Petals Against the Silence By Sahil’s Reflection She leans on stone that does not feel, A mask of time, so cold, so real.
By Fazal Malik7 months ago in Poets
Nothings! Read my legs! Read my book—nothings! Just skin and bones. Nothing like “See Jane Run” or “Beep! Beep!” Nothing…
By K.A. Smith7 months ago in Poets
Child, please You whisper so loudly You could tell your secrets To the moon And he would answer you back With the roaring tides
By C. Carlson7 months ago in Poets
The Murder of daughter by their jealous son She never cried in front of them just folded towels with trembling hands kept her voice polite and low
By Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
I was on fire, you wouldn't give me water, you would watch me burn. You wouldn't give me hope, there'd be no concern.
By Tennessee Garbage7 months ago in Poets
When Did We All Collectively Lose Our Minds? I look at the World... And I Truly want to Know. Are We Truly This Blind to Reality?
By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)7 months ago in Poets
The Lost, the Lonely, and The Living They walk in raincoats under sun heads down, eyes on paving stones no hand to hold, no need to run
I wrote a letter I never sent, Folded neatly with love unspent. Words poured out in ink-stained streams, A quiet voice from broken dreams.
By Fazal Hadi7 months ago in Poets
You call them shadows, I call them years Echoes too sharp, spinning old fears I hold memories close, quiet and bruised Mornings of silence, affection refused
By Abi Rose Travis7 months ago in Poets
I found a baby’s pacifier on the concrete of the cart return at the grocery store. * It looked forlorn, lost, missing the cherubic mouth
By David Muñoz7 months ago in Poets
Okay, this has nothing to do with snuff He doesn't smoke, and that is enough He used to smoke, and now he chews and sometimes it gives me the blues
By Denise E Lindquist7 months ago in Poets
She rises before dawn, no pause, no rest A single mom in a ceaseless quest Juggling worlds on weary hands Each day a storm she struggles to withstand