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Pizza Slice Sorrow
I remember the shape of your grief. Because I remember the pieces of your life As they were strewn across your lawn And shone through your windows like
By Silver Daux7 days ago in Poets
for the matriarch
susan will die soon. i can see it - her color is pale and mottled; her body shudders unconsciously. i can smell it - the sterility of the hospital masks the worst of the sour backdrop.
By kpabout 17 hours ago in Poets
Just Coffee Next Time
My keys were in my hand—Or did I imagine that? I check my pockets, then the counter, then there— the place I meant to put them. Anywhere.
By SUEDE the poet5 days ago in Poets
My Heart Breaks With Love. Content Warning.
My heart breaks like shards of glass, Left on the floor, in tiny pieces, Though my love is still made to last; Your pain tears me into pieces,
By Carol Ann Townendabout 19 hours ago in Poets
me, me, me
when i read back my poetry it screams “me, me, me” on my screen in bold letters and i can’t shut it up — most days, i cannot make any other words out; i want to throttle a thousand versions of the me gone by, i want to throw myself from a figurative balcony, i want to sink a sword into every pen i’ve held
By angela hepwortha day ago in Poets
Seventh Sunday, Ordinary Time
A playground, inside of a park, inside of springtime. Grass buds press through the soil like little follicles of hair pushing
By Raistlin Allen7 days ago in Poets
Unexpected Perspectives
I’ve been handled by so many people. Now, I’m feeling rather dirty. Pushed. Pulled. Without a noteworthy word of doting to recently have received,
By Rowan Finley 6 days ago in Poets
With More Feeling
They urge me, “say it with more feeling!” As if it isn’t my very feelings that are the culprit for this stoic numbness As if it isn’t my very feelings that I’m drowning in
By Mikayla Rose2 days ago in Poets

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