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ourchemicalhearts June 11th, 2023

just a space to share the poetry i read or come across. not posting mine. basically to build a collection of the poems that move me. some might be pretty uncomfortable, proceed at your own risk.


please do not post any other poetry pieces here as i want this to exclusively be a collection of the ones that i personally like. thank you.

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ourchemicalhearts OP June 11th, 2023

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ourchemicalhearts OP June 13th, 2023

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ourchemicalhearts OP June 20th, 2023

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ourchemicalhearts OP June 26th, 2023

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ourchemicalhearts OP June 26th, 2023

the lesson of the moth by archy (a poem by Don Marquis)

(The character of Archy, created by Don Marquis in 1916, was a cockroach who had been a poet in a previous incarnation. To write he must leap headfirst onto the keys of a typewriter, and thus is unable to capitalize his letters.)

i was talking to a moth
the other evening
he was trying to break into
an electric light bulb
and fry himself on the wires

why do you fellows
pull this stunt i asked him
because it is the conventional
thing for moths or why
if that had been an uncovered
candle instead of an electric
light bulb you would
now be a small unsightly cinder
have you no sense

plenty of it he answered
but at times we get tired
of using it
we get bored with the routine
and crave beauty
and excitement
fire is beautiful
and we know that if we get
too close it will kill us
but what does that matter
it is better to be happy
for a moment
and be burned up with beauty
than to live a long time
and be bored all the while
so we wad all our life up
into one little roll
and then we shoot the roll
that is what life is for
it is better to be a part of beauty
for one instant and then to cease to
exist than to exist forever
and never be a part of beauty
our attitude toward life
is to come easy go easy
we are like human beings
used to be before they became
too civilized to enjoy themselves

and before i could argue him
out of his philosophy
he went and immolated himself
on a patent cigar lighter
i do not agree with him
myself i would rather have
half the happiness and twice
the longevity

but at the same time i wish
there was something i wanted
as badly as he wanted to fry himself

archy

ourchemicalhearts OP July 3rd, 2023

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ourchemicalhearts OP July 12th, 2023

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