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February 9, 2026
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Will You Walk A While With Me
Will you... walk a while with me / Along my painful way / A love whose heart has eyes to see
@cj-sutherland
17
#1
34
Circus
I juggle books like the clown I am; / A chapter of this, a passage of that, / The words touch my eyes but refuse to go deeper,
@ivorysmiles
16
#1
34
After the Door Stayed Closed
There are days when the world forgets to open, / when the handle stays cold in my hand / and the room behind it hums without me.
@VerseBuster
22
#3
29
Other poems
Rule Follower's Lament.
I did everything right: / I followed the steps. / Paid on time.
@EliskaPetras
33
25
Hidden Scars
Called to care, / first on scene, / dedicated to serve-
@MarkD
29
23
A quiet life..
The clock face stares through hollow glass, / Watching the dust, as hours pass. / The ink is dried in open book,
@jacob-eirschele
12
20
Pandas are *******
Pandas are ******* / No doubt about it / All they ever do
@daniel-james
24
20
Morphology
Expanding flesh, / bending genetics / diluting time,
@flame-heart
28
16
stained glass
time has no authority over the nervous system / grief does not answer to clocks / excitement does not dissolve on command
@jia_greens
101
14
A Twinkle in the Eye A Magic Moment
We can’t / reach out / and grab
@cj-sutherland
17
14
Simon
This will be the last time I will write about you again. / A heavy heart / A heavy mind
@proseache
71
14
To My Daughter
Growing Up / We sang / “You are my
@cj-sutherland
76
13
Carbon Copy
Elon / Musk / Speaks on
@cj-sutherland
28
13
Tables For Love
We learned our love at candlelit tables, / where forks slowed down and voices too, / where time arrived in courses measured
@adamrsweet
28
13
Valentines Day 2026 (revised1986)
No / I do not Like / Valentine’s Day
@cj-sutherland
153
12
dont make me explain
i hate being misunderstood / saying "thanks, but actually..." / everywhere, i keep having to
@pink_sleeved_girl_8
28
12
A Love Poem (Imitating R. Brautigan)
It's so sad / That I can't always kiss you in the morning, / Can't kiss you goodnight either.
@doctor_mee
8
11
Stray Cats Strut
Two kittens too young showed up on my porch. The flood light was their saving torch. / The girl, (Socks) of undetermined breed / The other Mr. T a tabby markings proceed
@cj-sutherland
42
8
Crusade of Destruction
Before I was this / Man I was something / Else and that senile
@nolan-bucsis
29
8
Its just like morphine...
A warm needle for a cold night / A little fix & itll be all over / (for a moment with you)
@blackcatpoetry
28
8
Im On My Way To Emerald Bay
Close my eyes / My mind can play / Dreams flash of our Wedding Day
@cj-sutherland
59
1
Mishoon by Fire
They chose a tree that had already listened, / rings full of weather, patience, and time, / a trunk that knew how rivers remember
@adamrsweet
36
1
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