Poems, by popularity this week

• Cynicism Is My Religion x 8

  I’m about as bitter and sarcastic / As they come / I revel in laughing / At this cesspool of humanity / And the fools that run around saying / I just want to make the world / A better place / Or the virtual slaves of the status quo

  by dave ochs 164 words, 12 comments, on Jun 29 3:01 PM
• Taking the Sun x 6

  the happiest beggar / I've met in Mexico / (or the best actress / I don't know which) / popped out / from behind a statue / with a loud "Bueno" / / I answered / and she started talking / about the sun / / I agreed to as much

  by mojojames 151 words, 5 comments, 2 days ago
• The Poet x 5

  / I can read - and write as well / And scan and puntuate and spell / And naught makes me feel more at home / Than sitting to compose a poem / Words have always been my joy / e'er since I was a litt

  by Windhover 272 words, 5 comments, on Jun 29 9:07 AM. In Rhyme
• Forced Metamorphosis x 4

  Born as a caterpillar. / Will I ever become a butterfly? / Am I too lowly for your love? / And too slimy for your eye? / / Relentless your resolve / To change what I am. / You say it's for my best. / And I believe in your scam. / / S

  by himanshumodi 122 words, 3 comments, on Jun 23 1:13 PM
• Soot x 3

  Like tiny pieces of fire / We leaped into the unknown, / Escaping things we had done / And things we will do. / A fear as fleeting as life itself, / Golden / Like the sweet elixir / Of eternal y

  by ObviouslyFineArt 91 words, 3 comments, on Jul 1 7:06 PM
• a topographical map of a nipple and a pinch of unspeakable circumstance x 3

  by ravenontheleft 190 words, 4 comments, on Jun 30 7:49 PM. In Adult, Dark, Love, Humor, Personal
• Forgetting You Is Where I Failed x 3

  I thought I was over you, / / Moved on to other guys, / / But sometimes when I think of you, / / I still get that weird feeling / / In

  by jader 274 words, 1 comment, on Jun 16 8:46 AM. In Love, Forgetting, Sadness
• Inspired by "Cassie" x 3

  by skipeople 98 words, 1 comment, on Jun 24 10:52 AM
• An Emotional Con x 3

  by marcusmoore 114 words, 25 comments, on Apr 20 1:26 AM. In Rhyme, Lost Love, Love, Loss, Sad, Angst, Life, Personal, Adult, Pain, Anger, Abuse
• Dawgz x 2

  / / / / Ah luv mah dawwg more 'n any man / or bitch - cawz hee luvs mee / laike men an' wimin' neever luv / - that's unconditionalle

  by Windhover 137 words, 4 comments, 1 day ago. In Vernacular rhyme. Reward
• things are well, miss lowlight x 2

  you forgot to foretell and therefore wore the wrong pinefore / you're ugly anyway and yes, the fever will draw your skin tight / you're funny when you panic / and there is no reason- what's done is done / / nothing would have happened in this v

  by jen and revolution 157 words, 1 comment, on Jun 28 4:18 AM
• On Some Rainy Days x 2

  / Sometimes on some rainy days i / Just like to stop and / Wonder why the sky is so / Blue, like the water in the / Sea. And i'd like to / Think why the grass is so / Green like the shoes / in my closet. / i like to as

  by Melsyl 205 words, 1 comment, on Jun 29 3:54 AM
• Dearest x 2

  by iphios 174 words, 6 comments, on Jun 25 9:39 PM
• All These Be Poetry x 2

  Some, sequential words arranged / according to forms as old / as Athens or David’s Psalms. / Cascading sounds, / crafted complexity / appearing simple, / fecund with meanings / to birth in us / some pleasant response. / / Or /

  by Gagiikwe 162 words, 7 comments, on Jun 10 11:32 PM. In Thoughts. Reward
• Milking Veins x 2

  Milking veins such awful art / A belt wrapped tight around my arm / Sewing holes throughout my skin / A breathing cushion for your pins / Loneliness bought in disguise / A red hot flame to sterilize / The emptiness that sits inside / Just on

  by youcrazydiamond 96 words, 2 comments, on Jun 20 3:28 AM
• So nice to see you x 2

  Hello, I used to be human / I used to have meaning. / / Hello, I believed / in a higher power once, / I gave myself to love. / / Hello, I

  by Saraesa 282 words, 11 comments, on Jun 15 5:45 AM. In Random/Nothing
• This is what it feels like to be dead ( my suicidal saturday )5/3/08 x 2

  This is what it feels like to be dead / To be / Shot right through the head / When you feel you're going outa site / When you give up the b

  by peter-rabbit 417 words, 5 comments, on May 6 10:57 AM. In Angst, Dark, Rant, Rhyme, Sad, Society, Lyrics, Personal, Beat, Life
• Torn Stockings x 2

  / / / / Only a certain woman / can wear torn stockings. / Demure, polite, unsure? / No way. / A whore? / Just shoddy packaging. /

  by Windhover 184 words, 10 comments, on Mar 2 3:08 AM. Reward
• Sand Sculptures x 2

  / In the forefront / of the onslaught / when the Janjaweed attacked, / there she was, / clothed in black, / astride her camel, / screaming

  by gdb 220 words, 4 comments, on Feb 12 7:57 AM. In Angst, Contemporary, Dark, Free verse, Life, Society, Spiritual, Pain, Death. Reward
• Laugh Laugh Laugh x 1

  I am Mr. Laugh / I laugh and laugh and laugh / / I dont know how to cry.. / I wish i never ever try... / / There is no reason why... / You can never see me shy.... / / I am Mr. Laugh / I laugh and laugh and laugh / / I am sad b

  by rhythmdivine 87 words, 1 comment, on Jan 31 11:32 AM