I grew up learning how to shrink. How to hold my breath, how to fold myself into corners no one noticed, how to turn my loudest aches
By Zakari Runge6 days ago in Poets
You’d never presume to tell a river it can water only one tree, has to choose wisely and stay there, become a lake supporting boats, maybe just a pond, or worst of all,
By Harper Lewis6 days ago in Poets
A redemptive road only one has traveled Abba Father’s intentions unravel for the world to gain their souls, later retained in Him.
By Jacqueline Elaine Hudson6 days ago in Poets
Some have "beauty", Some have brains, Some have every thing to gain. Some have time, Some have money, Some are drawn like flies to honey.
By Sarah Wentzel6 days ago in Poets
It returns in the same position. Not announced, not marked, just there again, as if it had been waiting slightly out of view
By Alain SUPPINI6 days ago in Poets
They Called Her Smelly Nelly They laughed, they mocked, cruel and loud, Her name a curse, a pointed shroud. She moved in silence, shoulders tight,
By George’s Girl 2026 6 days ago in Poets
Take me to the beach. "But you're not a beach person," you say. I sigh. "Ever since I've known you, You've told me that you don't like beach holidays."
By Manisha Dhalani6 days ago in Poets
Today is Tomb Sweeping Day, a day to mark by remembering ancestors. People remember the lessons from loved ones who have passed.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 days ago in Poets
I thought I could just carry boxes To and from the van, from the flat Bubble-wrapped Heart and mind Saucers and mugs Forgive and forget as needs must
By Emma K. Weir6 days ago in Poets
The kitchen was silent, except for the ticking of a clock that sounded like a heartbeat in a hollow chest. In a small house in Ohio,
By Hazrat Umer6 days ago in Poets
My Mother’s Sister Was a Venomous Bitch Her tongue struck fast, poison in flight, Every smile a trap, every word a fight.
I'm just a woman trying to get the baby to sleep watching my cat drink out of the toilet in the yellow vanity light by the sink.
By Ashley McGee6 days ago in Poets
