fact or fiction

Is it fact or merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the myths and beliefs we hold about what makes a good poem and the poetry rules that were made to be broken.

The Law That Outlived Light
We name forces, assign them weight, draw their arcs through the dark. Gravity bends, light scatters, time dissolves into its own silence.
By Echoes By Juju3 months ago in Poets
Scales Are Never Kind
Scales Are Never Kind Scales are never kind, they glare with cruel precision, cold numbers on a plastic face, deciding how I feel.
By Marie381Uk 3 months ago in Poets
She Is Mysterious
She Is Mysterious She is mysterious, she reads the quiet shadows, she walks where whispers bloom, she knows beyond the veil,
By Marie381Uk 3 months ago in Poets
What Does It Truly Mean to Be an Emotionally Stable Adult?
Things you can easily lose never truly belonged to you. Embrace this truth and strive to be an emotionally stable adult. Do not expect too much from anyone or anything. When you release expectations, you eradicate disappointment, quiet the anxiety over gain and loss, and prevent emotional outbursts.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing3 months ago in Poets
How Do You Change When You Don’t Know Where to Start
How Do You Change When You Don’t Know Where to Start I stand on the edge of a moment, wondering which way to turn, the days roll by like a repeating song,
By Marie381Uk 3 months ago in Poets
God Walked Beside the Blind Man
God Walked Beside the Blind Man He lived in silent shadows, no sunrise touched his eyes. His nights were long and endless,
By Marie381Uk 3 months ago in Poets
Your Name on the Leaf on heavens tree
Your Name on the Leaf on heavens tree Each life is a leaf on heavens tree, When the leaf falls the angels collect, And your time on earth is done,
By Marie381Uk 3 months ago in Poets
Help, Hope, Connect, and Spark. Content Warning.
Before I was born, I was more loved and stabled. After I was born, the world was more complex then I thought it was— extreme bright, loud noises, and strange things.
By Meghan LeVaughn 3 months ago in Poets
Wash Me Away
Oh, Keeper of my heart and giver of luminous light, How many nights will you pause, loitering, observing, while I wade upon the shore. Adding my salty teardrops to the raging sea.
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 months ago in Poets
The Gentle Bird
The Gentle Bird A gentle bird begins to sing, While morning waits to find its hue. It holds a blossom in its beak, As though it knows what hope can do.
By Marie381Uk 3 months ago in Poets
I Knew He Was a Weirdo by the Way He Eats His Toast
I Knew He Was a Weirdo by the Way He Eats His Toast In the quiet dawn, he stands, a mystery at the table, His toast arrives, and it’s not quite stable.
By Marie381Uk 3 months ago in Poets
The Gathered Estate
What heavy sweetness fills the basket worn Each berry stains my fingers dark with proof That summer yields her treasures to be torn
By Tim Carmichael3 months ago in Poets