I set a lantern on the stream, its flame a single, trembling word. The river answered like a dream— a hymn too soft to be unheard.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales3 months ago in Poets
Preface The drawing of Jesus hung in the parish hall of the Episcopal church I attended as a child from the early 1970’s until it closed its doors 30 years later.
By JM Hess | One Sojourner3 months ago in Poets
In the Shadow of the West, where mountains remember the names of the dead and stars carry their voices across the sea, I stood graveside.
I hear them in the hush between, where wind and wonder meet. Their echoes thread through roots unseen, through rhythm, rain, and wheat.
Sad is this time of the demise of intellect, They don’t have to be correct, Their blathering oft ill-conceived. They only need to be believed.
By Thomas Durbin3 months ago in Poets
I’m miserable for adventure There’s lines that stain my brain Like every nation They exist only in our imagination They separate us from our true nature
By Atomic Historian3 months ago in Poets
when the lone wail of the train speaks to me my grief-stricken heart still pains to abide, oh me, oh my, while yet I long for thee.
By John Cox3 months ago in Poets
When the night grows silent and deep, And life's heavy burdens softly fade, Old memories begin to bloom again, In the garden where nostalgia is made.
By Shazzed Hossain Shajal3 months ago in Poets
You Do Not Know What You Ask... You Do Not Know What It Costs... Especially When... You are Not Ready. This is perhaps One of the Greatest Challenges in Today's World.
By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)3 months ago in Poets
I tried to whisper the warning… Child-sized hands tugging at grown sleeves, my voice a lantern with too little oil. “She is not who she seems,”
By Cadma3 months ago in Poets
Behind the smile And beneath the skin * Lies the ever-looming fears We keep hidden deep within * Our hours drag on slowly
By Timothy A Rowland3 months ago in Poets
A long night ahead, Adorned with a mourning cry- Moon forgets to wake.
By Salomé Saffiri3 months ago in Poets
