Little girls don’t stay little forever. Beautifully innocent, dependent on a world that rarely loves them correctly.
By Stacey Mataxis Whitlow (SMW)6 months ago in Poets
From A through to M, then from N through to Z She guides us to exactly where we should be. Marvel as characters are given flesh and worlds,
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Poets
Just because my cover is weathered and torn And my pages are a little worn Don’t look at me and scorn For I’ve been a thousand places
By Atomic Historian6 months ago in Poets
Poppys prompt 13 They say she was kissed by a god but it felt more like being swallowed— soft at first, then nothing but heat in the throat
By Taylor Ward6 months ago in Poets
Thoughts about character— Thoughts about character. An idiolectic mind struggles with the reader, is the thine. A battle cheer. A sinful act, willfully fine.
By K.A. Smith6 months ago in Poets
It wasn’t a decision, not really just the way the light spilled through the live oaks like it meant something. I was halfway to the barn,
My perfect devotion is a secret song Written for your heart And your heart alone I will only know the words When our lips part and touch
By K.B. Silver 6 months ago in Poets
O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,
By Am@n Khan 6 months ago in Poets
An untethered soul strolls through the wind No end Nowhere to begin Sinking and swimming with the tide Finding any place that will abide their vibe
Loveliness is a virtue like no other and the One from Whom it originates is eternal. Soft tenderness and Sharon Rose petals. The Lord is here, and He is beautiful.
By Idara Oghogho 6 months ago in Poets
I. My mama was taught to say Columbus discovered something. My grandma, too. Same lie, different desk. They called it progress,
By T. E. Door6 months ago in Poets
In mournful howls and somber cries, with whistled words and wailing sighs, from leafy tongue 'neath starlight eyes, through willow boughs to livid skies,
By Sean Byers6 months ago in Poets
