performance poetry
Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.
I Never Forget to Mention There Are Tenderness Requirements
Well…how gentle can you be? ... My question arrests momentum usual progression from this to that separates thoughts that coalesce into compounds
The Dani WriterPublished 7 months ago in Poets- Top Story - October 2023
Sanctuary
I offered you sanctuary. You treated it like a cheap motel. Spent your days snorting lines of arrogance, and downing shots of empty promises.
Cathy holmesPublished 7 months ago in Poets Dame Judi Dench
The figures of our life That figure in our life Are not always with us But are about us. * There is something familiar
Rachel DeemingPublished 7 months ago in PoetsCan’t play a player
Today I had a heart with someone I don’t know if the conversation was great I don’t feel lighter They say a problem shared is a problem half solved
Aubrey jamesPublished 7 months ago in PoetsThe dreamer's songs
I Dream on dear My darling Everything you have Done, and dared today Is going to be Reverted tomorrow.
Antonio MadrugadaPublished 7 months ago in PoetsViolence on roses
There's a light in my soul that won't go out And it burns, and it bleeds, as I try to snuff it out Frosty hair on sheets crusted over with desire
Christiane WinterPublished 7 months ago in PoetsKintsugi
An unexpected interaction Something I never expected to happen Finding my personal kintsugi Who knew it was in the cards
Atomic HistorianPublished 7 months ago in PoetsDipped in Green
My fingers are dipped in green. Paint made of the toxic sludge Of burning hope's smoke and caffeine. I seem to think the devil won't judge
Silver Serpent BooksPublished 7 months ago in PoetsFalse Masks
Faces made to hide Your own Masks made cause You're alone In modern times, on a phone You've made masks to sit on their throne
Thavien YliasterPublished 7 months ago in PoetsFear
All my life I have been ruled by fear Scared to try new things because I’m afraid to fail I tell myself it’s because I hate change
Aubrey jamesPublished 7 months ago in PoetsAppeal to Haitians!
CALL TO HAITIANS! For the salvation of the Dessalines heritage The safeguarding of the Homeland of those who made Vertières
Louinel EstimablePublished 7 months ago in PoetsAre You Coming Or Going?
Train station Animation. Clocks are ever-ticking, Trains always arriving, People perpetually departing. . Train stations are like hospitals in that way.
Danielle Elizabeth AndrewsPublished 7 months ago in Poets