The Echoes poetry competition to celebrate Write Out Loud's 20th anniversary is now open.  Judged by Neil Astley.

Competition closes in 8 days, 5 hours. Get details and Enter.

Popular last 30 days

poetry love Trump nature Democracy resistance Life shame History poem

Angry (Remove filter)

Recent Comments

Mike McPeek on Running With Dogs
3 hours ago

David RL Moore on Aubade-esque
3 hours ago

Graham Sherwood on Aubade-esque
4 hours ago

David RL Moore on Aubade-esque
4 hours ago

David RL Moore on liberty
4 hours ago

Landi Cruz on liberty
4 hours ago

David RL Moore on Aubade-esque
9 hours ago

David RL Moore on liberty
10 hours ago

AirlogRigsMaria on Psycho
12 hours ago

Simon Zonenblick on Snail Shells - Similes
19 hours ago

Buses are more phucked than Trains

By Bill 53 1/2

 

The announcement we all dread..

Filters though the Station air

β€˜Buses are replacing Trains’

my smile turns to a glare.

 

I know how this unfolds…

as I drag me to the bay

Where the throbbing omnibus coyly waits

to make miserable my way.

 

The PTV bus is an unholy child

Born of misery and desperation

It’s ruins you day and makes you late

...

Read and leave comments (0)

🌷(5) 

Bus   Train   Journey   Angry   Late

Bikes on Trains are phucked too

By Bill 53 1/2.

 

You see them standing near you.

On the platform packed with life.

Their fucking vacant smiles

shows no care for the strife.

 

That their crappy worn out bike,

Will cause all when jammed onto the train.

As it blocks the doors and takes precious space,

And adds tenfold to commuter pain.

 

Travellers shuffle by,

With many a stumble and fall.

...

Read and leave comments (5)

🌷(6) 

Trains   bikes   angry   commuter   public transport

Hell knows no fury

How come
The heart-wrenching
And the  unexpected
Widow's grief
Turned-brief?

The lady in black
Soon defying
Funeral decorum
Put on pink clothes
Decency that lack
Simply to attack
A deceased
Cheating husband
Whose unfaithfulness
Kept in the dark
Soon after funeral
Became stark!

Aghast adultery
Triggers
Hell knows no fury.

Read and leave comments (5)

🌷(2) 

adultery   angry   bitter and twisted   cheating   confusion   griff   paradox   sad   unfaithfulness

I am Fish

I am raw like fish

Kill my heart to feel your best

Have me on the table

Be my guest

This is your wish

This is your wish?

And I, so foolish

Being dinner

Being fish

Am raw now

From your lies

Attracting flies you tie

Trapped to the hooks on your lines

Tied to your string

This is your wish

This is your wish?

And it's OK to eat me

I don't have any feel...

Read and leave comments (1)

poem   angry

My Fault Again

He made our argument physical again tonight

Every time I think it's the last

Leaving him isn't an option

Plus, where would I go?

 

My heart can't take the cruel words or pain

Eventually, I'll learn how to cope.

Read and leave comments (1)

sad   alone   angry   relationship   argument   confused   lonely   mental health   tired

Selfishly Human

 

Every bit of what I see, I soak up like they are my needs for survival;  I take it in to make me feel whole. 

Each star dot-to-dot, I join, thieving the light from the sky. 

The trees, the grass I will smell.

Then no one can ever smell them again. 

The windows, the rooftops, the buildings, bottles, bins, buses and the yellow droplets of fuel that seep from their engines;

I will...

Read and leave comments (0)

angry   Selfish   world

I'm working dammit

 

 
on the promise of a viscous promiscuity
I would normally shoot first, clean the mess later, ensure no witness survives
in the middleweek each slatternly evening should be bedded early 
 
recently, though, the inclination of a night is to drink
coffee? 
right! right! right!
read and write and write and ride a hundred of your dirty looks
in an all night...

Read and leave comments (0)

Angry   frustration   relationship

revolution runs better on stolen gasoline

every curtain will be stolen from

entitlement

each grain of dirt will raise

it’s raucous voice above

and over manners

 

while atoms bond

air will ignite for

blood is fuel enough

as gravity exists

believable in it’s force

 

secure each ideal

under fire from

truthful lies repeated

within freedom’s

monopoly of slaves

 

these d...

Read and leave comments (0)

angry   revolution   impotence   fight

This site uses only functional cookies that are essential to the operation of the site. We do not use cookies related to advertising or tracking. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Find out more Hide this message