Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
“One bad chapter doesn’t mean your story’s over” We need to remember this if we want to grow in our personal lives.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff10 days ago in Poets
The bath swirls red Brings memories of thoughts Once harbored; now hidden safe Within dark gardens of broken
By Suzy Jacobson Cherry15 days ago in Poets
Autumn rocks the world to sleep in perfect noontime slumber, Nodding off, perchance to dream in color, and believe He's there.
By Harbor Benassa15 days ago in Poets
How long have I been holding my breath, especially here in the Deep South where "the nod" takes on an extra level of community?
By Geoffrey Philp 11 days ago in Poets
For her, he obsessed. Exquisite, rare, alienesque - he searched high and low, braved great risk, sought her silken glow. For him, she’d bloom once.
By Gina C.12 days ago in Poets
~ did you look at the clock when you stopped my heart, watch my flatline carve through your lies? time of death marked by
By Heather Hubler12 days ago in Poets
The ocean reminds me of my grandfather. I didn't know him well; my fondest memory scattering his ashes and rose pedals
By Reid Christmann12 days ago in Poets
In my fridge, your name lives in a jar Freeze you in place with your cold heart If you are set to betray a Witch, don’t leave any
By C. A. Butterworth15 days ago in Poets
The edible soul Of summer, concentrated Into sweet, dark worlds
By D. J. Reddall12 days ago in Poets
I remember fearing losing you Who I would become without you Now I look in the mirror And don’t know who I am With you by my side
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden16 days ago in Poets
I hung onto people, like those paper chains we made in grade school. Taped together, colorful chaos. I held on even when some links stopped holding their own weight,
By Josey Pickering12 days ago in Poets
Anchorite: that's what I've become, Nestled in the confinement of my Nostalgia. I am not a stylite atop a tower, Impressive heights grappled for and
By Hannah E. Aaron24 days ago in Poets