Stream of Consciousness

A List of Somethings
For better or worse, here’s the list that I have of “somethings” in our way. 1. The thing about money is it comes and goes. Even the best effort may mean you still don’t control it. So it could be treated differently. That’s something.
By Gabriel B. Shames8 months ago in Poets
Cry Me a River
When my father died, the house did not collapse. It continued its small obediences; the refrigerator humming, the clock insisting on seconds,
By Ajan Lori A. 8 months ago in Poets
Things I Don’t Do Anymore
I used to be constantly on the go, whether cycling or by train. Rushing, with too much to do, eagerly moving towards the future.
By Sun Bee8 months ago in Poets
𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕆𝕟𝕖𝕤
✨ The early stages... Martin will see the pages of my life's poems. ✨
By Colleen Walters8 months ago in Poets
Sunday turns into Monday
End of weekend day, Pressure of another week… Now a hard day’s night.
By Gabriel B. Shames8 months ago in Poets
Nonsense Poetry Contest
Author's Note: Poem a Day in February (PaDiF) is fun for everyone who joins in. There are prizes for placing like pictured above, their are booklets that have your poems in.I write poetry every day on PaDiF for fun and for encouragement. I am not entered in most of the contests. This year two regulars stepped up and donated prizes and agreed to be my partner in this endeavor.We will get a new writer on occasion. I have fun with the regulars all year long as we have one day a month where we rhyme.Below, please find three poems of the five that placed:
By Denise E Lindquist8 months ago in Poets
One Summer
One summer, lying on the grass Looking at the wandering clouds I wonder where they head to Shattered, still moving Either it's the destination.
By Mubarik Ahmad 8 months ago in Poets
𝕚𝕗 𝕚 𝕕𝕚𝕕
✨ If i wrote you a love song how would you take it excited and energetic or sad and sympathetic would there be new energy
By Colleen Walters8 months ago in Poets
Ripples
Insect hovers over the surface of still water a tentative splash a remembering question from another language lives above water
By Natalie Wilkinson8 months ago in Poets
The Day that All is Well
Don't you long for a time when life's problems are few When living in peace is what you get to do No constant worry about this thing or that
By Justiss Goode8 months ago in Poets
We Thought We Knew
You thought me how life could be — That you could be you, and I could be me. We thought we knew how everything works. We thought we knew… but we’re all jerks.
By Gabriel B. Shames8 months ago in Poets
"Not all men . Content Warning.
. NOTES: This is a real stream of consciousness. Of me “talking myself down” in real time. As part of its brutal honesty I have not corrected any spellings or grammar in it.
By Ross E Fortune Lombardi8 months ago in Poets