Best Loudest Poems
the silence almost too heavy for my woozy body.
outside, kissing a cigarette, "goodnight",
i scuffled through the neighborhood. it was so quiet.
once i stopped moving, stopped thinking, stopped feeling...
i noticed the loudest noise.
climbing through my ears, rupturing the drums.
the creeking of my bones stopped for just a moment.
a lapse in times
where nothing seemed as it was.
i was nothing, but a speck of dust
floating. i looked up at the stars
and saw a thousand years of sisters
reaching down for me. all the fears
seemed so small. a numbing bliss.
smoke dripped from my mouth
and i heard one of them snicker,
"just a child to this earth
and already planning the great escape."
and yes, i know,
the slowest form of suicide resides in each stick.
when will i stop? is it the weather
that has warped my heart so?
the bitterness clinging to flesh.
each shivering bump gives way to this despondency.
once so jagged and scattered,
my new exterior scarred and healing.
if you can even call this recovery.
oh, god, do you see me?
may you happen to glance at this retched soul
and see the vacancy in my gaze.
i've not a thing for you but this shell.
the pitiful excuse of a human being.
may you guide me through the years
and help me dry these tears.
i pray each night, you'll bring me home
for i have learned that i am no one's hero,
not even my own.
Categories:
loudest, addiction, meaningful, night, peace,
Form:
Prose Poetry
I have the loudest woodpecker in the neighborhood!
He starts around 5 am, hammering on the hard wood.
I’ve even caught him at some of the metal roofing too!
I’m not sure what’s up with that, what he’s trying to do?
One thing is for sure, he’s big, black, red and white.
He didn’t seem to like being disturbed, when I was in close sight.
I’ve never heard one this loud, hammering on...with all his might!
No kidding, it’s beginning to sound like a construction site!
Heidi Sands
5/21/21
Categories:
loudest, bird, sound,
Form:
Rhyme
In the calm of the heat
In the stillness of the beat
Swims the cellular matter in bits
The humming motion
Dances the miniscule waves
And kisses the mounting leaves
The soft, the smooth and the unknown
Is a building block of union
The minion with the dominion
Categories:
loudest, metaphor,
Form:
Senryu
There was once I knew an eccentric woman,
Though some may have called her strange,
Her actions were the loudest words spoken,
Each person she met experienced a change.
For some it may have been passing,
For others a lifelong trek.
For help she never was asking
On others she’d rather check.
Her love for her family and friends
Was more than words can express
To each event she was bound to attend
And she always had the best dress.
Though she is in heaven, smiling from above,
I’ll always remember that eccentric woman
Who taught me that family was a labor of love
And that actions were the loudest words spoken.
~ In loving memory of Mary Lee Weiler
Categories:
loudest, celebration, eulogy, family, inspiration,
Form:
ABC
Bellbirds of South America have the loudest call
Their mating call is the loudest call of them all
In a new scientific study
Blew a toupee off my buddy
Those Bellbirds also chirp with a southern drawl
Categories:
loudest, bird,
Form:
Limerick
Found on a pedestal, or hold, loneliness bends to isolation.
For silent walls to speak so comfort, felt with validation.
Feel the waves of silence as apathy chills you to the bone.
Few relish in self-centredness, or a self-sufficiency cloned.
Imagine all the comfortless-ones lost in the system’s cracks.
Nothing is as crystal clear for deeper introspection’s facts.
Sorrow, the time you’ve taken, you’ll not be here tomorrow!
Loneliness makes awkward quirks of intentions so shallow.
Life dies inside when there’s no others willing to befriend.
A non-existing of self-worth which begins to condescend...
There’s no pleasure without communication for possibility.
Opaque gray clouds can permeate, hiding love’s true validity.
What good is skilful listening for loquacity, or laryngitis?
It's like slapping a bandaid over the colour of Yellow-Jondus.
Sadness comes when we're forsaken by those sadly threatened.
As empty fellowship declares to annul its claim to rescind.
Categories:
loudest, death, family, children, introspection,
Form:
A thunderous gun
Lightening falls down silent
One loud shot deafens
Categories:
loudest, nature
Form:
Haiku
A most terrible thing that brings me to tears, attacking my innermost soul
Is the only time I ever feel that I could lose control
It is when a human being injures or harms an innocent animal
Who are these wicked evildoers, for what they have done is unbearable
For animals show unconditional love to anyone they maybe with
Such beautiful souls are sent from above, true love they will always give
It rips me apart, almost breaking my heart, when I read of such evil atrocities
I am so full of anger, feel physical pain, so helpless I feel I am going insane
These creatures should not be called human, for they are the Devil incarnate
I would lock them away for eternity, they do not deserve life, so incarcerate
But deep down inside I’m a pacifist, finding anger and rage so draining
As I visualize cruelty these morons have done, tears fall from my eyes as if raining
In an ideal world these evil scum must be punished and their freedom taken
As they rot in jail, will goodness prevail, as their conscience begins to awaken
Can they express shame, regret or remorse, for the terrible acts they committed
Could they be forgiven for the cruelty and pain on those innocent souls they inflicted
But even then, they must never again have access to all nature’s creatures
Must live their lives being supervised, in a place where only kindness features
Written1st January 2019
Competition: My Loudest Feelings
Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger
2nd place
Standard Contest 545
Sponsor: Brian Strand
Categories:
loudest, animal, evil, violence,
Form:
Rhyme
The loudest and
Most painful cries
You'll ever hear
Is the silence of a
Wounded heart.....
Categories:
loudest, depression, pain,
Form:
Free verse
Why can’t I say
How I feel inside
‘farid to tell you
What I’m used to hide
Secrets I keep
But wish you would take
Can’t you hear my silence
When I’m talking loud
Can’t you hear my screams
When I don’t make a sound
Can’t you see my tears
As I smile and laugh
Can;’t you see my pain
‘cause I know it hurts so bad
Wish I could tell you
But afraid you don’t care
Wish I can show you
But afraid you don’t care
Wish I could show you
But you’re never there
Wish I could leave this
Yet I stay
Wish I could tell you
What I need to say
Wish you could hold me
And tell me it will be alright
Wish I wouldn’t be
All alone tonight
But I can’t tell you
How I feel
Cannot tell you my pain is real
You cannot see
My tears falling down
‘cause I’m afraid
You’ll walk away with no sound
Shhh be silent
I tell myself today
In case you decide to walk away
By heart is broken
Cannot be healed
My lips are shut
Can you break the seal?
Categories:
loudest, sad,
Form:
My Loudest Feelings
It pricks my pores
Makes me red like glowing charcoal.
My tear glands could not stop reminding me of its nature.
That feeling I thought as much
Love hit my heart
Its prints left stitches.
I could not bear it
Each time my heart beat of jealousy.
The only cold I felt
Where the breeze of my breath.
Like an African woman pounding vegetable in the middle of the night.
So were the lobes of my brain jamming each other.
I never wonna feel as such again.
When my feelings are smashed.
My care snubbed
My love overlooked
No, not again!
Let my heart rest.
When my thoughts took me to space.
When anger battled with my soul.
When addiction became part of me.
No, not again!
Let my mind rest.
Categories:
loudest, depression,
Form:
ABC
Blue Whales are listed as, endangered
and are found in Chile, Gulf of California and the Coral Triangle
They are the largest animal on the planet, weighing tons of nearly 200
and they need to digest four tons of krill, every day they wrangle
Blue Whales are the loudest animals, on our Planet Earth
and their low frequency whistle, can be heard for hundreds of miles
The Blue Whales heart is not modest, to a small cars’ magnet girth
but their look of a giant missile, has not scared their gentle profiles
Blue Whales have an important role, in the health of marine environment
but their threats by environmental change, from the human development
and habitat loss, toxics, ship strikes and being entangled in fishing gear
and climate change impacting all, has only strangled our atmosphere
Categories:
loudest, animal, beautiful, earth, education,
Form:
Rhyme
I know that I seem to be, in the gazes of all who see me,
As one full of love for myself, full of myself even,
That I refuse to see the others!
I seem content, bold, self satisfied and confident
I seem uncaring, cheerful and stable
I seem as a Goddess enjoying my reign over my dominion
I seem what I am not, in fact!
The truth of me is one so vulnerable, easily shaken,
Intimidated by the rest of the world, when vocal and
Loud they choose to be!
The truth of me is that I am a pile of broken glass
Having been stuck back together by the higher powers
For reasons known to themselves!
The truth of me is that I cry when I get the opportunity to,
Since adulting requires having a time slot for everything,
From being social to being professional!
The truth of me is that I hide my despair for life
Pretending that I am happy with what I have
When all I seek is the comfort of the eternal sleep!
The truth of me is that I suffer from my lies
Hiding my porous side
From the rest of the world, as, if revealed,
I just know, their gazes would instantly change
From being envious to being disgusted!
The truth of me is that I am human,
Hating my body, struggling with my weight,
Wanting to be heard, to be loved, to be listened to,
Wanting to laugh, to be, in the very end,
Like the rest!
But, knowing, at the same time,
That since life remains what it is,
And since our fates depend not upon us,
I have to dry my tears and accept that which has
Been bestowed to me; from my imperfections to my
Sufferings!
Pray, the truth of me has been unveiled, as if
It were Dorian's portrait in the form of poetry,
Poetry, which absorbs everything else
And allows me, to show to the world,
That which would make them pleased with me!
Categories:
loudest, life,
Form:
Free verse
Continued from part one:
So, I’m with my dog out for a walk,
And a neighbor nearby, stops to talk
What’s up with that woodpecker he asks me?
I said, I don’t know, but he’s banging on metal now, since the tree.
Neighbor says, it sounds like a drill nail gun, what are you going to do?
Again I said, I don’t know…wondering what he wants me to?
Surely, I don’t own the woodpecker, it’s not my pet.
Such as his dog who bit mine once and she had to go to the vet!
So, he carries on about how loud it is and thinks I should make a call.
A call to a wildlife place in the area, to take care of it all.
Never have I heard, calling about a hammering bird like this one.
But this is the new idea this neighbor has spun.
I suppose it takes thinking about the shouldn’t or should,
Before heading to live in the mountain woods!
(Don’t get me wrong, I have always loved it here). (Just having some fun)
Heidi Sands
5/22/21
Categories:
loudest, bird, sound,
Form:
Rhyme
He asked me, “ Why are you afraid?
Please tell me.”
I looked at him.
Looking closely is also an art, skillful.
I am never good at that.
I never was.
But I always felt that I must.
Sisters have bonded lives.
We had the same bonding, same heartache.
And I felt that looking closely is a bias when
We are prejudiced, tilted in one way or the other.
Growing up is a pain that rules many hide-outs.
But I always kept my faith. I was raised to keep my faith.
You are not a cause.
You are not a consequence.
But you are an utter truth
Living and ticking on,
you are a loud noise, the loudest of all,
which brings only a simile, just like the action of a rumor
Are you blind in your own black?
Are you a denial of my perforated, wounded, empty life?
Categories:
loudest, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse