Free Verse

PSA Issued by Upstate NY
ATTENTION RESIDENTS | This is your official notice that the sky has chosen violence. A blizzard is expected to arrive shortly,
By Annie10 months ago in Poets
PSA Issued by The Department of Unreasonable Loyalty
Attention residents, bystanders, and anyone who once said “This is our year” without laughing afterward: This is a warning.
By Annie10 months ago in Poets
Instructions for Peace. Honorable Mention in Instructions for a Feeling Challenge.
Peace does not arrive when called. It remains when allowed. 🕊️ 🕊️ 🕊️ Stop. Set aside the frantic buzz of bees. Sit in the stillness.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin10 months ago in Poets
Coal Dust
Coal Dust He was born in 1919, in a world hard and dark, Where the sky was often gray, and life left its mark. From the start, the coal dust whispered his name,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 10 months ago in Poets
You Gave Me a Rose Garden, I Wanted Your Love
You Gave Me a Rose Garden, I Wanted Your Love You brought me blooms with trembling hands, Planted beauty in empty lands. Told me, “Look, it’s all for you?
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 10 months ago in Poets
How to Become an Afro Samurai: Yasuke, the Wild Super Hero
feeling liberating and not enslaved.. . . discovering super powers of alchemical compassion and zen mindful peace. . 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ
By SAMURAI SAM: Wild Wayne BYE10 months ago in Poets
January 27 is National Chocolate Cake Day
Public Announcement National Chocolate Day is January 27. Beware of the treachery of false-hearted bakers. There are many cake flavors, but chocolate stands out; it rises to the top.
By Andrea Corwin 10 months ago in Poets
Choose Good. Choose Chaos.
Attention all citizens: Choose Good. Choose Chaos. Warning: There are three forces of chaos. Chaotic Evil seeks to sew discontent,
By Emily McGuff10 months ago in Poets
The Ones Who Stayed
The Ones Who Stayed Belonging Without Performance They said the town was built on agreement— same roofs, same hours, same language spoken softly enough
By Flower InBloom10 months ago in Poets
Ice Valley (painting by Marie381Uk)
Ice Valley (painting byMarie381Uk) A quiet place, so cold, so still, Hiding deep behind the hill. Shining blue, like frozen sky,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 10 months ago in Poets
Secondhand
For my fifty-sixth birthday my friends and I are wearing old wedding dresses. I am at a secondhand store, sifting through racks of prom
By Tina D. Lopez10 months ago in Poets
Has Anyone Seen Johnny
Has Anyone Seen Johnny Has anyone seen Johnny tonight? He left before the streetlights came on. Said nothing, just slipped through the rain,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 10 months ago in Poets