Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Poets.

How To Love a Writer
the problem with being a poet in love, is that you savour & trust each word your lover has without question. we are simply in love
By Natasha Daly8 years ago in Poets
Do You Think of Me?
Do you think of me on those long restless nights? When the light comes in your bedroom window and my silhouette isn't painted onto your walls? When your heart aches for the touch of skin do you regret letting go of mine?
By Erin Shannon8 years ago in Poets
Please
God, I hope I was something different. Something refreshingly new to you, in this mundane gray world. I hope I was Red,
By cookie foot8 years ago in Poets
A Distant Acquaintance
Have you ever heard of him? I have. I’ve heard he is cruel, unrelenting. I’ve heard stories of his cold grip and sly smile,
By m raquel r8 years ago in Poets
Black Hole
It's not gravity that's been getting me down. my thoughts are a force that hold the totality of who I am to the cold ground of my anxiety.
By cookie foot8 years ago in Poets
A Silent Mirage
With you silence was comfortable I could have built my life within our silence and lived contently, happily knowing glances and quiet kisses
By m raquel r8 years ago in Poets
A Complete Paradox
A lot of times I feel childish, oversensitive, rude and selfish. But other times I feel mature, heartless, kind and generous.
By Lucila Spannaus8 years ago in Poets
Cyclo
Warmth of the benign, Our bodies entwine. Pouring out like wine, The beating organ pulses of something divine. Systematic change, my moods constant combustion.
By Karla Pitt8 years ago in Poets
Upstairs Vegas
Him: That girl looks troubled and filled with insecurities, you think she'll mess with me? I wonder how many drinks it will take to open her cookie jar. I'll tell her she's pretty and when the doors are closed, ease her to her knees.
By Ashley Miller8 years ago in Poets
Just Dreaming
They came from the sky as in my bed I lay awaken by lights and sounds. My eyes quick to open but what I see I'm uncertain. Strange creatures all around me. They not man or beast, either way I demanded to be released. When I spoke fear grew upon their face as in a phase of stroke. I was at that time provoked because the situation was unclear. Have I now been abducted? Why is everything so candid? A female creature says to me soon you'll be free. As the lights grew brighter I could no longer see my abductor. Then a loud sound broke over it all as from the sky I began to fall. Once again I awaken slightly shaken and confused. But to my amuse the alarm clock was ringing and all this time I was just dreaming.
By ElRey Niffen8 years ago in Poets
Got You
Greatest feeling ever felt The emotion of love is so addictive it takes over every cell in your body leaving you powerless to its grasp
By Tre Strong8 years ago in Poets
Half-Minded
Pushed into such a deep corner that I feel lost. Back to the wall, I'll break it down, no matter the cost. Time will pass slowly here without the walls to protect me. But I wouldn't take it back, I wouldn't change a thing about me.
By L.E. Harrison8 years ago in Poets