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.

Stirring The Ripple
cradled in a thought a moment yet to be the fly before the swat the thread unraveling your peace waiting for the shoe to drop
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsdenabout a year ago in Poets
POEM - From Seed To Sky: An Ode To Ascent
Beneath the blind and pressing loam, A universe contained, a silent tome. Not stone, but promise tightly furled, A coded map to shape the world.
By Jacky Kapadiaabout a year ago in Poets
Cannibal’s Call
The cannibals call from down the hall SACRIFICE!! To save our lives Or civilization will fall The end begins when the maws open wide
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
What is 'reviewing'?
What is really meant by reviewing books? Here is my take in an acrostic. Reviewing is eliciting and elaborating on what a particular author is saying
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Poets
Yesterday Lingers
Yesterday Lingers Yesterday lingers in the dust on my shelves, in the crack of the pavement where I tripped once, long ago,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
Money talks when voices can’t
Money talks when voices can’t Money speaks where blood runs thin, buys the lies, sells out the skin. Silence falls, but cash won’t wait,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
A Roll in the Hay
"Naive at best." "Childish at worst." "Or maybe just plain stupid." It mattered little who said the words. They stung, and his head droop-ed.
By Mack D. Amesabout a year ago in Poets
The Witches Killed Him
The Witches Killed Him The witches killed him, not the flies that descended from the bluest skies They watched with hollow, empty eyes
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
Do crocodiles really swallow stones? You'll be surprised to know!
🐊 Do crocodiles really swallow stones? You'll be surprised to know! Most of us think of crocodiles as just a scary beast, but did you know that this powerful animal also swallows stones? Yes! Crocodiles don't add stones to their diet, but it is a natural process that has two amazing purposes.
By Sophia Graceabout a year ago in Poets
WHEN THE SKY TURNS AGAINST US
WHEN THE SKY TURNS AGAINST US The sky is broken and no one listens storms claw at the oceans, tearing them thin rivers rise without warning, drowning towns
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
Nowhere Land
Nowhere Land It’s a nowhere land, out past the noise, where the lost hang out without a choice, no signposts, no finish lines,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
The Surest Way To Get Lost
How to teach you to do what is so easily done? Become everything and nothing to each and everyone Be their grandest defender and their biggest fan
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsdenabout a year ago in Poets