Best Downside Poems
Poets have a greater capacity
to express love and longing
painting pictures of passion's pleasures
They excite and ignite the imagination
That's the beauty of being a poet
Poets are so steeped in the need for beauty in wording
that they use their talents even in posts
Weaving wonder with words
they make you believe
you are above and beyond
the realm of mere mortals
you heart sings and takes wings
feeling affirmed, your needs confirmed
by those special terms of endearment
until you read
the self same expressions elsewhere
bubble bursting despair
then you bleed
That's the downside of being a poet
You lose a bit of your honesty....
What about me?
I have to rush to classes in twenty minutes, but this just had to be said and couldn't wait at all....No pics to go with it....No editing...so please...don't censure.
Categories:
downside, poets, words,
Form:
Free verse
They say Im a lover but I know I can also be a fighter/
Im living in darkness today knowing tomorrow ain't going to get any brighter/
Im so heavy in the pain I don't know when *****in life is going to get any lighter/
My *****in life is all crooked and loose I don't think it's going to get any straighter or tighter/
I just need to be useful and not happy is what I lost sight of/
Im a matchbook making matches light up because without me there ain't no striker/
Im just a lost poet trying to find deep within this hard head as a true Writer.....
Categories:
downside, on writing and words,
Form:
Alliteration
Why don’t you go along with me when it’s so obvious that I am right?
I think that your contrariness is more than I can deal with for tonight.
It’s really very childish that you won't to concede to me this point,
I know that you are only refuting it because your nose is out of joint.
Perhaps my logic is lost on you because you are acting like a mule,
Or perhaps the soundness of my argument makes you feel like you’re a fool.
Believe me when I say I have no need to hold this over your head,
Once you’ve admitted that you’re wrong it’s kisses and we’re off to bed.
But if you’re going to hold on to irrefutable facts and only deal in reality,
I’m afraid that we’ll never work this out until you can accept my duality.
Categories:
downside, funny, me, me,
Form:
Light Verse
Upside down
and downside up
trucks come and go
and never stop
they swish and sway
the alligator way
hoping to play
so they can stay
Oh how they want
to be wild and free
so they can play the alligator way.
Categories:
downside,
Form:
You drive me crazy,
I can't control myself,
You make me so mad,
I can't think straight,
You give me whiplash,
I hate you so much for that.
But I can't hate you.
You are my saviour,
I owe you everything,
You make me so happy,
I never want it to end,
You help me live,
I never want to be without you.
But I'll never be with you.
You break me every time you leave,
I hate that time of day,
You burn me every time we fight,
I wish those moments would never come,
You are my angel and my demon,
I love you.
But you will never love me.
Categories:
downside, lost loveme, time, hate,
Form:
Free verse
On the frigid wings of the northern breeze
waned winter with frayed feathers flies away,
clears the mist from shining sky out of freeze,
song of birds brings life in ambiance grey.
On silken leaves’ cradle blooming buds glow,
with cascade of color petals unfold,
zephyr ripples fragrance in fervent flow,
but spring also has its downside untold.
Insects crawl out after hibernation,
stinging bees build hives in unwanted place,
allergens spread as season’s creation,
from defrosted ground dust fills warm air space.
Though compared to winter it is tender,
spring is not all encompassing splendor.
_______________
February 6, 2023
Syllable count : 10 per line (HMS)
Rhyme checked with RhymeZone.com
Contest : Spring Is Not All
Sponsored by : Michelle Faulkner
Categories:
downside, analogy, nature, spring,
Form:
Sonnet
though the two
held in their extreme
horniness, there was
no hiding that look in
their eyes---that one
where the want to tear
off the clothes of
said hot body was
one which brought
them carnally back to
the roll in the hay of
their ancestors &
for a minute, there
was no doubt between
the both of them that
the historical reenactment
of just such a climactic
event,
was only around the bend,
as the night progressed &
the passions built
inside---
but the both of them,
having had more
relationships than they
would care to remember
(all of them failed, hence
the reason for the current
state of affairs),
felt the need to prolong
the initial orgasmic
rampage, in order to
establish a deeper
connection, in hopes that
the subsequent bond between
the both of them might
lead to something more
substantial, than the typical
fleeting summer romance,
which the both of them knew
all too well.
problem is,
the body often gets what the
body wants,
regardless of the consequences &
so while these two were trying
to work out a deeper
connection, one of them
varied off the path on the off-hours
to indulge in the arms of
another,
taking with them the passion
that had been about to burst
when in the presence of the
deeper-relationship-member-to-be
&
so,
old habits showed up
like they always do,
leaving one lonely person left
sexually frustrated &
neutralized,
sent whining & crying into the
friend zone,
never to be heard of again.
Categories:
downside, life, body,
Form:
Free verse
So, sure, the sun shines brightly every morn,
And birds will share, with all their brilliant tunes;
Amazing colored flowers will adorn
What once were gray and blah and lifeless dunes.
Admittedly it’s warmer in the day,
And cloudless skies can cheer the weary heart,
And gentle breezes whisk the blues away
As life, once more, begins its own restart.
But, as the sun stays longer in the skies
The pressure builds to try to get things done.
And wives and mothers have their battle-cries
To get to cleaning, there’s no time for fun.
It’s hard to laze when Spring is on the loose,
But Winter will provide its own excuse.
2/17/2023
Written for Spring is Not All poetry contest
Sponsored by: Michelle Faulkner
Categories:
downside, spring,
Form:
Sonnet
Lodged on a high valley in this far town
People like to turn the world upside down
In winter sky overturns
The snow cover children churn
Snowmen they make do something new on own.
A fat snowman comes to park downside up
Sniffing the frozen ground with red nose sharp
To stay straight head needs to strain
Blood from the legs goes to brain
Twig hands won’t help if he wants to stand up.
December 24, 2017.
Categories:
downside, humorous, snow,
Form:
Limerick
Whatever you discover,
It’s the grown-up thing to share it
And when others flaunt their joy in it,
You have to grin and bear it.
For there really is no reason
To keep secret what you’ve found
When some other folks can benefit
From how you’ve worked the ground.
Still, there might be some resentment –
Just a tiny little twinge –
When you hear of their enjoyment
While you’re stuck out on the fringe.
It’s a downside of adulthood
That to sulk’s not in good taste.
Suck it up, for generosity
Rarely is misplaced.
Categories:
downside, introspection,
Form:
Rhyme
Spirits eclipse Left
Wisdoms backseat a right mind
heavenly coupons
Categories:
downside, absence, abuse, analogy, conflict,
Form:
Haiku
Moments of despair with anguish and resent unroll,
With the touch of some cold memories and decontrol,
They crumble my heart and I feel ruffled again.
As ripples when they waveringly resurface,
I try and held myself against them and brace.
Once again I play a silent war with stories of the past ;
I fight to resist them so as to efface and off I can cast.
I release slowly what I carry along yet but within..
For I know I need to ascend from the hollow baggage in.
It can't be a thing of tomorrow and I need to overcome,
For I know what's gone shouldn't affect what is to come !
Categories:
downside, cheer up, encouraging, inspirational,
Form:
ABC
nose started to see
with feeling sense of smelling
eyes started to smell
with feeling sense of picture
down side up of confused world
Categories:
downside, nature, people, philosophy, today,
Form:
Tanka
As I climb the ladder I am going up the down side
by James Edward Lee Sr.
2/21/18
Categories:
downside, allusion,
Form:
Monoku
If you don't vote,
Extremists will take note,
And politicians will seek a different coloured coat,
As extremists become more eager to vote,
With your absence at the polling booth giving them hope,
That democracy will work in their favour,
And their words will be the only ones of note.
Categories:
downside, analogy, anger, anxiety, bible,
Form:
Didactic