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    Mermaid

    To mesaid the mermaid,let her drown in the waves.Arms do not knowhow to swimIs drowning a sin?Now in front of meShe floats and rave.And with every glanceshe rides a new wave.So I,let her sleeplet her hidelet her drownin the...

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    Limitless

    it’s up to you to take control when they try to drown your voice stand tall and tell them “hell no!” and if you can't remember there's strength in numbers you don't have to go it alone there is more to this world people who think...

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    • Powerfully penned, Nick. Trying to find hope in a valley of despair, I’ve been there my friend. Appreciate you.

      Damian

      • It’s hard not to be beat down by all the negativity these days. It’s good to remember that we can make our own happiness.

        Thanks for the read, friend.

    • I wrote the original many years ago. I think I was just wanting to write more inspirational poetry. Though with this one I wrote it and didn’t really like it, then I reworked it and released it on DUP, still didn’t like it. I reworked it again now and I kinda like it haha.

      I always feel blessed to see you my friend. Many hugs for you 🤗 🤗 🤗

    • Dammit, I wish I could bookmark this! From beginning to end, you had me. This one is deep. Life takes bites outta our ass everyday. To be able to recognize it’s easier as a collective…it’s huge. Community is the gold we actually need

      • I think this is another way of reminding myself to just be a good person. I think we all take things very personal these days. But I think deep down we all want the same things.

        Thanks for the read, friend. Very much appreciated.

    • This is like Beat Poetry. Inspirational and powerful. There are so many amazing lines. I love this one..

      “always looking for forgiveness
      finding out no one’s hands are clean
      in this red room we call life”

      Everyone is on the same playing field and no one’s voice should be more important than your own.

      • No one’s perfect, or rather no one’s innocent.

        Thanks for the read. Much appreciated.

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    Age Well

    I try my best to stand up against injustice speak when faced with ignorance through it all I feel I gave up so much of myself but I still hope and pray maybe it’s not too late to change some minds I used to...

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    • Powerfully penned, Nick. There is a burden to always being truthful, and caring enough to want the world to do better. It’s that we open up our hopeful expectations to possible and sometimes certain disappointment. Hang in there my friend. I felt this write. Appreciate you.

      Damian

      • It’s sometimes easier to just keep your head down, but I also wasn’t raised that way. Got to find inner peace.

        Thanks for the read, friend.

    • Ooof, this is like looking in a mirror. It took me far longer than I like to contemplate to figure out what you’re saying here. 🙌

      • A bit of a way to remind myself to not overthink and get worked up.

        Thanks for the read, friend. Much appreciated.

    • I like the empathy you mention, the understanding that everyone is entitled to their opinion because experiences are different. We so rarely consider that there is universal truth, and then there are the personal truths as unique as the people who own them.

      • Truth is truth. But it isn’t always right for individual situations. And people are more than willing to look away from others suffering in order to feed their needs and greeds. Not that it’s right or wrong. Because at the end of the day we’re all trying to protect ourselves. And that’s how I look at different opinions. There is a universal truth and then there’s the convenient truth we tell ourselves.

        Thanks for the read

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    This Is How It Is Today

    In this cafe, with dirt for wallpaper. The heat is a bitch, and the fan in the ceiling is the worst— turning counter-clockwise. Sipping on my cup of coffee and milk. Too many flies, buzzing, fighting over throne, fighting over food, fighting over fly-chicks. Whatever they are fighting for— only that...

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    • Sounds hot and sticky. A summer day.

    • Chewing gum, or strawberry. My favorite flavors since childhood. 😀

      Thank you, Adira! Your comments make my day! “)

    • I swear I know these moments. Drags & weighs the body down. This is a doozy

    • Thats what it was called back then. “)

    • Cleverly penned, M.E. Relatable write my friend, we’ve all been there. Appreciate you.

      Damian

    • Don’t want to be there but you forced me in this place with your detailed writing. DAMN GOOD! If you want an ice cream cone, go to Dampkitten’s poem “Poetspeak Sweet”. There you’ll find an ice cream cone and a whole lot more.

    • I apologize. It got to be written and vented. Thank you for reading and liking it! “)

      Hmm..I’ll check it out rn. Thanks “)

    • Yeah, they have bubble gum ice cream, and it’s gross. Also, have you tried the cotton candy green seedless grapes? My God, they taste just like it. Weird.

      • Bubble gum flavour id gross! I disagree. But hearing of cotton candy green seedless grapes, I think you are right about the bubble gum flavour in there. Hahaha.

    • LOL… I thought you were referencing my poem from the beginning. And now, I find out you like strawberry ice cream. OMG. By the way, is this ‘mosquito wing’ phrase an allusion to Smells Like Teen Spirit?

      You do realize that you could enter this poem in the ‘coffee’ poem contest don’t you?

      You will find this extremely weird, but the imagery in your piece is very reminiscent of the hotel scene early in the movie, Apocalypse Now.

      • Lol. I saw your poem after our fellow poet: visions_of_insanity’s recommendation for ice cream. It ended up another type of ice cream. Lol

        No. But I liked the reference. I had another poem that I have lost, where I referenced Nirvana’s Smells like teen spirit.
        Mosquito’s wings here symbolize inferiority. For their tiny wings comparing with flies. Idk why it came to my mind. But I used it.

        I didn’t know about the contest. The setting of this poem is in a cafe but the themes has nothing to do with coffee.

        I don’t remember this scene. I think I’ll rewatch it one day.

        Thank you for reading and for the comments, DK. “)

    • Powerful work, my friend.

    • Holy Shit, you won! Congratulations, M.E!
      Now, you see where mosquito wings can carry you!

      • Mosquito wings comes with mosquito responsiblities. The limitless ability of sucking. Hahaha

        Thank you, DK! “)

    • Damn mosquito…no chance with all those flies, just keep them off my ice cream cone.
      This is so powerful in its imagery…and such a disgusting place…I think I will get my cone to go.

      j.

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