“What does god ask of you? To act justly, love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah “walk humble and the path will …

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. …

F/British Columbia via Iran    I'm here to express what I otherwise can't ~ I Am Here.

Cascadia    we who share vestige of our intimate uniqueness, are different — just be you, that is your greatest strength —stay strong ... stay blessed — …

with the aid of smoke, all clear, and this absurdity, strikes me as normal...

costa barnacla    particular white cloud formation of the moment at hand, shall stay in place, be the capstone of my summer living vision, become permanent part and …

14/M/all my life, an islander.    woman takes you down to her place near the river; You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever And you …

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 …

on a bus near you...    eye am a recording devicespecial filters of my own prejudice. eye live in various bus stops where punctuation of life moments need not be, are …

55/F/USA    I have written poetry since I was 12 years old. no one has suggested I stop.

body suspended between the-dark ochre earth tones of night, teal pealing notes of warning of an impending morning, signs aborning, me rising with urgency of …

Psalms 37:37 Mark the man of integrity, and behold the upright; for there is a future for the man of peace. there is no perfect …

F    easy is never free, poetry writing is cussing hard work curse me if I fail myself, for then I have failed you...

“Thank god for my bad memory. I've forgotten some of the stupid things that I've done. I've come to a little wisdom, through a whole …

M/Ant-hard-ica    she inquires why I write so many poems, easy comes reply: It gives me a fantastic living, it makes and gives, each poem, a calculation, …

22/F    Texas for sure, a girl, a woman, a mystery, a buzzard and an eagle

**at your own peril** dare to vex provoke, antagonize, exasperate that is what my words will do they won't irritate or annoy, bug you or …

how oft in life do we presume, take for granted grants so extra-ordinary that we forget to remember the extra and see only the ordinary. …

tween the heart and NYC    only love poems and other complaints; “teach me where the apostrophe goes, the comma and why the question mark is curved and dotted like my …

M/nyc    Mmm, I see here in your license, You are a disabled guy, A damn dangerous poet junkie, Who often does his best work Legally all …

New Caledonia    write less, write better, learn from you...

where we are    little could I imagine then that poetry would pick me at all, especially to write of words in dialects I don’t speak, but imaging their …