No more writing was permitted No creating Even your creative thoughts were banned Nobody wrote Trouble was brewing But there was nothing that anyone was viewing
By Christopher Beard7 months ago in Poets
Did he know when he spoke, Speaker of the House, speaking on the floor? Compromising everyone. Was the tension evident as he paced the floor,
By Harper Lewis 7 months ago in Poets
Do Not Swim In The Sea The sea does not begin where your feet first touch, It starts far out where the light forgets its name,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
A Watery Death At Sea Morning broke with nothing to suggest an ending, The sky spread wide in a calm, unbroken blue, Work began as it always had before,
"May Day! May Day!" is what is screamed when a plane is going down By a pilot that needs to eject before the plane hits the ground.
By Adrian Holman7 months ago in Poets
Ah, tender soul, too soon oppressed, By hands that ought to guard and guide. Thy cradle rocked by pain unblessed, And tears are hidden where they bide.
By Tim Carmichael7 months ago in Poets
These four walls feel suffocating But the outside is deafening Maybe that's the wrong way One the other, the other the one
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
Today was a good day. Cousin told me off for staying up all night, playing with friends and joking till sunlight we visited after years away, but it felt like we were there just yesterday
By Mo Darasi7 months ago in Poets
At 5:54 this morning I came out of the house singing I noticed movement at the end of the driveway A critter was slowly moving my way
By Denise E Lindquist7 months ago in Poets
Lost Souls To The Ocean They are not counted in the way the living are, No record held to keep their names in place, Only the sea knowing who it has taken,
Oh, yesterday's child, I mourn your loss of personal worth. Nature's little girl go-getter Writer, singer, dancer, actor Performer under the big ol' apple tree
By Marilyn Glover7 months ago in Poets
What disappears does not always depart. 💭💭 My phone beeps. The screen lights up. Back— forth. Up— down. No post. But my phone
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin7 months ago in Poets