Poetry and art go hand in hand; in fact, a poem is just art in the written form.
The Imminent Ring ©️ Sai Marie Johnson 2025 The Raven’s shadow left the fearful feast; that momentary craving now has ceased.
By Sai Marie Johnson11 months ago in Poets
I start with the way you look at me, steady, unhurried, as if the world could crumble behind us and you’d still hold your focus
By Printique Studios11 months ago in Poets
As within, so without As above, so below What keeps me growing? What keeps me grounded? This is correspondence It's an inner knowing
By A.K. Treadwell 11 months ago in Poets
Take my hand, not because it’s offered, but because it’s already reaching for you in every heartbeat I’ve tried to steady.
When I look at you, cosmic fire Like firey arrows cross the sky Keeping company with the moon Match the rhythm of the tide
This is not a confession. It is a correction. This is not guilt. It’s grief metabolized into rhythm. I didn’t leave I was locked out.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 11 months ago in Poets
I have this habit of gathering things long after they’ve stopped belonging to anyone else. Maybe it’s a family trait. My mother used to pocket smooth stones
By Aspen Noble11 months ago in Poets
two lost souls glide across a crystal screen heartbreak that feels like a finale, a crushing crescendo I felt flushed, my head so full yet my heart so starving-cold-angry
By Melissa Ingoldsby11 months ago in Poets
We struck a match together The inaugural burst of sizzling flame blazed bright Orange light flickering across our faces Dancing reflections of mirrored flame in our eyes
By Amos Glade11 months ago in Poets
Let them recite our faults—let them declare that love like ours was forged too hot, too fast, that vows we made in youth could never last,
By SUEDE the poet11 months ago in Poets
I start with a vow only the heart can make, unwritten, but felt in the pulse between our palms. You look at me as if time itself pauses
Welcome to the Outstages Café. This dispatch is not a post; it is a ritual. A flame was lit. A veil was lifted. A correction was made.
