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.
By The Arlee7 months ago in Poets
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
The Circus Clowns Put the Show The circus clowns put the show, painted smiles where none would grow, patched-up boots and baggy knees,
By Marie381Uk 7 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
When the Devil’s Daughter Met the Devil’s Son No storm announced the night they met no blood moon rose, no planets set just silence thick enough to choke
in air quotes "funeral" because Annie coined it a picnic: troughs of tin foil and the weight of disbelief under a pavilion on loan, a small welt bloomed
By Erin Latham Shea7 months ago in Poets
Unpin yourself from the cork board Remove the string. They only tracked you ‘cause they were scared of where you’d go without them.
By Laura 7 months ago in Poets
Boiled and brewed, ready to drink My lips press the rim, sipping slowly Burning my tongue and throat instantly Honey and ginger, sweet and spicy
By Marilyn Glover7 months ago in Poets
Didn't own a dog. Won a pony, Edsa boy Didn't write a blog. Wrote a pet love letter of joy. Written a few years ago.
By Babs Iverson7 months ago in Poets
I want to scream that I am drowning in unfolded towels and unmet expectations. I want to tell you that some days I fantasize about running away to a dusty motel with no Wi-Fi and no sticky fingerprints on the fridge.
O mighty king, in robes so fine, You count each coin and draw each line, With emeralds set in sword and ring— But do you know your wealth, O king?
By Ishtiaq Ahmad7 months ago in Poets
They say, we live as long as we're remembered but time has a way of rewriting every line Every mistake and win we had, is tethered
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden7 months ago in Poets
