Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
All you have for breakfast are cigarettes because there's a weight on your chest that can't be lifted, supressing your appetite. And your heart
By J. R. Lowe2 years ago in Poets
“It was not like before when the leaves turned over in their season to days of ice and men and women huddled around in their rituals
By Kevin Rolly2 years ago in Poets
Hear the ripples that scream into waves; the fireflies that blind in the night. Buried in silence the wind carries their song.
By Steph Ruff2 years ago in Poets
I don't want a horse; But I like the noise it makes When hooves hit hard ground.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Poets
All writers share one condition. Babes to adults, one affliction. Confidence, in one thing matters. Defining self, our pens to master.
By J. S. Wade2 years ago in Poets
After language ceases to serve the needs of a people, it’s said Brutality takes hold. Protests shift from “Civilized Discourse,” to, well, you know. This proclamation hardly denotes truth.
By kp2 years ago in Poets
i’m looking at you all disappointed-like because why didn’t you take the hint when i reached my hand out across the table
By Huan Huan 2 years ago in Poets
Rainy days, drunken nights, sleight of hand, ripple and snap. I promise not to look too hard at the chili oil smudges memorized
By Suze Kay2 years ago in Poets
seeds of inspiration wound tightly in my mind stiffened vines entangle buds pining to unwind strangled thoughts muted words
By Kristen Balyeat2 years ago in Poets
It was sudden, In a few weeks, My paws went numb, And then my legs. - I dragged my knuckles over crackled pavements,
By ThatWriterWoman2 years ago in Poets
The name is, perhaps, misleading, suggesting more pleasant scenes than the gritty panorama one sees when passing through Ocean View.
By Randy Baker2 years ago in Poets
Aloof Backstabbing and disappearing. Poof! Congealing around existence Demise-rearing movement is persistent Everlasting and ever looming insistence
By Mo Darasi2 years ago in Poets
