Justin Black

Joined February 2021

26 stories

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I write mostly poetry, and I enjoy accidental and intentional rhyme.

All photographs are my own. Get my poetry book below! 🙌 ⤵️

For The Love of Birds: A Collection Plate of Poetry and Pictures for Adultish Persons

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I Am Found
I drop to my knees on the side of the road Of this long forgotten place I gather the filthy, Long abandoned bundle this fragment of faith
By Justin Blackabout 16 hours ago in Poets
The Cabin
Starry Wooded Night Candle Burns in the Window Framed in Winter’s Ice
By Justin Black10 days ago in Poets
My Love is A Careful Arsonist. Honorable Mention in The Last Flame Challenge.
We’d been living in the apartment for 3 months And the baby came soon after We had vaulted ceilings, a fire place And I hadn’t slept in weeks
By Justin Black24 days ago in Poets
Is It Oversharing?
Is it oversharing to say I’m having a hard time? I don’t know the woman in the mirror Were her eyes always so close together?
By Justin Black6 months ago in Poets
Few Words Lead Me Home
“I cannot sever myself from what I’ve been taught. Pencil fades over time, so I always use a pen to write on the backs of photographs. The secret to good penmanship is going slowly. There’s a place for everything, and everything in its place.”
By Justin Black10 months ago in Critique
Sunday Service
“Greg, we leave in 10 minutes!” I hear my mom’s voice shout from down the hall. I finish applying my lipgloss with a roll of my eyes as I hear her footsteps coming.
By Justin Black10 months ago in Humor
Untitled "Love" Poem
but one look at the shore told us it was just a back and forth. Ironic, isn’t it? That there are signs always ignored. It felt like we were going somewhere,
By Justin Black10 months ago in Poets
Protection
I’d rather be full of poison than full of rain i’d rather see Love like a razor far far away than risk my skin breaking
By Justin Black10 months ago in Poets
Dear Roxanne. Runner-Up in Love in 50 Words Challenge.
Roxanne, I can still feel that old city inside me The breathless walk home A heart I thought broken barely breaking in To this life
By Justin Black12 months ago in Poets
Prism Hearts
Tantrums we threw at our window pain Shards of colorful glass remains Our prism hearts out of breath Thinking all is now death
By Justin Blackabout a year ago in Poets
Present Ache. Runner-up in Breakup Nonet Challenge.
I wish I'd never walked in the rain found you under your umbrella sipped coffee at the café learned the taste of your name
By Justin Blackabout a year ago in Poets
An Avid Reader Booklist
These are the books I read in the year 2023. Among these 16 Titles you will find Mystery, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Humor, Romance, 6 Stephen King Novels, and 3 Non-Fiction Titles. I hope you are inspired to read more.
By Justin Blackabout a year ago in BookClub