The Happy Clown He wakes before the big top hums, with baggy pants and polished thumbs a whistle bright between his teeth
By Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
Title: The Person I Loved in Every Lifetime Genre: Romance / Poetic Fiction Structure: Letter-style fragments across time
By waseem khan7 months ago in Poets
The Circus Clowns Put the Show The circus clowns put the show, painted smiles where none would grow, patched-up boots and baggy knees,
Title: The Love Letters I Wrote for a Future I Never Had Genre: Romance / Poets / Fiction Structure: Letter-style Format Theme: Things You Can’t Say Out Loud
Nothing to fear Your mommy is here. She will wipe your tears She will give you laughter. Don’t you cry, baby
By Seema Patel7 months ago in Poets
Quis Curat They say Chase another carrot Ferreting out their sins Where does it end? A society built on lies Incapable of being wrong
By Atomic Historian7 months ago in Poets
Dear Heroin, I hope you rot. I hope the same poison you give finds its way back into your own veins. I hope it burns.
By The Arlee7 months ago in Poets
I used to watch her brush her hair In the mirror we shared when we were kids. She smelled like coconut shampoo and bubble gum.
I have mourned the living more than the dead— cried over names that still breathe, faces that walk this world unaware of the graves they’ve left inside me.
When you say “Girls are so much easier”, and “Boys can be so wild!” I say “I hope my boys are wild” I hope they spend many happy years
By Victoria Rose7 months ago in Poets
She’s a Tramp She isn’t a lady no silk or silver spoon her laugh cracks like thunder and her footsteps chase the moon
