You were the dawn, I darkness at the gate, Our hearts conspired where heaven drew its line, The stars bore witness to our tangled fate, Your light was lost, yet still it once was mine.
By Sarah-Jayne Hucks4 months ago in Poets
Four white walls surround me, so tall and white. So white that, for some reason, I am able to imagine the corners meeting in black
By Tor Branch4 months ago in Poets
Remember. Light days spent playing, Listening to adults talk. Running and hiding and screaming and Sometimes crying.
By Phoenixica244 months ago in Poets
Should I not feel pretty as a picture, dancing in elegance A scripture'd goddess, walking in divinity and grace...loved The wind soothing my soul...being my own muse...envied
By Antoni De'Leon4 months ago in Poets
Oh my dear God. I know I am guilty of such black sin My soul is racked with grief at the very core of my being I feel it dancing like nails on my wicked conscience
The world around me shrinks and stills And this ancient husk of mine does creak No more valiant stroke or daring feat
By Joe O’Connor4 months ago in Poets
Are we separate, seeking dominance or connected, joined one to the other? Can the oppressor / oppressed circumstance
By Katherine D. Graham4 months ago in Poets
Their ears receive the cry of “Never Again” A lesson for eager young minds to discern The sound of laughter fills hearts pure of sin
By Steve Lance4 months ago in Poets
What is a Shadow? A darkness on the day A sad nonspeaking fellow, who goes the wrong way He can not move on his own, he waves when others do
By Raine Fielder4 months ago in Poets
They once gleamed with velvet in the sun, indigo skin aglow with carmine flame; the air was drunk as sweetness just begun,
By Imola Tóth4 months ago in Poets
Introduction A silly short sonnet about how we harvest reads on Vocal. Our readers need eyes to read, so this song IS appropriate for the poem.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Poets
Oh mighty wolf, to man you’ve lost your pups Kidnapped during one of their senseless hunts And all you can do is keep your head up
By Stephanie Hoogstad4 months ago in Poets
