Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.
I am a woman. I wear pink, I wear makeup and I do everything in my power to make me feel better about myself. Backtrack to Grade 1...
By Madison Saurer9 years ago in Poets
The world around me is alive, but I'm not; not really. I'm just here. Standing; sticking to myself with my exterior armor in all it's graffitied glory.
By Marisa Shrock9 years ago in Poets
Come with me Let’s run away Go to a place Where we can hide away A place where the sand Is blue, and my hands Outreached to you
By Laura Ann Rickard9 years ago in Poets
The tears that stream down my face Are raw. The happiness I portray is collapsing. Just like my mind collapses with devil thoughts
By Mary Louise9 years ago in Poets
LaTrenya, I know your first and last name, and that makes you a bum bitch not because I know it, but because of how I know it…
By Imam Qadriyyah Mabel-Dorothy9 years ago in Poets
The Main protagonist betrayed by a friend, with disrespect and ignorance. A change of location, A change within his circle,
By Trey Stevens9 years ago in Poets
You don't love me. Pause. Sigh. Tear. Yea, I hear you when you profess to me when you think I’m sleepin' And I see you every. single. solitary time you text me “my love”
when someone steals from you and you don't have proof you can't make as many moves as you'd like you can only accuse them so many times
“I need food…but not for myself,” Fear was the only emotion the young man felt. He slung on his bow, he picked up his spear,
By Z D A9 years ago in Poets
I can hear it. A woman calls my name A child cries in pain Unknown friends encourage me It's not real. I can see it. The ground cracks and shifts
By Varian Moyer9 years ago in Poets
The greatest advice that’s ever been given to me was that masks will eventually smother the wearer as if I weren’t already drowning in a sea
By Kyle Granger9 years ago in Poets
It's a filter, can't you see? Hiding eyes and stealing smiles, I do believe it works, can you tell? Removing thoughts and replacing hearts,
By Matthew Regan9 years ago in Poets
