Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Poets.

Why Must I Feel Everything so Deeply
my mind is a complicated thing almost as if i'm a different breed some days i feel so far isolated from the energetic field
By Nicole Delmonico8 years ago in Poets
Red Overdose
They played wit a nigga feelings That's what happens when you go Looking for love you don't need I let my heart get deceived
By Lęgacy Leek8 years ago in Poets
Porcelain
She opens the door And walks into her room Without turning the light on She walks to the bed She lies down Pulls her blankets over her
By Josie Winstead8 years ago in Poets
I Can't Remember
I can't remember How it felt When the blanket of alcohol covered us, numbing our senses and slowing the vinyl to a near standstill. Exchanging body heat and laughter till the sun broke the surreal feeling of being frozen in time. Sweet nothings falling off of stale wine lips and loose tongues. Entangled legs with fingers tracing small marks of deep infatuation leading to bleeding hearts. Picking up clothes carelessly tossed about only to guide us
By Matthew Hernandez8 years ago in Poets
He Always
He always told me I belong to him. He always told me I was his pet. He always told me no one else can have me. he told me no one else will want me.
By Destiny Smalls8 years ago in Poets
Red Statistics
Being socially awkward sometimes feels hopeless Talking to others feels like a camera out of focus I turn on Wayne and light up smoke out the pain
By Lęgacy Leek8 years ago in Poets
Deadly Words
If you could only hear what comes out of your mouth I wonder what you would think of yourself Would you worry what others have been thinking of you this whole time
By Benita Gonzalez8 years ago in Poets
Listen
Love beckons and calls For an unknown name For a Face Yet to be recognized For a Touch Yet to feel familiar For my Senses
By Matthew Hernandez8 years ago in Poets
In Darkness
I lay here in darkness The silence of the room becons my unstable thoughts Clawing at my mind like a animal in a cage The realization knowing that I have lost you like a stone cast into the abyss
By Kassidy Hodgen8 years ago in Poets
The Tool Which Poisons Society
Death of Society From atoms to stars The universe is social Where did we go wrong? Ares Bow down to death god Childrens' laughs snuffed from gunshots
By Katte Noel8 years ago in Poets
I Don’t Let Remarks like 'Gringa' or 'White-Washed' Put Me Down
I wake up in the morning. I smell the aroma of pancakes and freshly brewed black coffee. My mother and her own mother confer in fluent Spanish,
By Carolina Machado8 years ago in Poets
Yep That’s Me
I am stronger than you think I am wiser don’t you see If you throw me I won't break I might fall down but trust me I won't stay
By Khaliah Brown8 years ago in Poets