Friendship

My Communion
I come to the table carrying ache, Not dressed up, not polished, not pretending. Just me and the weight of remembering What it cost You to call me Yours.
By Hannah Lambert26 days ago in Poets
Winter Solstice Gratitude
Winter Solstice, Thank you for: Ancestors and family who’ve passed, and thanks to those to come. Look forward. Each day we experience wondrous sights. Our moon, sun, shooting stars and meteors, planets near and far, and the constellations within our spiraling Milky Way galaxy. Look up.
By Andrea Corwin 27 days ago in Poets
The Quiet Thought
The Quiet Thought It arrived without a warning, small and calm and well behaved. A thought that asked a simple thing, then quietly stayed.
By Marie381Uk 27 days ago in Poets
A Toast to Family & Friends Gone but Not Forgotten
A Toast to Family & Friends Gone but Not Forgotten Glasses lifted high, in the flicker of light, we spoke their names softly,
By Marie381Uk 27 days ago in Poets
Winter Solstice At The Stones
Introduction This is my eighty-fourth piece inspired by Angie Livingstone's magnificent artwork for the 2025 Winter Solstice, the shortest day and the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 27 days ago in Poets
After the Screaming
After the Screaming After the screaming there is stillness, a ringing left in the air. The kind of quiet that feels earned,
By Marie381Uk 27 days ago in Poets
One Small Kindness
“Sometimes miracles are just good people with kind hearts.” Kindness is often called a ’miracle’. When a complete stranger helps us,
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff27 days ago in Poets
The Robins Know True Love
The Robins Know True Love They sit close on a winter branch at dawn, feathers pressed where the cold cannot divide, no vows spoken, no promise written down,
By Marie381Uk 27 days ago in Poets
The Mask That Hides the Hurt
The Mask That Hides the Hurt She paints her face in daylight tones and grace, a practiced smile perfected over years, no crack allowed to show the faulted ground,
By Marie381Uk 28 days ago in Poets
Why Do Wicked Men Want War
Why Do Wicked Men Want War Why do some people want a war? To kill, to rule, to maim. Its monster brain men, Drunk on control, sharpening power into weapons,
By Marie381Uk 28 days ago in Poets
When Cancer Takes
When Cancer Takes Cancer took my dad and left a family broken, Hearts split open, tears we drown in, Tears fall so frequently we cannot count them,
By Marie381Uk 28 days ago in Poets
FALLING INTO FIRE
A glance, a nuance, a first conversation, a spark, a flicker; How do most of these interactions begin? But now, dear love-friend, here comes the kicker;
By Kent Brindley28 days ago in Poets