Bare Footed We Walk on the Beach Barefoot we walk in the sand waves whisper around our ankles your hand brushing mine the sky heavy with clouds
By Marie381Uk 6 months ago in Poets
Don’t worry You’re not to blame For I have gone by many a name Three last names Just my first Just my last Sometimes a man, sometimes a woman
By Atomic Historian6 months ago in Poets
Uniformed nurse Professional trusting defeating any sickness curse For him To win Suit and tie
By Marc OBrien6 months ago in Poets
Sitting here confused Battered and bruised Life took an uncharted path Almighty issued a questionable challenging wrath
The story always starts here, in my memory We were three boys, barely twenty, too young to think time could end, too full of fire to imagine loss.
By Hamayun Khan6 months ago in Poets
A Christmas Wish Eighteen weeks until the bells will ring one hundred and twenty six days to sing the glow of Christmas softly near
She Sits With His Ghost she sits with his ghost in the quiet room the chair still warm where he once sat her hands cradle nothing yet everything
“Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.” Not many know how to cultivate these qualities
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff6 months ago in Poets
Physical ailments usurp from her brains fog, Sleeping sunken in her belly rests the bog. Watery reeds tangle around her toes,
By Samara K6 months ago in Poets
Part I — Be Loud Be loud. * Let your voice echo like thunder rolling through hollow valleys. * The world will try to hush you, to whisper chains around your throat, to turn your roar into a cough of apology. * Do not apologise for being heard. * Noise is life. Noise is proof. Silence is what they sell to keep you small. * Speak. Sing. Scream. Laugh too hard. Cry too much. Say your name like a gospel you wrote yourself. *
By Janalam6 months ago in Poets
This Is How I Remember It I was only two in Grandad’s house, the air smelled of polish and dust, a place that held more than furniture.
It's been years since I saw you, and it feels like forever. Imagine the light that shone brightly in my heart when I saw you
By Carol Ann Townend6 months ago in Poets
