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PEN PALS
PEN PALS Good therapy && I love writing letters – not emails. Emails are so much less personal. A letter you can hold is like a caress
By Margaret Brennan14 days ago in Poets
Scratch to Win
you won the lottery didn’t even say goodbye to me just gone i can still taste the dust on my lips //\\ every day now,
By Canute Limarider14 days ago in Poets
The Museum of Forgotten People
The Museum of Forgotten People I wandered through a museum, Where forgotten people stay, Their faces hung in picture frames, Their memories locked away.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 14 days ago in Poets
Outage
Electricity went out around nine, a car hit something powerful, five or six hours of house-quiet. We filled the first few
By Harper Lewis 14 days ago in Poets
take me down to the river
when life gives you lemons, just make lemonade it’s easy to do, just don’t make it taste bland when life gives you change, well, you do what you can
By angela hepworth15 days ago in Poets
Waiting
Some days were better than others Some days I passed by, beat, torn by snowy haymakers Thrown by multiple hands Some days I held the flowers that I never gave to you
By Ty15 days ago in Poets
Don’t Point the Fingers of Time at Me
Don’t Point the Fingers of Time at Me Don’t point the fingers of time at me, I really don’t want to know, There’s nothing you could tell me now Of the things from long ago.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 15 days ago in Poets
Forever Never Lasts
Forever Never Lasts Dark, haunting, heartbreak and the death of eternity Forever was a pretty lie, We whispered underneath the sky,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 15 days ago in Poets
The Anatomy
The Anatomy I woke to find my feelings gone, Somewhere between the dusk and dawn, My laughter hung upon a nail, My sorrow floated, thin and pale.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 15 days ago in Poets
My Thoughts
I've been lost Not with anything in particular Just a mind that's tossed It has been on extracurriculars None of which are wanted
By Rene Peters15 days ago in Poets
Break Down the Walls
Break Down the Walls Dark, trapped, desperate and defiant These walls are built of silent screams, Of broken hopes and murdered dreams,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 15 days ago in Poets
≋R≋a≋i≋n≋ ≋o≋n≋ ≋R≋a≋g≋w≋e≋e≋d≋. Top Story - October 2026.
Pummeled pollen pods Manufacture microscopic minions Proliferating prodigiously Blown by blustering breezes Repeatedly riding respiration Swiftly saturating sinus Layering laboring lungs Itchy irritation imbues Massive mucus manufacturing Creating chaotic coughing Strong spontaneous sneezing Suffocation stifling sleep Disposition deteriorates dangerously
By Dana Crandell15 days ago in Poets