Senryu

Betrayal of Vows
As she cuts the thread A burning icy hot knife Plugs my mortal wound #####################
By Andrew C McDonaldabout a year ago in Poets
Cut Off
Screams fill empty void Pressure waves beating ear drums Deafening silence *******************************
By Andrew C McDonaldabout a year ago in Poets
A poem about your first diary in which you wrote your first poem
Darkness was impaired in its transgression as hope seemed to find its way, A startling realisation, a sight to behold, one might deem to say.
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Poets
Our Work
Cooperation Knows nothing of win or loss It names all work ours
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Tuna Chips and Catnip
Five cats playing cards Betting fish chips and catnip Winner takes it all 🐟 Place your antes now Divvying up for five card claw
By Mother Combsabout a year ago in Poets
Shattered
Shattered shards of love Litter floor like broken glass Lacerated soul
By Andrew C McDonaldabout a year ago in Poets
Hope
Today we sorrow Tomorrow we've yet to see Still, there be yet hope
By Andrew C McDonaldabout a year ago in Poets
The End
It was the beginning of the end In a breath he said Make it so And thus it was The archon looked upon all creation And in the sweep of hand
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
You Don’t Like Me
You don’t like me You only like the fiction in your mind You don’t know me You only show me the likable version of you Show me your monster
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
The Project
It’s an effervescent antidepressant When you can’t pay your rent Money whores stripping us of everything As we cling to our last life line to reality
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Darkest Light
In the night you came Swore to show me beauty, light In shade now my heart
By Andrew C McDonaldabout a year ago in Poets
“In the Silence of My Love”
I love you. There — I said it. Not out loud, not to you, but to the pages that always listen. To the stars that blink above my lonely sky,
By Sabiha Sumsabout a year ago in Poets