Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.
Once a Street Girl I learned early how to walk without looking back, How to keep my hands steady and my heart closed tight,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 6 months ago in Poets
I create short mythic art films motion driven pieces where imagery, music, and story gather into small cinematic moments of meaning.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 6 months ago in Poets
Okay With Not Being Okay There are days the smile sits slightly wrong, Like it borrowed strength it cannot prolong, Words come easy, light and bright,
The Mythic Intro (Worker of Pathways) Some creations come from effort. Others come from alignment. This one came through a doorway of color, sound, motion, breath, and asked to be witnessed.
through my teeth i say i am fine i tell myself it is not a lie not if i really want it to be true not if i need to believe it
By ⸘jason alan‽6 months ago in Poets
The Queue Beneath The Tree To Pee They line up without a word being said, A quiet agreement, a path gently led, One by one in a patient line,
The Night It Happened I remember the moment like it never ended, The sharpness of fear before I could react, His hand too quick, his eyes already gone,
The sun is a giant purple grape in the mouth of the morning— I feel the pulp of tomorrow bursting, sweet and electric, The sun is a grape in the sky,
By Forest Green6 months ago in Poets
The sunrise is spilling in ink, Past stars where the heavy clouds blink. New gardens will bloom In a velvet-spun room, As tomorrow turns sweet as a wink.
My pen has begun to move, in place of my mouth that has simply refused as it has nothing nice to speak... I have been fed plenty of food for thought from minds that hear only their own speech‐
By JM6 months ago in Poets
The other night, while rummaging through my archives, I came across a plastic bag filled with poems I wrote in 1967 and the years that followed. My father had saved them for decades, every page and every version of the girl I once was.
You’re so ice cold I can’t fucking stand you You send me into a rage You damn near drive me insane What have i done for you to hate me
