apartment
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
Gerald Washington March 1, 2022 9 Comments
Poetry
"I never started a poem whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering." - Robert Frost
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Skim The Letters
Aching arches of smiles while away my time, Excruciatingly patronising and pedantic, Reassuring themselves but never I, That I believe they like my rhyme. Sent
Conor Matthews November 20, 2023 No Comments
insomnia
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
Amber Walters August 7, 2022 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
grim
(P.S. poetry series) Purple Pearl
If the safe’s been unlocked and the content is gone, lightly heard the sound of a moan, path thru has been blocked, “Do not enter”
Andrey Lukyanov August 21, 2022 No Comments
Nathan’s Poem
A follow up to Summer’s Promise Gone I’m wandering, wandering in my dreams. Looking for something, Searching for the key. Can I find anything That
Mollie Lyon May 22, 2022 2 Comments
Poetry
Salt – 2.18.15
is meant for the sea but now I see how I’m slowly becoming full of tides Life is supposed to happen in order Much like
Réven W December 16, 2021 No Comments
Everything in life comes back around to you!
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
If a rocket goes up into the sky, it will come back down. If birds fly up into the sky, they will come back down.
Walker Ikard May 6, 2022 5 Comments
angel
Lavender Angel
In fields of lavender, where the sun glows A purple angel descended, her wings did show Her robes were flowing like a river’s stream And
Amy Christie October 9, 2023 No Comments
fantasy
(P.S. poetry series) Opal
Getting drunk on the bottle of wine to keep oneself relaxed, contact the good old feeling, intact with the meaning, maneuvering, thru the poisoned sumac,
Andrey Lukyanov August 16, 2022 No Comments
ARE YOUR DREAMS REAL?
Every man or woman has dream within themselves, to reach a goal in life, while there is still time left. They want to find an
Walker Ikard March 30, 2022 2 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
Foreigner
Favorite songs in Poems – “I want to know what love is”
I want to know what love is by Foreigner – Youtube video Full Lyrics “I want to know what love is” I gotta take a
Victoria Mineva April 8, 2022 No Comments
alive
Moonlight
I am tired of failing The things I do not forget The pain and the pressure Made me regret But deeper inside me I know
Victoria Mineva March 16, 2022 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
Spiritual blackbird trying to help us all on earth!
BLACKBIRD
An old man was down on his luck. So, he rolled the dice for one more buck. He was just trying to find someone to
Walker Ikard March 29, 2022 4 Comments
feelings
(P.S.poetry series) Staring At The Rain
It is raining outside and it’s kind of gray, I’ve made a long trip and I’m here to stay, thought I’d do good but not
Andrey Lukyanov July 23, 2022 No Comments
revenge
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
Director Aldmann November 12, 2023 No Comments
better
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
Victoria Mineva March 24, 2022 2 Comments
We're all living in the fast lane!
LIVING IN THE FAST LANE
We’re all living in the fast lane today. We run day in and day out to get ahead in life. You know we can’t seem
Walker Ikard January 25, 2024 No Comments
Faith
(P.S. poetry series) Worth A Shot?
Cars drove by, a simple sigh at six in the morning, The day starts and the body drops, Shots heard on the block in the
Andrey Lukyanov August 16, 2022 No Comments
Poem
The Noises At Night
I didn’t sleep at all last night, it depresses me If only my brain could rest and let me be Strong noises from another person
Gerald Washington April 3, 2022 6 Comments
Endure And Be
It whispers, “It’s coming”, And everything goes, Everything turns. But we are here, Forced, To endure and be, Then nothing more. Crying, Cooing Coughing, Croaking.
Conor Matthews August 16, 2023 No Comments
Imaginary love
Favorite Songs In Poems – “Something Just Like This” by The Chainsmokers Alan Walker Remix
on YouTube Lyrics “Something Just Like This” I’ve been reading books of old In the evenings when I feel cold. The legends and the myths
Victoria Mineva July 15, 2022 No Comments
After
After all
I look at my girl’s Barbie It is indeed cool How perfectly tiny Like the mill in the hill Of artificial beauty That today’s people
Victoria Mineva March 13, 2022 1 Comment
Jewel
She was exotic,Fully formed from the formless,The foreign lands,Far from my own,Of age and mystery. She came up,Out of the holy waters,And my tongue stumbled,To
Conor Matthews January 26, 2023 No Comments
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
Adam Robinson February 5, 2024 No Comments
a poem for my ex
A Petty Poem
Prompt theme: “Hope” I hope you step on a Lego when you least expect it. I hope you step in a deep puddle and soak
Casey Lawrence January 26, 2022 6 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
diary
Buried Underneath A Pile Of Exhaustion, Pain And Guilt
My tears, like a stream of water running towards the sea, they are running towards the floor, softening the ground. I sink. Darkness is surrounding me.
Franzi Kinzel March 21, 2022 No Comments
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
Ellysa Greenhalgh August 20, 2021 2 Comments
identity
Life: A Paradoxical Feat
Maybe I wasn’t loud enoughabout my desires—or was I too quiet?I never could tell. Life—a tightrope walk of extremes,fleeing to the shadowsafter too many days
Heather Martin February 5, 2022 6 Comments
Stench
[TW: Self-Harm, Mild-Violence/Gore] I had to shove a pair of scissors up my nostrils the other day, As there was a lingering, longing smell that
Conor Matthews October 14, 2022 No Comments
Book
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
Victoria Mineva May 12, 2022 No Comments
EVER NOW AND THEN
We planned a pretty future. It was only yesterday. Two young hearts were parted and went a separate way. We lost a pretty future, don’t
Walker Ikard March 30, 2022 No Comments
To My Dad, My Idol (In honor of my father who passed in 2018)
A pillar of strength and man forever bold, In his name I write this poem – his story will now be told. Born and raised
Greg Ensor November 23, 2021 3 Comments
Christmas
The Last Christmas Card
An ode to my Dad who left a surprise in my mailbox after his funeral Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash I remember when I
Crystal Walker January 30, 2022 No Comments
angels
Worthless Structure Ventilator
When your eyes are soaked in all the nuances of light, maybe it’s time to close them, just for a little while… (Rock’n’Roll in a
Andrey Lukyanov April 28, 2022 No Comments
family
My Venn Diagram
Not a single person in the universe has experienced life the way I experience life. My circle is a huge Venn diagram of shared experiences
Amber Walters July 23, 2022 1 Comment
Love
On That Fateful Day
A poem about soulmates On that fateful day Searching the shadows I cannot wait to see you In your shining hue beaming like a floodlight
Devyn Beal February 28, 2022 1 Comment
#connection
Red laces
I watched a K-drama It looked romantic Men showed attitude To be with a woman In keeping red laces From one heart to another All
Victoria Mineva March 12, 2022 4 Comments
city
Life in a Phantom city
Phantoms are known As the most handsome stealers To live on their own Blazing realities Or men that come for The most beautiful jewelry That
Victoria Mineva March 22, 2022 2 Comments
attraction
Are You or Are You Not?
Are you or are you not? The reality or falseness in actions? Or maybe we should tie the knot. Are you or are you not?
Victoria Mineva May 13, 2022 No Comments
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
Conor Matthews January 9, 2023 No Comments
Oisin’s Lament
Can I stay, And die amongst the forgotten? Can I live my seconds, Amongst the decayed and rotten? There is no place for me, Where
Conor Matthews August 6, 2022 No Comments
Fiction
To The One I Used To Know
To the one, I used to know Thank you for your warmth and glow Many days were exceptional because of you The still of your
Devyn Beal March 7, 2022 No Comments
TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS IN LIFE!
LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE COUNT
The little things in life always count. If you show a little kindness along the way, it will always be appreciated. It will count and
Walker Ikard April 11, 2022 6 Comments
age
Quiet Applauds
Realization of age Between the false And pretty lies I found myself In neverending sorrow That brought me back To memories and lines I drew
Victoria Mineva July 1, 2022 No 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
Dawn
A New Dawn
The dawn of the uncertainty. The dawn of change. The things of the past are no more. The things of the future await their chosen
John Wimsatt November 24, 2022 1 Comment
#love poem
I Knew a Boy
I knew a man once. Who was still just a boy. Who had been soured by his past, and a heartbreak he couldn’t forget. I
Court Young March 12, 2022 No Comments
Sand Between My Toes
Image by Author A stranger walks along the shoreThe water calm as glassTheir footprints leave a lonely trailAvoiding those they pass Their stare is off
Walkey walkey February 25, 2022 2 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
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
Glory
(Rhyme Entertainly series) Motherland Welcoming
Welcome to Russia! From Russia with love! Ride my Matroshka, enroute to Rostov! Drink all our vodka, rub tits with caviar, I’ll get dancing bears
Andrey Lukyanov September 4, 2022 No Comments
climate change
The Downstairs Apartment (a poem)
Our downstairs neighbours have lit their apartment on fire.We smelled the smoke months agoSaw the warning signs, heard the alarmsAnd did nothing. We plugged our
Casey Lawrence January 29, 2022 4 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
Bliss
Tasteful bliss
Tasteful bliss, Colourful freedom Broken wings of Mother nature Sighting love with the relic of normality Halt the world For its deranged morality Feet of order, Eyes
Saim Khurshid August 17, 2021 No Comments
Poetry
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
Réven W August 6, 2022 No Comments
Growing up
I Want Normal -A Poem from High School Days-
(Photo Cover Credit- Myself) —– I love to be myself, but at school I seem different than everyone else. I don’t mind the clothes I
Maryandra Barker March 23, 2022 1 Comment
My Mom Said My Pillow Is Down
I always wondered what was in my pillow It’s soft and fluffy and brown When I asked my mom She said it was down This
Michael Robert January 28, 2022 4 Comments
believe
Eternal Song
In the realm of the divine, where melodies reign, A song of eternity echoes through the rain, A tune so pure, so sweet, so full
Amy Christie October 10, 2023 No 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
Alone
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
Victoria Mineva April 29, 2022 No Comments
THE ADVICE OF AN OLD MAN!
YOU’RE JUST GOING AROUND ONE TIME
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
Walker Ikard March 30, 2022 2 Comments
aging
A Kimo For My Young Mother
This poem is a Kimo — the “haiku of Israel.” Running through the woods–family dog ahead.Laughing, my hand reaches yours.Mother–you are still young. There was
Heather Martin February 2, 2022 2 Comments
abortion
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
Casey Lawrence March 1, 2022 2 Comments
flags
(P.S. poetry series) Cold Fur Map
On the emptiness one blizzard showed the path, thru the forest of invisible forecast, to the valley of the shadows of the past, Bravery’s been
Andrey Lukyanov August 18, 2022 No Comments
broken heart
Cutting the cord
It happens in a split second. When something clicks and reality shifts. And all those painful thoughts just mist away. Suddenly, the heart feels peace,
The Lazy Bookista Writes January 19, 2023 1 Comment
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
Amber Walters August 3, 2022 No Comments
New
Like a lady bug
Like a lady bug I feel free Wings spread open Acceptance Like the wings of a small lady bug Flying at my own limit Scared,
Kawthar al-asadi October 3, 2022 1 Comment
age
More
Inspired by: Inner Beauty Lie on my WattPad poems collection “Moment of Silence” I am closer to forty With one cycle, more Last year I
Victoria Mineva March 9, 2022 2 Comments
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.
Walker Ikard March 30, 2022 4 Comments
Arrow
Inflaming arrow
Tonight I checked your messages on my phone It feels I was like an eager moron That looks for older passion in the sorrow I
Victoria Mineva March 2, 2022 2 Comments
YOU CAN’T GO BACK IN TIME
People say you can’t go back in time. So, you need to try to get your ducks in a line. You need to tell people
Walker Ikard April 25, 2022 2 Comments
ROADS OF LIFE
As I head down the roads of life, I can’t help but wonder if I will get it wrong or right. I know if I
Walker Ikard April 1, 2022 2 Comments
Faith
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
This Life's Illusions June 25, 2022 6 Comments
The Cream
The cream does not always rise, It sinks and swims and struggles, Gurgling and gulping its juices, Straining to breathe and bathe, In the fresh
Conor Matthews October 1, 2023 No Comments
identity
As a Mere Object
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
#miscarriage
Platitudes
At nighttime I still feel youthe way you favoured one side of my bodynestled up against my sigmoid colon.I laughed at my lopsided belly.I can
Julia Marsiglio January 24, 2022 9 Comments
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
Conor Matthews December 7, 2022 No Comments
Love
The Most Beautiful Game
A Poem (Nonet) They call it the most beautiful game And we were there to witness it. The Blue against the Orange, A surprising result
TzeLin Sam March 17, 2022 18 Comments
The Haunted Box
picture, if you will, a box— this will be quite hard to explain— a fairly large one, cardboard-made that more or less could house a
Annie Ucci April 25, 2024 No 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
folkhorror
The Hollow
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
Poetry
[fiction]
we come together to create a fiction big enough to live inside (hide inside). we come together and hurl our
Stacey Durnin October 28, 2023 No Comments
Fight
Poetry Slam
I thought that I would never see A fight regarding poetry. Life can venture nothing worse, Than fisticuffs o’er flowing verse. * If poems be
Donald J. Bingle August 29, 2022 1 Comment
We Are Broken
I went to bed with despair in my heart I woke up today with a twinge of fear I sent my son on a bus
Michael Robert May 25, 2022 1 Comment
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
Love
Stumbling
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
corner
By The Door Into The Mood
Staring into the space and thinking that it was really nice to sit down after long hours of work, the man screwed a cigarette into
Andrey Lukyanov May 16, 2022 No Comments
Dawns Christmas
by author I’m not having a Martha Christmas time. But I’m not much of a Mary either. I’m reminded on a Sunday -Emmanuel- God with
Mollie Lyon December 24, 2022 No Comments
drugs
(Rhyme Entertainly series) Inanimate Silence
Quiet, quiet, silence…… One cotton ball and the spoon, silence…… Quiet, quiet, silence…… Plastic, the sharp metal stick, silence…… Quiet, quiet, silence…… Teeth in the
Andrey Lukyanov August 25, 2022 No Comments
dance
(Rhyme Entertainly series) Hidden Axle
Clear, see thru, lightly dressed, what was so special about her that I did not possess? The appearance of a slut, so pleasant for the
Andrey Lukyanov September 1, 2022 No Comments
Goods
(Rhyme Entertainly series) The Real Zeal
Slight touch, higher much, and the love is not the answer, except chances to win increase with the intake dose, and the pose the abuse
Andrey Lukyanov September 4, 2022 No Comments
Love
Table For One
A Poem About Moving On Last week I made a wish on you Tried my best to make it come true Saw 11:11 for 3
Devyn Beal March 7, 2022 No Comments
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
Dream
North
I saw you somewhere before. You are like that white female wolf prowling in the glade of snow. Across the frozen lakes, in uneven debris
Andrey Lukyanov April 28, 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
fairies
The Railway Here Has No Station
The railway here has no station, no tracks or trains in sight the remnants live in extirpation from their prior life. In its place, a
Amber Walters August 2, 2022 No Comments