Pantoum

What Became of the Dream
I had a dream, but it quickly faded. I wonder how I got here. The road ahead feels dimly shaded, Lit only by a flicker of fear.
By Carolina Borges9 months ago in Poets
Soul Foods Market
"We are stardust / Billion-year-old carbon... Caught in the devil's bargain. And, we've got to get ourselves / Back to the garden."
By Chris Z9 months ago in Poets
The End
It was the beginning of the end In a breath he said Make it so And thus it was The archon looked upon all creation And in the sweep of hand
By Atomic Historian9 months ago in Poets
You Don’t Like Me
You don’t like me You only like the fiction in your mind You don’t know me You only show me the likable version of you
By Atomic Historian9 months ago in Poets
The Project
It’s an effervescent antidepressant When you can’t pay your rent Money whores stripping us of everything As we cling to our last life line to reality
By Atomic Historian9 months ago in Poets
A poem on a word from your native language, the one that becomes a door to a forgotten home, a childhood smell, a buried grief or a lost revolution
Beckoning my existence Uss rab par vishwas rakh, har manzil me tera saathi ho vo khuda, Kyuki Jado usdi meher hove toh tenu vo bhi miljaye jo tera nahi ho sakda!
By Hridya Sharma9 months ago in Poets
Gilded Desires
A world set on fire By gilded desire A covetous breath You spent so much time taking away my freedom You forgot to live
By Atomic Historian10 months ago in Poets
Soul Love
Introduction A Pantoum inspired by a conversation with my Muse and the song by David Bowie Soul Love 🌻🦋♒🕊️♎💜♉🕊️♒🦋🌻 To Fall In Love With Words You Hear Feel Such Tender Care In Your Mind So Bring To Us Such Joyful Tears This Is The Love We All Can Find 🕊️♎💜♉🕊️ Feel Such Tender Care In Your Mind Sea And Sky Are Inspirations This Is The Love We All Can Find In Our Soul We're Truly Strengthened 🕊️♎💜♉🕊️ Sea And Sky Are Inspirations Truly We're In Each Other's Hearts In Our Soul We're Truly Strengthened Soul Love Mean's We're Never Apart 🕊️♎💜♉🕊️ Truly We're In Each Other's Hearts To Fall In Love With Words You Hear Soul Love Means We're Never Apart So Bring To Us Such Joyful Tears 🌻🦋♒🕊️♎💜♉🕊️♒🦋🌻
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 10 months ago in Poets
Bitter Greens
Bitter greens Slithering unseen Through my dreams A strenuous subcutaneous existence Complaisance in a crime of the mind
By Atomic Historian10 months ago in Poets
4/5/2025
Herbicides glide on snide remarks As snakes slither in the dark Venom spit from the mouths of the unfit and witless As we witness our destruction
By Atomic Historian10 months ago in Poets
The Fox King
Introduction This is my thirty-fourth piece inspired by Angie Livingstone's inspirational artwork. You can find her on Facebook on the link below.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 10 months ago in Poets
The Giant Who Touched the Moon
The Giant Who Touched the Moon There once was a giant, broad and strong, Who towered high as trees grew long. But with each year, he stretched anew,
By Marie381Uk 10 months ago in Poets