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How-tos for all things poetry; learn how to analyze a poem, construct a haiko, differentiate between a metaphor and simile and more.

A 4-Month-Old Trauma
The poet had been absent for a long time. He had a serious trauma. He started to drink excessively for four months. Today, he was finally able to stop.
By TheNaethabout a year ago in Poets
how to disappear. Honorable Mention in Instructions for Disappearing Challenge.
become a ghost that haunts the narrative. a presence that is questioned. be there, but in the background: anchor yourself to the wall, aerial roots puncturing
By katherine j zumpanoabout a year ago in Poets
They'll Never Notice I'm Gone
Email is scheduled, it will go out tonight. It shouldn’t be a surprise but they’ll act like it is. Unplug the mouse put it in my bag.
By Karenabout a year ago in Poets
Dismissively Avoidant
To appear or not to appear. It’s kinda clear and I got you here. Oh how your peers will be annoyed when I show you how to dismiss and avoid.
By Joe Pattersonabout a year ago in Poets
The Vanishing Apple
Generations 36-42: gene sequence - that of miscellaneous fruit. Here are instructions for disappearing, compatible with your multi-grafted root.
By Katherine D. Grahamabout a year ago in Poets
Regularly poetic
Here we sprout, wrapped in a shell with no exit— peeling each layer that feeds our growth. The wind spirals passion just out of reach,
By Marcus Hillabout a year ago in Poets
How Will You Live Your Unrepeatable Life?
The only thing in the world that cannot be copied is time. The only thing that cannot be repeated is life. And the only thing that comes without effort is age.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingabout a year ago in Poets
POEM - Glitch in the Green
I. Seed (The Awakening) A whisper hums beneath the neon soil, a pulse of jade in circuits cold as stone. The garden sleeps in ones and zeroes coiled,
By Jacky Kapadiaabout a year ago in Poets
how i reckon
the work of finding oneself is never easy; when done correctly, it is an exacting one. today, this work is particularly rife with issues and complications.
By kpabout a year ago in Poets
The Escape Plan
Take paper and pen— No digital trail. A new name, A new town, A new identity. Write it all down. Every detail. Where you'll go,
By Sharna Halliwellabout a year ago in Poets
Was It All Just a Dream, My Former Self?
Last night, a flood of memories washed over me, and I found myself missing my old self profoundly. Looking back, I see the path I've walked, the hardships I've endured, the injustices I've suffered, and the tears I've shed. Unknowingly, I've carried so much grievance and unwillingness.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingabout a year ago in Poets
Running Away
Running away means leaving everything behind Understanding a world that hasn’t been so kind Nowhere else to go, but to run as fast as the wind
By Joanna Blazeabout a year ago in Poets