Poetry

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

changes
Victoria Mineva

Until when I hide?

Living in secret Until when I hide? Between the excuses Of having no time Or maybe was the dearest Blindside of mine Saving the merit

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bank
Gerald Washington

Overdraft

Another day, another dollar in my account So I hope, as I check to see the remaining amount A terrifying discovery awaited me The wave

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Book
Victoria Mineva

With the Seagull

I have read  a book together with the Seagull He told me about different legends and myths Surprisingly, we saw on the beach a lost

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gAZE
Andrey Lukyanov

(P.S. poetry series) Heavy Syrup

Please wait while the list is being populated, estimated, emancipated and the more frustrated you get, the more animated the pictures of hatred. Become so

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Envy Of Death

I both loathe and love the great; They cheat me by living far longer than I will allow. It means I must come back for

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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.

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finding hope
Conor Matthews

A Litany Of Misfortune

I didn’t think it would end like this; A litany of misfortune, To the tune of howls and rambling, Beneath masks, gear, and billion dollar

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Poetry
Stacey Durnin

[overcome]

what would be the point of getting that all down. who would benefit, who would be impressed. not me, not you. maybe me. maybe for

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Poem
This Life's Illusions

To You, My Muse

Are you visited by your muse, or is she your constant companion? What form does she take? Do you know her appearance or her voice?

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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

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insomnia
Amber Walters

Insomnia

There are owls that go to bed Sooner than I do, some nights I struggle to quiet the thoughts in my head As the owls

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conor
Conor Matthews

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

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Iron
Victoria Mineva

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

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TzeLin Sam

The Circus

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

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The Land Of Far-Off-Away Features

You thought you weren’t a Fandergander?You thought you weren’t a Dandillious-Flander?Upon this land of ancient grandeur,you mistakenly thought you were a panda! Whander-whizzald! Whizzald for

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“The Outlier”

You are not just some dot on a scatterplot. You rise above the others. I admire you. I cannot touch you, yet I bask in

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How Do You Know?

Do the butterflies drop? Does your heart go flat? Do sweet nothings sour? Does it fade like a tat? Can you spot exactly, Where things

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Alone
Victoria Mineva

Nothing to say anymore

There was a time when my life was in your eyes Now, these moments are like far memory that flies I have lived long in

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Summer’s Promise Gone

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What can I say? What can I write? Summer’s promise lost its way alone now, in the dark night. Midsummer’s over, too. I know you’re

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children's poetry
Michael Robert

Sickly Fred

The sniffles were the first to show, Followed closely by a cough. His nose got bright red and began to flow, The symptoms were real,

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#Home
Victoria Mineva

Armorer

I am grateful I met you Even I knew we were a deadlock Seven years younger You were not exactly a man But most like

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Walker Ikard

UNDERSTANDING THINGS IN LIFE

People don’t understand things the same way. People have different educational backgrounds, and they come from different environments. They have lived different lives. Also, they

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age
Victoria Mineva

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

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Your dreams can get you through life!
Walker Ikard

DREAMS

You can have a dream that will carry you through life. It will get you to your next day. You can dream of a better

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nonet
TzeLin Sam

We Had Each Other

A Nonet — We were teenagers when we first met, He came up to me and said “Hi”. I was drawn into his world, Charmed

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Christmas
James Jordan

Cold and Alone on Christmas Day

 The emptiness of blank concrete and steel kept cold with a freezing wind chill shows the contrast of the merriment of the season. I wouldn’t

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revenge
Director Aldmann

A Seagull’s Cry

With swords drawnThey dance around the point.Once friends, now enemiesOne begins to speak. “You never needed second chances,But while I was winning breaking lancesYou were

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Poetry
Réven W

BRAVERY – 4.26.14

I wish I was bold enough to stand up for my heart So when she came running I’d know how to slow down the tears

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100 lines
Casey Lawrence

If I Wrote 100 Poems

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A poem about poems If I wrote one hundred poems,would one of them be good enough,speak to someone,scratch an itch,or grace the pages of a

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autumn
Daniel Lyons

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

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better
Victoria Mineva

For today’s mood

A bit of nostalgia Becoming a wish For something much better Then billing or sadness Something like this New career objective Of eternal love in

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Walker Ikard

REDBIRD AT MY WINDOW

There is a redbird at my window, looking in at me. Saying son, you’re not the child. You’re not the child you used to be.

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abortion
Casey Lawrence

Remedies (Five Haiku)

Prompt: Home Remedies *** The ancient Greeks used silphium to extinction as contraception. *** Drink bitter water. (Biblical termination.) It will come away. *** Cotton

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Poetry
Pd Mason

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

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THE ADVICE OF AN OLD MAN!
Walker Ikard

YOU’RE JUST GOING AROUND ONE TIME

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Today, I met this old man of yesterday. His shoulders were bent, and his hair was gray. He said son, don’t lag behind. You’re just

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Amber Walters

Rabbiting Around

The rabbits bounce vivaciously upon the rain-soaked moss this one isn’t scared of me he doesn’t run across to greet his other rabbit friends all

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prose poetry
Stacey Durnin

Sasha

Sasha sees the girls with their pretty hair, straight and light, and she wants to pull it. She wants to pull it because she sees

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You can make good money as a songwriter!
Walker Ikard

MAKING MONEY AS A SONGWRITER

Do you want to be a songwriter in the music business? Do you want to make money as a songwriter? First, you will need to

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dark
Saim Khurshid

Another

Every night I get the same dream, I wake up and the time is fajr, I am home alone tempted to pray qasr,  I hear

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Walkey walkey

And the Breeze Blows

Image by Author The breeze blows strong through leaves of greenHot sun is out in full.Towards the floor, falls seed unseenHelpless to the pull. The

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addiction
Crystal Walker

Day 32

Will you continue to support us? Photo by Kat Smith from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-crying-568021/ I’m a patriot anda sexual assault survivor.Many would label me a ‘victim,’but

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Exhibition

Buy parts for sale; Arms and livers and bones and hair. Buy them as your own, They’re yours to pretend to tell the tale. Take

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begin
Amy Christie

Magic Love, Heart Sight

In twilight realms of mystic dreams, Where spirits roam, A wondrous place of enchantment beams, Where incantations gleam. *** The moon and stars shine bright

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A Scene at a Rest Area

A poem about escaping life. Here I am In a small town, In the middle of nowhere. “Excuse me, ma’am” I turned around. A young

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People will never steal your education from YOU!
Walker Ikard

PEOPLE WON’T STEAL THIS FROM YOU

Some people may try to steal your money. Some people may try to steal your car. Also, some people might try to steal your land,

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Ellysa Greenhalgh

Life is.

Life is never idle Life is never dull Life is always happening Life is always testing Life is never predicable Life is never set Life

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Sleeping Memories

“Have you asked?”She fell silent,Which makes you wonder,Should you talk,As if it would discomfort.Yes, I talked,And I labored,Detached,Intrigued by her;She gave mysteries. “No more”,I took

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OUTLAWS ARE ALWAYS OUTLAWS!
Walker Ikard

OUTLAWS BURNED THE BARN DOWN

Jesse James is done dead and gone. But other outlaws have come along. Wanted posters are all over town. Little old ladies have their shades

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always
Amy Christie

Heart Ocean

In the depths of my heart, an ocean resides, A vast and eternal sea, where emotions abide, Tides of joy, waves of sorrow, and secrets

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We Were Only Children

We were dealt a shitty hand We should have been loved Then maybe we would have know how to love We… I should have looked

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bag
Andrey Lukyanov

Injected Verdict

There’s a reason why life ends, it’s beyond us, it transcends, and it’s simply thus, some law and the rule of Veritas Aequitas. Let’s grant

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Form
Casey Lawrence

Sink or Swim (a Sepigram)

InhaleHolding her nose, she dives right in, plunging down, down, into the cool, dark ocean.InhaleA nervous mother waits with bated breathfor her daughter to break

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Life happens to all of us!
Walker Ikard

MEANING OF LIFE

You start out young. You end up old. Where did all the time go? You spend all your money. You waste all your time. Then

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Amber Walters

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,

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animals
Ginger Gillenwater

The Farm

Sittin’ on the back porch singin’ my favorite song.  The summer is too short and the winter is too long.  I’m dreamin’ of my baby

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Director Aldmann

Cold Pine Lake

At the bottom of the lake waits a chair just for you It sits a staggered row and you’ll seat it right on cue. No sin or crimeearned

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Poem
Gerald Washington

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

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Faith
This Life's Illusions

Prayer for the Living Soul

Written by a forgetful, wanting, neglectful, dishevelled human who yearns for good, and is thankful for a more religious, perfect constant. I hope this is

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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

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Love
Neha Radharapu

Crossing the road again

It’s simple.I start crossing the streeton my own and before that, I’m supposed to look left andright andleft again.I take one step forward andno step

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Poem
Gerald Washington

Little Children Of Uvalde

Little ones No one expected your short lives to end by the gun You were daughters and sons Trying to play and learn Only for

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confusion
Victoria Mineva

Raindrop’s talk

Hearing the raindrops Creates realizations How deep your ocean of tears went Through your foggy life’s mops “I do not want to hear you,” Because

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Julia Marsiglio

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

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TzeLin Sam

Coruscant

They are coming for us, Humanoid creatures with bejewelled eyes, A dozen of us against five of them, It started with one…. And then there

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Black History Month
Devyn Beal

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

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Poem
Gerald Washington

No Comment

I just read your powerful words Once again, it made your writer’s voice heard So many great sentences, that it’s hard to highlight Your ability

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Fear
Andrey Lukyanov

(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

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Poetry
Réven W

Confetti

You glittered when you walked into the room— Exuding confidence like it was nothing but a piece of cake. Still, stillness drapes you better. You’d

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Deep Scratches

There’s always a boyfriend, Soft and pillowy, Lips beyond compare. A fistful grab, For grip, Of perfect hair. Blessed, With silk for skin, Tempting and

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Time is gone with the wind!
Walker Ikard

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

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dark
Saim Khurshid

DON’T FEAR

This poem is more of a lullabye from a scene within my Novel—Diaries of the Missing Children: Carsa Rosain Cecil ——————- Don’t fear the dark   Don’t fear

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Poetry
Réven W

People Watching – 1.22.13

red wool peacoat black glossed buttons bee is her best friend telling her secrets when she gets too close to the pearl lily singing so

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inspirational
TzeLin Sam

Paradox

3 Haikus The smoky scent of burnt flowers from a candle freshens up the room. —- Faded colors of air-dried blush pink rose petals brightens

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#she
Kawthar al-asadi

To Love 

She is the sunshine to my darkness She is the end to my beginning She is the medicine to my disease She is the journey

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Christmas
TzeLin Sam

A Tropical, Atypical Christmas

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There is no snow but plenty of ribbons and bows, There is no real tree but no less Christmassy, There is no need for a

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Alone
Victoria Mineva

The Savior

There was a time when I was the savior Of lost in addiction, beautiful souls But today, I am not because I feel cold By

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dance
Andrey Lukyanov

Motion Happens

Raindrops, sliding off the windshield of the bus that’s tearing through the road in a damp summer air at 90 mph, looked like spermatozoa under

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#Ukraine
Casey Lawrence

Lion Eyes (a poem)

Word-a-Day Prompt: “Lion” *** The man with the laugh has his mouth set firm: he will not budge, nor surrender. The little lion man calls

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apartment
Gerald Washington

Rent Day

Today is the great day that tenants dread. You rather keep your hard-earned money instead. Not enough days to enjoy the pay we got in

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death
D. I. Jolly

Centre Stage

I always thought it would be cold and dark at the bottom. Someone had told me it would be. But it is still possible to

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Disconnected

There’s a boy behind glass, Opposite a man, They look disinterestedly, As they continue on pass. The boy heads on home, And wakes up next

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control
Victoria Mineva

Untied

Today I felt free For a second time in  a row After I broke up with you My hurt and smacked soul I got emotional

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Fitting
Victoria Mineva

Fitting in

There are shaping forms to fit in. Where do I fit in your living? I started my mind cleaning. There are shaping forms to fit

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