Free Verse

Made-up with make-up
Today, I'm wearing make-up To stay around the house. I've only got the school runs planned, Domestic duties to perform. I'm not some Fifties housewife:
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Poets
soft and sweet
there was a name i was once given. it was the first time anyone had ever called me it and i loved the way it sounded. i became a different person. i became as soft and sweet as the way he'd say it.
By Sadie2 years ago in Poets
The In Between. Runner-Up in Inverse Challenge.
A Reverse Poem Achieving calm is impossible when anxiety is present. Sometimes I experience a strange feeling, And for a moment, I can glimpse the light.
By A Lady with a Pen2 years ago in Poets
Still
I'm still here. I'm still trying. I'm still failing to meet expectations. I'm still exceeding those of some. I'm still letting someone down.
By Calista Marchand-Nazzaro2 years ago in Poets
The Dating Game
Who on earth wants to date? To have to put in the work to look attractive enough to pique someone’s superficial interest, wondering if you’re pretty enough to even get to the first date.
By Colleen Walters2 years ago in Poets
Strange Wanderers
Two lost souls Having lost all control Tugging on one another Tethered together by wonder Loss Betrayal Of the heart
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Poets
Creation Song
Grant me no glory but to marvel at the majesty of sunrise. Give me no fortune but the gift of another day. The wonders of the deep
By Randy Baker2 years ago in Poets
Postcarded
Here is a link to the prompt, in case you want to jump into the pool: Wish you could be here it is really an amazing place to finally let your mind go blank and not worry about all the problems of the world when you realize that there's nothing you can do anyway and why don't more people do this you'd think that they would just go for it and we would have to fight all the crowds and they just have all this place ready for the bodies and the screaming and the garbage and why don't people just stay away from this place and leave it alone and I love it here and don't want to go go go go go...
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Poets
From the Beach
This city life has gotten me down It’s time for me to get away from it all This time tomorrow, you'll know where I’ll be On a beach somewhere surrounded by sandcastles
By Mother Combs2 years ago in Poets
Cupid shot me
In the vast night sky, a star shone, Cupid, with his bow, granted me eternal love. His arrows, like dreams, sank into my heart,
By Hendrik SancheZ2 years ago in Poets
Your Sound
In whispers of the night, I hear your call, A haunting melody that fills my soul, In dreams, we dance beneath the moonlit hall.
By M2 years ago in Poets
Close Your Eyes
Close your eyes… What are you? What makes you… you? * Again, close your eyes Take a deep breath What do you see? I know it’s dark
By Matt B.2 years ago in Poets