Latest Stories

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Poem 8
There is nothing more beautiful than you, my precious little thing. I want to protect you with all my heart, never letting anything in the world bring you into harm’s way.
By Gentherly Coronado8 years ago in Poets
To the People that Think Bullying Is Dead
I didn’t know. I didn’t know her. I didn’t know what happened. I didn’t know. I walked up to the school, I had to pick up a book-
By Jessica Paxton8 years ago in Poets
On Memorial Day
Fly the flag or fly a kite; Show the colors, clear and bright. See the people everywhere; There is freedom in the air.
By r. nuñez8 years ago in Poets
Behind the Eyes...
Behind the eyes... The fading lights of this old town no longer attract me. There are many places on a Friday or Saturday night that I'd rather be.
By Steven Baldry8 years ago in Poets
Rosebush
"Rosebush" I've had bushes of roses planted for me Inspired poetry worthy of publication Been driven to the moon just to see the view
By Kim Reyes8 years ago in Poets
Home Free
I want to build us a thick nest of sailor masts, seawater, and stars I want to run through hollow quarries with you and echo each other's dreams against the stony walls
By Kaylee Champa8 years ago in Poets
The Road Back Lost
The Road Back Lost Do you know what it is like to gut a wolf, child? Do you think you have the stomach for the knife? If you are a daughter of the wood, you ought at least to have that. But perhaps the tool they have given you is not up to the task? Faced with the breath, the lure of iron scent, the clinging claret clots that call to your own quickened pulse, the sharp, sharp teeth a grotesquery of your
By Penny Blake8 years ago in Poets
A Quitter in Me
I quit, letting my anxiety get the best of me. Being so overwhelmed with task that I just want to hide in sympathy. I quit trying to be the quiet one in a room & letting others have an opinion for me.
By Stacy G. Found8 years ago in Poets
Book of Love
[Book of Love] I keep your face saved, I am sensing there is a secret book to your heart, A book only you have thoroughly read,
By Clari Garza8 years ago in Poets
So Tell Me Now
So tell me now... How do you tell your mother that we have just gone our separate ways? Or how do you accept the reality of it for yourself?
By Alaina Warrior8 years ago in Poets
Alone
I’m feeling empty Because I know That one day I’ll be alone That one day you’ll be gone And moved on That the days will get longer
By Sammie Bear8 years ago in Poets
She Knew
she wasn’t looking for love. she had that already. attachment is one of her biggest flaws. attaching to energy that she knew would fuck up the balance of her inner peace.
By Alaina Warrior8 years ago in Poets