Most recently published stories in Poets.
You ask me why I’m so insecure And I just smile. For a moment, I remember that you believe in me. You believe in me In a way I can never believe in myself.
By Rachel Dow8 years ago in Poets
I am a warrior. I have washed in the river the blood from my knees, and not once did I cringe when the cold water became one with my veins.
By Chelsea Z.8 years ago in Poets
Hi, I'm new to this. Very, very, very new. I recently quit my job! I should have thought it through more but it was a toxic place.
By Cynthia Rizzo8 years ago in Poets
I held the sun in my hands when it fell It was my job to do it, so I did Suddenly there was nothing left to sell But I was only a kid, just a kid
By Alberte Niclasen8 years ago in Poets
Forgiveness “Forgiveness is the first step to healing.” How am I supposed to forgive you? You, with the dirty blonde hair, ruined my life
By Taylor Titi8 years ago in Poets
He lays there in the wooden bed at the heart of the room frozen in the hands of time. Candle spotlights flicker overhead.
By D.A. Baldwin8 years ago in Poets
You say you're a fighter, Never to back down. You say you're the alpha male, Standing above all. You say you're Superman,
By Ashley Van Eck8 years ago in Poets
Descending from the morning light Caressing with mine eyes to everything in sight. Absorbing anything within grasp. Waiting once again for the darkness to fall...to fall.
By Kelly Madeleine Ortiz8 years ago in Poets
Beat by the booze - Tbilisi, Georgia an alcoholic safari at high tide One shot after another my knees buckle like Bukowski’s temper,
By Tom Cartledge8 years ago in Poets
I don’t fall for words anymore. If you want “I love you’s” hung from tree branches and “Stay with me’s” adorning tabletops,
Since the day I met you You’ve been perched comfortably On the fence between black and white. Too lazy to explore either side
By danielle marie8 years ago in Poets
The Slug Slime, sliding, sludge-like; words that all describe a slug Yet, that is how it feels, How it seems to be in this mental hole
By Amber M8 years ago in Poets
