Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
It’s now and it’s now, And it’s now again. It’s never tomorrow, Or then or when. It’s today, it’s here, It’s never not now.
By em3 years ago in Poets
Lives. Burning away like unattended cigarettes in an ashtray. Teetering on the edge of collapse. Threatening to fall into the abyss
By Cathy holmes3 years ago in Poets
Dear Joanne, In the early days, they lauded you for the way you sacrificed my beauty for intelligence – so brave, that –
By Dane BH5 years ago in Poets
Dear Luna, While you've not known that I exist, In shadows deep, I've stood And memorized your every curve Relentlessly, since boyhood.
By Dana Crandell3 years ago in Poets
Dear Resusci Annie, I know we just met and this seems forward, Excuse my hands as I place them thus, Two fingers at your bust,
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Poets
It's like this: After a long climb, calves aching, we finally reach the upper deck and step through the arch
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Poets
They say this city never sleeps I say it is a Shepard tone an escalator of illusion forever rising, forever falling a conductor-less orchestra eternally
By Ava Mack3 years ago in Poets
Before I chose you, I didn’t know how painfully sharp words could pierce How deep their wounds would gouge How altering the scars they left
By Gal Mux3 years ago in Poets
Screen glares, accusing Cursor blinks at me, smirking A mocking Cheshire cat smile Blank page taunts me Pen hard and unforgiving in my hand
By L.C. Schäfer3 years ago in Poets
She wandered through the forest Scavenged for her pieces Lub-dub... lub-dub... lub-dub... Their symphony summoned her ~~~~~
By Dharrsheena Raja Segarran3 years ago in Poets
Until my mama found me in the park and tied them for me But it was too late, I was dead already Cold and blue With puss coming out of my eyesockets
By Hillery D. Keefer3 years ago in Poets
reality was going way to slow so i loaded up a news page i don’t want either news or views i wanted the latest outrage
By Bren3 years ago in Poets
