February 3, 2026

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DesireI see you in shadows he doesn’t perceive, / Your laughter a song he forgets to believe. / He holds your hand but not your fire,
@NeverForget20
20
pass my thanks along to your LLM for its commentpass my thanks along / to your AI commenter — / it saw “depth” —
@doc_mabuse46
18
Notes from the Psych WardWhite walls, / white sheets, / days stitched small
@Andy_doll52
15
Honesty??Honesty ? / I would tell you truths / that could tear your whole reality apart,
@TheBlackPen12137
15
sleep is for the weak, they saidtight schedules / and deadlines galore / wheres my poetry hour
@pink_sleeved_girl_816
14
not my ideaI’m sick. I’ve got the ick. / this wasn’t my idea. / My Grandmère had some little orphans over - a couple had coughs.
@anaisvionet27
13
When They Come For UsIn a cramped gov't office / let our affair begin. / I shall publish my passion
@ShayCaroline30
13
The Scent of GoodbyeThe room smelled of forgotten promises. / Dust curled in sunbeams, / the piano sighing songs
@VerseBuster13
13
provokedI know I’m really shaking the flu thing because I awoke at 4am totally energised. The first thing I did was Lysol all of my computers and gadgets. Peter was sleeping, but holding the Lysol can, I eyed him - finally deciding that spraying him down might wake him up. / At 4:30am I texted Charles, “Let’s run” and he was grinning outside my door at 5:30am (our regular time). / Why did they remake the Wuthering Heights movie? We had to read WH in 10th grade - it’s like 350 pages of unhinged gossip and Heathcliff, the dark, Byronic, anti-hero is a paranoid narcissist that any modern girl would dump the first time he mouthed off.
@anaisvionet14
12
!Not! Almost: Language itself becomes tactile, aliveverbosity is my carnal sin, / never use one word when ten bare suffices, / language is the best tool for seduction
@nat-lipstadt60
10
Duke of HazardsSpending too much time / exploring one's own pain / is an inherent hazard
@Jason_R_Michie4
10
We were not born for comfort. We were born for meaning...and thus a poems initiates itself, / my bona fides, working woman, / with many creature comforts afforded,
@brandychanning22
8
Origami heartCalling memory, I take and fold, / fold you into a shape I can hold. / Origami feels almost appropriate to me,
@MalcolmG50
8
Body's LanguageListen to your body, / you see— it speaks in a language / simpler than your heart or mind.
@rhyse16
7
Where The Gentle Rivers Flowgo there / sweet / lassie
@jamal-upshaw20
7
Rat Holes and AbsintheThe basement smelled like damp carpet and stale beer. / Peeling paint curled from the walls like forgotten letters. / I sat at the desk with pen and paper.
@Twc36
7
The Words#*Words are the chemicals / Packed in vials sublime / Untouched pure in time
@sarita-aditya-verma16
7
The Poets CreedWe orate from the bleeding scar / And only those who feel / And know the pain,
@marshal-gebbie5
7
RunningRunning / into the future / Living
@South-by-Southwest48
7
LOVE-breath YOU keepThose were our souls, so wild and free, / Who walked through fire at Love’s decree. / With Beloved’s eyes held in my heart,
@melan-of-innocent42
7
PresentsSnow falls outside as / ideas and visions / are revealed
@EssLunasa36
6
Glass PeopleThey glitter when they move — / so easy to witness from afar, / so hard to hold up close.
@Sorrowful_vow22
6
AloneCrowded streets tonight. / I browse the storefront windows, / alone in plain sight.
@lynn-stillman3
6
Forbidden GardensDiving in the poisons, / Lured by artificial heavens, / A foggy mind sought clearance,
@TheClumsyGardener18
6
Turning of LifeI wake early / By the garden gate, / Dew on cabbage leaves,
@Andy_doll76
6
I can't pretend momI'm ripped apart, / I'm too broken / please don't tear me down
@Ash_26
5
PURGATORYThe Earth opened and the demons crawled out of their diabolical caves / Journey to the center of the heart of darkness, a journey into the dark con of mankind / Darkened scores of bats flap with erratic precision & the tongue of the serpents are restlessly wandering
@blackcatpoetry8
5
My feeling.I have this feeling. / This worming feeling, that I can't ever seem to describe. / It was there when I realized that my mother would die, it was there when the rollercoaster reached the top of the ride, it was there when I told her that this was goodbye.
@GROM9
5
EulogyAttending a funeral that’s all in my head / Burying parents who aren’t even dead / I’ll buy flowers to throw on their grave
@LilGhostGirl6
5
I rememberI remember when / My friends were jealous of my dresses, / Dresses that were iridescent, bright, and vivid summery colours,
@mirara_hihi52
5
Montgomery, AlabamaIf I'm an angel / then my wings were wax / and melted long ago
@WhitHowland5
4
FlamesFlames spread, eating up the trees. Destroying everything in its path / How rage spreads, consuming you, as you destroy the ones you love / Memory and thought disappear, flames devouring reason
@nikrosewood16
4
For YouI will never make my mark / I'll always be left in the dark / Then you brought me light
@LotusLovebug12
4
am i?am i really that bad? / am i really that unlovable? / for people to think that everything i say is a joke?
@juls8
3
Beyond the PhysicalLook past the / appearance, and / into the heart,
@msbellepoetry4441
2
The Grey PreludeDark silhouettes / Swarming the sky / The once gentle home
@Reav-Ecan16
2
Tuesday TriumvirateLove’s Goodbye / Those who ask / no questions
@kurt-philip-behm46
2
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