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Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
On Being a Man
“You’re a pretty big wheel, ain’t you?” my grandfather asks. Words tossed my way from a green armchair in the dark corner of the front room
F Cade SwansonPublished 3 days ago in PoetsExistential Evanescence
Favorite: Evanescence The eventual & inevitable fate of all At least this side of eternity. . Least: Existence
Randy Wayne Jellison-KnockPublished 3 months ago in PoetsFor A Moment
It's all happening so fast, but all in the best ways. Every morning I wake up to your texts wishing me a wonderful day, then some sort of compliment about me to follow.
Angel AdagioPublished 4 days ago in Poetsthe truth sits heavy
whatever didn't wake the monster, was most likely my afternoon food of choice. a silent snack, on silent feet, tiptoeing through the hall,
Heather HublerPublished 2 days ago in PoetsSonder
Nervous whispers in a busy place. Before his eyes, a hundred lives have passed, a hundred people all going their different ways. The weight of it is crushing to the sleep-deprived mind. The weight of knowing, without being able to feel, that every weary traveller he sees is just as real and complete as him. That every over-tired passerby who skates past or slightly lingers near where he sits and writes is just the same. Hiding truths and potentials no one else will ever come to know.
Alexander McEvoyPublished 2 days ago in PoetsOne Moment, For Today
Stop for one minute. Listen to a bird singing its song, Watch the sunrise, Telling you the day has just begun. Cherish a hug from your children before
Carol TownendPublished 2 days ago in PoetsQueen Jane
It’s just you and me, Queen Jane Trapped like flies in a rosewood morning. Lemon light slides down the wall; Almost made it to that corner now
Jean McKinneyPublished 2 days ago in PoetsPickled Herring with My Dad
When I was three, my dad sat on the edge of my bed many nights after placing a plate of our favorite snack by my ballerina music box, and then delved into Treasure Island or Nancy Drew.
Lacy Loar-GruenlerPublished 3 days ago in Poets
Collections
Themed story collections curated by the Vocal moderators.
Only the Classics
The roots from which poetry as we know it has flourished. Taking you back to the classical era, one stanza at a time.
Life as a Poet Knows It
Industry tips for new poets. Welcome to the Poets family.
America in Verse
One Nation, United by Poetry. Exploring the United States of America through word.
Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Poets.
Broken dreams
In shadows deep, my heart does weep, Lost in sorrow, in darkness steep. Tears like rain, fall from my eyes, Underneath the starless skies.
"A Father's Surrender: Embracing Sentiment in the Dance of Parenthood"
I used to be as unsentimental as anyone could be. Now I’m almost absurd, a clown, carrying you on my shoulders around and around Palmer Square, through the cold night wind,
Blessed Are the Makers
Blessed are the makers Especially those that shakedown the takers In a world full of fakers They are the ones that capture the vaper
Atomic HistorianPublished about an hour ago in Poets"Echoes of Magic: A Father-Daughter Tale"
In the realm where moonbeams dance with stars, A father and his daughter, bound by ancient scars. Their bond a spell, enchanted and divine,
In Search of Lost Time
That madeleine moment, Dunked in tea. Precious fragments Of the past, Involuntary, unbidden, Brought on by a certain, specific smell,
Bex JordanPublished about 2 hours ago in PoetsCity of Sirens
I slept once, in a city of sirens. Red light: Hold still. Blue Light: Make noise as you go. I don't know the causes:
Lucia LinnPublished about 2 hours ago in PoetsSadness
In the depths of sorrow's embrace, Where shadows linger, and tears erase, A poem unfolds, a tale untold, Of sadness that pierces, a heart grown cold.
Why are we afraid to get old
Why are we afraid to get old Why are we afraid of wrinkles If we are all going to the same place If they show signs of wisdom
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