Sunlight laced through mottled trees Flickers bright on the grass beneath The ancient city recedes beyond the edges Of the tangled noise of busy streets
By AggieSoon4 months ago in Poets
Hush now, dear; close your eyes. The night is cold; the moon is high. Hush now, dear; the night has come. The shadows whisper “you’re not alone”. In the darkness, silence creeks; monsters keep you from your sleep.
By Luna4 months ago in Poets
I sat o’er peaks And loch and quay Outside the wee town Of Pitlochry Upon sacred ground Amongst standing stone And thistled paths
By Matthew J. Fromm4 months ago in Poets
Each Father's Day, we proudly say, "Dad needs another tie today." The stores agree, the ads all cheer, As striped silk trophies reappear.
By Anthony Chan4 months ago in Poets
A beautiful day for everyone who looks like me. What do I see? Countless shades of Black walking around free. For Black people in this country life started as a death sentence.
By Joe Patterson5 months ago in Poets
Imagine the funerals in Texas when people had to stop pretending other people were property, two and a half years stolen
By Harper Lewis 5 months ago in Poets
Thirty months stolen from freed men (women never get emancipated) still judged for melanin in skin required to be thick
Summer Haiku The heat is on help It is way to hot to think Sleepless nights ahead #Marie381UkWriter
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 5 months ago in Poets
Poem Leaving on a trip via Auto, train, boat, and plane Will see Vocalites in July - maybe sooner, contingent on whether there’s any signal.
By Andrea Corwin 5 months ago in Poets
Flying in the wind letting our fears go and allowing us to achieve dreams of gaining independence and Determining ultimately our
By Mark Graham5 months ago in Poets
I stand over a massive lake, The scar of impact left by a fragment from space. I can see the tsunami of earth spread wide
By Jesse Lee5 months ago in Poets
Hit The Road The engine hummed beneath the sky, As distant fields rolled drifting by, A restless heart could wait no more,
