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    Author: Lightly Dark

    Emotions in alphabets



    Poetry

    Revenge

    You broke the bond and you can't mend it,

    You were the snake then I had befriended.

    This is not what I had originally intended,

    I'll be the nightmare you haven't dreamt yet.

     

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    Shoulder

    I had been a shoulder to so many

    I look back and don't really regret any

    I had been the mirror to their truth

    I tried to be the adult in my youth.

    As I think back to all those that I helped

    The way that silent "thank you" had felt.

    Maybe everyone needed this therapist

    It was self less, that I thought etiquette.

     

    I could never be on the opposite side

    Asking for help, knowing how i had lied

    To help others when they needed it most

    I guess an artist can never be engrossed.

     

    A mirror can never see its own reflection

    A dictionary can never have a correction

    Don't therapists need to relate too?

    Don't gods need someone to pray to?

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    Smile

    I don't have many friends

    My life has too many bends

    I'm not invited to the birthdays

    I'm not part of the latest craze.

    I could never be as open as you

    You'll never see my point of view

    I eat by myself in the corner

    I'm the strange foreigner.

    I'm the last one to be picked

    The unacceptable imperfect.

    I know you all think I'm an outsider

    Among the birds, I'm the spider.

    I'm tossed around like a piece of junk

    You all sail by unflinched, as my boat sunk

    You kick me when I'm down

    Ignore my nervous breakdown.

    But at the end of the day

    I have just one thing to say

    I look in the mirror and smile

    Have you done that in a while?

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    Synonyms

    I still forget to forget

    My safe cigarette

    My noon moon

    The open cocoon.

    Our Incognito names

    Those cold wet flames

    Those Sunny nights

    The peaceful fights

    Those louder than life silences

    Your omnipresent absences

    My open cardiac suture

    Remind me of the future

    And our rising descent

    That we never dreamt.

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    The New Girl

    Your name written in red, Blood on my sweater,

    Your blade in my spine, Hope she treats you better.

     

    Why couldn't you have me back?

    Was our love the rose or the lilac?

    Was I just a cheaper prozac?

    Your very own nymphomaniac?

     

    I'm bleeding Blue, cuz it's all inside

    The cage in my heart, unidentified,

    My plan for the escape, suicide,

    How is my own death, undignified?

     

    Why does she now mean more?

    Why is your love, a carnivore?

    Is this new or has it happened before,

    Guess I just don't matter, anymore.

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    Tomorrow

    Life is stupid and life is beautiful

    Death, well it's still not excludable

    Yesterday might have been great

    That might have been just the bait

    For today, the tables can flip over

    But is that certain? Certainly no sir!

    Today might have been lower that most

    But tomorrow you might become a ghost

    No one knows what tomorrow holds

    You just have to wait for what unfolds

    Tomorrow can't be bought at high prices

    It's just part of the ongoing existential crisis.

    So wipe off your teary grins and start the show

    Cue the music, cue the dancers and cue tomorrow.

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    Just Another

    Seems just yesterday when it began

    Guess you discovered a better plan

    Guess we've crossed our lifespan

    Guess you found your perfect man.

     

    I dream that you feel this pain too

    I wish we could talk how we used to

    Every day, I ask the walls for a clue

    Of how it feels like to be loved by you.

    After wiping your tears, without a tissue,

    I wish I got more than just a 'thank you'.

     

    I could talk to you all night, friendly

    Be the most understanding and funny

    But to you, I was just another nobody

    Someone will come and replace me

    Maybe that's just how it's meant to be

    Maybe me and you, were never "we".

     

    I wish I knew what wrong i did

    Guess I was just another shy kid

    With heart turned Blue and violet

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    Wants 2

    I want a trip to somewhere around the equator

    Maybe away from technology, but closer to nature.

    Gazing at the night sky from my hammock

    Living off of sea water, coconuts and manioc.

    Crossing oceans, without a worry on my mind

    Away from the addicting creations of mankind.

    Trying out fruits and berries, sweet and bitter

    Somewhere there are tweets outside of Twitter.

     

    I wanna go where 'natural' is more than a hashtag

    Travel so much that I get immune to any jet lag.

    Experience cultures out of a documentary

    Discover secrets hidden away for a century.

    Eat foods that don't have a no carbs version

    Somewhere, taking a walk isn't an exertion.

    Reach an Amazon where the other one can't reach

    A place where global warming is more than a speech.

     

    I want to see the sunset across the ocean

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    Wants 1

    I don't want your fancy parties and banquets

    I just need my bed, a book and my blankets,

    A hot cup of coffee, snuggling as the rain pours

    Laying back and forgetting all of my chores.

     

    I want a home filled with books and sweaters

    I want to post everyday, some paper letters

    Hear stories that last more than a day

    About dragons and children far far away

    The songs on the radio, but out of my car

    The warmth of smoke, but not of a cigar.

    Cooking warm delicious food, just for myself

    Somewhere I don't have to clean the shelf.

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    When

    When you can't feel my heartbeat,

     

    When I join the world under our feet,

     

    When I'm under dirt and stones,

     

    When plants grow in my bones.

     

    When I'll have faced mayhem,

     

    When I'm long forgotten by them,

     

    When all my foes have enjoyed,

     

    When I'm fallen deep in the void,

     

    When all yours tears have dried,

     

    When your mind is unoccupied,

     

    When I no longer need the money,

     

    When you've probably forgotten me,

     

    When my mention is just deja vu,

     

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