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Reviews of the best poetry books, collections and anthologies; discover poems and up-and-coming poets across all cultures, genres and themes.
The Hand That Reached Back
The path was already there, though I could not remember stepping onto it. It opened beneath my feet as if the world had been waiting for me to notice it. Grass leaned softly against my ankles, bright with the kind of green that looks impossible until it is right in front of you. The air was warm, but not heavy. Sunlight poured through the high leaves in broken streams, touching the ground in gold and then disappearing again beneath patches of shade. It was not a field, but it was open like one. It was not a forest, but it breathed like one. The place refused to be only one thing. It stretched wide enough to run and deep enough to get lost. It gave room to laugh, but kept secrets between the trees.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast5 months ago in Poets
A study claims that 500 years before science, Dante's Inferno mapped a planetary impact.
The geometry of Hell as portrayed in Dante Alighieri's Inferno closely resembles the physical structure created by a massive planetary impact event, according to a new study presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna in April 2026.
By Francis Dami5 months ago in Poets
I’m really sorry about the inconvenience.
At first, it probably seemed like a small issue—the flickering lights, the brief power outage, and the way your toaster let out one dramatic scream before giving up on life entirely. I promise, none of that was intentional. I was simply trying to fix a loose wire. It looked harmless enough, just sitting there like it had been waiting for someone mildly confident and deeply unqualified to come along.
By Imran Ali Shah5 months ago in Poets
The "Museum of Lost Smells
The "Museum of Lost Smells In the year 2092, the world was paved in silver and glass. We had solved the problem of decay, but in doing so, we had accidentally scrubbed away the soul of the earth. The sky was a permanent, controlled shade of cerulean, and the air was filtered to a neutral, odorless nothingness.
By Imran Ali Shah6 months ago in Poets
rose love
Classic romance 1. Adore, 2. Affection, 3. Amour, 4. Ardour, 5. Attraction, 6. Beauty, 7. Beloved, 8. Blessed, 9. Bliss, 10. Bond, 11. Cherish, 12. Commitment, 13. Compassion, 14. Connection, 15. Courtship, 16. Crush, 17. Darling, 18. Desire, 19. Devotion, 20. Dreamy, 21. Embrace, 22. Enchant, 23. Endearment, 24. Faithful, 25. Fascination, 26. Flame, 27. Fondness, 28. Forever, 29. Harmony, 30. Heart, 31. Honey, 32. Infatuation, 33. Intimacy, 34. Kiss, 35. Longing, 36. Loyalty, 37. Magic, 38. Marriage, 39. Mate, 40. Passion, 41. Partner, 42. Romance, 43. Soulmate, 44. Spark, 45. Sweetheart, 46. Tenderness, 47. Together, 48. Trust, 49. Unity, 50. Vows
By zakir ullah khan6 months ago in Poets
She Waited in Silence. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
Sometimes love is not about being together, but about silently holding on. The rain had started again, soft at first, like a timid whisper, then heavier, like the world itself was trying to wash away its own sorrows. She sat by the old, chipped window, watching droplets race down the glass as if they were little messengers of her own restless heart. Each drop mirrored the quiet yearning that had taken residence inside her—an ache that had grown over years, invisible to the world, but deafening to her soul.
By Samaan Ahmad6 months ago in Poets
