Get Your Premium Membership

Twenty First Poems - Poems about Twenty First

How one twenty first century married mortal male me - Matthew Scott Harris
How one twenty first century married mortal male (me - Matthew Scott Harris)... found himself bewitched about Circe, particularly after reading book title by the same name. An enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Greek mythology and religion depicted as living on the island of Aeaea (pronounced "ee-EE-uh"), the daughter of the sun god Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse Circe renowned for...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Free verse
Is this one of the sins of the twenty-first century?
Is this one of the sins of the twenty-first century, increased tenfold by social media affecting relationships? Have you been uncouth or met one of the uncouth? (Adjective: lacking in good manners, refinement, or grace.) : Infidelity Well, I guess I'm uncouth I lied And didn't tell them The truth (C) Copyright John Duffy...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, feelings, first love, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Nineteenth Century Meets Twenty-first
Tom Sawyer did three somersaults, a back flip, stood on his head Becky Thatcher scrolled up and down her device ~ said, 'Go soak your head'...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, boyfriend, fantasy, girlfriend, literature,
Form: Couplet
Twenty first century civilization gone I askew
Twenty first century civilization gone?... I askew. Ah... what luxury to wax poetic as freedom to trumpet thoughts, ideas, emotions, et cetera will wane, especially if president number forty five courtesy wealth and/or stealth dons the mantle as de facto fractious tyrant of these United States come November 5th, 2024 methinks perchance mankind always vain n'er did appertain moral hike polar opposite from...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, abuse, america, anxiety, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
Ill Suited For Madcap Twenty First Century World
Ill suited for madcap twenty first century world One garden variety generic male - the very writer of these words feels akin to an anachronism, whereby his being alive at this juncture within the space/ time continuum (July 29th, 2022 – an ordinary day) finds me mismatched with the fast paced civilization – ink comp passing the greater part of webbed wide world,...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, absence, adventure, america, analogy,
Form: Free verse



Twenty-First Century
Man-Machine Isn’t it the same thing? ...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, america, city, community, computer,
Form: Rhyme
Goodbye Twenty First
Twenty-first, you are the rough desert of losing everything Twenty-first, even then I will not tell you bad for your editing. Twenty-first, you gave the proof that human is not God Twenty-first, you taught the knowledge that we never got. Twenty-first, you are the stigma, you are stained in black Twenty-first, you may not imagine still I will remain...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, farewell,
Form: Prose Poetry
Ill Suited For Madcap Twenty First Century World
Aghast at explosive industrialization/ urbanization once sacred wild woodland whittled away overlain bumper crops comprising trappings green lighted supposedly signaling progress unwittingly overrides avast enclave (teeming with diverse flora and fauna passively cleared, dominated, expropriated by dictate of commercialization, exploitation, fabrication fueling amalgamation, fabrication, lubrication oiling cogs and wheels sustaining, murdering guaranteeing production trumpeted at expense native flora and fauna acquisition, cooptation, extermination, gratification decreed domination *****sapiens usurped law...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Twenty-First Century Nativity
On the twentieth floor of a high rise flat, A new born baby cries by his mother’s side Her name was Marie with no where to bide, No father came to chase the rats. The child lay in an old pram with no wheels, No warm cot as the hospital was full. On this cold winter night stars shone down, Bringing no...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, abuse, addiction, christmas, discrimination,
Form: Epitaph
Premium Member Twenty-First Century American Pastoral
Stock-still statues Bucolic totem-poles Munching fly-swatters Lazily grazing ... Invisible to driverless cars...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, animal, car, farm,
Form: Free verse
Twenty First Century Civilization Gone Askew
Twenty First Century Civilization Gone Askew...? Methinks perchance man kind always vain n'er did appertain moral hike polar opposite from human being: uncivil, unethical, unsocial, et cetera minimally app proxy mating, neither didst faithfully abide as citizen Kane externally -...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, america, death, destiny, heaven,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member U R Twenty First Letter
U r TWENTY FIRST LETTER I...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, analogy, character, word play,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Twenty First Century Gold Rush
THE GOLD RUSH IS COMING. ARE YOU ABOARD THE TRAIN? IF YOU ARE THE LAST MY FRIEND, YOU WILL FEEL THE PAIN. THE GOLD RUSH IS COMING. IT WILL BE HERE SOON. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SEE YOU WORK FROM NOON TILL NOON. ARE YOU GOING TO SELL SUPPLIES? ARE YOU GOING TO PAN? THE GOLD RUSH WILL TAKE IT'S TOLL, ON THOSE...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, education, freedom, motivation, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Sunday Twenty-First of May
S-unday twenty-first of May H-as much to offer; E-arly break of dawn is nice to the beholder. C-ool Sunday twenty-first of May O-ffers another beauty; N-ew morn meets the day, C-reating a sense of glory. E-ach cloud turns white, P-ouring rain fades away; C-old chill has just turned I-nto a warm light of ray. O-pen your eyes to blue sky, as...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Ecstasy In Twenty-First September
M-y ectasy in twenty-first September A-mounts to a million mirth; R-emembering your day, T-hinking about your birth. I-t's an ecstasy in twenty-first September, A-s the night passes from view; H-appiness I truly feel, freeing my life far from blue. L-et ecstasy in twenty-first September O-pen my heart to pleasure; U-nless the new dawn breaks, I-n my mind remains the...

Continue reading...
Categories: twenty first, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

Related Poems


Book: Reflection on the Important Things