List: Brilliant Poetry by Others

This is a list of my favorite poems from other poets on here.   Every piece is absolutely amazing, and I recommend that you read them.

I'll be adding to this indefinitely.

• "ana"

  You heard me the first time
  don’t make me repeat my own poison

  by starry-eyes 170 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 1 2:38 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Contemporary
• (stale)

  by ever so slightly 52 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 16 10:12 PM 2006. In Weird, Personal, Abuse
• 1976

  by zillion 126 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 3 4:20 PM 2008. In personal, sad, other
• [ We were sitting together, ]

  We were sitting together,
  Our legs were crossed and he,

  by OhNoChastity 37 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 11 7:06 PM 2007. In Love, Pain, Jealousy
• a cold head

  by Mr Violet 75 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 28 3:55 PM 2008
• a death in a newly-flooded area

  by formless 16 lines, 21 comments, on Nov 15 9:36 PM 2008
• A secret gathers always

  I drown in this sea of consciousness
  Finding hope doesn’t always float.

  by The mask of time 63 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 29 2:56 AM 2008
• a suicide, 1968

  by aeolia 40 lines, 22 comments, on May 5 8:46 PM 2008. In noguest
• A Temporary Fate

  Before there ever was
  a you

  by Dalaney 54 lines, 83 comments, on Nov 29 10:29 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Personal, My own style, My life, Lost in thought
• accidentally (i'm sorry)

  but honey, tinkerbell isn't tossing her fairy dust
  on our heads anytime tonight

  by Nancy Rotten 22 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 6 10:16 PM 2006. In Personal, Love, Angst
• adoption

  by zillion 71 lines, 7 comments, on May 18 2:01 PM 2008. In other
• After Supper

  by americanbluegrass 40 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 3 1:18 AM 2006. In Personal
• Alas In Underland.

  I remember shrinking down into a tiny knot,
  tied to the edge of her closed grave,

  by artis 28 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 6 8:33 PM 2007
• Anatomy

  she was stitched to the opening
  finger-like syllables in her hair

  by bird-mad girl 55 lines, 11 comments, on Apr 14 5:59 PM 2008
• Anne

  by Axelle Black 38 lines, 23 comments, on Nov 12 10:16 PM 2007. In Other, Personal
• anorexic

  by onerios13 63 lines, 19 comments, on Feb 11 9:42 PM 2008. In Sad
• austin, at night.

  by sisyphus 40 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 6 3:20 PM 2008
• Bacardi 151

  Shell shocked by age five,
  maybe even younger,

  by punksense 29 lines, 18 comments, on Aug 16 1:20 AM 2007. In Life, Sad
• Back to the Wall

  by whos there 33 lines, 2 comments, on May 8 2:59 PM 2008. In Hope, Weird, Personal, Thoughts, Life, noguest
• below the drain

  by infernalxfidelity 19 lines, 18 comments, on May 13 6:52 AM 2008. In Contest, Weird, Thoughts
• between dreams and memories

  Solace and happiness, Hover like a vision in the eyes

  by icyrose 39 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 2 8:48 PM 2008. In Spiritual, Personal, Thoughts, Life, Self, Abstract
• Between grey & emotion

  I was too confused
  to fight him

  by Abscessed 65 lines, 40 comments, on Jun 6 7:52 AM 2006. In Abuse, Love
• between waking and sleeping

  by the atlantic 104 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 5 4:44 PM 2008. In Personal, Human Interaction
• Biting Nails: A Memoir

  All I can remember is putting my hands on the toilet,
  head bent over, almost vomiting my insides out,

  by punksense 47 lines, 19 comments, on Nov 18 11:28 PM 2007. In Personal, Pain, Life, Thoughts
• Blind

  Eyes
  wide open

  by Abscessed 34 lines, 27 comments, on Nov 26 9:16 AM 2005. In Personal, Dark, Angst
• Blunt Chord

  by Envelope 34 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 30 2:57 PM 2008
• braille

  by Frank N Beevers 20 lines, 24 comments, on Nov 30 5:27 PM 2008. In the sad claustrophobia of an enormous blowhole
• broken melody

  Playing the strings to my beat-less heart
  Alive only since you know my tune

  by Vampirette1901 24 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 11 2:52 PM 2008. In Angst, Pain, Sad, Love, Dark
• burial of the dead

  by aeolia 21 lines, 16 comments, on Apr 5 6:13 PM 2008. In noguest
• Butterfly

  This one is about coping with changes...

  by jabberwocky 18 lines, 20 comments, on Jan 27 2:30 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Love, Hope
• Cacophony

  by Exodus 23 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 2 8:51 PM 2008
• chewing bottles

  by the atlantic 72 lines, 74 comments, on Oct 20 6:26 PM 2008. In Personal
• cravings

  by otiose 59 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 1 12:35 AM 2008
• cupboard

  by zillion 71 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 7 5:27 PM 2008. In other, sad, personal
• Degree of Mental Deterioration

  by Never Fall in Love 81 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 28 7:56 PM 2008. In Life
• deliverance

  by formless 89 lines, 12 comments, on May 19 2:59 AM 2008
• diagnoses

  by zillion 141 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 12 5:46 PM 2008. In sad, other, personal
• Discarded

  she waits there,
  bated breath

  by Abscessed 46 lines, 28 comments, on Jul 14 11:15 AM 2005. In Sad, Abuse
• disgusting

  by zillion 83 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 20 6:48 PM 2008. In sad, other
• Downward

  by Axelle Black 47 lines, 15 comments, on Nov 28 7:10 PM 2006. In Personal, Sad, Dark
• Droogy at the Milk Pub

  Rain. Always fucking rain in this
  bummed out motor city-

  by dogsamongus 84 lines, 17 comments, on Sep 6 6:47 PM 2006. In Dark
• dying.sun.

  the sun no longer sets me free.
  

  by untitled. 64 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 27 7:34 PM 2008. In Darkness within light, sad, personal
• east-ish.

  we watched the curve of the planet
  dripping sky-lit eyes like beetles

  by Diseased Mind 48 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 25 1:14 PM 2008. In Other
• egress: tangled within traps

  by Never Fall in Love 103 lines, 33 comments, on Oct 21 11:20 AM 2008. In Personal, noguest
• Enough

  by Exodus 20 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 13 4:08 PM 2008
• ethereal. II.

  by Fireworks 36 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 10 12:57 AM 2008. In x.
• Father, This One's For You

  by belly 34 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 20 5:12 PM 2007
• floating beyond reason.

  by -foreverandever 14 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 16 8:59 PM 2007
• god did not create these ribs or Hers.

  by sweetpearl 141 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 14 10:25 PM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Anger, Pain, Weird, Sad
• good fences

  by autarky 48 lines, 22 comments, on Nov 2 12:41 AM 2008
• grave digger

  by onerios13 137 lines, 20 comments, on Nov 8 1:30 AM 2007. In Adult, Personal, Love, Sad
• Graveyard shift

  by file not found 26 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 20 3:06 PM 2008. In Personal
• Gretchen

  by americanbluegrass 74 lines, 26 comments, on Jun 22 3:26 AM 2006. In Personal
• halved between stop and start

  she imagined an empty clock-
  

  by EvilKate 90 lines, 14 comments, on Oct 31 12:37 PM 2008. In Contemporary
• Heroin Eyes

  The story of his needles
  Achieved when my heart was breaking

  by prettylikedrugs 43 lines, 21 comments, on Jun 21 12:17 PM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Angst
• hollowed

  by aeolia 66 lines, 44 comments, on Jun 30 11:40 PM 2008. In noguest
• I Am [VII]

  by Exodus 114 lines, 22 comments, on Jun 6 6:14 AM 2008
• in the rain

  by Chindi Yaz 47 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 7 2:50 PM 2007. In Personal
• in this dream of life, death and existence

  by mayaa 63 lines, 5 comments, on May 24 6:05 AM 2008
• jacob have i loved

  by zillion 104 lines, 10 comments, on May 25 1:23 PM 2008. In sad, other
• jealousy of saints

  by Saffron 24 lines, 23 comments, on Sep 26 10:29 PM 2008. In Contemporary
• l'altra metà di me

  Before the hurt there was a waiting room and we did not talk, as you went first.
  Sat in chairs my mouth filled with small-talk, bitter-le

  by Confetti Fairy-x 19 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 17 2:43 PM 2008. In Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Weird
• Let's Play Pretend.

  by Never Fall in Love 37 lines, 31 comments, on Jan 25 6:34 AM 2008. In Personal, Quote
• Lilium Inter Spinas

  she was a lily among the thorns in that old town.

  by aeolia 36 lines, 45 comments, on Jul 16 9:51 PM 2007. In contest, personal, meghan, thoughts, not my usual style, love
• Little

  I wore bruises under my bra

  by rude pedestrian 07 26 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 21 11:51 AM 2008. In Personal, Abuse, Sad
• lluvia

  by aeolia 29 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 30 10:40 PM 2008. In spanish, noguest
• Maybe

  Maybe I shall be more than a cut cheek,rare in hubris hues,and plainly orange-scented

  by americanbluegrass 20 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 18 1:44 AM 2006. In Sad
• meltdown

  by MuddyKing 18 lines, 30 comments, on Mar 29 8:07 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Personal
• midsummer night

  by aeolia 35 lines, 14 comments, on Apr 11 8:16 PM 2008. In contest, noguest
• most wondrous thing

  by jaunty pill 107 lines, 52 comments, on May 26 12:25 AM 2007. In Other
• moving on requires taking steps

  by Ryno 41 lines, 30 comments, on Nov 29 9:25 PM 2008
• Mushrooms

  by love.elizabeth 24 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 20 9:12 PM 2007. In prose
• Natural Progression

  Matter, they say, is energy; Constrained by form and mass.

  by Mark Spencer 43 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 20 5:28 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Nature, Spiritual, Life
• Nocturnal Sunrise

  decomposing ignorance like a breath short of life, blackend words choking me of white lies,

  by mid day silence 18 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 7 6:02 PM 2008. In abuse
• nocturne III: a stranger at 3 am

  by mayaa 58 lines, 5 comments, on May 22 5:40 AM 2008
• Numbness

  just sort of wrote it off the top of my head so im not suree...

  by x meerz 32 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 6 7:55 PM 2007. In sad, abuse, personal
• october orange

  by zillion 94 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 15 3:52 PM 2008. In other
• Ongoing Delay

  by Never Fall in Love 21 lines, 11 comments, on May 1 12:25 PM 2008. In Personal
• paternity

  by blur 15 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 6 4:23 PM 2008
• pitch

  by onerios13 76 lines, 28 comments, on May 4 3:06 PM 2007. In Adult, Personal
• pour

  by onerios13 87 lines, 17 comments, on Jul 15 2:14 AM 2008. In Adult, Life, Love
• prisoner, not prison

  by zillion 106 lines, 19 comments, on Jul 30 10:08 AM 2008. In personal, other, society
• Rigor

  by -BlackKnight- 63 lines, 18 comments, on Nov 10 1:37 AM 2008. In Personal, Pain
• Scrap

  by generic 37 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 23 9:23 PM 2007
• separation anxiety

  by the atlantic 56 lines, 16 comments, on Jul 25 2:38 PM 2008. In Personal
• seven stains of jizz lie on his chest, sporadically placed by so many faces before him

  by birch 2 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 28 11:39 PM 2008
• Shadow

  by WindUpEnigma 39 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 26 11:05 AM 2007. In Personal, Him
• she

  & all she asks is that you be her temporary savior
  until it's finally time for her to save herself

  by Nancy Rotten 47 lines, 21 comments, on Aug 6 11:09 PM 2006. In Personal, Hope, Angst
• shimmer

  by styrofoam 27 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 23 7:04 PM 2008
• shore

  by ArtFullyMe 158 lines, 61 comments, on Sep 12 2:24 PM 2006. In Contemporary
• silent echoes

  by freestallion 64 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 24 7:59 PM 2008
• sixteen

  by DrunktankLullaby 72 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 15 10:12 AM 2007. In Adult
• Soliloquy

  Ophelia--you should have listened to me when I said

  by Bad Bill 16 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 20 6:22 PM 2007. In Humor
• Sooner

  by sarajaneUK 63 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 23 4:06 AM 2007. In Adult, Dark, Sad, Suicide
• Space Is Cold

  Chewing blue flame and rotting lace she's piecing herself back together.

  by Exodus 15 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 29 2:52 AM 2007
• Stage

  The room is empty
  With a hundred pairs of eyes

  by rude pedestrian 07 40 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 27 1:27 AM 2008. In Abuse, Personal
• stages of decomposition

  by stasis 42 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 2 8:20 PM 2008. In Personal, Very Personal, Sad, Society, Thoughts, Weird, Gruesom, Life
• stages.

  and my umbrella makes me fly
  and there's ice cream in the sea.
  

  by Duchess Dizufish 92 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 4 9:10 PM 2008. In Life, Thoughts, Free Verse
• Starless

  by Never Fall in Love 34 lines, 12 comments, on May 1 7:59 PM 2008. In Personal
• Submerge

  by asymmetry 46 lines, 17 comments, on Jul 27 2:20 AM 2007
• Sunday Night brought out the dreaming man and candle smoke

  ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

  by NurseChilly 49 lines, 18 comments, on Nov 3 12:16 AM 2008. In Life, Sad, Personal
• Technical Lies

  by mysticstorm 13 lines, 56 comments, on Nov 28 7:22 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Pain, Society, Death
• teresa

  by onerios13 102 lines, 68 comments, on Dec 10 12:07 AM 2006. In Sad, Personal
• Test of Strength

  Living a failure of death./.../begging,/For once,/To wash the soul with nothing./NUMB.

  by The Existentialist 128 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 14 3:17 PM 2007. In personal, pain, abuse, numbness, dark, thoughts
• The Death of my Muse

  by untitled. 60 lines, 13 comments, on Jan 8 12:32 PM. In Mourning the lost muse, personal.
• The Distance Between A Mother And Her Daughter

  by belly 26 lines, 17 comments, on Aug 4 2:35 PM 2007
• the end of winter

  by seraphim shock 13 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 14 4:46 PM 2008
• the gallows

  by zillion 47 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 30 5:46 PM 2008. In other
• the gardener

  by zillion 60 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 24 7:01 PM 2008. In other
• the last bohemian

  this attic holds a lake
  where she often dusts, searching

  by EvilKate 49 lines, 14 comments, on Nov 8 10:38 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Trangender
• the mourner's prologue

  by aeolia 21 lines, 15 comments, on Jun 24 3:02 AM 2008. In songs to pass the time, noguest
• The Wreckage

  I chose to lay here in this empty space to experience the lack of you, exposing every follicle and fiber to the chill of your absence

  by greenewhiplash 30 lines, 1 comment, on May 19 1:54 AM 2008. In Humanity, Angst, Longing, Self, Love, Personal
• Then, that would be perfect

  The heartbreak within me thinks it’s time to buy another box of tissues
  The room is saline and smells of a stuffy nose.

  by Abscessed 13 lines, 10 comments, on Oct 18 3:39 PM 2007. In Thoughts, CreativeCommons
• This Time Fading

  And time, this old withered soul
  Pulls itself along by the fingernails

  by greenewhiplash 67 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 11 4:10 PM 2007. In Dark, Personal, Weird
• to the son who never was

  by aeolia 52 lines, 17 comments, on Apr 4 3:23 PM 2008. In spanish, contest, noguest
• together we will live forever

  by formless 11 lines, 27 comments, on Sep 25 2:27 AM 2008
• Too busy

  I float like litter
  on empty streets

  by Confetti Fairy-x 72 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 12 5:44 AM 2008
• Under the Microscope

  by Calligraphy 54 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 5 9:26 PM 2008. In Adult, Society, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Other
• Unrequited Love's A Bitch

  I wish I could hate you, / because it had to hurt less / than loving you ever would... /

  by Exodus 9 lines, 24 comments, on May 31 5:39 AM 2007. In Quick Write, Sad, Life, Love, Blah
• Unstable and Failing

  by Exodus 80 lines, 5 comments, on May 20 5:54 AM 2008
• vultures

  they sit in a row
  

  by styrofoam 29 lines, 11 comments, on Nov 1 10:07 PM 2008
• We're All Mad Here

  a life behind
  broiled and charred spikes

  by Grunts Girl 40 lines, 30 comments, on Sep 10 9:20 AM 2007. In Personal
• float

  by formless 15 lines, 18 comments, on Jul 23 11:51 PM 2008
• Work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.

  by Exodus 46 lines, 10 comments, on May 31 8:11 AM 2008
• worth

  the atmosphere here is / nothing short of / suffocating. / the words leaking from our lips / are all lies, / lies and vengeance. / is it wo

  by into your eyes 34 lines, 4 comments, on May 27 7:40 PM 2007. In personal
• wounds

  by houseandcloud 21 lines, 17 comments, on May 29 8:43 PM 2008
• when stars die

  by Never Fall in Love 54 lines, 15 comments, on Jan 30 8:19 PM. In noguest
• The Airplane

  "You'll not see her again," her father PROUDLY informed me
  
  i'd cut his grin wider if it weren't stretched from ear to ear

  by Mirrorbox 24 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 24 11:21 PM. In CreativeCommons
• skip the sympathy

  by Never Fall in Love 37 lines, 19 comments, on Jun 14 8:31 PM. In noguest

Comments

• By me, right now

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  Dienush
  July 4, 2008
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  Wow, thanks so much for having my poetry on this list I see some names I really admire here I'm honored.
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  Puking Faerie Dust
  July 4, 2008
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  Thank youfor writing such beautiful poetry I plan on adding more once I get off my butt
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  Exodus
  July 5, 2008
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  I have so many on here
  you sure you didnt click the button by mistake?
  
  ♥ thank you
• 
  mysticstorm
  July 13, 2008
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  I am truly honored that you found a write of mine meaningful enough to be on such a list...so many great artist here, I shall surely get to reading...
  Blessings,
  mystic
  :
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  aeolia
  July 19, 2008
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  i am honoured to have some my writing on here
  i'm gonna go read these poems now. you have good taste, so why not?
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  stasis
  January 8
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  Whoaaaa! how did my poem get on here?!
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  Cannonsfire
  January 15
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  How lovely I am on your list, I feel truly humbled
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  notorious
  January 16
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  QUE PARA?!
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  adsaige
  February 4
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  Thank you for the list add.
  I am honored.

by Puking Faerie Dust

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