Gratitude

Blue Jay. Top Story - February 2025.
My skin absorbs the sun's warmth like the asphalt in front of us. Wind rushes in my ears, carrying with her echoes of boundless laughter.
By sleepy drafts2 years ago in Poets
The Box (The History of Black Poetry)
The history of black poetry --- February sends A unique box within. THE Most talented collection OF Poets! Black poets! Gifted to work the earth. Flowing from Imhotep To Phillis Wheatley To Jupiter Hammon To Paul Laurence Dunbar To Claude McKay To Langston Hughes To Names a few. More? Maya Angelou Rita Dove Tracy K. Smith George Moses Horton Who? Frances Harper Gwendolyn Brooks Nikki Giovanni I Look Inside the box. Thank you for reading! Which part of the poem resonates with you? Share your thoughts. Please leave a comment. Copyright 2025 K.A. Smith
By K.A. Smith2 years ago in Poets
The passage of time, nostalgia
The ticking hands, they never pause, Etching lines with inconspicuous claws. A childhood giggle, a transitory glance, Lost inside the waltz of chance.
By Mr Ali2 years ago in Poets
Fate, Freedom, and the Light Within
Your destiny is therefore your chance. In the judgment of fate so they say when bad things befalls them. When something goes well for you, you say it is by chance or luck.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing2 years ago in Poets
Do You Pray?
Do You Pray? Do You Pray?** Do you pray? I do, every night, with a heavy heart falling into silence. I pray for sleep,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 2 years ago in Poets
Support
-*- Long weekdays seems to exist for grueling campaigns against our own will; being stressed out, we can't complain, and simply surviving is a high rate skill.
By Alex Torres2 years ago in Poets
Gently, My Diamond Came Back
In an old cloth, An old nap. So old it lived, Shine came back. Was delivered gently When I was A broken diamond Missing missing What I had. And then surprise! The same old cloth Appeared and It dropped out. My diamond came back. Thank you for reading! Which part of the poem resonates with you? Share your thoughts. Please leave a comment. Copyright 2025 K.A. Smith
By K.A. Smith2 years ago in Poets
the place of chaos in the Way
the light let in today, from fire in the distance. changing what i see. the shades of the world around me. the ombre of i's, where my eyes cast brightly. shade won't show without a solid surface to be seen on.
By ⸘jason alan‽2 years ago in Poets
I met my younger self for a coffee date
I met my younger self for coffee she arrived ten minutes late, I hugged her she ordered her favorite chocolate cake\ As I gulped her innocence through the lens of my present eyes,
By Hridya Sharma2 years ago in Poets
Embracing Your Light
Each person carries their unique light so evaluations against others serve no purpose. The journey you choose leads to your most important set of experiences among all others.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing2 years ago in Poets
The Sky We Once Called Home
The moon spills silver on the hollow ground, where ghosts of laughter no longer sound. The air is thick with stories untold,
By Ojo2 years ago in Poets
Castles of Air and Sand
Castles of Air and Sand We build our dreams in thin air, shaping wishes from whispers, stacking hope like invisible bricks,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 2 years ago in Poets