slam poetry

Slam poetry: that magical mix of rhythm and rhyme.

I will not Curl Up and Dye
I will not curl up & dye No, my straight & silvern strands hang proud. Though sometimes lank on laundry day. Something people will often say
By Nathalie Limon5 years ago in Poets
Sunset
My eyes rest, upon sunsets. And, the wind whirls, and, the leaves swirl, and, the nightfall turns, and, how Autumn yearns...
By Sarah Larsen5 years ago in Poets
Crayons In The Sun
I need to know you like An afterlife The real you Who only your mother knew The golden you, untainted Abandoned Marooned
By John P Patricelli5 years ago in Poets
Question Mark
A daily question mark Everyday I look out this window, facing the rue staring at an old train station. It’s now an information booth
By Online Dating Insights and Readings (ODIR) 5 years ago in Poets
B L A C K / iridescence.
I. You are black. You dance at all the parties, you are restless, you want to do it all. Your house burns with poetry;
By M C Bodden5 years ago in Poets
Anxty Scribbles Pt.1
It happened like they always say it can’t, your lips moved and I couldn’t help but dance. As I began to sway I felt alive again,
By Obsidian Words5 years ago in Poets
Kissed by the Sun
She was kissed by the sun. Heart open, glowing and full of love to give. Not looking to receive. She could have saved the world
By Senami5 years ago in Poets
Color is Beautiful
Some say if my skin was darker , life would be harder Some say short hair is suitable, but long hair is beautiful Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but if she's ugly I won't hold her
By Noemi Saafyr Paz5 years ago in Poets
Puzzled
Imagine completing a puzzle And you get to that final piece But it’s nowhere to be seen You look everywhere But its astray into nothingness
By Samantha Ludwig5 years ago in Poets
Purple is My Aesthetic
Purple is my favorite mood, The color of my phone and more. Sometimes I eat even purple foods. What's the color of your mood???
By Avril Doucette5 years ago in Poets
Half Moon
Emmenagogue, definition: emmenagogues, prescribed or taken to increase the flow of menstrual blood There is a powder of madder by Francis Home, professor of materia medica at Edinburgh University since 1768, a stron clyster with extract of savin by Hartmann, and two unattributed treatments: “The electrical shock applied to the Region of the Pubes” and “Pressure upon the external Iliac Artery, by means of a ligature around the thigh”
By Caesar5 years ago in Poets
Questions
Growing slowly inside the womb of my white mother. I had a dad who never showed up. He left her alone with two babies inside her stomach, whatever his excuse was. I didn’t know yet what was going to happen to me, or my twin brother. But later in life I would soon find out. I just didn’t know that I would have SO MANY.... Questions.
By Alani Alderman5 years ago in Poets