You’re my hedonism Your kisses have saved me From my isthmus of sorrow You indulge my whims And I hang on your words Forever tied together
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Poets
I used to imagine your face I used to look for you in every place I used to wonder what you were doing But then I realized it was all a waste
SILENCE: Softly it lingers, In the hush of twilight, Lingering whispers, Echoing through the night. In the heart of stillness,
By shahood2 years ago in Poets
S~l~i~p~p~i~n~g Into Lambency, or into an Equanimous, Novel with a Character who Eloped out the pages into another book...
By Rowan Finley 2 years ago in Poets
What Is and What Should Be In the year of our Lord / AD, twenty, twenty-four The world is changing faster / Then it ever has before.
By Chris Z2 years ago in Poets
Blocking you before I block my blessings You were the hardest lesson But I should never go that hard for any man Never putting my heart in their hands
By L.I.E2 years ago in Poets
Challenge: ‘Write an acrostic poem using the word 'SILENCE.’ Note: You can read my poem as ‘stand alone.’ However, the two interlinked poems are ‘Silence 1: Black’ and ‘Silence 2: Life.’
By Pauline Fountain2 years ago in Poets
You look at me askance As we dance To the limerence in each other’s eyes Sometimes I see what’s on your mind But I promise, there’s no lies
Murdr'ing minister, man has no milk, let alone one of kindness to Amend the agony that attends the crevice under my rib cage where a raven's croaked chastisement replaces dove's song, where serpent deflowers
By Wen Xiaosheng2 years ago in Poets
Shouting voices, in unison of form. Last hour a thunderous crash. Ending, as it always must, with no more entries. Cessation, all acrostics committed to the
By Stephen A. Roddewig2 years ago in Poets
Scarred earth cradles the bones of forgotten generations, Mothers with empty arms still feel the weight of the lost. Innocence, torn by hands of hate,
By Ravi D2 years ago in Poets
Serenity hides Inside, inside Leaves fall Empty, alive Not one hears Calls from within Eternally here, now reside
By Natalie Parletta2 years ago in Poets
