Most recently published stories in Poets.
Underwater under you it’s all the same and I can scarcely find the breath I need to tell you all the things you need to know...
By Claire Pustinger8 years ago in Poets
I am a river stone Water flows around me with alternating forces. Sometimes the water feels nice. But other times it pushes me to places that are unknown to me.
By Maria Luisa8 years ago in Poets
I WAS BIRTHED TO THE GRAVE LIKE A COILED UP KNOT CRYING AND GASPING FOR MAMA THAT’S AS FAR AS I GOT I SAW CHRIST ON THE CEILING
By Daniel Evans8 years ago in Poets
It never takes long for her to fall asleep. During the day she spends hours thinking about him. Thinking about later that night and how deep.
By Crissy DXCII8 years ago in Poets
You're a foul drunk But I'm an erratic one Spring showers Or tornado Oppression was to be masked as something else this night
By Cassie Andrade8 years ago in Poets
The long, twisted shadows tap my window with their finger tips. A faint whistle silences my dim bedroom. It's a cold night as my soul shivers.
By Marcio Velasquez8 years ago in Poets
Something is hurting inside me… Ripping my soul in two… It's never right... never wrong… It's the way of things. Why...? Why does this have to happen?
By Ivanka Pappalardo8 years ago in Poets
SITTING HERE READY TO SURRENDER CAN’T REMEMBER MUCH NOW APART FROM THE WOMEN WITH CHRIST UNDER THEIR ARMS, LINING THE STREET
I found happiness in a place I never expected; a small bubble for the kids like me in dorm sheets that starved for a feminine touch.
By Rebecca Clayton8 years ago in Poets
THE WATER IS LOST WITH ME INSIDE I'M DROWNING DEEPER THE HOLE IS WIDE THE BLADE MY HATE I WALK BEHIND THE OTHER’S WHO DON’T SEE
I lay among sheets on a warm dark night, Eyes wide open, spirit wanting to roam. I look out to the stars, relentlessly bright
By Elisa Brooks8 years ago in Poets
IN A MILLION YEARS NOTHING HAPPENS HOW COULD IT IM HOLDING FIRE AND EVEN THAT NEVER BURNS I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED WHEN THEY BARED THEIR TEETH AT ME AND I LEFT
