16/F/Lagos, Nigeria    A 16 year old with sweet fantasies and harsh realities. Being born in my home country doesn't give me much choice. Still trying to find …

19/F    Literature is a symphony, and we read it for the same reason we listen to music: it makes us feel something.

I just recently found poetry for myself and want to share some of my work (:

Cornwall    Hi, I write about anything, but mostly drawn to esoteric, philosophy and humour.

Beating tired bones    As David Biespiel said, "A poet's greatest fear is that he will flinch." My main influences are Gordon Massman, The Mars Volta, and Elizabeth Hufford.

15/Non-binary/The back of the moon    Just your average genderqueer teen that is just trying to make it out in this hateful beautiful world.

13/F/Where he dwells    I give my demons a short leash, but how do they keep dragging me around?! And how can nobody see it...

34/F    Passionate about writing pouring my thoughts unto paper or presented artistically is my favor. Inspiration comes from anything just listening to the voice within.

25/F    Peek through the veil of darkness, that's where I shine the brightest.

13/F/London    “You can only find your light in the dark.”

the heart that loves, hopes too

21/FTM    aspiring poet i write about my traumas mostly

17/F    Stuck between reality and reverie

particle, speck, fragment, scrap, crumb, grain, morsel, shred, dash, drop, pinch, soupçon, jot, iota, whit, atom, smattering, scintilla, hint, suggestion, tinge, a modicum of good …

23/M/Türkiye   

Finally doing what I enjoy

18/F/rainy forest    On the days I feel the most emotion, I write the most.

19/M/United Kingdom   

We only live once.