Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.
Can you smell the blood in the air? I need a new watch for my battery. A new human vessel for my thoughts. A new space craft to travel out of this world.
By Amanda Zylstra9 years ago in Poets
...Timeless in the shadows, feel desire climbing the walls of solitude, inescapible in the disillusionary chamber of reality-
By Ron Walker9 years ago in Poets
Where does the evening go at night, I close my eyes shut out the light- and dream of someplace far away, but not always return
kick it into high then shift it into overdrive, lines are flashing in the spiral- burning to survive---.. ground control,
Insane, membrane, brain barrier, Fall over and feel, The grass pressing softly, sharply, Until you can walk, not reel.
By Colin Hope9 years ago in Poets
Spare the rod, and spoil the run- look into my eyes, and fall- entranced from staring at the sun, we burned the writing
These words won't get Me high at night, But I'm a poet- I can fly... I guide the hook into the blues, And fish for feelings
I do not like the dark. Hypothetically speaking No one likes the dark, the dark embodies everything That which is sent to destroy us, our souls, our
By A. Rose9 years ago in Poets
Hello! I'm awkward. I say too much, feel too much, drink too much to make up for my shitty social skills. I'm socially inept. Sometimes I become paralyzed at the thought of conversation. So much so, my tongue trips over words I clumsily try to place like bad feng shui in an overly crowded, darkened house. Maybe all I am is sweaty palms and impromptu leaving too soons.
By V H9 years ago in Poets
This life is a darkroom, In which we immerse our negatives, Only to develop delusions, We suppress with sedatives. Weak in the knees for any escape,
By Bray Maelzer9 years ago in Poets
Tough Truckin’ As the Puritans dried up the alcohol And the influenza virus waned, As another anniversary of Red summer came around
By Terri Lyons9 years ago in Poets
Blood, Sweat, and Fire The Wonderful World of Disney gave us a Sunday evening rest, We anticipated Ed Sullivan’s line up of guests
