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By Gerry Thibeault9 months ago in Poets
She names herself without speaking, wearing a blouse that seems woven from sighs, where each lace is a verse that her eyes silence but her soul recites.
By Geisha Fp9 months ago in Poets
The Earth Is Breathless The earth is breathless in the early hours, Before the birds remember how to sing. The air feels held, like something paused too long,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 9 months ago in Poets
The Bees Gave The Farmer Poisoned Honey The farmer trusted what the hives returned, Golden and thick with summer in its weight.
I can still see it all, when we were teens, you and me, after school we would shoot out the doors and away down the street,
By Rasma Raisters9 months ago in Poets
Broken Serenade It was never silence that broke me— it was the song that almost made it through. A violin with one string missing,
By Flower InBloom9 months ago in Poets
I used to think missing pieces were mistakes— lost buttons, unanswered questions, corners of myself I should have kept better track of.
Sunlight filters through the blinds and I wake, grudgingly. Resentment seems out of place, but makes itself comfortable,
By Dana Crandell9 months ago in Poets
It was honestly kind of easy To know that she was really mad as Hell. Just one look at her pretty face And you don't need that much to quickly tell.
By Alex Torres9 months ago in Poets
Reimagined nursery rhymes during week twos rhyming times Some say it's wrong, and aggravating for young ones to be hooked and salivating
By Denise E Lindquist9 months ago in Poets
There is a lie whimpering on your lips, Caught between the flickering lights Of an autocorrect too authoritarian To allow any sort of breathing room.
By Silver Daux9 months ago in Poets
Being Governed By I am no longer governed by fear wearing the costume of responsibility. Not by urgency that never belonged to me.