Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
what do you call the silence you do not hear anymore, vases you do not need to fill and the empty bed you sleep in
By Sara 2 years ago in Poets
Abracadabrian? Hmm, a style I’ve not known. Borne from phonemic -- a class all its own. Clash of the tongue, against lips, teeth, and gum.
By RL Stevenson2 years ago in Poets
alabaster moulded and opened my eyes, blank spheres of frigid rock through which I was blind colorless were my limbs; I felt no rays of life
By Bridget Couture2 years ago in Poets
A lazy morning at home. Baby boy and I playing and Cuddling on the couch. The Duck says “Quack”, Every time on the See N’ Say.
By Breezy2 years ago in Poets
Adapting to the cards I'm dealt, I can't Bemoan what I’ve received, but I must Consider how to use the cards I have:
By Judah LoVato2 years ago in Poets
Arthur stares at the stone. Basalt and black, unmoveable to all so far. Could he really be the one? Doubt courses through his veins; pulsing, pounding.
By Joe O’Connor2 years ago in Poets
I'm Tired, It's so dark outside, Pushing through the yawn to hold onto the little free time there is, My brain is buzzing,
By Rilee Arey2 years ago in Poets
Anguish, quiet behind her smiles and laughter. Core hollowed out by trenchant disapproving stares which she was taught to
By Andie Emerson2 years ago in Poets
Archimedes taught us maths and physics and engineering, which still holds up today Babel is a biblical myth but becomes reality as the centuries pass
By Sandra Tena2 years ago in Poets
His thinking is deep...too deep for his own good. I think sometimes he won't be able to escape from his mind. He believes in his thoughts and is so passionate about them.
By Shirley Belk2 years ago in Poets
You beat me. Choked me out. Told me I couldn’t live without you. Escaped the horror story that you played the antagonist in.
By RP27 days ago in Poets
I chose something smaller — The point of a pin, Not its head. . I do my jig upon it — My dance of life And avoid my Achilles' heel.
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Poets
