Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.
its just me walls closing in screams after screams no one hears me. its just me stuck in this place I can't escape
By Marquan Nesbitt8 years ago in Poets
My seafoam hair comes out in clumps, tangled strands winding around my fingers every time I brush back my bangs or twirl dry and splitting curls. I am used to it now, dropping
By Kye Earley8 years ago in Poets
When I was a little girl I told my daddy I liked the smell of his truck, and he lifted an eyebrow at me, gripping the steering wheel
It’s 12 o’clock and you’re lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, the only light in the room being those glow in the dark stars you used to have as a kid,
By Joey Hansell8 years ago in Poets
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen you A few months in fact You pick me up from the airport and you ask “How are you doing”
By Laura DiNovis Berry8 years ago in Poets
I am a woman. I wear pink, I wear makeup and I do everything in my power to make me feel better about myself. Backtrack to Grade 1...
By Madison Saurer8 years ago in Poets
The world around me is alive, but I'm not; not really. I'm just here. Standing; sticking to myself with my exterior armor in all it's graffitied glory.
By Marisa Shrock8 years ago in Poets
Come with me Let’s run away Go to a place Where we can hide away A place where the sand Is blue, and my hands Outreached to you
By Laura Ann Rickard8 years ago in Poets
The tears that stream down my face Are raw. The happiness I portray is collapsing. Just like my mind collapses with devil thoughts
By Mary Louise8 years ago in Poets
LaTrenya, I know your first and last name, and that makes you a bum bitch not because I know it, but because of how I know it…
By Imam Qadriyyah Mabel-Dorothy8 years ago in Poets
The Main protagonist betrayed by a friend, with disrespect and ignorance. A change of location, A change within his circle,
By Trey Stevens8 years ago in Poets
You don't love me. Pause. Sigh. Tear. Yea, I hear you when you profess to me when you think I’m sleepin' And I see you every. single. solitary time you text me “my love”
