poetry - A U T H E N T I C P O E T R Y

Final Act

Congratulations my dear Hamlet, You’ve reached the final act!Now you want to give an encore,But there’s nobody left to clap.Who…

1 month ago

My Lover

My lover is a courageous, My lover is kind, My lover speaks from his heart; My lover says what’s on…

6 months ago

My Parent’s Offspring

My parent’s offspring: one soul in two bodies,One slightly more feminist, one slightly more environmentalist.We meet somewhere between idealism and…

6 months ago

Yearning

What is worse than your absence?Only the gaps I’m closing in my head explaining your silence.For weeks I’ve been going…

9 months ago

Soul

There is a beautiful tree in my backyard.I watched it change colorsFor twenty-nine falls.First, we had to transplant it from…

9 months ago

I’m Fine

Hi, I’m the guy from the Catcher in the Rye.My name is Holden Caulfield, I stay up till late in…

9 months ago

Metawriting

I’ve been avoiding the pen like it’s the pest, This static state has been going on for months – About…

12 months ago

Friendship

Layers of thick skin -You’ve stripped me down one by one:Now there is nothing left but my soul,and even that…

1 year ago

Love Letter From Your Biggest Hater

I promised myself I would never write a poem about you,but then you took me by surprise, and now all…

1 year ago

Ana

A little bundle is lying crumpled in my arms: It grows as tall as a tree, as sharp as a…

1 year ago

Georgia

I cannot call you again to hear from you what is going on at home,without my heart breaking.I cannot read…

1 year ago

Irreconcilable Differences

We went from board games to mind games to being bored of games.You say I don’t have a competitve bone…

1 year ago

A Little Birdie’s Sonnet

A little birdie is spinning circles, circles around my head.A little birdie chirps, chirping night and day,Chirping happily in front…

2 years ago

From Adult to Adult

As an adult, the most important life lesson I’ve learnedIs that there is no right way to function as a…

2 years ago

Modern-Day Dating (new)

Modern-day love *lust* is a shit show come true.If there is the slightest thing that gives me an ick about…

2 years ago

Quit Trippin’, You Never Knew a Manic Pixie Dream Girl

A friend once told me about this phenomenonCalled the manic pixie dream girl effect.Since I had no idea what it…

2 years ago

Check Mate

Okay, so we’re all adults now? Check!Okay, so we’re all busy busy? Check!Okay, so we all drink coffee & tea…

2 years ago

The Little Things

When I woke up, I was in the worst mood,but then I called youand we talked about trivial things –philosophising…

2 years ago

Black Swan

The ring you gave me cracked.Tiny pieces of shiny crystals laying scattered on the floor.And I smile, realizing that I…

2 years ago

Before You Leave

Bury me in soft, tender kisses,Set me on fire like gasoline,Slowly burn down all my bridges. I’ll be your genie,…

2 years ago

A Poetic Embrace Across Distance

Hello my friend,We haven’t seen each other in a while.I’ve heard you left the city that kept us haunted. Hello…

2 years ago

We Should Have Stayed at Home the Day We Met

When we run into each other, we ignore each other, But my mom still talks about you frequently. She doesn’t…

3 years ago

(Can’t) Resist the Romance!

When I come over, hide your corny poems,Hide those melodic musings like dirty magazines,Under your bed, under your mattress.Just keep’em…

3 years ago

Fo(o/u)ling

How is it that everything that’s supposed to be right is bad for us? How can glitter be so mesmerising…

4 years ago

Purple

Blue is the warmest colour,They say if you love something, let it go,But I'm still thinking about how we matched…

4 years ago

Un-home-liness

A German diver who was living in Crete once said: “I love both countries, but I belong to neither of…

4 years ago

Marie-o-nette Antoinette

Morning coffee at the steps of the chapelle. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. “Mademoiselle, comment tu t’appelle?”…

4 years ago

My Wish Tree

I hung my hopes onto the wish tree In the trunk’s cool shadow, Sparkling blue, bright and yellow I felt…

4 years ago

Ghosts

Prepare yourself: it’s dark outside, but even in the murkiest shadows, life goes on. We find ourselves in blue and…

4 years ago

Umbilical Cord

Umbilical cord,Soft and short,Pointing to your belly button, Providing me with nutrition. Trampling feet, beating heart,Trampling against the heat.Emancipate me!But…

4 years ago

“Alexa…!”

Today was a distressingly casual day: First thing I need in the morning is my substance– Go downstairs, drink your…

4 years ago

POE.TREE

Yesterday, I submitted a poem, And now, they are asking me how And in what ways Poetry has impacted my…

4 years ago

Female Dystopia

I study twelve hours a dayand when I don’t study, I workand when I don’t work, I clean this apartment…

4 years ago

Solid Subjects

What is your substance, whereof are you made? Since every one hath, every one, one shade, And you, but one,…

4 years ago

Farewell to my alter ego

4 years ago

tomayto, tomahto, figs

When I asked for a dozen figs,You disappeared for two hours And then came back with a bag Of luscious…

4 years ago

We had an agreement

Promise me we’ll fly to Bucharest, Stay day and night in the hotel, take a rest, Take a stroll in…

4 years ago

Schwester (Haiku 1)

5 years ago

Another kind of Love Potion (old version)

I started to write a love pantoum, but then I deleted the page Because I remembered how you poured me…

5 years ago

Apathetic

Today, when my family and I sat around the dining table,The fish tasted extra nice,My sister handed me some potatoes…

5 years ago