Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
I saw you there, I couldn’t feel you watching You’re hard to miss By the great oak? You melted into the waving grass
By Nessy Writer2 years ago in Poets
I red a red book by a reed Or did I reed a red book by a reed? Oh, enough of syntax! And pronunciation... For I finished reading my red book by the reed.
By Deasun T. Smyth2 years ago in Poets
I just bled through my white pants. bled through the white pants.
By Jen Parkhill “JP”2 years ago in Poets
i was once a warped girl a fallen child plagued by a sickness that could not be cured by Him it was an ailment i could not voice
By angela hepworth2 years ago in Poets
One thing that's as certain as your birth is your death. I've heard this philosophical shibboleth. I’m counting down minutes. I’m counting down breaths.
By Kristen Balyeat2 years ago in Poets
Today started as being one of those days when everything that can go wrong just goes wrong, with my dog's harness breaking and a lack of response to kindness.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets
“Hi Grandad.” “Oh, hello there, son.” “Happy Birthday.." “Why thank you – I do feel another year older, but I’m not sure I feel any wiser!”
By Joe O’Connor2 years ago in Poets
Mix yeast with half a cup of warm water until yeast fully dissolved - We have no water. The purifying plants sit silent with no fuel to take salt from the sea.
By Dane BH2 years ago in Poets
Why do you cry, my weary soul? I've fought long battles paid the toll. Will you now find the peace you seek? I yearn for strength, though I feel weak.
By Ameer Bibi2 years ago in Poets
Look at you. What happened to you? I look at myself every day. I don't need someone to tell me to. Life has its way of changing people; it has changed you.
By Ali SP2 years ago in Poets
"She spoke so well of him, as if he walked on water-" "What else can you expect? She is her father's only daughter..." "And now thorn in his side."
By S. A. Crawford2 years ago in Poets
Have you ever wondered...? >> What the sky would look like without stars? It would be dark… >> It would feel lonely.
By Simon George2 years ago in Poets