The soft hiss of cologne being applied
The contacts hovering over his deep brown eyes
He had waited, it was time that he had bide
And now tonight, the limit was only the skies

The collared white shirt came on first
The black vest with the buttons was next
His fingers flew around the deep red tie in a burst
The kSemi-Formal by ~TheLastDarkCard
The Arms of Only One ManThe Arms of Only One Man
Dictated by Puabi
"Only one man will satisfy my heart.....my beloved."
Much is said about my suitors
How they came, how they left, how they died.
Enough is said about my desire
How I longed, how I watched, how I cried.
I was fortunate that I was not reborn
I might have been alone again
But I had to wait for so many years
To lie in the arms of only one man
He was born in a tranquil age
He raised neither gun nor sword
He remains ever at my side
To protect and to satisfy my heartThe Arms of Only One Man by ~Michel-le-fou
Poetry - Love
Poetry - Nature
WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS...Seek me not in the grave serenaded shallow,
or by the mood of blades bleeding rust,
but when the Sky descends onto your soul
caressingly open, and Solitude quivers with
a nocturnal pitch you have not discovered yet,
I will come to you when the Moon has drunk
the wine and her halo eclipses your deepset
thoughts, I will be the reverie you seek
when you gaze into the Twilight-whispering
for your recovery from the Sorrow that embroiders
your Spirit into a rainy-hued evanescence,
I will be there-when the last of the dew
dries into a Dream, silvery thawed like
the Shadows that bask in my temperate gaze.

When the lotus seduces the Stars to leave
tWHEN THE MUSIC STOPS... by ~NocturneJewel
A WORLD WITHINI remember a time when a world lived beneath
my skin, creating an ocean in my veins from
the song that absolved my melancholy into melody,
I was searching for a catharsis to make sugar
from my scars, dissolving the Starshine into
an amaranthine, I would drink the purifying
recall from its pretty petals and let its
familiar timbre liquefy my hurt into healing,
I would drink deeply until my form quivered
to be fluid and my soul bloomed amaranthine
divine, and I became a current of palpable feeling
ever lost, ever dreaming of my waters cascading
onto a sandy white shore I had yet to reach.

In the Sea I exist, singing myself lost
in the hope of A WORLD WITHIN by ~NocturneJewel
This Strange LandThis strange land

Where the breeze kisses my skin
And runs its cool fingers
Through my hair.

Where the long grass ripples
Against the wind
Like the gentle waves of a sea.

This strange land

Where the trees stand tall and mighty
With arms reaching over the gravel path
As if attempting to grab me.

Where the pines huddle closely together
Whispering amongst each other
In a language I do not understand.

This strange land

Where the sweet voices of birds
Paint the wind
With vivacious tunes

Where a heartbeat is heard
From within the earth
Vigorous, spirited

And alive.This Strange Land by ~SaphirePZ
She falls for beastsRuthless winds and raging seas
A link so poles apart from ease
So darkly distinctive
As glitter from dirt
To sorrowfully know, addictive....
Hacked pleasures do hurt
This bond between man and monster 
So firm, so unbreakable...shakes a mad red heart
Yet so forbidden, cries pushed away as an imposter
Our tie we hold till our knuckles bleed pulled apart 
Destructive beliefs and demolishing dreams
How long will my people hold my love chained to their ugly screams
But I'll never rise because I've fallen forever
So intense, so deeply...
In a hopeless feeling of adore and pain we share together
Summon giants and bulldozers to fail to pick me up cheaply
Not being much soul of an unpleasant preacher
Yet he is a creature
And to bear my dear lush of torture
Yes, he's my creatureShe falls for beasts by ~MorganWolfram
Poetry - Nature
Poetry - Politics
Tell Me WhyStop, enough, calm down, cool brew
Written in anger, but I’ll still try
And let me take a moment to ask you
Why?
 
Why do we watch as society justifies why they exclude?
While kids around the world die for lack of food
 
Why do we die fighting senseless wars?
When the outcome’s already decided behind closed doors
 
Why do we watch supposedly safe cities burn?
And dismiss it as casually as the Earth does turn
 
Why do we think health is only the size of our muscles?
The mind breaking down stuck in a permanent tussle
 
We can reach Mars, the depths of the oceans, and have a Moon landing
And yet with all our technology and effort, we can’t reach an understanding
 
Tell me why sport players hold so much clout
When it’s doctors and police officers we can’t do without
 
Why do we cry over a few dead in a car crash?
But shed no tears over those killed in a religion clash
 
Why do I watch my friends stress?
Anger and fear thTell Me Why by ~TheLastDarkCard
Stand To!Stand to! A war to win and a foe to beat!
Can't survive off of the government teat!
Stand up to every shirker and berk
Who's far too lazy to get off their ass and work!

Stand to! Sitting pretty will do you only harm
You'll only end up like the fellas in the funny farm
When there is no money and even less food to eat
What will the communist sheep then bleat?

Stand to! The slackers are knocking on the door
Do you want to be another coalition's whore?
Jesus is marching with you in the street
And encourages you to hoist the flag and greet!

Stand to! And Let the traitor Kenny hear
That from true men he has much to fear!
Take up the flag and letStand To! by ~TheLastIconoclast
May DayTis always a fine day on the 1st of May
For it is and shall always be International Labour Day
From mechanics to pen pushers
To farmhands and court ushers
We march and sing and cheer
Loud and proud for our time draws nearMay Day by ~Skargill
Fuck the system.Fuck the ever so prevalent need to impress.
The prerequisite of popularity, to be appreciated.
The inevitability that talent is cast aside, to make way for the rich and famous.

Fuck giving a damn about the deaths in one country, while millions die daily in silence, without a whimper of acknowledgement.
The obsessed- over, ideal person, that doesn't even appear like what they permeate.

Fuck the biased media, fogging reality, fading away truth, annihilating real freedom of choice, speech and action.
The overly important necessity to feed ourselves with guilt for feeling good, feeling pleasure, comfort or happiness.

Fuck the people that makeFuck the system. by *yours----truly
Poetry - Politics
Poetry - Religion
Til deathdo us part -

Twin souls. Twin hearts.

From high tower, rusty church bell sounds.

Drying out our skin like the paper,
of which had written our vows.

Your face so pale, your wedding veil I removed.

I do and I do

You may kiss,

Our cue

But in separate coffins, I lost you.

My partner.
My other.
My skeletal muse.

Til death
do us part -

Then we married.

That ring bearer, on a pillow our bond she carried.

We dwell in happiness,
through sorrow,
sickness and health.  

But why not death? In this marriage?

Until we left, each in our own horse and carriage.
Never will I let one foot in the grave, let us parish.

Til death
do us part Til death by *Ellen-Souler
MessageOn the
tear-stained pillow
I once cried my prayers
into, I found a note:

    I'm sorry.

        - God Message by ~TheEmptyChest
GenesisI awaken. I am one and WE are three
And I have seen the unspeakable nothing
Before WE founded the firmament.
I have always been established and I shall ever be.
Let US sail among the silent stars
And see the free hanging, free falling stars
And churn the celestial sea.
Let US for our long born purpose
Establish a light among the dust
To be our eye and rule for US
The day as the planets swirl and rust
Red clouds clutter up their skies
And the new world settles as Adam opens up his eyes.

And thus was the earth formed from the burning
Roilling gases and fragments of two dead worlds
And curls of poison burned the skies for time
TGenesis by ~TheLastIconoclast
She'd Seen the Devil There was an old woman,
who lived by the stream
She went to the forest,
and from it she screamed,

Oh my Lord, I've seen the devil

She ran from the forest,
she ran far and wide
She told off her story,
she filled it with lies, said

Oh my Lord, I've seen the devil

She let her mind go blind,
let mercy subside
Cast off the innocent,
the ones guilty in her mind

Oh my Lord, she'd seen the devil

The years had gone by,
she didn't change her mind
Her ways stayed the same,
but soon she would pay, cause

Soon she'd see it, the real devil

She looked in the mirror,
she looked in her eyes
She saw what she feared,
she saw what She'd Seen the Devil by ~ObsessedNerdGirl
Poetry - Religion
Poetry - School
SchoolWe were once wild horses
Free,
Untamed
Then school raised its ugly head
We were broken in
Taught
what we should be
No longer were we
the colts of a younger age
We were battered down
Our spirit taken
   Crushed
The candle blown out
Few still rise
To reclaim that light
the laughter of a child
However
They are shot back down with harsh cries of
   Detention
   
   Call Home
We are told to be different
But they all want us the same
Perfect little robots
that dare not speak out of turn
   Be quiet-
   Pay attention
They want not the
Loud,
Bubbly
children of yesterday
But the
Quiet,
Studious
adults of tommorrow
And who are we to protest
We are too young to understand
And you are the adult
Im     wrong
You're     right
Am I correct now
    School by ~AsterGirl
StudentsJust look at them all.

They wander with weighty

Burdens they carry

Around and around

Their small stomping grounds.

When they rest, they remove

The bulk from their backs

With breaths of content,

But they have to go on;

They cannot stay there.

So they shoulder the sack

With many grunts and groans

As they toddle along.

Poor tired turtles,

There’s truly no freedom

From your back-breaking fate.Students by ~PhoenixScribe
Plantworklook teacher, listen
i'm sayin', somethin's missin
been comin to this pass session since the beginning

this school's my 9 to 5 but there's no pay out or winnings
and I'm feelin' like a cynic, losin' focus by the minute

these scientific hieroglyphics way beyond my limit
while these definitions definitely make me go ballistic

so many fruity offsprings that they callin' it prolific
oh shoot I jus missed it

once again, nah

once again the topic of the subject matter has to do with plants
the greenery 'cross the scenary that make the people dance

but no, not me
see I got these allergies
the pollen flowin in the air got me fightin' off a sneezPlantwork by ~NeoPaladinOfLight
The Big StrongmanThe big, strongman
Sidles up besides him
And puts a hand upon his neck.

He mutters something in his ear
And sends and idle threat to him.
That he should quake
For the fate he has got,
That he should be in misery
And his friends should not.
So he closes his eyes
And quietly sighs
And waits until the man
Is done with him.

He wanders his way back to class
And cannot meet a single eye
As down the terse tears will quietly fly
And dash upon an opened book.
His classmates give him not one look
Nor pity for his dirtied form
So please cry for him
And lay no hand on him
For it reminds him of the big strongman.The Big Strongman by ~TheLastIconoclast
Poetry - School
Poetry - Song
Be Not Ye Far (a lullaby)Be Not Ye Far (a lullaby)

Lover, so fair--
come stroke my hair,
hold me fast--
as the night lasts--

...don't let my fears
ride out of the dark.

Hold me fast,
when day is past--
softly swear,
you'll be right there--

...and that my fears
will stay in the dark.

Don't suffer my fears--
don't suffer my tears!
hold me fast,
when day is past.
and
you'll be right there;
and you'll softly swear--
“Lover, so fair”
and stroke my hair.

And all of my fears --
those spidery sparks!
those spindly spears--
will shrink in the dark!

...Lover so fair:
Be not ye far.Be Not Ye Far (a lullaby) by ~rainonwednesday
Elevated ThoughtsElevated thoughts
Store bought bones
Broken cones
Ripped papers
Highed up
Puff puff and I don’t give two shits
Puff puff and I don’t give two hits
Nigga be fucking off half packing
And that shit ain’t no good if its thin like a fucking cracker
Twistin stank cause I’m bored
Passing out cause I just smoked a couple zones
Trippin face like getting sprayed with mace
Got your girl sleeping off this haze
Imma slip her the D
She gonna wake up swallowing some baby lead
Then she gonna gimme some more head
Call me french cause I need my after smoke
Tell that bitch to roll me up somethin pretty
And forget about them draws
She roElevated Thoughts by ~IceFireX
Siren SongListen sailors, sirens sing tonight.
Into our cold embrace we'll hold you tight.
We'll sing to you a lullaby, of the ocean deep.
And cradle you into eternal sleep.

Listen to our voices calling you.
Join us here beneath the ocean blue.
Come rest your weary head upon the oceanbed my friend.
And never shall you see the sun again.

Come to us and rest into our arms.
Forget your home and fall before our charms.
The ocean is your mistress now and you are but a thrall.
Now listen sailors, to the sirens call.

Listen sailors, sirens sing for you.
Come to us and be our lovers true.
Surrender to our kisses, let us steal your breath away.
AndSiren Song by ~Ridderkvinden
Samantics:Favorite Rap Song:
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Keep it secret
Cheer as you fear
My mental demons
What you seeking
If you can peep this
Speak in sequence
As you shift defense
What you thinking
Streets teach us raps like; "yaw-be-preaching"
Phat ass lyrics be spoken fast so watch me tweak it
Breaching large to the latter
Like liquid swords in my bladder
Hoes ain't nothing but chatter
Listen up as I piss on yaws clatter
Dreams get shattered
Brains get splattered
Pow you get blasted
From the screen to the casket
Dropping bombs quick to blast shit
Mix n match off the rip halo-tastic
Buddha burns got me spastic
While drama got me stomping that ass quick
Crashing in on my kin
Smash on falsehood again
Crooked quirks of wacky jerks
Out to do it again
Trying to ruin my friend
No endSamantics: by ~Valkaneer
Poetry - Song
Poetry - War
Wars and BirdsTo all the birds that cried in vain
-let us not think of the past,
but instead think of how the sun rises. 
The how and why is unknown,
yet we still try because our graves are not set in stone. 
We may not know who we are now,
but are reflections do, and they are just. 
At the end of the battle no bird was ever left unworn,
but they held peace within their scars. 
Dusk never fell on those who saw,
but waited until the sun hit their backs.Wars and Birds by =NobleQueenOfLothaire
Mother of WarFearless she stands,
with steel in her eyes,
hot iron in her blood,
and death her truest companion,
vengeance calls in every
beat of her heart.

On the distant horizon,
caught in the descending
sunlight a raven takes flight,
Morrigan's blessing
on the eve of battle.

Victory to be found
in every Roman whose blood
quenches the thirst of the ground,
mother and wife once she was,
now sword and bone are lover and child
and war becomes her master.

Surrender impermissible,
prepare for this last stand,
make them pay dearly the price,
there is nothing left but the hope
of a warrior's death.

Heed the battle cry
of Boudicca, leader of meMother of War by *SilverWynd
The Courtship part 2The Courtship part 2
Loss of a suitor
One night, the palace of Hammurabi declared a war
Puabi was receiving a suitor
He heard the call
He turned to leave her
Puabi shook her head
Her eyes were wet
He watched her, wanted to stay
She knew he would die
He walked slowly toward the gate
She shook her head
Then she burst into tears
"No!" she screamed. "He will die!"
He heard. The servants heard.
One advanced. He shook his head in sympathy.
"No, not yet," the youth said.
"You will die-ie!"
He was gone
Puabi swooned at the head of her stair.
The manservant carried her inside.
He lay her on the bed.
"He is dead!" she muttered. "He is dead."
He left her to calm down
Puabi wept
After one hour, she lay still
A maid watched her
She sobbed
"No, your highness, please, do not fear."
"Oh-oh!"
-when i write these lines, i am sobbing. I adore her.The Courtship part 2 by ~Michel-le-fou
The Shot Heard Around the World(the world ends here)
Don't play the victim-
we're all abusers
Don't blame invention-
fault falls with users
We're our own problems-
ones that we resolve
with the fire of guns;
it's how we evolve
And so I wonder
what could be louder
than the explosive
force of gunpowder...
Don't play with fire-
you're bound to be burnt
Don't ignore wisdom-
it has to be learnt
We're our own problems-
ones that we resolve
with pure honesty
and limitless love
And so I retreat
hoping to repeat
the desperate sound
of my own heartbeat...
Justification
falls onto deaf ears
The shot heard around
the world ends hereThe Shot Heard Around the World by *goldshroom
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I submitted two pieces of work one day nine hours ago; one was accepted the other, 'Butterflies of the Mind,' is still pending. Any ideas?
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