Online Poetry Publication - Arts Office Kilkenny County Council
I’m Gay, get over it, Your words won’t hurt me no longer. You can’t change the way I am, I’m just me! If you don’t like me, tough, That’s really not my problem! I can’t help being me! In fact, I’m proud. I’m proud of myself – All those months ago, When I came out […]
My favorite moments aren’t significant at all. It’s rolling over in the morning to see you lying there, trips to the grocery store, you lying on the floor with your head in my lap while we listen to music. I read my books and you play video games or surf the Internet and we don’t […]
Her face is dry She wipes her eyes Tears drip down She begins to cry, ‘I don’t love you anymore’: he explained ‘I don’t love you anymore’: She begins to cry, Tears drip down She wipes her eyes Her face is dry
How did our best friends turn into strangers? These jellies turn to cigarettes Memories into regrets Promises into threats, 7up turns to gin Needles to skin Where did it all go wrong
We are shunned and made to believe That the world is not as bright as we would like to perceive. That the silver lining is just a trick of the eyes, That anything pure is tainted with lies. Cover my mouth with a sticker labelled child, I said they lived happily ever after, and I […]
Inside, there is fear. Shadows surround me, the vultures circle. Inside, there is silence. Quiet whispers of woe, locked within me. Inside, there is pain. Their echoes leap at me, sharp as spears. Inside, there is darkness. Surrounded, circled – and alone.
In places in places I used to call home. Now I’m all alone In a place I don’t even know. My house is now full of objects. Not memories. In my home there is a bath and in my house there is a grave. I reach my legs off the bed to find an empty space. […]
I’m a girl; so what I’m not allowed to play sport anymore? Or you think girls lives aren’t as good as yours? Girls are strong, girls are powerful, In fact we make this world quite wonderful. Think about it; without girls the human race would die out, Our world wouldn’t have been as great as […]
In darkness, the bees fill my head with their buzzing. A ceaseless fanning of wings, a clambering. And in fever pitch, my own wings begin to whir. I follow her in her waltz. The Honey Bee. Her purring wings a silver blur; With subtle movements she directs my flight, Weaving between skyscrapers of trees, rustling […]
Brake light bites Traffic stops information diverted Started 31 years ago Now we truly hit it 1984 People found the warning a bore G-man 100 miles away Checkin what I say Blacklisted It’s twisted Nothing private Paper and pen Obsolete More secure 32-bit encrypted Nothing on them Gaps in code They slip right through it […]
I am good at what I do and do best I am dumb but I want to be smart I am like a bear hunting for my honey I am a person learning the secrets of life I am a person who lives for one thing and that is to be loved Be better at […]
My soul is a rusting flower And when its harvest yields I find myself drowning In these horribly beautiful fields Of gold, and pain, and laughter Across torn grins; my soul Paints brilliantly with these flowers That refuse to devour that cold I feel: that rare, confused beauty Writhing behind brilliant eyes My soul […]