heartbreak

They can break your heart, but they can't break your soul; poetry about lost love that comforts and uplifts.

2025 Predictions
2025 Predictions The year opens with silence that trembles, fire follows water, and water refuses to rest. Crowds gather in places once thought safe,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 12 months ago in Poets
Earth changes in many ways
The wind moves colours As the sun rises and sets Moving like mountains
By Frances Helena12 months ago in Poets
Sun
Dazzling sunlight Peers out from behind the clouds Warming, glowing joy
By Scarlett Mellin 12 months ago in Poets
The day I ignored the urging of my soul
I broke my own heart, I broke my own laws Now I fixate on the one mistake I can never unmake: When I passed you up, my life came to a pause
By Sam Spinelli12 months ago in Poets
Make-Up
"You look beautiful today, Carol." He tells me as I walk into the room, "Thank you," I respond, but my smile is fake. Sitting in front of this mirror,
By Carol Ann Townend12 months ago in Poets
2025 Prediction Poem
2025 Prediction Poem Whispers float over broken streets, news spreads faster than the wind, fires burn in places unseen,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 12 months ago in Poets
Haunting Ghosts
Living are haunted by ghosts held captive. Strangled with love left behind.
By Nikki Torino Wagner12 months ago in Poets
What If....?. Content Warning.
What if....? I had been that good girl, you know, the one who listened to your delusional lies, and swallowed them like the pill of truth;
By Carol Ann Townend12 months ago in Poets
We Eat Our Young
paintings can't hurt you... beware — selfish man and gods for we eat our young. * Thanks for reading! Author's Notes: Another horrorish haiku for the Haunted Echoes challenge. This time, after several poems inspired by paintings by Picasso, Brueghel, Friedrich, Raphael, and Caravaggio. This time it is Goya who can play as muse to this writer, me, while also scratching his itch.
By Paul Stewart12 months ago in Poets
He Raped Me So My Father Shot Him
He Raped Me So My Father Shot Him Night heavy with silence, his hands dragged me down. My cries swallowed, my body torn.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 12 months ago in Poets
You Always Leave
I call you Autumn I wish you wouldn't leave me You always do, though
By Luke Haymons12 months ago in Poets
The Impossible Love Affair
The Impossible Love Affair One glance. Fire. Forbidden. We spoke as if free. But chains followed. We touched in silence.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 12 months ago in Poets