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I May Have Smiled Today
I may have smiled today Just for a minute or two For that moment I eased I may have smiled today If you know, you know I may have smiled today Just at something random But thank you all the same I may have smiled today I may not smile tomorrow But today I smiled
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Poets
𝕤𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖
i saw your intangible self across a crowded room and time literally slowed and a secret hush fell somewhat startling my senses
By Colleen Walters6 months ago in Poets
Then You Were Gone
Then You Were Gone You sat beside me with your hand near mine Talking of futures and warmer times Nothing around us suggested farewell
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 6 months ago in Poets
Yosemite
Wingbeats Updrafts Thermals Granite Mist Waterfalls Sequoias Silence Circling Witnessing Miwok Muir Trails Ansel
By Tina D. Lopez6 months ago in Poets
Infinite Nothing
Golden Shovel using “Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do," from David Bowie's "Space Oddity." This was my response to a prompt to write a poem about an astronaut who cannot return to Earth. The song got stuck in my head.
By Tina D. Lopez6 months ago in Poets
The Hour That Never Stood Still
There will be a night, years from now, when I wake suddenly certain I have heard your voice again. It's raining against the windows. Darkness stretching through every room. For one terrible moment, you are living somewhere beneath the same starless heavens.
By Tim Carmichael6 months ago in Poets
When do you stop being you?
When do you stop being you? Is it the moment you take another name? Say your “I do” and pledge to be with someone until the very end?
By Chel Writes6 months ago in Poets
After Heartache. Runner-Up in Out of Order Challenge.
Tears stained the pillow. Fingers grip the soft fabric tighter. As if by sheer strength alone, it will keep the memories at bay.
By Chel Writes6 months ago in Poets
Writers Block
Trying to fill the emptiness On a blank sheet of paper. All kinds of words and thoughts smolder and churn within a vat deep inside, ready to congeal and become
By Dean Traylor6 months ago in Poets
Clouded. Content Warning.
But you are already with me Etched into my very bones I will never forget you Nor can I ever forgive you. Pain and agony spill up my throat.
By Chel Writes6 months ago in Poets
Howled Out. Content Warning.
I whispered a prayer softly While he silently replied My saviour. My demon. Sliding a hand down Touching skin. Letting fingers dip and curve on flesh and scar tissue
By Chel Writes6 months ago in Poets
Where Evil Lurks
I. Don't have to look down darkened alley ways or at cursed places. II. Don't have be far from home in the untamed Wilderness.
By Dean Traylor6 months ago in Poets