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I would rather feel the pain and cry
I would rather feel the pain and cry Than have to look you in the eye and say I never even tried to fly To see your lips tremble the word why?
Caroline JanePublished 2 days ago in PoetsDanasaurus
In the barren lands of Northern Texas Where anomalies of nature are not rare A creature roams whose existence perplexes
Dana CrandellPublished 3 days ago in PoetsFeel My Words
When I’m writing I need you to feel my every word. I don’t care if it’s gleeful, awe inspiring, sad, or a scary word. I need my words to be something that you feel in your heart. An emotional stamp from which you never part.
Joe PattersonPublished a day ago in PoetsFind My Bones
My bones were strong, secured in scaled skin. Now you find them underneath your frail feet along the ground of Lyme Regis.
Katerina PetrouPublished 5 days ago in PoetsTalking To The Rain
Talking To The Rain As I sit upon a rotting wooden porch listening, I hear the words of falling rain dancing. Across the surface once placid but now rippled,
Dan R FowlerPublished 3 days ago in PoetsBird on a Wire
A colorful bird with a yellow head, white body, and blue wings, perched and sat atop a telephone wire. He felt sad because he was short and stout, and his brother and sister had just hurt his feelings.
DJ RobbinsPublished 4 days ago in PoetsDenouement
I am growing old Just as the rules become clear The game is ending
D. J. ReddallPublished 4 days ago in PoetsThe Cretaceous Terror of Insects*
Oculudentavis will not just glide off the tongue like Tyrannosaurus Rex and velociraptors would never pride themselves on being terror of insects,
Alison McBainPublished 4 days ago in PoetsThe Silent Dinosaur
The toy dinosaur on your bedside table hasn't roared in years; The batteries inside of it died a long time ago. But it was silent long before the batteries lost their juice.
C.R. HughesPublished 5 days ago in PoetsThe Burnout Train
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for April 2024 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (April 2024 – Gerrie Paino's “Night Train”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC24Apr.jpg?ssl=1
Rae Fairchild (MRB)Published 5 days ago in PoetsShoutout to My Parasocial Elders
Shoutout to My Parasocial Elders, to my Community Healers whom I’ve never met. ⠀ Shoutout to Mimi Zhu who taught me to
R.C. TaylorPublished 7 days ago in PoetsMetamorphosis Chronicles | Pt5
There is a mosaic Beneath my feet Pages of poems Torn and taped together ❀ Beneath the soil There is blood And broken bones