“if men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences” (Thomas and Thomas, The child in America, Knopf, Oxford, 1928, p. 572)
By Teresa Renton4 months ago in Poets
His hand found mine; the surge of that first touch, lit flicks of flame, and caused my heart to sing. He said ‘You’re quiet, why say you not much?’
Lantern into the dark of the night sky Fire tries to overcome the darkness Shadows celebrate the complicit sky Darkness hides behind the fear of goodbye
By Mariann Carroll4 months ago in Poets
I own an old truck and an old house. Way out far, beneath the blue skies Where only the elements and I often speak - In a silent back and forth
By Novel Allen4 months ago in Poets
To pinpoint when, I cannot remember, that my love for you soared like a rocket. Told you in the middle of December, my heart alive, plugged into a socket.
By Daniel K4 months ago in Poets
Embraced by arms of darkest night, Beneath the blanket of the sky, Pierced by pinpricks of twinkling light, It seems such folly to live and die.
By J. Otis Haas4 months ago in Poets
Another spark of hate ignites our path, More flames to burn the progress that we've made. The past repeats, leaves us the aftermath
By Phar West Nagle4 months ago in Poets
Show me the shadows deep within your heart, The scars that map out who you used to be. Why hide the darkness I've seen from the start
I hold your absence like a struck match glow, Bright at the edges where my fingers burn, While darkness pools in places I can't know,
By Tim Carmichael4 months ago in Poets
Longing to touch an unreachable heart, Unthoughtful ideas blinding my sight. Took different path that set us apart, Leading the darkness to shadow our light.
By Lou_Einale4 months ago in Poets
I was a lanternfish inside your chest, its lure a footnote biting back in blue. You froze a jellyfish where peas should rest,
By Fatal Serendipity4 months ago in Poets
The velvet hush conceals a secret key, A minor chord that shivers through the bone. The candle bends its flame to follow me,
By Afterforever 4 months ago in Poets
