surreal poetry

Surrealist poetry embodies the essence of poetry itself, drawing upon shocking imagery and lyrical incongruities to comment on the inner-workings of the mind.

Goddess Gold
Life played a dirty trick on me Instilled desire of Beauty queens The kind denied to girls like me With wishful ugly duckling dreams
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden2 years ago in Poets
She Comes In Colours
Flowered vases Do thee no justice Beauty dwarfed by immutability Naught but segmented vibrancy But what of fear, uncertainty?
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Life's Soft Side
We kill flowers because we think them beautiful, We kill ourselves because we think we are not. In a world that demands perfection,
By PSYGENIUS2 years ago in Poets
The Wizard
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By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Poets
The Hollow We Carry
I crawled from the folds of my old skin, slick and sticky like the damp breath of the earth at dusk. Underneath, I left the bones of another—
By Taylor Ward2 years ago in Poets
January 2025. Top Story - January 2025.
January 15, 2025 — I met someone yesterday who knows what to do when it feels worse than before In the mirrors of aisle five who no longer hates to look
By Olivia Dodge2 years ago in Poets
If It Must Be For Twenty Four
one day celebrating just isn’t enough One day simply won’t do fourteen days in the second month Celebrating a love made for two
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden2 years ago in Poets
Stains In The Snow
She lay in the field tearing free from the trap Ripping the flesh off its teeth Heading to places unmarked on a map Not even close to who she hoped she’d be
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden2 years ago in Poets
Building A House Of Hope
If I build a home of joy bricks Instead of straw full of doubt Would the hardships of life still blow me down Into a deep depression?
By L.I.E2 years ago in Poets
2025.... pt. 1.5
I finished part 1...... and then....... went back to my social media news feed that I had purposely neglected for the better part of this week
By Kia T Cooper-Erbst2 years ago in Poets
A Dose Of Relenting Sadness
A downward gloomy scene is relentlessly shadowing an isolating storm. An unfortunate disparity that's again deliberately measuring a self-defeating collapse drowning hopelessly in penetrating bewilderment.
By Valerie Lyles2 years ago in Poets
Some of You Will Understand
Obey and dedicate There are forces stronger than them ❤️❤️❤️
By Rick Henry Christopher 2 years ago in Poets