Poetry

"I never started a poem whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering." - Robert Frost

DEDICATED TO LINDA DUDLEY IKARD

WHEN YOU WALK BY

When you walk by, you’ve got the look of love in your eyes. I’ve got a clear blue sky. I love you girl. You’re my

Walker Ikard March 30, 2022 No Comments

Dialogue Poetry

Echoes of the Soul

The ancient mansion groans with secrets unspoken, Shadows creep with chilly fingers. I enter; a cold clutches my spine; You are not alone; these walls

Jason Benskin June 11, 2024 No Comments

The Neighbour Upstairs

I have a neighbour upstairs, And they can be loud. At night, in the morning, How can one person make so much sound? They’re always

Conor Matthews September 18, 2022 No Comments

YOU LOVED THE BLUE OUT OF ME

I was down, and I was blue. I didn’t know what I was gonna do. Then the light came shining through, when I found you.

Walker Ikard March 30, 2022 No Comments

All

(Rhyme Entertainly series) Fill In The Blank…

….. of being alone, ….. of being me not being my own, ….. of having to seek, ….. of being strong and weak, ….. of

Andrey Lukyanov September 4, 2022 No Comments

heartbreak

Descent into Sorrow

In the silence of a somber evening, when shadows elegantly move in the soft moonlight, An empty emptiness where a heart once flourished, I softly

Jason Benskin June 15, 2024 No Comments

corona

Soliloquy

A non-living thing, teaching lessons of life. A lesson of solitude, being ourselves, To confine to our crampled circles. Just like the social net made

Jesmal Jalal August 18, 2021 No Comments

creative writing

Searching

A woman went into the woods,Though born in a city,Raised in a home,She can be found,Only where she found herself. Few go in with her,Fewer

Conor Matthews June 29, 2022 No Comments

The Circus

( 1 Reviews )

Poem | Circus Metaphors on Life Up, up, up she goes, Flying across the sky beneath the glittery dome, Swinging from one man to another,

TzeLin Sam August 27, 2022 7 Comments

Humpty Dumpty

I Made a Poem Into a YouTube Video (Watch It!)

I made this video from one of my humorous poems I once wrote, describing how Humpty Dumpty felt about life throughout each of the year’s

Glenn Stok July 20, 2022 No Comments

Lives Slip Silently By

Lives slip silently by. Who knows what’s Behind that hollow eye, In dark recesses Lie past successes. Gray heads bent Troubles for a time lent.

Mollie Lyon May 21, 2022 No Comments

Beggar

Like a Beggar

Today was the numerous time I acted once again like a beggar For a word from the person That I deeply love I looked so

Victoria Mineva May 8, 2022 No Comments

advice

There are days

There are days I have to be stronger These times I can’t bear stress any longer I want someone to tell me everything will be

Victoria Mineva April 27, 2022 2 Comments

Fiction

Behind Me

May the night come upon us As we settle into our dream self Astral projection Into celestial spaces Or new found land Wherever it is

Devyn Beal April 17, 2022 1 Comment

Black sheep

The starting point of a poetic journey

I start from here, the spiral of my DNA inherited through the blood, sweat, and tears of my ancestors. My roots are here, and I won’t uproot them despite all

Claudia Pannozzo December 5, 2023 No Comments

Ottawa Occupation 2022

“the calvary has arrived”scream the online sycophantsfrom behind glowing white screenstheir rhetoric littered withinvention and lies— they’ve mislaid too many “u”sto be Canadian a Trump 2024

Julia Marsiglio February 9, 2022 10 Comments

The Path

Image by Author A butterfly and several friendsHave made their homes withinHow delicate their flutters feelAs they insist that I begin. Few signs stand posted

Walkey walkey February 25, 2022 No Comments

Holdiays

Until Next Time, November

Ah, November Once again, our journey together is almost over But, you’ve been a very good soldier Like a night deer, You snuck up on

Gerald Washington November 30, 2022 No Comments

autistic author

I. Light Blue

I think I held on/ too tight/ My bones broke/ beneath my skin/ It never used to be hard/ Soaked in sunlight, smell of citrus/

Katie Tomasko January 17, 2022 3 Comments

Songs and music are the soul of our lives!

WORLD WITHOUT MUSIC

I can’t imagine a world without music. It would be a sad world without any songs or music in it. Music is the rhythm to

Walker Ikard January 26, 2024 No Comments

addiction

My Love (and Hate) for Alcohol

A poem about my addiction, yet the bane of my existence. Photo by Maria Orlova from Pexels You’re the fix that I cannot have,and that

Crystal Walker February 12, 2022 2 Comments

Desire

(P.S. poetry series) One Night With Her

What if I was fucking you? Picture this situation, non dairy cream on your lips, feel your breath, lying chest to chest, whatever you were

Andrey Lukyanov August 18, 2022 No Comments

#Home

(P.S. poetry series) Kisses

Strange, explicable hunger, wonder, sure you can get out and get hit by a greyhound bus, then pound by pound sell the remains of dust

Andrey Lukyanov August 16, 2022 No Comments

Siren Of Trees

Come little ones,To woods and hide,Don’t be afraid,You’re safe inside. Don’t look behind,Just walk on by,Plug your ears shut,Don’t hear them cry. They don’t love

Conor Matthews February 6, 2023 1 Comment

Cries

(Rhyme Entertainly series) Personal

I am dumb and Dahmer, leave the smart and Jerry to the farmer, I also pet only Doberman Pinschers and Pugs, shoot everything: semen, cops,

Andrey Lukyanov August 24, 2022 No Comments

Storm Of Grief

The affliction suffered has decayed the body Taking within, killing the inside slowly Once a warrior, now unable to stand Tightly holding on to dignity

Ellysa Greenhalgh February 5, 2022 1 Comment

Love

Stumbling

( 1 Reviews )

You slipped out of my hands like water. Maybe it was because I am used to not having a grip over people and situations that

Neha Radharapu February 6, 2022 2 Comments

Poem

Death of Steam

This Life's Illusions March 4, 2022 No Comments

Little things can make you happy in life!

LITTLE THINGS MAKE YOU HAPPY

Little things can make you happy in life. A smile from someone you love can brighten up your day. Your dog, licking your hand, showing

Walker Ikard January 24, 2024 No Comments

Mental health

Jasper’s Island

He lived alone on an island in a lake. His yellow cabin a cuboid anomaly in a sprawling flat plane of white. The lake had

Alex Mathers November 18, 2022 No Comments

Time is gone with the wind!

GONE WITH THE WIND

We all start our lives with so much time. We spend it daily, until we get to the end of the line. Some of us

Walker Ikard May 3, 2022 7 Comments

The Boy Who Knew

Three fish swim our streams, of knowledge, visions, and dreams. With rainbow scales and basalt eyes, knowing everything under the blue skies. One remains, and

Conor Matthews April 14, 2023 No Comments

childhood

memories from first grade

I remember floating, though I am sure I was running, flitting from here to there unable to decide where to be. No one experiences FOMO

Anne Ternes May 7, 2022 No Comments

Black History Month

Black in Color

The melodies are playing our song Full of black in color Rich with shades of mahogany Smooth like ebony Sweet like the blackened berries In

Devyn Beal February 7, 2023 No Comments

Her County

Along dark rolling hills,Stained in battle kills,Stand men begging “stop”,As shadows swallow grain crop;A woman stares them down. They mockingly jeered before,She accepted their insulting

Conor Matthews September 2, 2023 No Comments

inspirational

Unsolved Math

There’s a math problem that lingers, unsolved, a puzzle of numbers that twists and turns, its edges sharp, its center dark, like a riddle whispered

Jason Benskin August 24, 2024 No Comments

horror

Sterile Shadows: A Surgeon’s Silent Dance with Death

Under sterilized light, the scalpel shines. a tool for dreams gone terrible. Under the mask, icy eyes stare at you. At flesh and blood, through

Jason Benskin June 16, 2024 No Comments

TIME WON'T WAIT ON ANY OF US!

TIME ROLLS ON

( 1 Reviews )

Each person has their day in the sun, so to speak. But time keeps rolling on. You can’t stop time, no matter what you do.

Walker Ikard April 1, 2022 1 Comment

Canada Geese

I think we can learn somethingfrom our namesake geesethe way the strong lift the airfor the weak at the back of the line—their elegant V

Julia Marsiglio February 10, 2022 10 Comments

The Meaning Of The Earth

Upward where the spirit moves, in overtures of pride –phantoms roam through sunken halls and live to harm the cried.Heavenly describes no pavements pure nor

Adam Robinson February 6, 2024 No Comments

#lonely

A day of peace

( 1 Reviews )

I feel as if I’m free as a bird yet trapped as a caged animal To see if life is back, I pull away the

Saim Khurshid August 13, 2021 3 Comments

#baby loss

Your Flesh from My Flesh

Everything you were was firsta part of me. You seeI carved your flesh from my flesh—all that life turned to hope—turned to death.And I held

Julia Marsiglio November 26, 2021 10 Comments

Bestie

She found out she was his bestie A world’s story of old The enamored friend accepts it When there is one-sided love Because she is

Victoria Mineva May 9, 2022 No Comments

Poetry

The Spirit of Love (Video)

Glenn Stok January 13, 2022 6 Comments

WHEN SOMEONE IN LIFE LEAVES YOU!

WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE?

I picked a lovely flower for you today. I placed a red rose on your grave. I thought of memories of a life spent together.

Walker Ikard March 30, 2022 No Comments

grief

Love Remains

So many of us know the pain of losing a loved one. I write in empathy with you. Whilst everyone’s hurt is different, that we

This Life's Illusions March 17, 2022 14 Comments

believe

Heart Garden

In my heart, a garden grows, A verdant oasis, wild and unhurried. Where love and joy abide, And sorrow does not reside. *** The petals

Amy Christie October 10, 2023 No Comments

center

(P.S. poetry series) Kosovo

On a daily basis, shapes are formed… loose, wrong. How long? How strong? We stand on the ground of a ruined foundation, divided nations, Life

Andrey Lukyanov August 16, 2022 No Comments

Fear

(P.S.poetry series) Collaboration

Unimagined feelings rise from far above, the feeling changes, crosses through the sky like doves, when it’s right next to your throat, nothing is at

Andrey Lukyanov July 23, 2022 No Comments

Fiction

The Butterfly in Effect

The butterfly gains its wings After being consumed in a cocoon For days or weeks on end What sacrifice must’ve been made To be turned

Devyn Beal March 3, 2022 No Comments

Rag

How many surfaces have I scrubbed clean? How much filth have I washed away in my day? I’m soaked and wearied from dirt and water,

David Williams March 8, 2024 No Comments

Amour

Deserted love

I looked at his picture It was not so long ago I dreamed of Christmas He wouldn’t let me go Unfortunately, happened That I stood

Victoria Mineva February 26, 2022 No Comments

Poetry

Muse – 1.4.22

Reflection You hide from A shy smile And yet I’ve captured What captivates me The mirror only tells Its secrets When you take away The

Réven W January 4, 2022 No Comments

Blue Evening

There’s a family around me. A child. Partner. Parents. People. And I’m in the same room as them, Kept at a distance. I’m smiling. I’m

Conor Matthews October 26, 2024 No Comments

Do you love to write songs?

YOU WANT TO BE A SONGWRITER

Do you want to be a songwriter? Do you want to write beautiful songs that people listen to on the radio and other places? Do

Walker Ikard January 28, 2024 No Comments

creepyneighbor

The Neighbor

My neighbors think I’m strange. I can tell when I watch them through my windows, while they look at me from the other side of

Brittany Johnson January 1, 2022 4 Comments

Poem

Becoming Loneliness

For so long, I have fought this never-ending battle To free most people and me from the loneliness and hassle Lately, it feels like a

Gerald Washington May 20, 2022 6 Comments

identity

A bridge a brake an alarm a knife, and a salve. I have been them all - a symbolic life. My function born, connectingstoppingsoundingcutting - In all - meIn time - allIn me - time Yes, naturally, I persisted -

Heather Martin February 6, 2022 2 Comments

Life

Reflections

I am the mirror of your life. I see what you see when you look into me. I look back into you showing the world

John Wimsatt September 16, 2022 2 Comments

Alone

Ashes

Where were you When I found myself drowning Caught in the riptide of Unpopular opinion? My only crime Being who I am Walking my particular

Jackye Smith July 17, 2023 No Comments

healing

A Woman’s Life

A woman’s life — consumed with self-hatred,exiled from her creative source —wasted beauty and passion.Soul— lost to guilt and shame.Reclaim your birthright —shine endlessly,banish fear

Heather Martin January 31, 2022 3 Comments

Limericks

Here are some limericks for your entertainment… ——————————————————- The elite work hard and they toil, To pass off as other than a boil, lie as

John Pepin February 7, 2024 No Comments

Poetry

Long night

Two souls Colliding in the dark of night. only knowing the other but by their blinding light. The Souls dancing To their song. Never really

Pd Mason September 16, 2021 No Comments

Honor

Reverberations of Valor

In this day of conflict, when darkness approaches, Amidst the mayhem, where lilies had once been a blossom, A gloomy thread of terror intertwined our

Jason Benskin June 12, 2024 No Comments

MAN WAITED TOO LATE TO LOVE HIS WIFE!

THE SILK UPON HER GRAVE

Now he unfolds silk upon her cold, cold grave. He is giving her the dresses that her young heart once craved. While she was living

Walker Ikard March 30, 2022 1 Comment

motivational

A Shadow of My Current Self

A brief motivational poem, a reminder to myself and others for the difficult days which we all experience. When your silhouette falls like a shadow

This Life's Illusions February 25, 2022 9 Comments

childhood

When…

When did it start? Me standing here and taking it? Their words firing off without warning. Piercing my heart and character, leaving me with no

Jennifer Nieto May 1, 2023 No Comments

Frogs

A Love Song for the Hard of Hearing

( 1 Reviews )

Some frogs seem to be louder than others. This poem was inspired by some particularly deafening ones which dominate a memory decades later. *** In

This Life's Illusions June 2, 2022 22 Comments

autumn

Velvet Hope

Autumn love, a season of gold A time of change as stories unfold The leaves turn red; the winds do howl As love blooms, like

Amy Christie October 9, 2023 No Comments

Use What You Know

For those ‘creative’ solutions Image by Author When a problem appearsThere’s no need to fretThere’s no need for tearsOr even break sweat Though solutions may

Walkey walkey February 18, 2022 2 Comments

THINKING ABOUT YOU

When you first left me, I thought we were really through. But darling, I didn’t know I’d cry a river over you. There is not

Walker Ikard March 30, 2022 No Comments

Innards

Jumbling and rattling in the box, A jigsaw of you in your head, A life spent sorting; combining, A life spent stressed before you’re dead.

Conor Matthews August 29, 2022 No Comments

Untethered

I walk a shore,Stretching for miles ahead,But with a start and end. I leave footprints behind,And step into ones before me,Walking straight with no bend.

Conor Matthews November 30, 2022 No Comments

breakup

The Girl With the Strange Allergies

A Narrative Poem The sky was the bluest of blue on the day that I met you, Sapphires pale in comparison to the color of

TzeLin Sam March 13, 2022 17 Comments

coffee

I Will Never Sleep Again. Long Live Sleep.

I will never sleep again. There’s so much I have to do. I tell myself this every day, and now I’m telling you. I will

Greg Thomas February 21, 2022 2 Comments

autumn

First Sunday of September

Solitude governsA day made for contemplation,Made gloomy byThe first overhanging cloudsTo mark the changeWrought by leaving AugustBehind, in the chronologicalDistance… An agitation, born of solitudeGovernsA

Daniel Lyons September 4, 2022 No Comments

anxious

(P.S. poetry series) Black from Coals

Tired… sat down at last from battles for the knowledge of Manchester, Newcastle’s pigments in the air, it always will be there, past modesty and

Andrey Lukyanov August 16, 2022 No Comments

conor

Necronauts

Dawn; blinds up and sun blazing, It’s time to die, just another workday. Dress up before the suit up, Walk out with the others and

Conor Matthews March 27, 2023 No Comments

Different Houses

I don’t think I belong, anymore Not in this house, on this road, in this town I was 17 when we came here Fresh faced,

Amber Walters July 28, 2022 1 Comment

Baby

Fatherhood

The terror in those chubby little digits,The crippling, knee shattering glimmer,And the sorrowful joy conjured by that smile. As I hold you, and look down

Conor Matthews August 17, 2022 No Comments

Hope

Hope Collector

I’m a free range humanbound by all my debts, wandering the landscape,seeking hope to collect. People say it won’t keep me full,and maybe they’re right.

Heather Martin January 23, 2022 3 Comments

#escape

I Don’t Have to Stay Here -Written during High School Senior Year-

(Photo Cover Credit- Myself) —– I come home from the market, and I pass through a town that was once very lovely, but is now

Maryandra Barker March 23, 2022 8 Comments

age

Sometimes

Sometimes I have a dream To be in an epic love story Not in my age, it seems I am amazed of amour’s glory That

Victoria Mineva March 7, 2022 8 Comments

Backward

Steps Backward

I made two steps forward Then, four steps backward The moment I open My tightly closed heart I meet indifference Or maybe is polite talk?

Victoria Mineva April 20, 2022 3 Comments

Humor

Sleepy Owl

I am sitting down here Wondering why I feel I did not achieve A significant mile Of bragging experience My writing contest Is numerous village

Victoria Mineva February 26, 2022 No Comments

Bitice

(P.S. poetry series) Insular Unit

It feels like personal prison, at the cage a guarding dog named Otis, seasonal change goes by unnoticed, no reason for’em, times and the rage

Andrey Lukyanov August 18, 2022 No Comments

believe

Believe in You

In the depths of my heart, a fire burns bright A flame that flickers with hope and light It guides me through the darkest of

Amy Christie October 11, 2023 No Comments

Fight

(Rhyme Entertainly series) Longevity

Everyday I wait for the time to stop, so I could be, so I could see what it’s like, I’m here present, but simultaneously I’m not,

Andrey Lukyanov September 4, 2022 No Comments

We will all get our just rewards on judgment day!

JUDGMENT DAY

( 1 Reviews )

There is a man without a head, high on a hill. Is he a spirit or is he real? Nobody knows what to say. They

Walker Ikard April 16, 2022 2 Comments

family

Quiet Steps

A poem about the loss of a father, capturing the depth of emotion, memory, and the journey through grief You left so quietly one day,

Jason Benskin September 9, 2024 No Comments

action

WARRIOR POETS: An Interactive Novel

“For those who possess strength and intelligence, heroism and humanity, and the potential to run both a country and the culture, the International Guild for

Allerleirauh . July 19, 2024 No Comments

As she struts.

The blonde in all her confidence started to strut towards me Her eyes full of lust & love, wanting her body to be devoured As

Ellysa Greenhalgh August 20, 2021 No Comments

Ignorance

Mori Monologues – Ignorance

Sometimes ignorance is the only way to stop a person’s self-destruction. It shows concern from the one-sided crush toward the ignored person. That way, every

Victoria Mineva May 8, 2022 No Comments

Poetry

Dragon of old

society is lulled asleep Everything has been so easy the dagon doesnt have To wait long to devour us in our sleep Now dragon rumbles

Pd Mason September 16, 2021 2 Comments

On The Last Bed

Tick tick tick tick,Tick tick tick tock!Goes the clock,On the wall!Tick tick tick tick,Tick tick tick tock!Never takes stock,Of us all! Tick tick tick tick,Time

Conor Matthews February 16, 2023 No Comments

Depression

The Days When The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Dims To A Mere Pinprick: Depression extinguishes the bright light of life

Depression is invisible. No one sees the darkness permeating, invading the deepest corners of my heart, mind and soul. No one sees the darkness poisoning

Robin Honigsberg July 15, 2022 No Comments

Drinks At Night

Tingle in the skin, Happy in the night for once. The ocean in a glass warms the heart, And unleashes the mind, Thankfully. Take more

Conor Matthews March 9, 2024 No Comments

Iron

Ironing

Once again, I am ironing The clothes of self-pity That ripped away Between expectations It is time they to end Imaginary manifestation Of actions unshown

Victoria Mineva March 31, 2022 No Comments

folkhorror

The Hollow

( 1 Reviews )

Here in my hollow I sleep Alone I have been Hungry I have been Whores Liars Cheaters They all are And I am forgotten They

Brittany Johnson January 20, 2022 6 Comments

family

A Lemonade Soaked Hollyhock

Hollyhocks formed — pretty little dolls.Lemonade, brimming with sugarSilence stares at you and me.Perplexing connectionof familial ties —reinforced truth:separatenessdefines us. My mother’s parents were strangers

Heather Martin February 8, 2022 4 Comments

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