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Poets Media isolates the most poignant, powerful, and exquisitely composed verses and quotes in the universal poetry canon.

One Free Miracle
One Free Miracle We're looking for a golden eagle that stole a very important egg. He isn't normal and it’s for that reason that we are seeking him out.
By Alyson Smith 3 months ago in Poets
Her Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun
"I will not compare you; you are the moon, the sun never rarely sees you" he says, "Does she fear me" she asks "She adores you, so much she lights the world with her love for you"
By Angel Adagio3 months ago in Poets
Slow Down. Top Story - July 2026.
***My dad always had some random advice for the oddities in my world, we called them Boydisms. You're gonna miss me when I'm gone, was one of my favorites.***
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 months ago in Poets
Becalmed
Introduction I'm in another of those periods where I am unable to write. It is slightly weird because there are lots of things going through my head but I just don't know how to put the things together. I was thinking of maybe doing a piece on words, or a story with the theme of being becalmed, and the Brian Eno piece came on the player so that may have influenced me, then there are the two current Vocal challenges "Smooth" and "Identity".
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 months ago in Poets
The Price of Silence
They told you that keeping the peace meant keeping your mouth shut. They told you that your anger was too loud, your boundaries were too sharp,
By Annam M Gordon3 months ago in Poets
Distracting Life
Upon a large, narrow balcony, I find myself seated in what may appear to be a popular spot... Reclined, sipping red wine, company seems chatty.
By Armand Slayer3 months ago in Poets
The Dreamer.
The clock ticks and tocks... The moments rush past faster than the oxygen which enters our lungs... Her hands claw into my spine with such intense energy... At last, a calm looms upon both her and I... Like that of the waves of the sea crashing gently upon the shore...
By Armand Slayer3 months ago in Poets
I Am
I am born with the urge to go astray guilty in the eyes looking my way begging for forgiveness and I pray unshielded and my flaws mark my mistakes
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 months ago in Poets
FOGGY BRAIN
three days in bed medicine head foggy brain triggered by pain can't hear it's severe they assumed and resumed but one's memory
By Babs Iverson3 months ago in Poets
The Necromancer's Downfall The Bone Army ~ Part Eight
They say dirty deeds are done dirt cheep And hers came cheaper by the dozen She lured him in, his power to keep Leaving him with far worse than nothing
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 months ago in Poets
Empty
Empty is Empty I'm not sure when it happened. There isn't a date I can circle on a calendar. No dramatic goodbye. No single moment
By Shannon Lemire4 months ago in Poets
Gnawing Gloom, In Bloom
The voice behind me whispers doom, The joy of motion well suppressed, While beauty's up ahead in bloom. The span of world shrinks down to room.
By A. S. Lawrence4 months ago in Poets