In silence born, in silence fall, A whisper rolling down the wall Of cheeks that once held pride so high— Now drenched beneath a weeping sky.
By Fazal Malik6 months ago in Poets
Not awake, not asleep, not a clue, not a dream, or perhaps I am, and maybe, just maybe, it is. My families' women cursed, or gifted,
By Mara Edwards6 months ago in Poets
Killer Slugs from the Haunted Lake No ripple warned of what would rise the lake lay still beneath the skies but something moved beneath that gloss
By Marie381Uk 6 months ago in Poets
Maybe I should paint What happened, how it felt. But you hate that you can’t paint, so You close your eyes and shut it out.
By Ruth Stewart6 months ago in Poets
It was coming. Days of weakening spread into weeks Like a cancer. How apt. How do you deal with a fading? I don't know now and I didn't know then.
By Rachel Deeming6 months ago in Poets
The Unloved Twins In a quiet room the twins were born a mother’s hands that fed and cared but cold between her silent eyes
By Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
Poetry: In the hush of night, he stands alone, A soul half-lost, in silence grown. Smoke spirals like forgotten dreams, Woven through moon's silver beams.
By Fazal Malik7 months ago in Poets
I. The Cup A curve of white, so thin it sings when struck by light—a whispered chime. The glaze, a ghost of ancient kilns,
By Jacky Kapadia7 months ago in Poets
What is that to never speak of? But then decide to write about? That seems like a contradiction, I would never let those thoughts out!
By The Schizophrenic Mom7 months ago in Poets
On the curve of night, where silence bends, A soul sits still as the dark transcends. Upon a branch that dares to dream, He rides the hush of moonlight’s beam.
I. The Dawn of Breath From silence sprung a whisper deep, Where stars and soil in cradle sleep, A breath was drawn, the first of flame,
I am from Ajax, from floor mops and cleaning cloths I am from the holes punched in the wall (Gaping, unsightly, unhappy fractions and the tastes of blood)
By Chantal Christie Weiss7 months ago in Poets
