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How-tos for all things poetry; learn how to analyze a poem, construct a haiko, differentiate between a metaphor and simile and more.

"The Spellbound Pages"
In twilight’s hush, upon worn wood, An ancient tome in silence stood. Its pages curled with whispered age, Yet danced like spirits on a stage.
By Fazal Malik7 months ago in Poets
“The Magician's Flame”
In a velvet night where silence hums, A magician stands — the showman comes. With eyes like still and stormless seas, He bends the stars with practiced ease.
By Fazal Malik7 months ago in Poets
Whispers in the Midnight Bloom
In the hush of a moonlit sigh, so deep, Where stars above and waters sleep, A single rose begins to weep— Its petals hold a dream to keep.
By Fazal Malik7 months ago in Poets
"Silhouette of Silence"
In the hush of dusk, a figure stands, A whisper carved by unseen hands. No face, no name—just shape and shade, A soul where silent storms cascade.
By Fazal Malik7 months ago in Poets
The Veil of Fragrance
There lies an old secret in flowers so still, No face to be seen, yet hearts they thrill. The bouquet she held with fingers so mild,
By Fazal Malik7 months ago in Poets
"Whispers to the Sky"
She lifts the flowers to the sky, so wide, As if her heart with them would glide. A scarf of peace, a robe of grace, No sorrow dwells upon her face.
By Fazal Malik7 months ago in Poets
"The Language of Tears"
In silence born, in silence fall, A whisper rolling down the wall Of cheeks that once held pride so high— Now drenched beneath a weeping sky.
By Fazal Malik7 months ago in Poets
Choosing Solitude, Finding Joy
You'd rather walk alone for an afternoon than get lost in a world built for two. You'd prefer to live peacefully by yourself than dwell on someone else's reasons. Being alone isn't always the ideal, but it's certainly better than feeling lonely within a "two-person world."
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing7 months ago in Poets
Smoke in the Shadows
Poetry: In the hush of night, he stands alone, A soul half-lost, in silence grown. Smoke spirals like forgotten dreams, Woven through moon's silver beams.
By Fazal Malik7 months ago in Poets
What I'll never say...
What is that to never speak of? But then decide to write about? That seems like a contradiction, I would never let those thoughts out!
By The Schizophrenic Mom7 months ago in Poets
Unseen
If you wish to disappear, then listen Listen Listen to me Hear the wisdom of this ancient being I am thousands of years young
By Donna Morgan 7 months ago in Poets
"Whispers Beneath the Moon"
On the curve of night, where silence bends, A soul sits still as the dark transcends. Upon a branch that dares to dream, He rides the hush of moonlight’s beam.
By Fazal Malik7 months ago in Poets