Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.
It doesn’t hit me until it’s time to leave I clean and dress my wound the way the nurses showed me how My clothes feel different on my body now
By Leslie Writesabout a year ago in Poets
Cruising along Humming a song Relishing the warm feel Just cut the artistic deal Used only one hand to steer Other enjoyed Busch’s beer
By Marc OBrienabout a year ago in Poets
Just as the World Tilts Forward The air holds its breath trees lean with a weight they did not carry yesterday a single bird lifts and vanishes into the pale stretch of sky
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
Yesterday’s News fThey print it, fold it, leave it, upon the step to fade. Yesterday’s news forgotten, by morning’s newer grief.
One, Two, Counting Steps... Footprints abandoned Faded,.. Shallow... Impressions left Guiding Figures Silhouettes alight
By Anabeth Conattsabout a year ago in Poets
Masked Tears Behind the smile I hide, shadows press heavy on me. The laughter is borrowed, the joy is only a shell. I wear this mask each day,
Painted Eyes, False Smiles Painted eyes in mirrors, they shine but do not see. The lashes long and perfect, yet empty in their gaze.
Our headlights snake across the Western Oregon highway, gliding across the Dulles. Out here, there's only two kinds of music on the radio:
By Isabella Nesheiwatabout a year ago in Poets
I see it now Under the staff The man ☀️ ~ The sheep’s song The son who ran away They were all caged by our mouths The tongue
By Caitlin Charltonabout a year ago in Poets
Driving Back to You The road is long and winding, its lights are far ahead. I keep my hands upon the wheel, and drive back into time.
You said at dinner, with a smirk on your face, That I’ve been molding young minds out of place. You called me the villain, a quiet deceiver,
By Shehzad Anjumabout a year ago in Poets
Tell me, what kind of world have we built where a man’s body still lies warm on the floor, and the first instinct is not silence,
By Kelabout a year ago in Poets
