Poems about Life

• Comeuppance?

  by Libertydoll 157 words, 2 comments, on Nov 8 5:23 PM 2008. In Adult, Contemporary, Dark, Life, Hope, Thoughts, Society, Personal, Love, Lyrics
• The Quest

  We invite you to come on a journey of the mind.
  

  by Brian Balzer 503 words, 14 comments, on Nov 8 4:23 AM 2008. In Weird, Fantasy, Thoughts, Imagery, Abstract, Perception, Death, Life, Free verse. Reward
• Dream Girl of the Week

  With my head on the pillow I lay and wait. / Sometimes she's early, / sometimes she's late. / My head gets heavy / I shut my eyes. / Then m

  by marcusmoore 169 words, 52 comments, on Nov 7 3:12 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Dream, Life, Love, Rhyme, Thoughts
• If I were your age...

  I would hold you as long as you needed / I would kiss you as often as you liked / I would hold your hand as tightly has you held mine / I w

  by Brian Balzer 153 words, 17 comments, on Nov 7 10:38 AM 2008. In Life, Free verse, Poem Inspired. Reward
• I cant see her anymore

  a poem about loosing yourself....

  by gingerhall1976 204 words, 23 comments, on Nov 5 1:07 PM 2008. In Perception, Loss, Depression, Thoughts, Sad, Personal, Life
• Narcisist

  Why do you still affect me so / Why do I call when my weaknesses show / You have nothing to offer me / Never did never will / No words of c

  by tttgrw 101 words, 1 comment, on Nov 3 7:49 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, Sad, Rhyme, Personal, Love, Life, Thoughts
• Selective Transgression Eternally Placed Home

  And all the men who built Big Ben
  The time that they all took
  

  by kep 105 words, 11 comments, on Nov 2 3:41 PM 2008. In Love, Life, Sad
• The Smitten Wicked

  What happened to the world we knew? / When did we lose our way? / Or have my memories been eschewed? / Was it just yesterday? / Was not our

  by Enoq 237 words, 4 comments, on Nov 2 11:22 AM 2008. In Angst, Rhyme, Rant, Society, Life, Sonnet
• First Episode

  a poem about second chances and learning from what life hands you

  by gingerhall1976 629 words, 24 comments, on Nov 1 8:57 PM 2008. In Personal, Sad, Life, Pain, Death, Depression, Sadness, Loss, Anguish, Family
• The Appointment

  by rhetorica 353 words, 2 comments, on Nov 1 7:16 PM 2008. In Adult, Humor, Life, Free verse
• My Treasured Friend

  by natureangel 262 words, 12 comments, on Oct 31 10:36 AM 2008. In Adult, Life, Hope, Love, Personal, Rhyme
• One Day in My Life

  As I rise and shine
  the morning is fine
  tis time to start splashing

  by natureangel 238 words, 4 comments, on Oct 30 6:30 PM 2008. In Life, Rhyme
• The Barn (Poe Tribute)

  So long ago when I was nine, there was a place that chilled my spine. / A towering wooden ark stood beacon to my youthful scare. / For year

  by Enoq 604 words, 13 comments, on Nov 2 10:27 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, Life, Nature, Rhyme, Friendship, Childrens, Family, Imagery
• Cant Pretend

  / Can't Pretend / / By: [[OB]] lyrically correct / / Im tired of friggen pretending / that i dont love him anymore / / tired of this pain that im feeling / truth is his name is what my heart beats for / / i know thats sounds lam

  by lyricallycorrect 239 words, on Oct 28 6:14 PM 2008. In Love, Life, Thoughts
• and so i RECOVER

  / and so i RECOVER / / By: [[OB]] lyrically correct / / its funny how when everything / is all said and done you feel like such a fool / / way back then wouldve done anything / but now...i realize that all that mess wasnt cool /

  by lyricallycorrect 168 words, 4 comments, on Oct 28 6:02 PM 2008. In Love, Personal, Thoughts, Life
• Place of Retreat

  My place of retreat / When my strain takes its toll / Is in the patchwork of fields / Which settles my soul / Amongst the mounds in the lan

  by tttgrw 101 words, on Oct 28 5:53 AM 2008. In Dark, Life, Nature, Personal, Sad
• Our Wonderful World

  A beautiful day dawns bright and clear / This wonderful miracle we should hold dear / Our hearts embrace this glorious sight / When our wor

  by natureangel 115 words, 7 comments, on Oct 26 5:17 PM 2008. In Life, Nature, Rhyme
• You Are

  You Are / A Wonderful light / A secret Treasure / beautiful broken Artwork / struggling to be whole / You must Fight to win / also to Live

  by Brian Balzer 83 words, 8 comments, on Oct 26 12:35 PM 2008. In Personal, Life, Poem inspired. Reward
• A Baby Boy

  A little baby fast asleep / Tiny hands and slender feet / A button nose and wispy hair / All wrapped up in loving care / / His mother’s heart is full of joy / Each time she holds her little boy / His father’s heart is full of pride / A so

  by natureangel 47 words, 1 comment, on Oct 25 6:54 PM 2008. In Life
• My Tortured Mind

  The shadows are rising all around me / Invading my mind, thick and fast / No escaping the messages they bring me / All my memories from the past / / How can I cope when I’m lost in my memories? / They’re stealing away my peace of mind / Sle

  by natureangel 235 words, on Oct 25 6:47 PM 2008. In Hope, Life, Personal
• My Crush

  I once knew a girl named Jill. / / I can picture her still. / / It was plain for all to see / /

  by Brian Balzer 164 words, 10 comments, on Oct 25 4:52 PM 2008. In Life, Love, Rhyme
• No Crap

  When I sit upon the toilet, / and try to take a crap, / I strain so stinking hard, / I might have a heart attack. / When I sit upon the toilet, / it fills me up with grief. / I strain for all I’m worth, / and s

  by Brian Balzer 111 words, 10 comments, on Oct 25 4:16 PM 2008. In Life, Personal, Humor
• My True Love

  I met my true love over the phone one day / I knew I loved her right away / Her voice had an unusual sort of twang / I knew it’d be beautif

  by Brian Balzer 327 words, 10 comments, on Oct 25 1:36 PM 2008. In Personal, Love, Life
• But A Cookie

  You told me to decorate this cookie / Based upon how I feel / With Reese’s peanut butter cups / And candy corn, and frosting, and sprinkles

  by oxymoron270 128 words, 10 comments, on Oct 24 5:27 PM 2008. In Personal, Sad, Life, Hope, Thoughts, Depression, Sadness, Loss
• [ My heart is a rain barrel under the eaves. ]

  My heart is a rain barrel under the eaves. / I’m setting up and storing by, swallowing run-off, / rushing to take the laundry in. /

  by celestialpie 189 words, 15 comments, on Oct 24 4:09 PM 2008. In Free verse, Life, Love, Society
• Singing...

  This is a poem, that I wrote to show my love for singing...
  (even though I'm not in choir )

  by Readingrocks 130 words, 5 comments, on Oct 23 8:17 PM 2008. In Other, Life, Lyrics, Song
• Homebody, Homespirit

  Sweetly she haunts, / a toothless ghost. I catch her / hiding in smoke from the old stove; / a scent like toasted chilies in sweet oil

  by celestialpie 193 words, on Oct 22 2:21 PM 2008. In Free verse, Life, Personal, Sad, Memories. Reward
• Hard Boiled Eggs

  Preparation appeals to the obsessive compulsive streak / that sleeps on the whole quiet in my nature. / How I enjoy with somber pleasure li

  by celestialpie 162 words, 6 comments, on Oct 20 11:08 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Free verse, Life, Nature
• So copy us verbatim

  The girls with white washed faces / Stagger through the lamp lit street / Into the seediest embraces of / Someone they’ll never meet. / Th

  by dirty clean poet 78 words, 2 comments, on Oct 19 6:04 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Rhyme, Society, Sad, Life, Beat
• to feel

  I wake up next to you / With that feeling, so real; / That unbelieving sense / That it’s no sin to feel. /

  by dirty clean poet 18 words, on Oct 19 5:51 PM 2008. In Rhyme, Personal, Love, Life