Free Verse

Running
I started running The moment you passed, Away from the future, Back to the past. To catch your last breath, Replace it with mine.
By Valerie Taylor2 years ago in Poets
Not Fair
Life is not fair, they say. Surely, they are right. It's not fair that you died, Leaving me to pick up the pieces Of your life,
By Valerie Taylor2 years ago in Poets
Woman is a Phoenix
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for May 2024 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)2 years ago in Poets
Little excerpts
Closing remarks: I was so committed To proving I was Good at love That I didn’t realize You weren’t - There is something in me
By AJ2 years ago in Poets
From Pebble to Gold
A young man, weary, with a heart so heavy Sought the wise to ease his sorrow's tether "Why is fate so cruel, so painfully unfair?"
By Dawnxisoul393art2 years ago in Poets
Calumny
cal·um·ny [ˈkaləmnē] noun - the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation. i.e. slander: "a bitter struggle marked by calumny and litigation" a false and slanderous statement: "a change in the law would prevent the press from publishing calumnies" Dictionary Data from Oxford Languages
By Denise E Lindquist2 years ago in Poets
The warmth of fantasy
Sometimes people need some fantasy to warm themselves Stars that cannot be reached, wind that cannot be held Far away places that cannot be reached, people that cannot be loved
By Lucian2 years ago in Poets
Love is here for us
Love is in every corner of life. At every moment we tend to notice, we see love. At every place we want to go, there is love.
By Joe Bou Khalil2 years ago in Poets
Italian sun
Maybe answers do not lie around the world for us to find. Maybe answers actually lie in us when we are willing to share ourselves with open hearts and closed eyes.
By tina.2 years ago in Poets
The way you look at me
The snake is cold-blooded. It's dangerous to humans. This is quite scary. Neither do you nor your deeds. Exactly like a snake,
By Gloria Penelope2 years ago in Poets
Ode to the Seafarer
Across the vast expanse of azure seas, They ply their trade, a vital lifeline's beat, Connecting distant lands with cargoes fair,
By Dawnxisoul393art2 years ago in Poets
Fueling Fire
One day I will break, and it will be ugly, And I will revel in it. ____________________________________________________
By Lizzy Rose2 years ago in Poets