January 8, 2026

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Where do broken souls go?You might see them in the sea, / Head's above the water, staring / at the lofty sky while being mauled
@spring-mnemosyne30
17
The Name the Ocean SpokeHer name was born of ocean breath, / of wind, sunshine and rain. / The warming tones of dawn's caress,
@RWRutledge35
16
WHISPERS OF THE PAINTINGSYour thoughts keep me / awake at nights. / So, I turn on the lights
@Blue-Sapphire12
13
hatewhy can't i hate you? / maybe because im still in the shirt i wore / when you held me so tight
@mysterie11
11
when she walked throughthe front door of the diner / the waitress's presence / touched everyone in the room.
@guy-scutellaro60
7
A Dream of NoonA dream passed by this noon / you wandered like a butterfly, / touching as softly as
@Immortality16
6
Think Like Dostoevskythink like Dostoevsky— / better to have someone / who won't burn your contradictions
@VanessaRue13
6
I imagine ghosts existI imagine ghosts exist, if only to float and dance through the mist. / Not remembering who or what they are. / They don't speak, they don't weep
@Lahkeesha17
5
A HEART THAT LOVESA heart that loves / waits forever— / no matter how long
@Blue-Sapphire7
4
Upside-DownWe do not choose the world that bears our weight, / nor shape the hour that meets us at the door. / We enter lives already bound by fate,
@badwords20
3
WordsYou see the pulse of the world / from eye-level — / the tremor in the hand,
@badwords28
3
Three Movements of a Suspended MorningI. Before Waking / I wake to find the sky withheld from dawn, / A winter hush that seals the blankets warm,
@badwords21
3
Texas A & M University and Mickey Mouse's DogLawrence Hall / [email protected] / Dispatches for the Colonial Office
@lawrence-hall20
2
puddleEarth a molten reflection, / covered in steely mirror. / Cloud eternally jealous,
@Kathleen_Howard8
2
If You KnewIf I could cry a river, I’m sure you would drown, / if I opened the door, you’d see a world upside down. / If you knew the place where I sit and I think,
@MalcolmG28
2
in that deep cold frostthat dead stare. / pure violence. / I respect that.
@guy-scutellaro39
2
A Mortal Passionor, Psyche at the Genius of Death: / These days are fleeing us, / be like the Sea,
@GraceA17
2
speechless is okay, for the mind, yet the heart never are...~for Blue Sapphire~ / communication does not require sound, / the silence of your internalities
@nat-lipstadt38
1
Hot messI bite at my cuticles / Instead of screaming / I scratch myself
@miss-tabitha-devereaux30
1
my problemLets see / The problem with me / Are my bones
@lexxwrites31
1
Blinding lightThe Son shone so bright and so long / Early this morning, / Provoking blindness for a short
@bekahalle7
0
He said . . .He said ,"You can't pull strings when your hands are tied ." / Is it because you are made of steel and glass ? / Everyone is hollering about their birthday
@South-by-Southwest8
0
The illusion of timeThe past is an illusion of the memory / Don’t believe in a history / That never was
@FTScorza12
-1
Rootclod RudimentsExotic trollwood harlotry and mule kit blues / Tyrannical tyrannosaur traction padness / Cohort cavorts clastic and witch’s *** hues
@toreinss-pinwinkel-iii24
-2
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