See me here? Muggins here? Well fool me no more, I’m done And throwing you out the door! Those of you who saw someone weak;
By Natalie Carrabout a year ago in Poets
Screaming the anguish of the aeons Intense suffering entangled within the destruction of cipher Longing for the moment this cacophonous bleeding of memory
By lazarusInfinityabout a year ago in Poets
Symphonies Sing Inside an intrepid mind Limericks and lyrics smothered by laundry and lunches Endless teetering tasks fill pages instead of poems
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Poets
Give me a reason to fight, a reason to carry on I am struggling to see the point, exhausted While I would not opt out of this life now I live truly
By Savannah K. Wilsonabout a year ago in Poets
Who the hell am I? I don’t know who I am, it’s no lie I spent my whole life masking So when I stopped basking In the glory of others on a pedestal
By Susannah Peareth-Kinstonabout a year ago in Poets
That voice in the dark moments alone ... Only the ghosts of our pasts come to try again That whisper in the night and tells us we’re not enough
Secluded from the outside world I often feel Lonely in a crowded in room Emotional detachment and Not interacting with anyone
By Donna Nelsonabout a year ago in Poets
Let me hold you. Let me wipe away your tears. Let me take the pain away. You have been so wounded, and I only want to heal you.
By Emily Viggianiabout a year ago in Poets
The precipice of poetry that seeks redemption Callous whispers that uproar the fear in my mind, Bounty tales of my existence may cease to be left behind.
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Poets
to come alive after night a dream in a dream drifting through this ravine i’ve made of my life my heart throbs resentful and tired
By angela hepworthabout a year ago in Poets
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for July 2024 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a year ago in Poets
She Lets Me Dream, While I’m Awake… She Becomes My Mottled Reality Everyday… I Live Gloomily In A Terrible Fate, Although I Devise To Changed My Ways,…
By HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)about a year ago in Poets