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Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
Silky Beach
It's a little cold in between my covers, silky smooth... You won't even look at me, but it doesn't kill you. Do you not get cold
Ramiro A. HernandezPublished 6 years ago in PoetsThree, Two, One
Three things you see. I see the failure I have become, represented in the textbooks I have failed to open in months. I see the hopes and dreams
LSD Reflections
Your mind makes use of every hour Like learning to use a new super power. Retrieving my sanity in the shower, It felt like being reborn.
K. M. StrongPublished 6 years ago in PoetsSo Far, So Good
One time, I was told to line up. Our ties were removed by absent hands with long, bored fingers and inspected... then, we washed dirty steel liars
Thomas OwensPublished 6 years ago in PoetsHaikus on First and Otherwise Meaningful Kisses (Pt. 1)
Dedicated to the last person I kissed. 1. (2007) On stage, in a play"I kiss my grandma like that,"said the director. 2. (2008) High school and trashy,we kissed by the boy's bathroom.It was my first fling.
Katherine CollinsPublished 6 years ago in PoetsLost Wind
she is used to this it has always been like this wind gently dancing in through the windows she was lying beside him,
Leigh FisherPublished 6 years ago in PoetsSpring Peepers
Their voices bounced back and forth amongst the birches. The swampy water sucked my feet into a silty stew. I waded through the water
Melynie FerrariPublished 6 years ago in Poets500 Miles
I love you So such powerful words that carry so much weight in this world. It’s like their sheer utterance have a physicsl weight that can be measured
Noah HagedornPublished 6 years ago in PoetsBrewDog
To quench a real thirst There is one beer I turn to first It's the delectable liquid nectar From the brewery we all get set to
W. R. Rodriquez's Words Guide Readers Through the Beautiful Bronx
W. R. Rodriquez's Concrete Pastures of the Beautiful Bronx was written ten years ago but it could have stepped off the presses today. Its passion is streaked with cynicism and yet this collection is filled with a bleeding kind of joy.
Laura DiNovis BerryPublished 6 years ago in PoetsPositive Effects of Poetry
Over the past few years, I have suffered from depression and anxiety. All the while, I have been a poetry enthusiast and I write in my spare time. After a session of writing, I felt tranquil and calm. This begs the question; does writing poetry benefit mental health?
Katharin CrewsonPublished 6 years ago in PoetsGames
How long are we going to do this? How long are we going to sit in this empty room, our eyes locked in an invisible trance?
LaNina JonesPublished 6 years ago in Poets