Poetry

The real importance of parenting
Parenting is never about control or expecting my obedience Don't humiliate me with my failures infront of an audience Expect success after only you nurtured
By PA Jayashree Krishna2 months ago in Critique
Lookism
Life without attractive looks is quite challenging in different ways People behave well or like you're not worth a second of their days
By PA Jayashree Krishna2 months ago in Critique
Gratitude of a bad bitch
I wake up like the sun not rising, but reigning. My smile? A crown. My strut? A sermon. My life? Overflowing. I’m grateful for lashes that flirt with the wind,
By Musulyn M (MUSE)2 months ago in Critique
Why I High-Fived a Squirrel This Morning. Top Story - November 2025.
So, there I was, walking to get the mail, and this squirrel just NAILED a jump between two trees. I'm talking Olympic level athleticism here.
By Tim Carmichael2 months ago in Critique
the cave that forgets: an excerpt
One of the first weird things I wrote that turned into many weird things I wrote that made it into the manuscript. Like I said, still writing poetry but with fight scenes!
By Guia Nocon3 months ago in Critique
Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine There’s a ghost in the machine, and it’s haunting me, I’ve lost control—I don’t know if I can see.
By Xanthe 3 months ago in Critique
If Great Dead Writers Were on Facebook - 5
When we think of great dead writers, we cannot of course leave out the great classical poets. I am not a poet myself and always struggle with writing poetry even in free verse. Well, I did get the haiku down, and there's a lot of various haiku on my profile here. Sometimes, I also get washed over by true inspiration or grief to churn out something reminiscent of poetry and even rhymed. But again, I am not a poet.
By Lana V Lynx4 months ago in Critique
On Poetry On Vocal
Introduction I am wondering how to present this without sounding like a whiny complainant, but because I am not popular with Vocal or Creators, it will come across as that, whatever I say.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Critique
Ghalib in the Digital Age: Imagining a Poet on Social Media
Title: Ghalib in the Digital Age: Imagining a Poet on Social Media Subtitle: When the Heart Meets the Screen: Bringing 19th-Century Urdu Poetry into the Modern World
By Khan584 5 months ago in Critique
The Boy and the Lion
In a small village on the edge of the vast savanna, a boy named Arin had just turned eighteen. In his tribe, this was the age when a boy left behind childhood and stepped into manhood. But tradition demanded more than age — it demanded proof.
By Hammad Ali5 months ago in Critique
Current Writing
Introduction I often write about where I am with my writing and why I am at this place, so this is just another one of those. I write these to hopefully give people ideas and let them know that whatever they are doing is the right thing for them.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Critique
Trailer Trash McMansions
Feeling poor? Sometimes it’s a matter of just not being able to land a job with a good pay cheque. Or sometimes it’s a matter of refusing to tolerate corporate bullshit even for a good pay cheque. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being poor.
By Narghiza Ergashova5 months ago in Critique