January 16, 2026

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Mix Oh LogistYou know I like / Jim Beams / like my lovers,
@vitae15
13
♡To be understood without having to explain yourself / To be held without having to fall apart / To be loved without having to beg for it
@Feliz3
11
A musingit is just past 2am, awaken on the couch, / S. has a bad cold, and I disembark at ports / of rooms far from the common bedroom,
@nat-lipstadt38
11
by the wind sailorit swayed in the arabian sea / scattered on its surface, glistening / under an eastern twilight, locomotion
@acacia12
10
CREATIVITYWhen imagination grows wings / and flies inside your head; / and forces your hands
@Blue-Sapphire12
10
what are the necessities for writing poetry?~for the teachers who teach love of language, / with soul and their bodies entire~ / ~~~
@nat-lipstadt26
9
4 in the morningFour in the morning, awake again / Words tumbling around inside my brain / How soon tomorrow, turns into today
@Chris-24
9
answeredAmerica became a culture in requiem, / cranky, fearful, accustomed to the ambient muzak of decay. / A nation in retreat - uninformed, cowed, confused,
@anaisvionet30
8
I feel like it...I feel like writing - the feeling is itch-like. / Perhaps something aesthetically unconvincing / to feed the algorithm or better yet, something
@anaisvionet23
8
Between Lineswet spring coat jackets / hands searching for the hidden bud / smile under your breath
@thomas-w-case15
6
“to make the reader to love and cherish you”my ***** secret outed, / the forehead clapped, / the cheeks, both slapped,
@nat-lipstadt19
5
Everything is fine on boardYou know it: / taxiing, the run-up / and off, into the clouds
@Zywa18
4
The only thing we carryWe are not the clothes we wear, / nor the names we were given at the start. / We are the salt in our skin
@Maryhuxley15
4
The Timer's About to RingM'hm. / (sonnet #MMMMMMMMMCMII) / Ah shortest day, the heavns are blue fr'intents.
@JennyGordon17
3
swat down your complainingswat down your complaining / see the silver and keep on singing / for today will evaporate
@nivek5
3
**** it**** It / Life has these moments where things just pile up. / The road feels tough.
@MeganH67
3
Light ReturnsLIGHT RETURNS / In the darkest of times, / when all hope seems lost
@barbara-r-maxwell20
3
HELP ME PLEASEI don't seem to be able to reply to comments posted on my writes. Is that not allowed any more?
@LoriJonesMcCaffery1
2
Knock KnockI'll put suit on dress up good / Behave all nice n that / Make not myself look like a prat
@ToeMass18
2
I try to find a reason to believe in goodI try to find a reason to believe in eternal good / But when I'm forced to look around and witness gray men begging / It makes a bitter laugh escape that even one
@EasonBrooks13
2
Out of WordsI want to write / I'm out of words / alphabet is trite
@BJD6
2
ParadoxParadox.... / That a machine or an algorithm / Asks me to prove
@Chris-42
2
In the Furnace of the ThreadIn the furnace of the thread / two figures rise... / each convinced the smoke is proof
@marshal-gebbie46
1
HeavyLove could be so heavy / Yet so light / Heavy enough
@LanceRemir10
1
Curiously blueCoffee's hot / and I am not / so
@john-edward-smallshaw15
1
Vendetta_Merriam-Webster Dictionary - Word of the Day / 16th January 2026_ / _By Firelight -- Campfire Version_
@Geof_Spavins31
1
Etched in the AfterthoughtThe moment you stared at me / it scared the living hell out of me / because you were slowly memorizing
@proseache18
1
Texas A & M University and Mickey Mouse's DogLawrence Hall / [email protected] / Dispatches for the Colonial Office
@lawrence-hall20
0
Time (Tanka)Where time has led us. / To a cold winter blizzard, / the midst of dark clouds.
@lynn-stillman5
0
No one's laughing anymoreDon't think I belong. / Not here at least, / not anymore.
@Listerineyedrops7
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