This is not a confession. It is a correction. This is not guilt. It’s grief metabolized into rhythm. I didn’t leave I was locked out.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 2 months ago in Poets
Tap. Tap. Tap. Craaaaaaack! Hear that? That's the sound of a shell shattering with the secrets it held inside. Primary color of fear, what say you of what you find here?
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist2 months ago in Poets
I gather you walking down the hall, your hands reaching for doors that have moved. I gather your voice calling names that do not belong to me,
By Tim Carmichael2 months ago in Poets
* Forever I’ll keep, forever I’ll cherish the songs that you sang to me under my favourite yellow-plum tree. Forever I’ll keep, forever I’ll cherish.
By Cristal S.2 months ago in Poets
“Appreciate what you have before time makes you appreciate what you had.” I always think of someone I loved who has left us
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff2 months ago in Poets
“Never stop being a good person, because of bad people.” Your kindness is a shining beacon in a world which is not always kind.
“You don’t have to be great to start. But you have to start to be great.” It can be frightening to start on a new ‘adventure’ in our lives,
“You’re 100% responsible for your life. Stop whining and do something about it.” When we take responsibility for our lives,
I found a shoebox in the dark behind a winter coat. Its cardboard spine is still whispering like a paper-throated throat.
By Milan Milic2 months ago in Poets
100+ years ago, my husband's ancestors moved to where I live now. They came from Sweden, and Grandpa was concerned about how
By Denise E Lindquist2 months ago in Poets
Let the harvest be gathered now early, long before the frost comes to nip at the edges of our names. come walk my orchard,
By Sara Little2 months ago in Poets
if memories were like snowflakes and we saw how fast they faded maybe we'd forgive those past mistakes and never keep our loved ones waiting
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden2 months ago in Poets
