I gather you walking down the hall, your hands reaching for doors that have moved. I gather your voice calling names that do not belong to me,
By Tim Carmichael10 months ago in Poets
A villanelle by Eliara Rae Silence never pays where words should flow For you no longer yearn for me like I do you, Yet I ache for those days long ago.
By Eliara Rae10 months ago in Poets
There is a heart the city keeps in the basement. It does not wear a stethoscope. It hums through manhole lids and sighs out of vents,
By Milan Milic10 months ago in Poets
Focus changed Mind too busy daydreaming Here and in lala land Everyday About him A guy who will never love me A dangerous place to be
By L.I.E10 months ago in Poets
How Do I Get Top Story Please? I pour my heart out, line after line, hoping one day Vocal will look my way and finally say
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 10 months ago in Poets
“Appreciate what you have before time makes you appreciate what you had.” I always think of someone I loved who has left us
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff10 months ago in Poets
“Never stop being a good person, because of bad people.” Your kindness is a shining beacon in a world which is not always kind.
“You don’t have to be great to start. But you have to start to be great.” It can be frightening to start on a new ‘adventure’ in our lives,
“You’re 100% responsible for your life. Stop whining and do something about it.” When we take responsibility for our lives,
“Life is a trip. The only problem is that it doesn’t come with a map — we have to search our own routes to reach our destination.”
Welcome to the Outstages Café. This dispatch is not a post; it is a ritual. A flame was lit. A veil was lifted. A correction was made.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 10 months ago in Poets
I found a shoebox in the dark behind a winter coat. Its cardboard spine is still whispering like a paper-throated throat. Inside: thin flags of afternoons we thought would never fade—
