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.

Episode 5: Between Skyscrapers and Embraces
“Under the microscope, the world was logical. Crystals didn’t lie. They had a clear structure, predictable fractures, and a pure beauty.”
By Magma Star 7 months ago in Poets
Engineering of the Soul vs. Digital Costume Jewelry
Today, the system pushed a profile of one of those “successful” women into my feed. You know them—the ones who breakfast in Bangkok, shimmer on Dubai rooftops, and sell “freedom guides” for tens of thousands of dollars. I look at those photos, those artificial lips, those practiced poses, and that “scream” for attention, and I don’t feel envy. I feel nausea. As a mineralogy engineer, I learned one thing: the rock does not lie. The earth does not forgive poor construction.
By Magma Star 7 months ago in Poets
Longing That Will Not Rest
Longing That Will Not Rest I carry you in places no one sees, in the quiet fold between each breath, in the hush before the morning wakes,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
The Speaking Forest
The mountains were blue, wrapped in a blanket of cold mist, the air tasting of pine and ancient secrets. In the heart of the Pacific Northwest,
By Hazrat Umer7 months ago in Poets
In the Narrow Streets
In the Narrow Streets The streets were thick with smoke and rain, with broken stone and weary feet, where hunger pressed on every door,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
Episode 4: Pyrite and the Microscope
“A true diamond is not recognized by how it shines in the sun, but by how it withstands the dark when pressed from all sides.”
By Magma Star 7 months ago in Poets
Episode 3: Pressure and Ice
“I was sitting on the carpet in an empty apartment. We had no chairs, no beds. We had a ten thousand dollar debt and a silence that echoed. I looked at my hands and asked myself: ‘Why did I need this?’”
By Magma Star 7 months ago in Poets
Haunted Haiku
Haunted Haiku Haunted minds crying Screaming for peace from evil Exorcisms fail him Marie381UkWrites #www #viral #poetrymagazines #facebook #twitter #instergrampoets #vocalmedia #darkpoetry #scarypoems #horrorwriting #creepypoetry #uncannypoetry #hauntedwords #shadowverse #fearinwriting #nightmarespoems #psychologicalhorror #grimverse #eeriepoetry #hauntedminds #haiku #HaunghtedHaiku
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
Anus Horribilis: Tragedy Domestica
Anus horribilus If you don't wipe Not too hard tho Or the paper turns Well.. what? - brown plus red: Terra cotta Toilet Rosetta stone-like Parchment, Or scroll Of problematic bowels - Someone said annual I heard anal - Someone said therapist I screamed Sex offender * Thanks for reading! Little bit of Tuesday subversive fun. Isn't language fun. Or is this just me hiding darker, more serious themes beneath a swirling sea of sewage?
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
Where You Once Were
Where You Once Were Your absence has a sound to it, a hollow echo through the day, it lingers in the things we touched, and will not simply fade away.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
You Eat With the Devil and Sleep With an Angel
You Eat With the Devil and Sleep With an Angel The candle wept upon the sill, its sorrow thin and pale, A trembling light that dared not speak, yet told a deeper tale.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
infinity
the seasons all change and the flowers will fade the morning arises and slowly goes away everything comes and goes in beautiful waves
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden7 months ago in Poets