Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Poets.

A Nonconformist's Plague
Four in morning Street lights blinding The sound of wind crying The rain hits my face Reminding me that life is calling
By Telia Thomas8 years ago in Poets
Glass Dolls
We were glass dolls, the kind of girls so hard and cold we seemed unbreakable, but of course, we always were. We were the ones who grew up with the labels ‘ice queen’ and ‘b**ch’.
By Chandice Whitfield8 years ago in Poets
No Signal
I've been stranded in my own desert for quite some time Even though its one I made for myself My radio only has one station
By Valerie Rae8 years ago in Poets
As I Walk
As I walk down this road I see That it will never change From infant to adult the road I have Walked will never change
By Jakayla Gilbert8 years ago in Poets
Before You, I Was Lost
Before you, I was lost. Before you, I didn’t know I could be loved. Before you, I never knew I could love. Before you, I didn’t know what it felt like to be needed.
By Destiny Cunningham8 years ago in Poets
I Am From
I am from blue skies Irridescent lies Dark nights And lifelong cries I am from do what you're told Always be bold Don't back down
By Valerie Rae8 years ago in Poets
L.S.D.
Love. Sex.. Drugs… Their love was toxic, vile, and distasteful to watch. At least that’s what all their friends and family said. They were both beautiful people, with a dark past, and tainted ways. Family would say their weakness grew when their tainted ways became one and the same. You see when together they were sloppy. A loose mess, like a child turning twenty-one. She hung off his shoulders all her words seemed slurred, while he waved guns in the air asking whose turn.
By Auteanna Baysinger8 years ago in Poets
Trail of Smoke
Down down down A swirling trail of smoke, Don’t look now The plane’s just there Sans her tail and gear as well, Do you think the pilot choked?
By Kathryn Brown8 years ago in Poets
My Special Family
Sure enough, you’re not my blood Yet you are, more than that The little time I got with you I cherish like a child with a beautiful flower.
By Sanah N8 years ago in Poets
Snake Skin
I have watched the splinters of wood fade in the sun before me, The leaves on the trees turn to brown and fall from their branches,
By Jai Storm8 years ago in Poets
Pain Is Life as Pain Is Love
there is life but there is also death beyond the pain the boy cries as he is awoken by the feeling of agony he open his eyes to feeling of pain but to him it's just another form of love
By Davonte Dales8 years ago in Poets
I Want My Kitty...
Teardrops falling like crystals against the sea, Eyes quivering with a certain amount of animosity. A resounding ‘thump’ within my heart,
By Sarah Melton8 years ago in Poets