Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
Flat truths, uttered in the tone of a weather forecast Or the lunch specials Are difficult to digest They seem not to be food at all
By D. J. Reddall4 months ago in Poets
Across a salt-stained strip of sand, a wolf noses his way through the driftwood. What he seeks, he knows not, but his jowls water for a prey
By Stephen A. Roddewig4 months ago in Poets
If it was so easy for you to let me go, then that’s all I need to know. Six years hoping for your love, with nothing left to show.
By Cat Brooks4 months ago in Poets
*PLEASE LISTEN TO THE SOUND WHILE YOU READ MY POEM* ~ Even the mirror flinches when I look at it. I changed my name, my voice, my eyes—
By Kodah4 months ago in Poets
I dream of ancient castles... With libraries taking up four floors... And I sit reading in the candlelight... The world outside is peaceful...
By CT Idlehouse4 months ago in Poets
I do not substitute one value for another - When someone else's agenda suits me better. I do not turn blind eyes to cruelty and injustice -
By Hope Martin4 months ago in Poets
violence a last word before a shot rings out, a wound, a slumped body under words Prove Me Wrong, and we are left divided, pointing fingers before a suspect is named
By Kay Husnick4 months ago in Poets
The argument of staying off the moors to stay on the main road I knew I never was born to listen The winds always whispered wild things to me
By Melissa Ingoldsby4 months ago in Poets
✨ I look at the stars and I wonder if they know the course that You have plotted for me I wonder if the angels have any inkling of
By Colleen Walters5 months ago in Poets
I am your Soldier. Loyal and true. Unquestioning and a lover through and through. Marching with my chest out And heart on my sleeve.
By Andre The First5 months ago in Poets
September playground teeter-totter days are dwindling as Autumn brings the days for wanting kindling Campfires with marshmallows browning, then
By Andrea Corwin 4 months ago in Poets
…. he waits silently eyes full of compassion appraising me determining my sanity waiting for my answer he wears a kind smile
By A. J. Schoenfeld5 months ago in Poets
