Ballad

Waiting for Rain on a Hot Summer Day
The sky hangs heavy, white with glare, The sun a fire no shade can spare. Each breath I take feels thick and slow, The earth beneath begins to glow.
By Amelia6 months ago in Poets
The Vanishing Apple
Generations 36-42: gene sequence - that of miscellaneous fruit. Here are instructions for disappearing, compatible with your multi-grafted root.
By Katherine D. Graham6 months ago in Poets
BACK TO THE HUM. Content Warning.
This is a Syfy romance story about two birds who fell in love long ago when they met in a bird shop. Now, Lulu appears again in OUTSTAGES CAFE as a beautiful woman with a bird head. Sweetie & Lulu meet once again. Sweetie was reincarnated as Sweetie. Lulu was reincarnated as a lady with a bird head. This is a fictional Syfy created from my dreams and my very smart parakeet, Sweetie Bird.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 6 months ago in Poets
The Music Always Stops
"Take care of all of your memories, said Nick For you cannot relive them" - Bob Dylan ~ Scarlet skies fill my eyes with wonder, hope, and absolute horror
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Poets
Too gentle to notice
Step 1. Wake before the birds. Forget your name for seven breaths. Let the silence between them shape your outline. Step 2. Leave your phone on the nightstand.
By Cadma6 months ago in Poets
The Nights You Don’t Talk About
There are nights you don’t talk about— The ones where sleep feels like betrayal. When silence screams in forgotten tones,
By Umar Amin6 months ago in Poets
Whispers of the Forgotten Wind
By Nadeem Shah I. The Wind Remembers The wind does not forget It gathers our yesterdays And scatters them gently across the pines—
By Nadeem Shah 6 months ago in Poets
The Tale of Elric Thorn
In the Vale of Eldenmoor, where the mist won’t clear, Lies a tale the villagers still whisper in fear. Of a boy named Elric, quiet and lean,
By Muhammad Rahim 6 months ago in Poets
Pack Your Shadow
You want to say goodbye to everyone you know and why. I can't say it's a good thing, but it can— can be done.
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Poets
"Obituaries"
Obituaries 03/02/2024 Dwayne Sagamore, 33, was declared dead yesterday, after being flattened by a steamroller. Sagamore, a purported time-traveler, had vanished from the time-space continuum precisely 20 minutes prior, according to his grotesque, walleyed lab assistant. Authorities concluded that Sagamore had overlooked Leap Day, confounding his Flux Capacitor. Upon reappearing, 24 hours passed his ETA, the construction site, which Sagamore had used as a staging site for his experiment, had reopened for business.
By Chris Z6 months ago in Poets
Rest in Peace. Content Warning.
"Rest in Peace the Pope, the Queen, and Betty White, Used to watch them all on T.V. But then time. flew. by. I think I became a relic on the day that
By Alexander McEvoy6 months ago in Poets
Pretty eyes (spoken over Every Moment by Jodeci)
She offered a glimpse, into her soul as I gazed deep into her pretty eyes
By Nathaniel Terrell6 months ago in Poets