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Poets Media isolates the most poignant, powerful, and exquisitely composed verses and quotes in the universal poetry canon.

What Love Is
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away"~1 Corinthians 13:4-7
By Maud Agyemang-Gyau about a year ago in Poets
Believe in Thee
Remember the times when we would yearn for certain things and beings to foster their being into our lives, where what we wanted was so far-fetched, dreams that we found so unfathomable to forge their breaths in our lives? It is wondrous and almost astonishing how existence in the most unimaginable ways, how we fathom that something we can never live without, life always turns out for the better when we let go of what no longer serves us, of what we can no longer control or any experience, person, entity or situation that we outgrow in our existential being.
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Poets
Needles
Needlessly living in pain Enduring uncommon greed Envious of the outside world Deserving more than what we pay for Leading long, but painful lives
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Reasonable?
There’s no reason or rhyme They call it a reasonable crime They pretend like there’s no end They use words like honor and duty as punchlines
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Mother wounds. Top Story - December 2024.
am I so lucky, unlucky? Aimless and naive When my heart stops, half crumbled The mother wound creeping inside out The deepest of all the most important parts of this scar
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Poets
The Inhibitions of Silver Linings
If this peace is ephemeral, let me hold you close while stars descend from their place in the sky. We watch over balconies as fallen angels surrender their empires and the age of man is stripped from existence.
By H. J. Levonabout a year ago in Poets
My Inner Dragon Rider
The flames have left scars that will last a lifetime I see them every time I look in the mirror all reminding me of the battles once won
By Angel Adagioabout a year ago in Poets
The thoughts of strangers at the intersection of the Edge of Mirrors
Every new level of steel and composite distorts reality as we walk through urban streets in a stupor as the shifting shapes of our shadows grow taller in the tower mirror.
By Luca Müllerabout a year ago in Poets
Not a Word
I don’t care if it’s not a word I’m using it You heard If the antonym is real Then by god I’ll use anything that sounds right
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Hacker
Rewriting the code To get rid of memories we hold Of times we scold Fearing the cheering of holidays And birthdays delight
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
You’re my Drug
You’re my my drug You’re my Dopamine dreams Raving romance Unimaginably uplifting Giddily giggling Together in the moonlight
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Criminals
There’s criminals that wear masks And criminals with guns But if you ask Who does the most damage It’s the criminals in suits and ties
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets