Ballad

The Knight of the Iron Hand
Loyal to himself A mercenary for hire A knight of his day *** He’s fierce in battle Truly feared by everyone He’s unstoppable
By Stephanie Hoogstad5 months ago in Poets
Serenity
Would you please give me calm? Give me the compass of peace. I need the noise of suffering to cease and say the least. Rainforest. I can hear the rain of the forest cry out.
By Joe Patterson5 months ago in Poets
Long Ago And Far Away
Long Ago And Far Away 📝🧾✒️✍️📖✍️✒️🧾📝I'm Going To Write A BookThat Is What They Heard Him SayThis Will Be My First Line, Look"Long Ago And Far Away"✍️📖✍️I Need Some Story Tellers Want Them Colourful, Not GreyThey Will Be Called, These Fellers"Long Ago" And "Far Away"✍️📖✍️I'll Spend My Days Writing WordsMy Story Will Be PerfectSome Things May Turn Out AbsurdJust For Dramatic Effect✍️📖✍️So Many Bottles Of InkSo Many Reams Of PaperHe Got Bored And Couldn't ThinkMaybe He Would Write Later✍️📖✍️But He Never Wrote That BookNot One Word Saw Light Of DayToday All His Dreams Now LookLong Ago And Far Away📝🧾✒️✍️📖✍️✒️🧾📝
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Poets
fate
cigarette lit six months to live I didn’t know it at the time he had accepted his fate
By Gail Fredricks6 months ago in Poets
a present day étude
For what it's worth, You'd have to be the dumbest person on Planet Earth to give prosperity doctrine anything but side-eye,
By Chris Z6 months ago in Poets
Wrong on EVERY Front
From ‘Trickle-Down,’ to ACA, from W-M-Ds, to climate change... From same-sex marriage to denying evolution; from a single-payer option,
By Chris Z6 months ago in Poets
Musical Mantra of Magic😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
SHAKE YOUR SOUL MANTRA😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 . . QUAKE YOUR SPIRIT😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 . . . . . . WAKE UP AND DANCE MORE😀😀😀😀😀😀 . . . . . . . . REPEATING MUSICAL MANTRA OF LOVE:
By SAMURAI SAM: Wild Wayne6 months ago in Poets
Normal
No, he is not; he is normal Normal, just like everyone else I heard at the head of the hospital bed, by the heartbeat of my mother
By George Roast6 months ago in Poets
A Ship of Dreams
Inspired by two Dreams, two visions came to life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once reality lead dormant still In Sleeping as a dream with will
By 竜鶴6 months ago in Poets
After the Sound of the Tide
For the summers, the voices, and the shoreline that time quietly carried away On my grandmother’s porch, there was always
By Takashi Nagaya6 months ago in Poets
Screaming from the rooftops. Top Story - May 2026.
I screamed from the rooftops today I screamed as loud as I could. My closest and dearest all to the furthest and coldest could hear my voice; but they tilted their head in disbelief.
By Cadma6 months ago in Poets
PRELUDE TO LAUGHTER
Vicki, 1978 I wrote this poem in 1978 at age 28, while working a full time job, attending college full time, and juggling a busy social life. Driving through Los Angeles became the one place where my mind could drift — from concrete and buildings to dreams of green mountains and ocean spray. These images helped me return to that moment exactly as it felt.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 6 months ago in Poets