Tug of War begins with battle cries The mud on my face is simply a trophy of the things I've survived. Your naivete is unmatchable and I am sure
By Ruby Red2 years ago in Poets
5/24/22 It is Tuesday— I don’t know if this is all a hallucination— I am speaking through the soles of my feet— muffled by cotton and suede—
By Olivia Dodge2 years ago in Poets
There once was a jockey named Titus Who was a pain in the gluteus maximus He really thought he was “The Man” Because he won every race his horse ran
By Mother Combs2 years ago in Poets
As you might see, I’m braying and fighting, Pounding at the gates of resistance, Ready to leave nowhere, Sick to my soul with fear.
By Sabayo Matiku2 years ago in Poets
On a March night, when the frisky cool wind was our only companion. You and I were lying on the ground, where we always craved to see
By P.A.Vinura Jayasanka2 years ago in Poets
On a March night, when the frisky cool wind our only companion. You and I were lying on the ground, where we always craved to see
The fiery rage explodes; memory flashes, bubbles, froth, and rise. Water boils over in the copper kettle flames spit cartoonishly
By K.B. Silver 2 years ago in Poets
Emotions bleed and wash away The words I never dared to say When walls kept tween, defining us Like stains on abandoned canvases
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden2 years ago in Poets
A furnace of fear burnt through her cheeks, smoked through the slits between her teeth, as she ran and ran and ran— past the willows and the branches in her backyard,
By T. Licht2 years ago in Poets
From the early years of your, then, incomprehensible youth, You'd walk around doing what cute little kids would do, But, you always knew your inner truth.
By LaKeisha R.R.2 years ago in Poets
The clock shrieks, a banshee's cry, The air thickens, the world goes dry. Whispers crawl beneath my skin, A deranged voice, a twisted grin.
By Jason “Jay” Benskin2 years ago in Poets
Lord give me strength, And wisdom too, To do the things that I must do, I can’t go on without your help, Help me Lord, make me strong
By Calvin London2 years ago in Poets
