Caitlin Charlton

Joined August 2024

147 stories

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Noir Writer & Close Reader. Spotting the elements of Eloquence.

Survivor. Reclaiming my own territory.

Let us read each other and leave the page free. 🖋️🔥👠

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The Drifted Ladder: A Spring Poem About What Comes Back
Good memories bloom with a smile under the sunshine. They are beauty in the petals but they fall by the wind: the gust of my trauma,
By Caitlin Charltonabout 2 hours ago in Poets
Why My Underwear Is on Your Radiator: A Sincere Apology
Please accept my sincerest apology for my underwear on your radiator, I know we’ve never met. But when the door was opened at seven in the evening, you were occupied with your friend, the trash, and the dog. It was the only thing I could leave behind before our unprecedented introduction could occur.
By Caitlin Charltonabout 6 hours ago in Humor
The Grinding Tide: A Poem on the Cost of Living
I am chasing the grind and weathering the wind, and getting dressed in cobwebs and stripes and selling my clothes to a friend
By Caitlin Charltona day ago in Poets
Restraining My Competence: A Radical Take on Domestic Peace
I knew my competence would yield no reward, so I delayed it. I knew being capable yielded no power, so I restrained it. Power can be achieved by watching; it is a simple, heavy thing, that ends up mattering more.
By Caitlin Charlton7 days ago in Motivation
The Cost of Going Home
I can't do this anymore When I am all alone. Walking and riding on the bus to your home, The neighbourhood is poverty- stricken;
By Caitlin Charlton14 days ago in Poets
Vial of Air: The Healthcare Crisis. Top Story - March 2026.
Once upon a dry stick of hope, When empathy is gone, Told to cope with pains and falls Until we snap under bricks Meant to keep us safe from uncertainty.
By Caitlin Charlton14 days ago in Poets
The Equable Air
You could see different faces as they poured in like a cup of tea and poured out. They were happy or happy; they weren’t really sad.
By Caitlin Charlton26 days ago in Fiction
Why Society Feels Dead . Top Story - March 2026.
There were breakthrough lights in the greyness of the clouds. Look around; there is no one on the green tennis of the field
By Caitlin Charlton28 days ago in Poets
The Debt of The Extraordinary . Runner-Up in What the Myth Gets Wrong Challenge.
Thanatos was chained by Sisyphus. A moment of curiosity with a secret aim led to death having no power over humanity. Sisyphus made it so. But this story is what the myth gets wrong.
By Caitlin Charltonabout a month ago in Fiction
At My Wits’ End . Top Story - February 2026.
Life is about taking out the trash and calling it trash because you have every reason to. It wasn't meant to be linear, they say. But the times you tried to make it straight led to problems, and you didn’t have the tools to put any of it to use. You don't put your right shoes on the right feet; you put the left shoes on the left feet. The grey hardened slab will trip you up anyway.
By Caitlin Charlton2 months ago in Humans
The Omission of Verse 21. Honorable Mention in The Unnecessary Line Challenge.
I. No man is permitted to assume a position or to domineer. Those who are quiet and demur with fear. He shall not soak up a
By Caitlin Charlton2 months ago in Poets
Sweaty Betty and the Law of Attraction . Runner-Up in Everyone Is Acting Normally Challenge.
No one cried uglier than a university student watching their balance vanish, but that would imply they had enough time to think.
By Caitlin Charlton2 months ago in Fiction