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Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.

A Self-Defined Orbit
A Self-Defined Orbit I could have walked away. Anytime. I struggled many times with the urge to walk away from the whole mess, to chase my own happiness, but being a creature designed to explore and extoll the virtues of melancholy, I found a love worth suffering.
By C. Rommial Butler11 months ago in Poets
Arse-Mus* Boy
Po' Arse-Mus* Boy has only two sphincter, no eyeballs or ears: he can't Think for his brain was dislodged from whacking his noggin' on too many
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)11 months ago in Poets
Chainsaw Theatrics
Chainsaw prance on stage Musk ketamine produced show Theatrics prove zilch 💊 You skew the data For your deregulation
By Andrea Corwin 11 months ago in Poets
Lunatics
We are contemplating the lofty moon As is a Romantic's sacred duty Whether at dawn, midnight or sultry noon We seek what is sublime, or has beauty
By D. J. Reddall11 months ago in Poets
Lost
I feel lost I trudge through the woods, the fields It all looks familiar, but in the mist I can only see silhouettes They are people, telling me to feel this way and that
By Kai Leavelle11 months ago in Poets
Skybones and Silence
I saw you today—or maybe I didn’t—maybe it was just a bird, or maybe the sky cracking open, stretching its yawning mouth, spitting out light, spitting out the last place you stood,
By Diane Foster11 months ago in Poets
nothing but strangers now
I like to believe that I play indifference as well as your practiced apathy I never thought that I would need to forget
By Sarah Lenn11 months ago in Poets
Echoes
Echoes in my body Echoes through the blood Echoes of long held stories Vibrations felt Of what No, I don't need to know
By Donna Morgan 11 months ago in Poets
Fractured Love
Your love is Broken Beyond Repair A love full of Splinters That you drive Into my heart Wounding me Deeply Your heart is
By Mother Combs11 months ago in Poets
Family Smile
It's a Family Affair If you just want to Smile No he's not the only one Just check my profile ****************************************
By Susan Payton11 months ago in Poets
Honestly, I Caught Feelings
If I was honest I’ll tell you that I caught feelings But I barely know you So instead I said I’m just here for you Not trying to just watch over you just to extend my kindness
By L.I.E11 months ago in Poets
How Do You Feel Happiness?. Content Warning.
Good Doctor? How do you feel happiness? Like a fishhook in the cheek, The tell tale BANG of gasses rapidly exiting a barrel, a trick of the hand before the sting. Like the first inhale of a joint— sharp, electric, a little bit holy, until the burn kicks in.
By L.K. Rolan11 months ago in Poets