For what’s worth breathing by Rixa White

Look at me I am the life in a wasteland Look at me I am the slavery through the ages Look at me I am the mirror of the world Look at me I am the illusion I’ve fought for Look at me I’m still loving you and I keep being here for you, for […]

Everlasting Wander by Rixa White

From the very beginning perplexing and wandering from one ocean to another an everlasting wander Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

They are Cruel by Rixa White

How many of us suffered to death? How many of them gained more wealth? How many of us mourned? How many of them earned? How many times we suffered such a pain? How many times they will do this again? They are Cruel but… We don’t have to be. Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

The Polar Koala Bear by Robby Charters

in the land of hinter where it’s always winter there lived a ‘polar koala bear’ though he was fair dinkum feared the weather would sink’m he was none the worse for the wear worse for the ‘wear’? that’s funny, i swear! for the koala residing in hinter was only a koala but a tricky ol’ […]

The Lame Guy by Rob Leatherman Sr.

I’m lame Pretty fucking tame Don’t like when people use my head for games I’m a loser I’m a loner In High school I was a stoner Now I got a fucked up head And these meds make it tough to get a boner So I’ll just be me. A lame ass loser loner. And […]

The Invisible by Rixa White

The Invisible is moving Softly and soothing I feel it inside It is you It is my feeling for you I want to give it life My whole life Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

The Epic of Jack and Jill by Robby Charters

jack and jill went out to fetch the royal pail of water, but the only water in a mile radius flowed down the sewage gutter said jack to jill, ‘to reach the hill where the well is, we must move faster’ but jill nudged jack, he nudged her back, they broke out in a peal […]

The Commitment by Rob Leatherman Sr.

It’s what you wanted it’s what you got Singles for you, I should’ve fought Harder but I didn’t know what you thought After all this it’s hard to know what I’ve got I didn’t know, I didn’t see, You called yourself single, ready to mingle And that spoke to me Pushed as far as we […]

The Beginning of the End by Rixa White

That’s how it ends So, this is it. when we lose it all but this is not the End This is only The Beginning of the End Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

The Ancient Deception by Rixa White

Injured Soul Fainted Eyes Returning from where? Weary feet Weak arms Treading toward where? Struggled in vain battles Fighting delusive enemies Erred by a deception The ancient deception Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

Start Growing by Rixa White

A soft and gentle growth Under a blue sky Over a high mountain Extended over a vast land When the sun comes up Start growing Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

Splenda by Rob Leatherman Sr.

What a fucked up week Girl was lookin’ sleek Too bad it was to cheat on me She makes me weak Puts me down she would call me meek But the silly ass can’t define it. Feels so fucked up puts me through shit Would trade her ass for just one hit Was addicted to […]

Show me by Rixa White

I bow to purity But what is pure? Show me purity I bow to clarity But what is clear? Show me clarity Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

Rhyme by the Bog by Robby Charters

‘i ought-ter be in water ’twould be less hotter,’ said the otter ‘on the top where i can hop there’s not a drop,’ said frog, ‘full stop’ ‘it’s a fact,’ said the cat, ‘dry’s where it’s at, and that’s that’ said the eel, ‘wetness, i feel, is so ideal that i could squeal’ ‘in the […]

Power of Peace by Rixa White

Here I am Looking at the world’s mirror Finding myself at the center of a maze Constructing the roots of a dream for a nationless society by the power of peace Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

Poetic Justice by Robby Charters

poetic justice was when agustus made the decision that he would imprison all poets the consulting chief justice informed agustus that to go for broke he must revoke poetic license Copyright ©:  2004 robby charters ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster […]

Old Times by Rixa white

It is a mind-wandering time Remember the old times when illusions were distinct Remember the old times when a friendly chat was all we needed to brighten up our hearts Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

Nothing is Real by Rixa White

Survival is an ancient dream Life is nothing but an everlasting illusion Nothing is Real Don’t believe in illusion, Remember me, I am here … Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

Limericks by Robby Charters

a poet named robby who wrote limericks bared his whole heart in rhyming rhetorics but the critics, et cetra made sure he’d get extra bad marks for indulging in polemerics *** the first draft: a seemingly educated limericist named curdy writes limericks too over exceedingly wordy in spite of much how he tries to sound […]

It is a Show by Rixa White

They decide to show it is good It is a show They shout it is good It is a show They won’t let anything good to show up It is a show What do people believe? Is it a show? Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

Haiku by Robby Charters

this crazy teacher wants me to write a haiku I’ve no idea how global warming is just the end of the ice age so the penguins say the boy with no shoes now you see him, now you don’t my wallet — it’s gone! small boy with squeegee no shoes, making a living as all […]

Forgotten Promises by Rixa White

Another Christmas is coming A new year will begin I am looking through the window Watching people under the snow Some are with family, cooking and eating Some are in the street, walking and shopping Some are at home cleaning and decorating Some are with friends packing and traveling Everything seems fine but when I […]

For what’s worth breathing by Rixa White

Look at me I am the life in a wasteland Look at me I am the slavery through the ages Look at me I am the mirror of the world Look at me I am the illusion I’ve fought for Look at me I’m still loving you and I keep being here for you, for […]

Everlasting Wander by Rixa White

From the very beginning perplexing and wandering from one ocean to another an everlasting wander Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

Dropping Truth on That Pretty Little Head by Rob Leatherman Sr.

When people react to the things I say I know I struck a nerve That’s just my way I can’t always find the words But I try anyway A dose of reality is just a few words away There’s only so much a man can take Before he blows up and fixes what’s fake Just […]

Clinic by Rob Leatherman Sr.

The ride there You slept All I could do was stare Wondering wanting needing Wishing life was fair Wish this didn’t stand up my neck hair I love what’s inside you Even if it’s a little speck no bigger than air Wish this could happen If life was just fair I can’t tell you my […]

An Untold Love by Rixa White

I never thought … Love will penetrate through a tiny fracture in a closed shutter She came into my life She made living fine She filled my heart She touched my soul That short peek was the spark for an untold Love I was drowned … in her blue eyes I was charmed … by […]

A Wandering Knight by Rixa White

A wandering knight wambling in an endless road Thinking to himself Where the others are? Taking care of what? Who am I? but a fading footprint on a dark empty land under a starless sky seized by roaring shadows and delusive hopes Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

A Slight Change by Rixa White

Pains are not to be relieved Sorrows are not to fade away a slight change in the vision may bring a new experience Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster

A Perfect World by Robby Charters

A world where it doesn’t rain save there are umbrellas for all Where, only on the house of the evil doer, would a tree ever fall Where bad people look gruff and mean, but good men all stand tall …in your dreams, maybe A life of harmony and love that begins with just one kiss […]

Winged And Acid Dark by Robert Hass

A sentence with “dappled shadow” in it. Something not sayable spurting from the morning silence, secret as a thrush. The other man, the officer, who brought onions and wine and sacks of flour, the major with the swollen knee, wanted intelligent conversation afterward. Having no choice, she provided that, too. Potsdamerplatz, May 1945. When the […]

Under Cover of Night by Robert Desnos

Under Cover of Night by Robert Desnos To slip into your shadow under cover of night. To follow your footsteps, your shadow at the window. That shadow at the window is you and no one else; it’s you. Do not open that window behind whose curtains you’re moving. Shut your eyes. I’d like to shut […]

The Voice of Robert Desnos by Robert Desnos

The Voice of Robert Desnos by Robert Desnos So like a flower and a current of air the flow of water fleeting shadows the smile glimpsed at midnight this excellent evening so like every joy and every sadness it is the midnight past lifting its naked body above belfries and poplars I call to me […]

The Sympathies of the Long Married by Robert Bly

The Sympathies of the Long Married by Robert Bly Oh well, let’s go on eating the grains of eternity. What do we care about improvements in travel? Angels sometimes cross the river on old turtles. Shall we worry about who gets left behind? That one bird flying through the clouds is enough. Your sweet face […]

The Song of the Borderguard by Robert Duncan

The Song of the Borderguard by Robert Duncan The man with his lion under the shed of wars sheds his belief as if he shed tears. The sound of words waits – a barbarian host at the borderline of sense. The enamord guards desert their posts harkening to the lion-smell of a poem that rings […]

The Ring of Stars by Robert Desnos

The Ring of Stars by Robert Desnos In order to make a star with five branches Where six would have been the same A circle must first be drawn In order to make a star with five branches … A ring! One did not take so many precuations In order to make a tree from […]

The Cat in the Kitchen by Robert Bly

The Cat in the Kitchen by Robert Bly Have you heard about the boy who walked by The black water? I won’t say much more. Let’s wait a few years. It wanted to be entered. Sometimes a man walks by a pond, and a hand Reaches out and pulls him in. There was no Intention, […]

The Buried Train by Robert Bly

The Buried Train by Robert Bly Tell me about the train that people say got buried By the avalanche–was it snow?–It was In Colorado, and no one saw it happen. There was smoke from the engine curling up Lightly through fir tops, and the engine sounds. There were all those people reading–some From Thoreau, some […]

The Defunct Drugstore by Robert Lloyd Jaffe

The Defunct Drugstore by Robert Lloyd Jaffe The electric meters have been pulled off the walls and ivy is blocking the door with the goodbye note and thanks for letting us serve you. Don’t the townspeople still have birthdays, and weddings, funerals and get well soon? And what about the drugs? Where do the people […]