Arrival: Violet Green swallows swoop over the houses and trees, crisscrossing the sky for insects. The white band on their rump
By Andrea Corwin 6 months ago in Poets
Horizons fade as twilight wraps my eyes. I am surrounded by the hopeless night. The stars have disappeared behind the clouds
By Scott A. Vancil6 months ago in Poets
You used to laugh when no one was watching. A sound needing no witness to be true. No agenda to be more than what was reflected.
By Kristen Keenon Fisher6 months ago in Poets
Introduction: Someone shared an image of "Pink Moon" on Facebook, and the loss of Nick Drake is a true "After It's Gone" situation.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Poets
It did not die loudly. No shattered windows or chairs stacked in mourning No last song rose from the jukebox with its throat full of coins.
By Aspen Noble6 months ago in Poets
Your fingers in my hair Trembled before the change I held on as you slipped Into something strange --- There’s something inside you
By Amy6 months ago in Poets
There was always something off, Reactions that were wrong for the moment, Or a complete lack of them. Only an adult observing others
By Sun Bee6 months ago in Poets
I'll Miss You, I said, as he headed to the door grabbing his toys scattered there on the floor To play in the yard with his friend and neighbor
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden6 months ago in Poets
Hate. Singular and pointed, Scattered and reactive, Made manifest by a million practiced acts. Care, Now whimpering and frigid,
By Kevin M Fell6 months ago in Poets
I used to be scared of the setting sun As its warmth and light would leave me behind I saw chances not taken, dreams dying young
By Daniel Freeman 6 months ago in Poets
The future awaits behind that door, I need only step through, Yet my feet don’t move. I glance back at the road that came before.
By Adam Kolozetti6 months ago in Poets
How to recount all the roads we've been down, all the things we've done and seen? How many times have I cried inside you, have I
By Raistlin Allen6 months ago in Poets