Free Verse

Alive in Form, Absent in Feeling
He had mastered the art of answering, “I’m fine.” It was the most efficient lie ever invented. No follow-up questions. No uncomfortable silences. No one asking what was really happening behind his eyes.
By LUNA EDITH9 months ago in Poets
Of All Things. Runner-Up in The Unnecessary Line Challenge.
In the barn there is little sunlight Chickens should have fresh air, sunshine is optimal After all, they provide for me eggs daily, their life my hobby
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)9 months ago in Poets
Keep the Wrong Line!
The house settles a fraction each winter, not enough to notice, only enough to alter the angle of quiet. In the morning, light leans differently
By Alain SUPPINI9 months ago in Poets
Nuclear War
Nuclear War In shadows long where silence dwells, A murmured dread, a tale that tells, Of warheads poised on distant shores,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 9 months ago in Poets
The Curse of the Salamander
The Curse of the Salamander Beneath the moon’s pale silver gaze, In hidden realms of misty haze, A creature stirs, both fierce and bold,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 9 months ago in Poets
I am not concerned about death. Honorable Mention in Say It Plainly Challenge.
I am not concerned about death. Maybe it’s the inevitability of it. Or the certainty. It’s certainly inevitable. Aging,
By T.L. Amber9 months ago in Poets
We Thought We Knew
You thought me how life could be — That you could be you, and I could be me. We thought we knew how everything works. We thought we knew… but we’re all jerks.
By Gabriel B. Shames9 months ago in Poets
Scuttle
Countless thoughts I’ve had before Landlocked by Frigid prairies Musing on Ocean power Reveling in Metaphors and analogies
By Aspen Marie 9 months ago in Poets
Drowning In Maybe
Maybe he’ll change. Maybe I’m overreacting. Maybe that message meant nothing, Maybe it meant everything. ﹁﹂ My life became a waiting room
By Milan Milic9 months ago in Poets
Looking for something
Looking for something, I found nothing. Looking for something, I found a whole host of undiscovered, untangled, and unexplored places. Looking for so many things, I found nothing, and not looking, I found things beyond the world, beyond logic, and beyond human understanding, but it still seemed insufficient to me to respond to the needs of my sensitive inner self and neural membranes that can travel anywhere
By Antea Lumina Kala Matylda 9 months ago in Poets
The House, The Hoarder, And The Rats
The House,The Hoarder, AndThe Rats He never left the hallway light on just the glow of an old TV where voices bled into silence
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 9 months ago in Poets
Let Us Never Forget Them
In memory of our lost soldiers, poppies bloom, Each petal a tribute, soft whispers of the past, Tales of courage linger, where brave hearts amassed.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 9 months ago in Poets