Had a flood of inspiration recently and wrote up thirty new poems in a short amount of time (mostly haikus, but a few free-verse poems as well). Figured it made sense to do a whole new repository, and title it after the holidays (like I did in 2023). Thanksgiving is in less than two weeks from now anyways…
So here we go:
INWARD & OUTWARD
Some of our poems
Are for looking inward
While other poems
Are for looking outward
And some are for both
In some way or another
ABSOLUTE (TRIPLE HAIKU)
It’s okay to be
Absolutely incorrect
At least once in life
Most times, you’re only
Just a little incorrect
Not absolutely
Remember how
You had thought they would be
Not how they were
AMBIGUITY (HAIKU)
Poems give ambiguity
A way to hide one’s feelings on something
As one releases those feelings
FALLING OUT (HAIKU)
Sometimes falling outs
Are simply just meant to be
No matter the cause
NO SUCH THING AS TRUE ORIGINALITY
People may thank me for inspiring them
But they should really thank the ones
Who inspired ME in the first place
And the people before them
And so on and so forth
ARTSPEAK (HAIKU)
People talk too much
But art can speak for itself
So make art instead
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING (HAIKU)
When you have nothing to say
Just say anything that comes to mind
Then you have something to say
NEW PHASE (HAIKU)
A new phase of life
Just to work towards a goal
A new beginning
INTERNAL (HAIKU)
Internal conversations
Sometimes the only conversations
That are really worth having
BURNING BRIDGES (HAIKU)
Is there a point in making art,
When you have no one left to share it with?
I’m sorry I can’t help but run…
FORMULA (HAIKU)
Internal monologues
And ongoing observations
Expressed through poetry
AMATEUR (HAIKU)
Identities are overrated
But “a poet” is a valid contender
…But I’d rather stay an amateur
NO TRUE SKILL (HAIKU)
When the skills that one has
Apply to nothing substantial
What options do they have?
LOOP
The price of living alone
Is being in a loop
Forever and ever
So make it a good loop
GOOD IDEAS STAY (HAIKU)
Don’t worry about writing
Every single damn idea down
Good ideas stay with you
OLD NEW ME YOU
The old me thought of me
The new me thinks of you
But I became who I’m meant to be
And in the end, you did too
ORGANIC APOLOGY (HAIKU)
If you were truly sorry
Even when others said not to be
You would’ve apologized
WASTE OF POTENTIAL (HAIKU)
People tend to base their identity
Out of only two or three particular things
A waste of potential, if you ask me
VICIOUS CYCLE (HAIKU)
Great art comes from sadness
But who wants to always be sad?
I certainly do not
RECYCLE (HAIKU)
Forgive me if you heard this all before
I can only be so original these days
An old idea is better than none
WANDER (HAIKU)
If only I could wander
Without any consequence at all
From one world to the next one
PARIAH
A drop of red blood
In an ocean of blue
A single incandescent
In a sea of LEDs
And then there’s me
Surrounded by all of you
ADVENTURE
Who really needs adventure?
An adventure can simply be
Listening to music online
Randomly clicking
From one song to the next
THE LUCK FACTOR (HAIKU)
We meet the right ones
At the wrong time of our lives
Some more than others
MY HAIKU STYLE (HAIKU)
The start is the set-up
The middle line is the whole point
And the end line resolves
AND THE BEAT GOES ON (HAIKU)
I don’t have to keep writing
And yet here I am, doing just that
Not sure why, so you tell me
IF IT DIDN’T (HAIKU)
If it didn’t work out
Remember what was wrong with them
Not what was right with them
HAPPY (HAIKU)
The key to happiness
Is to come to terms with the fact
That life is not happy
LEARN (HAIKU)
The human brain can learn
More than most other types of brains
So if all else fails, learn
BUILDING BLOCKS (HAIKU)
Our old art may be flawed
But it serves as the building blocks
For our new art to come
Peace!
Related: Poetry Repository
