Sonnet

Red Face White
Times spent shrouded - shrouded yes in darkness ~ Such a melodramatic word to use ~ as I say "fuck you"
By Paul Stewart5 months ago in Poets
Necromancer
Halfheartedly, I mull through all the banter Playful back and forth; internal exchange Tete-a-tete, tripwired, becomes my cancer
By Marilyn Glover5 months ago in Poets
Forces. Honorable Mention in The Sonnet of Shadows Challenge.
Darkness: defined by the absence of Light Light: reciprocally, contingently bound Manifest healing in quiet of night Lost to the dark, in the Light, sight is found.
By Jessica McGlaughlin5 months ago in Poets
Winter Night, Give Way to Spring. Honorable Mention in The Sonnet of Shadows Challenge.
Let me compare thee to a winter's night, Chilling cold and shattered from your senses, Beautiful and encompassing without delight,
By Amanda Starks5 months ago in Poets
Echoes of My Father
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 Borges5 months ago in Poets
The Quiet War Within
“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 Daugherty5 months ago in Poets
When I Realized I Held My Value Hostage.
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 Nala5 months ago in Poets
Serpent River
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 Speer5 months ago in Poets
Persephone’s Ascent . Honorable Mention in The Sonnet of Shadows Challenge.
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 Lewis5 months ago in Poets
And your loveliness. Honorable Mention in The Sonnet of Shadows Challenge.
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 Ryan5 months ago in Poets
black and white thinking
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, MFA5 months ago in Poets
Shades of Poison Ivy.
☘️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 Allen5 months ago in Poets