I am afraid
To express my love to you
Wine loses its fragrance
When poured into a goblet.
Showing posts with label short poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short poem. Show all posts
12/4/22
The World Loved by Moonlight - Jane Hirshfield
You must try,
the voice said, to become colder.
I understood at once.
It is like the bodies of gods: cast in bronze,
braced in stone. Only something heartless
could bear the full weight.
10/22/22
XIII - Stephen Crane
IF THERE IS A WITNESS TO MY LITTLE LIFE,
TO MY TINY THROES AND STRUGGLES,
HE SEES A FOOL ;
AND IT IS NOT FINE FOR GODS TO MENACE
FOOLS.
10/15/22
“The earth is too wide” - Al-Shanfara (translation)
The earth is too wide
for a free man
to put up with humiliation
or hatred.
8/17/21
Confession - Samantha King
I hate you wouldn’t quite do it
I forgive you isn’t quite my speed
I regret meeting you would be a lie
The best thing for me
was removing you from my life
That, I am sure of
3/3/19
2/4/19
Decline - Friedrich Nietzsche
“He sinks, he falls, he’s done”—says who?
The truth is: he climbs down to you.
His over-bliss became too stark,
His over-light pursues your dark.
10/21/18
The Unfree Man - Friedrich Nietzsche
A.
He stands and harks: what does he hear?
What sound is ringing in his ear?
What struck him down? What mortal fear?
B.
Who once wore chains, will always think
That he is followed by their clink.
9/26/18
THE POEM - Franz Wright
It
was like getting a love letter from a tree
Eyes
closed forever to find you—
There
is a life which
if
I could have it
I
would have chosen for myself from the beginning
3/11/18
intellectualism - Nikki Giovanni
sometimes
i feel like i just get in
everybody’s
way
when
i was a little girl
i
used to go read
or
make fudge
when
i got bigger i
read
or
picked my nose
that’s
what they called
intelligence
or
when i got older
intellectualism
but
it was only
that
i was in the way
5/4/17
Crow, Scarecrow - Leonard Gontarek
A crow sits on the head
of a scarecrow. I see myself in that.
Which part of fuck off don't I understand.
4/2/17
Untitled - Chris Mc Geown
Mental illnesses
Are constellations
Of the mind–
Most people won’t
See them
Unless you point
Them out.
12/1/16
Untitled - Rupi Kaur
how is it so easy for you
to be kind to people he asked
milk and honey dripped
from my lips as i answered
cause people have not
been kind to me
9/8/16
dial tone - Riley R.
The
saddest poem I ever wrote
was
the “goodbye” I whispered
on
the skin of your temple
so
softly you didn’t hear it
until
the fifth time you called
and
I didn’t pick up
when
the voicemail you left
was
ten seconds of silence
followed
by a sigh
as
you took the phone from your ear.
9/3/16
"A youth in apparel that glittered" - Stephen Crane
A
youth in apparel that glittered
Went
to walk in a grim forest.
There
he met an assassin
Attired
all in garb of old days;
He,
scowling through the thickets,
And
dagger poised quivering,
Rushed
upon the youth.
"Sir,"
said this latter,
"I
am enchanted, believe me,
To
die, thus,
In
this medieval fashion,
According
to the best legends;
Ah,
what joy!"
Then
took he the wound, smiling,
And
died, content.
7/11/16
"For some there is no music" - Henry Rollins
For
some there is no music
No
lights
No
fire
No
untamed madness that breathes life
There
is work
Anguish
Frustration
Rage
Despair
A
dullness that rings like wooden thunder
7/10/16
6/26/16
"They don't lie a lot" - Henry Rollins
They don't lie a lot
They just don't tell the truth very
often
Truth does not mean much to them
You can lie to them, or tell the
truth
Makes no difference to them
Walk on them if you want
Eat with their forks
Destroy them for the hell of it
5/28/16
“A man feared that he might find an assassin” - Stephen Crane
A man feared that he might find an assassin;
Another that he might find a victim.
One was more wise than the other.
4/8/16
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