performance poetry

Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.

The Dessert
The orchard clocks run backward through the floor, Where bruised Macouns float in a lavender sky, And memory drips like amber from the door
By Forest Green17 days ago in Poets
The Dessert
The summer warped, dissolving at the seams, Where grandmother’s kitchen bled into old dreams. A clock without hands ticked backward through air,
By Forest Green17 days ago in Poets
The Dessert
The autumn air hung heavy, spun of glass, Where floating amber clocks began to melt. Beneath my shoes, the velvet-purple grass
By Forest Green17 days ago in Poets
The Dessert
The kitchen floor is built of drifting clouds, Where grand-dames churn the fog and weave the shrouds Of yesterday. A clock melts on the wall,
By Forest Green17 days ago in Poets
The Dessert
The kitchen ceiling melted into blue, A clock spun backward, losing half its hands. Grandmother’s apron smelled of morning dew,
By Forest Green17 days ago in Poets
The Dessert
The kitchen clock dissolves to dripping wax, While ruby moons bleed down the porcelain bowl. A summer afternoon caught on the racks,
By Forest Green17 days ago in Poets
The Dessert
The autumn sky dissolved to liquid brass, We baked the crescent moon beneath the glass, Stirred amber memories in a copper bowl,
By Forest Green17 days ago in Poets
IT FELL ON DEAF EARS
IT FELL ON DEAF EARS The first sign came at half past four, Three scratches on the butcher shop door. The second came when every hound, Crept underneath and made no sound.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 18 days ago in Poets
TEARS ON MY PILLOW
TEARS ON MY PILLOW How do you heal a broken heart, When night comes round and the tears all start? I put my arms round my pillow tight, Pretending someone holds me tonight. I kiss the place where your lips would be, And wish there were arms reaching back for me.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 18 days ago in Poets
THE ALIENS LANDED IN ST HELENS Uk Oct 13 2026
THE ALIENS LANDED IN ST HELENS A Rather Strange Tuesday Morning The aliens came to St Helens, At half past seven in the morning, They announced their arrival with a mighty bang, Without so much as a warning.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 18 days ago in Poets
A Sea of Lethargy
Exhaustion gently takes my hand Rips me from the spot I stand Splashing in slow motion Confusion hits like choppy ocean Waves of darkness crowd my eyes My stomach drops, My socked feet fly I sink slowly into oblivion
By K.B. Silver 18 days ago in Poets
UNWANTED TENANTS
UNWANTED TENANTS I rented out my house To who I thought were the perfect lot, But after a little while My happy thoughts began to rot.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 18 days ago in Poets