Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.
15 Reads To Get Me 20,000 I am nearly there, closer than I have ever been, twenty thousand reads, just sitting in front of me.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 7 months ago in Poets
The House That Remembered Everything It stood beyond the reach of roads, Where no one passed without regret, A house that watched with blinded eyes,
I Another Monday comes And sleep is interrupted by that screaming phone near my bed. II. I pick it up, only to be greeted,
By Dean Traylor7 months ago in Poets
Music plays in the background This title sprang from the sound I sat, dumb blank screen possessing me for nearly half an hour
By K.B. Silver 7 months ago in Poets
70s Were the Best The needle drops with a heavy click, Vinyl spins a velvet groove, Lava lamps glow orange and thick, While bell-bottoms start to move.
Introduction While going through Vocal's Poetry tags for some reason. Pantoum caught my eye. I thought I would investigate it and the fourth result is below.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Poets
The scars on my skin are my badges. Badges from burns, Medallions from fights. Trophies of my mental wars. Each badge has a memory,
By Jennisea Standing Rock7 months ago in Poets
The Zipped Face at the Edge of Winter She stands between two endings, one side quiet as untouched snow, the other heavy with hidden fracture,
The Road That Took Her Name The road ran thin between the marsh, A narrow vein through dying land, Where water gathered, black and still,
my truth is a tiger it has no need for my defense when one questions its authority all I have to do is let it loose my tiger truth acts on its own
By Lolly Vieira7 months ago in Poets
The Parish Where No Morning Comes The bell had long since lost its tongue, Yet still the tower leaned to speak, A hollow throat of broken stone,
Too Much Sadness Makes the Heart Bitter There comes a point where sadness changes shape, Where it is no longer soft, or tearful, or kind,
