Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Poets.

Cat and Mouse
Tell me what you want. I'm the grin you wear as her breath on your neck makes your thighs tremble. You're the flush in my cheeks as his fingers slide up my blouse to make me whimper.
By Sharlene Alba8 years ago in Poets
The Man in the Wall
The man in the wall I don't like what he says at all He says if I even make a phone call It will be an absolute brawl I’m so scared I can hear him eating in the wall
By Charlie Jones8 years ago in Poets
Rain Lullaby
We are Trembling limbs, slaves to the hands that use the whip. The hands that sketch what mouth would fear to own. And the mouths invited to thorns and crumbs.
By Ifeoluwa Adeyemi8 years ago in Poets
Candle Light of City
When the sky grows dark in rainy days From a window you wishing stars in crowds Standing in the sea of people shouting silently
By E. NATASHA8 years ago in Poets
Statues
You knocked on the cement I built to keep out pain. I pushed you away because I was already blanketed in sorrow. I wanted to die because I was more empty than I had ever been before. I was nothing more than a carved figure of rock and stone with all hollowness I felt filled with the darkest of concrete.
By Ivory Thornburg8 years ago in Poets
Small Beginnings
Once upon a time, Time was once upon a tree. The branches held it firmly; So it moved very slowly. Once upon a time, The clock joined its two hands;
By Ifeoluwa Adeyemi8 years ago in Poets
Missing You
You were here with a smile on your face. Every day you would be waiting with open arms Taking care of us all from old to young.
By Tegan Konradsen8 years ago in Poets
Words
I want to cover you with my words... Not heavily, like grandma's, thick, scratchy quilt... That smothers the toes, and holds down the feet...
By kristen weigand8 years ago in Poets
Fun and Vulnerability
1. Two weeks ago, beneath this tree Two native lads; fresh and free Met and play hide-and-seek Merrily, unaware of terror nor risk.
By Ifeoluwa Adeyemi8 years ago in Poets
Fire and Ice
Yin and yang, Black and white. colors that are in constant war between the two masters of peace and tranquility. Fire Dragon and Water Dragon fighting over Land.
By Dragon Matthew Wood - Hillman8 years ago in Poets
Painful
P — P is for the places we visited together. Happy holidays under the sun. A — A as in all the feelings we had for each other. Stronger than we both have ever known.
By Trey Derek8 years ago in Poets
Dusk and Destiny
Slowly Dusk creeps over the horizon Determined to once again slip his cold arms around me. He shrouds my daylight dreams With hazy tears of midnight
By Jade Morris8 years ago in Poets