27/Non-binary/The Netherlands    I write poems to say things I can't speak about otherwise.

27/F/Long Island, New York    Stay true to the tunes that have been wound deep into your soul. For the body knows more than the mind wants to believe.

41/M/Couch to couch USA    I’m still here.

To walk and pass our long love’s day. Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain. …

21/Guyana, South America    I protest through poetry, but who are you to listen to the delusions of a defective mind?

22/America    If writers were like flowers, then I would be a fresh bud just now blooming. The elegance and expression of poetry have drawn me into …

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34/F    I have used writing to cope with depression, anxiety and loss/grief. Often inspired by nature.

F/Philippines    “It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it." - Oscar Wilde

F/Detroit    a moved mover • all works original • copyright ©

19/F/missing lil peep    Much love to Sylvia Plath, Rapi Kaur, and Lil Peep.

26/F/Malaysia    I turn to blank pages to pour my heart into words. Black ink bleeding on white pages. It's my solace. But I fear that someday …

19/F/everywhere i shouldn't be    i’m still moving on & moving along because life doesn’t stop when she pushes you down into the mud// follow me on instagram — zoie_baby

"I should like to write you the kind of words that burn the paper they are written on..." -Dorothy L. Sayers.