Poems

[Chloe O'brien]

National Poetry Day 6 October

Pushing forty


Just before winter
we see the trees show
their true colours:
the mad yellow of chestnuts
two maples like blood sisters
the orange beech
braver than lipstick

Pushing forty, we vow
that when the time comes
rather than wither
ladylike and white
we will henna our hair
like Colette, we too
will be gold and red
and go out


Alison Fell

From Dreams, like heretics: new and selected poems
Serpent's Tail, 1997

[samantha nixon]

ive just read all of the poems on here and they are all good and lisa youe ones are fantastic

[Abi]

Just a random, unamed poem, based on some stuff that's happened to be recently....

You're everything i wanted
my earth, my sky, my life
i thought i knew you
i thought i could love you
and i thought you felt the same.

how could you do that?
take your life, like it nothing
like i'm nothing
you've had your problems
but none of it was you

we tried to help you
i tried to save you
wouldn't you have done the same?
i loved you, baby
so how could you be so selfish

what she did wasn't cause of you
just a crazy part of her mixed up world
you didn't have to blame yourself
you didn't have to die for it
i loved you, baby, but since you've gone away
i've hated you.

[samantha nixon]

ahhhh that is really good abi have you wrote any more

[Abi]

i just randomly write them about whatever. i find poems easy to write. I might do another one in a sec (that one took 5 minutes literally )

[samantha nixon]

ok then look forward to reading it

[Lisa321]

Aw guys its nice to see you carrying the thread along =] theyre lovely.

[Cornishbabe]

All the poems on here are great!