I saw your laughter circle through the air, My husband with our child, her joy untamed. And in that glow, a shadow lingered there— My father’s ghost, in memory unnamed.
By Carolina Borges6 months ago in Poets
“You’ll fail again,” says Doubt, “you always do. The house will drown in chaos, left undone. Your child will learn that weakness lives in you,
By Rebecca Daugherty6 months ago in Poets
For so long I believed I must always shine I must always hold up the light to the people in the dark I've burned myself, so others could have a shoulder in hell.
By Nala6 months ago in Poets
Here on the shore, my wish came true Here in the mud that dries to clay Across the forks of coursing blue And twisting spirits in the spray
By Thomas Speer6 months ago in Poets
Everyone awaits the goddess of the flowers, spring fever throbbing through mortal bodies, greed for love, ravenous desire to collapse in spilled seed
By Harper Lewis6 months ago in Poets
To chant Psyche’s beauty, no words exist And your loveliness, I have none to sing For you, language fails and yet, I do cling
By Emily Ryan6 months ago in Poets
it was so much easier to live in polarities life felt dreamier lost in moral realities I was so foolishly confident I could pray it all away
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA6 months ago in Poets
☘️twisted, betraying heart entwined in poison ivy ☘️ locked away...for my peace of mind...you beg for release Wicked, Narcissus incarnate, caring only about that which you desire
By Novel Allen6 months ago in Poets
When did my heart first wander into night? A hapless scholar taught by phantom flame, whose borrowed stars betrayed with borrowed light,
By Sara Little6 months ago in Poets
Light is on one side, Dark is on the other side. *** One half feels cold and tingly, Like a shadow watching me in deep winter.
By Amethyst Champagne6 months ago in Poets
A dark cloud around the soul To blind an eye that does not know To pierce a heart with an arrow A wind so fierce it takes a toll
By Tanya Lei6 months ago in Poets
I held you close in my arms for just a little while and then off you went, but always turned to give me a smile. I watched as you grew, so largely lived, and you learned...and
By Shirley Belk6 months ago in Poets
