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January 14, 2026
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Hangovers are for Children
I wake / with shadows / and cat hair
@Twc
37
#1
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Promise Me
Promise you'll always love me / as we sit with pastries and a cup of coffee before us; / say it after the bar holding up the awning of the cafe has fallen,
@ShayCaroline
39
#2
22
Idle Engines
She keeps asking what he does, / though his answers are recycled: / French bulldogs, paintball,
@William-A-Gibson
30
#3
21
Frost-script and Silence
The cold settles in, quiet as a held breath. / Out back, the lake begins its slow work, / a skin forming where the wind once kept its path clear.
@doc_mabuse
22
#3
21
Other poems
Farewells of Weary Days
I do not write of sunsets, / Those farewells of weary days. / I will not speak again of forests
@RWRutledge
17
18
After the Storm, I Remain
I did not come here to be saved by love. / I came here to find healing in words, / I came here carrying what love broke,
@MalcolmG
118
16
City of Crows
In the city of crows / in the time of autumn, / over the rainy streets the trees
@ShayCaroline
30
14
REALITY OF LIFE
In life, you need to give people their distances, / Because not everyone appreciates your time. / You might talk and relate with everyone but only few appreciates your company.
@Neldinny
6
14
Chasing Dreams
I chase stars / not to hold them / but to feel the burn
@Immortality
11
13
Evening Brews
Coffee steams from the mug. / Fingers embrace, trembling— / logins lost again.
@thomas-w-case
18
12
The Smiling Buddha
Watching the leaves / Falling on a worn-out trail / Gulping the white blooms
@Yashkrit_Ray
16
11
Beethoven
Listen, / his music shattered stars, / ripped apart constellations,
@Immortality
13
8
My Cat Child
My cat child / brings order where there was none. / Let's not talk about the walnut shell of my womb,
@ShayCaroline
37
7
Hello Poetry, Hello Chaos
In the new bright halls of Hello Poetry, / I wander like a guest who misplaced the map. / I tap a heart -- oh look, I’ve loved myself,
@Geof_Spavins
32
7
I’m gonna need those keys back
Perhaps this is / of my own doing / But I own it
@NomadicMovement
43
7
January
I said to January, / just born and tilting like an upset vase / between heartbeat and nothingness,
@ShayCaroline
18
6
My poems
I find it scary to write a poem, / because what if people don’t like it? / Or worse — what if they do,
@Lilyxpoetry
10
6
INK OF LOVE
Etched in my heart / with the ink of love. / Erase it, if you can—
@Blue-Sapphire
5
6
Dyslexia
I caught an echo of my father / in the way you wear your coat / In the way you're not entirely there
@ShayCaroline
16
6
Wonders of this World
Wonders are sculpted in stone / In monuments of concrete and clay / But then I thought of marvels I see
@nishu-mathur
16
5
Galiano
Mist threads through cedar, / the tide speaks in slow vowels. / A single lamp burns on the dock-
@doc_mabuse
8
5
The Road of Understanding
Thoughtful — among the many voices around me, / Thoughtful — through the long passing of hours, / Thoughtful, I move along the road of unknowing.
@Krezly
22
5
why do serial killers leave remains in the forest?
decomposing, fertilizer / an altruistic killer / new plants grow from flesh
@saint-sabeer-amin
24
5
Untitled
Your love is stuck in my heart, / And still it burns. / Your love is stuck in my veins,
@Saida_Bouzazy
14
4
Stymphalian Birds
Zeus, / reduced to a fairy story, / his powers a parlor trick,
@ShayCaroline
38
4
Sparkle
Sparkle sparkle little star / Wonder where my favorites are? / Cannot find, cannot "like"
@ShayCaroline
4
4
Roads of Iron
To the men who built the iron roads / For the trains with precious and heavy loads / Tracks of iron that span the lands
@Chris-
28
4
Links in the Relapse Chain
I wake to the unfamiliar familiar: / The sound of snowfall / Books by Thoreau
@Carlo-C-Gomez
16
4
Cherry Tree
The branches of a cherry tree bent down, / their leaves moving above my head. / Back then, I didn’t speak.
@Agnes-de-Lodz
35
3
Crowned
The crown of my head is now ordained in snow white, / The markings of the stress and strife based in this world and life. / You said you would crown me in glory,
@bekahalle
6
3
Trying On Selves
there were auditions in our locality— / rare. / night.
@VanessaRue
26
3
Possum Morning
The lake was still, / a pewter sheet of light. / Steam rose from the grass,
@doc_mabuse
23
3
Red Liturgy
To become whole is to gnaw at your own ribs, / to sip the iron bloom that midnigth gives. / Hunger coils in me, serpent of heat,
@Andy_doll
40
3
Afterlife?
See my Skin / See my Religion / Look into my my Soul
@Chris-
26
3
Mondays
I’ve begun recycling emotions / so they’ll last longer / and we can save the rat-bag planet.
@anaisvionet
24
3
Gloom
In the gloomy dark / I chased the light everywhere / The dark drenches me
@Glyph
3
3
Yellow
They were the only two yellows / In a world full of blue / They were called the odds
@1DNA
9
3
sleep
sleep was the only sanctuary, was a / flower on the water, was the moonlit / ripples as night gathered her stars and her
@beth-fwoah-dream
12
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