Slam poetry: that magical mix of rhythm and rhyme.
The great untouchable The great unknown What we're taught when we're home grown The great untouchable The mysterious realm
By Rowan Finley 6 years ago in Poets
So here’s the thing I don’t communicate well Or often or fucking properly Everything out of my mouth is either something that makes no goddamn sense or is some random shit i recently learned about that i believe everyone around me now also needs to learn
By Sid l.c6 years ago in Poets
They asked me to pick a side. It's us, or them. I tried to see which was right, and which was wrong. But I couldn't.
By Riley Asher-Stalbaum6 years ago in Poets
Sometimes its hard to be a writer. When the words start to pile up at 2 AM, and the voices in your head start screaming to be let out.
I look at this empty billboard on the side of a building in Lower Manhattan Thinkin’ I’m about to be on it, forget that I wanna be on the building itself in the future
By savage writer6 years ago in Poets
I can’t do it for you. I can’t be it for you. We all are made to wander, and cry out. We are all made to wonder, and sing.
By Josh Hatcher6 years ago in Poets
I can see through these bogus fools As if they were bills that were counterfeited. I can also shrug off the bullshit they’re flossing—
I am African, I am Woman Born into a system A system where boys were entitled to education And girls taught about the shape of the kitchen
By Harydo Neon6 years ago in Poets
It is Hard Maybe I am blowing it out of proportion Maybe I am not paying it enough attention Maybe my mental health is at risk but I am not taking it serious
Hurt inside smiling outwardly my anxiety takes me by surprise I get shooked and it makes me feel cowardly I leave my house early
By Poetic Glory6 years ago in Poets
Your flattery makes me feel vain after I stop smiling, I still feel the same pain that’s why I sit here and enjoy this champagne
Some women, instead of empowering they hate. They recreate your character. Evaluate you at a different rate. Plugging you in to a different adapter.
By Crissy DXCII6 years ago in Poets