Observation Poems | Examples

The quiet One

She doesn't speak, she just observes
feeling all the hidden curves
every laugh and every tear
holding close what's far and near

in the noise, she's calm and still
quiet heart, but strong will
things that burn inside her chest
never spoken, never stressed 

she's the calm beneath the storm
different, soft, a secret form
the loudest voice you'll never see
the quiet one, who feels deeply

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Observation

Dig Up All 
The Sediments
Under The Seas
Make Them All
Frothy And
Opaque.

Pour All The
Cool Waters
Under The Trees
Then Watch How
They Run To
The Lake.

Clouds Burst &
Starbursts...
They Know What
They Like...
They Didn't 
Need Me To
Delight 'Em.

Rain Moves
The Mountains.
We've Got This 
Thing Covered!
All The Wrongs
We're Gonna'
Write 'Em.

-Gray Squirrel

05-24-2025

vicariously through my mind

volatile observation suspended amidst reality and fiction,
subdued voice echoes down a hallway of convictions;
like a despotic fog blurring options for a swarm of insects 
who eventually finds way to a lizard's grotesque carcass.

a feeling, in my gravel ribs, this might be a dead end
staring up at the sky, an atheist's hollow vision;
air and venom flowing through wires of flesh,
tired abusive drunkards- returning home a mess.

my dear texts~"what if, it's nothingness which spirals into life?"
I am left in my bathtub with a glass of honey or wine,
and the last ray of optimism, living vicariously through my mind.


Old Before New

Every day once a while
I could see the construction of a 
new building going by,
It proceeds slow enough
to make some innocent birds mistake
it for an abandoned shelter;
They have begun building their refuge
on its dusty window sills,
lovingly nurturing it to become 
permanent, giving their everything.

Premium Member Simple Observation 8 - Birds that sing

Birds that sing are doing so in praise of nature
truly great people are not proud of their stature.
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Premium Member Simple Observation 5 - Fruit that’s ripe

Fruit that’s ripe is easily picked from a tree
but things which are forbidden are not free.
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Premium Member Simple Observation 3 - The oceans are deep

The oceans are deep and the mountains high
the sun is warm when seen in the noon sky.
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Premium Member just an observation


no 2 people can see the same light photon ~ yet both can’t miss the void 

one hundred trillion photons hits our eyes each second ~ don’t be devoid 


By 
David Kavanagh

Premium Member Simple Observation 1 - Roses aren't all red

Roses aren't all red and violets all blue
the grass is green most of nature is too.
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Let's eyes see all even that which should not be seen

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I am an observer of people, places, and things.
I have watched many of them mount up with wings.

I have rubbed shoulders with the good, bad, and ugly.
Some lingered awhile, and others departed suddenly.

The bad and the ugly always come in greater numbers
and seem to produce as hardily as summer cucumbers.

So, when we observe the good, we must treasure them
because it is they who light up our way when it is dim.

God has lovingly gifted them to us to be received as a prize.
We must honor, respect, and showcase them before their demise.

Premium Member Life is a diary

Life is a diary waiting to be written

Observe
what is obvious
what is hidden
what is experienced
what is felt

A record of life
by day
by week
by year
by any moment

Twelve diary disciples did just that
Procession 1492 Columbus - America first
Progression 1660 Pepys - Restoration England
Obsession 1836 Darwin - origins of man
Expression 1863 Davis - free black woman
Impression 1906 Holden - Edwardian countryside
Confession 1910 Scott - frozen to death
Expression 1915 Woolf - inner self
Depression 1924 Wolfson - teenager in New York
Aggression 1941 Mukhina - siege of Leningrad
Suppression 1942 Frank - Jewish plight
Impression 1957 Guevara - viva Cuba
Repression 1976 Mandela - African apartheid

Procession, progression, obsession, expression, impression, confession, depression, aggression, suppression, repression

Life is simply a diary

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader isn't afraid to tell the truth 
How it is for American Democracy today 
We should be lucky we have him still 
89 and still going strong!  
It is in having nothing to gain 
And nothing to lose when it is easier to be 
honest with yourself and others 
I am glad this man is still alive 
because his insights add to what
there is of mine
He can see the hypocrisy in 
all candidates and smell it 
with his nose
That's what's 
different about Nadervision 
Than Trumpvision or Bidevision  
Theirs is turned off unless 
they see some advantage 
In turning theirs on. 
And often theirs is never 
clear enough to see the 
image in the screen so they get
half a leg or half an arm 
And focus on that 
like a dog drooling for meat

Premium Member Just An Observation Couplet

Just An Observation
Miracle Man
1/16/2024

It seems our tongues continue to spout,
far beyond the time our ears are worn out.

Premium Member Count on the counterfeit

A man of peace, will go to the throne; after much war.'
Through avenues un-known, Abrahams descendants
Will set the stage.' a (glorious temple is to be manmade) 
All the earth will groan in pain, yet a remmenant will
Stand, under great strain.' Witness to such powerul
Signs, although indeed false; many will find persuasion
To worship under force, of (death laws) when life and
Choice  'the Door' the only One the only way.'
When the dark god reigns, yet approches the day.!
Let the heavans fall, let the sun be black.' A bloody
Moon; the whole globe wracked. The end of lust the end
Of ire, no world dominion.' No fierce fire; for those He's
Ransomed.' On the Rock will stand' un-shakable soldiers
Of the 'Great I Am'

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