Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.
Falling Down From Bridges High I have stood where the city forgets its name, where the river keeps secrets better than people,
By Marie381Uk 16 days ago in Poets
There's a supernova to swallow Breaking angels' bones They snap because they’re hollow I swell with the rising tides Calling the smallest from their hide
By Lolly Vieira16 days ago in Poets
Nine seven nine eight eight nine eight six five two one one one is the most beautiful number I’ve ever seen, the lovely
By Harper Lewis16 days ago in Poets
The Zodiac, Which Are You Aries comes in like a thought you act on too fast, Heat in the chest, shoes already by the door.
They tell us the veil was thick— not linen you could fold at night, not fabric that stirred when men passed by, but woven dense with warning,
By Hannah Lambert16 days ago in Poets
The Cats That Scream When the houses sleep quiet at night, the streets turn narrow and shy. From the gutters of sleep they gather,
Steel in the morning, Cold to the touch, Tracing the surface, Trusting so much Wings of an airframe, Lines clean and tight,
By Beckett Dowhan16 days ago in Poets
One brief stick of gold Fighting off the forest cold Joy before it dies ---
By Fathi Jalil16 days ago in Poets
Tikky Tokky overload, far out, the head explodes at all these self proclaimed gurus, claiming to know all this something, when really they know nothing about,
By Jess Boyes16 days ago in Poets
Poem on the Catwalk She steps where cameras are and chandeliers hang low, a red carpet unrolling like a sentence with no end.
By Marie381Uk 17 days ago in Poets
The Seven-Year Itch Made Him Cheat He smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes. A restless pulse lived under his shirt, and I knew.
Music Is My Heaven The notes rise and fall like waves on a quiet sea. Each chord pulls me closer to a place I cannot name.