Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.
Killer Lightning The sky turned strange before the first bright strike, Clouds gathered heavy over sleeping land, The silence held a warning in its chest,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 4 months ago in Poets
In a summer's sweet moment, beneath a blistering sky Stuck in the middle of a time not our choosing Lost in the crowd, were you and I
By Jason Morton4 months ago in Poets
They hated all that weren’t like them Other creeds Other languages Other races But they screamed all the same When the leopard came for their faces
By Atomic Historian4 months ago in Poets
Whisper in My Ears Whisper in my ears, not loud, not clear, only enough that I know you are near. Carry your secrets in a quiet tone,
Man says he can’t ‘see God— God says he can’t NOT. Creation’s the canvas of the GOOD work He’s wrought. They ask, “Then who madxxe God?”
By Mezmur4 months ago in Poets
Family Fate There was laughter in the kitchen Steam against the evening glass Nothing told us while it happened How quickly ordinary passed
Roots Don’t Lie The branches reached in every way, No neat direction, no straight line, Years had shaped what storms began,
i feel like i'm being watched by the eyes of the government. The government's sharp, yellow teeth have barely even bitten?
By ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR4 months ago in Poets
Click, thud, click, thud One heel perfect, the other a dud Flicker, on, flicker, off Bulbs need to be changed in the lights of this lot
By Raine Neal4 months ago in Poets
Accidental Murder Nobody woke with dark intentions Nobody planned what came to be The day began in ordinary clothes And ended differently
The Sun Is Broken The sun has stayed too long again Its light no longer feels alive The roads release their stored-up heat
I sat o’er peaks And loch and quay Outside the wee town Of Pitlochry Upon sacred ground Amongst standing stone And thistled paths
By Matthew J. Fromm4 months ago in Poets
