fact or fiction

Is it fact or merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the myths and beliefs we hold about what makes a good poem and the poetry rules that were made to be broken.

Warm sunshine saves my fuel bill
Warm sunshine saves my fuel bill Warm sunshine, fall into this room, Stretch out your light across these walls, Push back the weight, the quiet gloom,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
International Haiku Poetry Day...and Me?
Note: it is officially International Haiku Poetry Day, and I have thought of my own many haiku on this page (no 's' for the plural).
By Kendall Defoe 7 months ago in Poets
I’m A Mess
you say you love me but I’m a mess unapologetically, still honestly, I am a wreck I confess ** you say, amazing in my black dress
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden7 months ago in Poets
Crazily Simple
Crazy A lot Overwhelming But simple to some Knowledge wins
By L.I.E7 months ago in Poets
Seasons of Connection
Once-close friends gradually drift apart. Would you ask them why? In the past, I would have wanted to know. I will do my best to meet their expectations and fulfill their requests to restore the friendship. Later, I realized that friends who are meant to drift apart will eventually do so.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing7 months ago in Poets
Mystically
Mystically There is a veil that trembles before sight, A thin place where the unseen leans close, It breathes through symbols and quiet knowing,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
The Man in the Corridor
The Man in the Corridor He stands where the light forgets the house, leaning into corners that should be empty, his shape not fully formed, not fully gone,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
The Green Watcher Beneath Root and Bone
The Green Watcher Beneath Root and Bone There is an eye beneath the soil, not buried, not sleeping, but waiting, wrapped in root and quiet wood,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
The Teddy With The Big Cake
The Teddy With The Big Cake There was a knock, Low, slow, Like it did not want to be heard, But would not leave. I opened the door,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
Screaming Inside
Screaming Inside There is a mouth within my silence, Wide as night, and louder than breath, It opens where no one can see me,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
The warmth of your love like the summer sun
The warmth of your love like the summer sun The warmth of your love like the summer sun, It reaches far beyond the skin, A quiet change that has begun,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
LOSING GAME
Loving you a losing game Had to cheat go hang In shame That Intent to really hurt me…. Did you do that for the fame? Really thought that I was lame?
By Haychie_Artist7 months ago in Poets