Childhood tears, Bubbles floating in the air, Skinned knees, Busted balloons, Clowns that scare, The boogeyman under the bed,
By Rasma Raisters3 months ago in Poets
By Marie381uk 2026 JUST LIKE MAMA SAID My mama always told me, To listen to my heart, She said when something feels wrong, You should know when to part.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 3 months ago in Poets
Noise too constant to notice the drop-off in your laugh, a compliment turning its blade sideways, the pause before I'd never that means you might,
By Aarsh Malik3 months ago in Poets
Damaged a marriage of many years now, shadows of what once was lingering lint that clings this is what the future brings
By Alexandra Grant3 months ago in Poets
Not Enough Time Not enough time. Not enough time. Physical numbers cold, heavy mercury filling the skull. One plus one equals dark.
By Alyson Smith 3 months ago in Poets
I was born to paneled walls: not drywall, not plaster, but thin brown grain running through every room of a trailer. Each sheet joined
By Ernest Taulbee3 months ago in Poets
Drowning in debt, no relief yet. Going on 18 months Sole breadwinner only winning crumbs from my employer who doesn’t value me enough
By Harper Lewis 3 months ago in Poets
Where the Dead Flowers Go Where do dead flowers go when nobody comes Do they sleep in the dark where the cold earth hums Do they dream of the hands that once held them tight Or simply forget they were ever alive
THE FRIEND I THOUGHT I KNEW I thought that you would always stay, You said we’d never part, I trusted every word you said, And gave you all my heart.
A bird does not know itself. All it knows is that it flies above To the clouds. It does not know how many beings crave To be weightless like it.
By Rachael Anra3 months ago in Poets
Mam, what are we doing today? Morning has barely found the curtains, breakfast bowls still waiting in the sink, one small body already dressed for everywhere at once.
By Laura Jane3 months ago in Poets
Should I depart early, do not follow. Stay where you are and enjoy what you are With whoever you're with, even if that's not me.
By Rachel Deeming3 months ago in Poets
