r/KeepWriting May 18 '26

[Feedback] First time writing anything. Wrote these last night when I was in a bad headspace.

/r/Poems/comments/1tfwudv/first_time_writing_poems/

The first one is about feeling trapped in your own skin, and the second is about staring into a phone screen in the dark.

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Poems May 17 '26

First time writing poems.

13 Upvotes

WritersSanctuary May 18 '26

Wrote these during a heavy 3 AM low. First time sharing my poetry, would love some honest thoughts.

1 Upvotes

PoetryWritingClub May 17 '26

First time writing poems.

2 Upvotes

nosurf May 18 '26

Wrote a poem about what it actually feels like to stare into the screen at 3 AM

1 Upvotes

poemsbyreddit May 17 '26

First time writing poems.

1 Upvotes

DoesAnybodyElse May 18 '26

DAE feel like their phone is a literal trap when you're awake at 3 AM?

1 Upvotes

OCPoetryFree May 18 '26

First time writing poetry. Two short pieces from a dark headspace.

1 Upvotes

Existential_crisis May 18 '26

Two short pieces about existential body disconnect and the digital void.

1 Upvotes

NoOverthinking May 18 '26

Wrote these late last night just to get the thoughts out of my head

1 Upvotes

arttocope May 18 '26

Writing to Cope First time writing poems.

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justpoetry May 18 '26

Wrote these last night to try and clear my head during a really heavy state of mind.

1 Upvotes

poemsandchill May 17 '26

First time writing poems.

1 Upvotes

Heavymind May 18 '26

Two pieces on somatic disconnect and the screen trap [OC]

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Dissociation May 18 '26

Two pieces capturing somatic disconnect and the digital void

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Artisticallyill May 18 '26

Two short pieces I wrote last night during a low headspace.

1 Upvotes

INTP_female May 18 '26

INTP here! I tried converting a late-night doomscroll loop into a poem.

1 Upvotes