March 11, 2026

Winners
Other poems
Lord & Lady AfterwordShe wonders if the world knows. / She remembers she forgot to curtsey, / to demurely eat darkness.
@Carlo-C-Gomez10
26
You're lonely tooThe car went silent / I coasted to the side / I had that sickening feeling
@South-by-Southwest32
21
IS IT TOO MUCH?If you had asked me / how much I love you, / I would have said:
@Blue-Sapphire12
21
Whats My REAL Birthday DATEI celebrated my same Birthday / until I was a teenager / Everybody knows their Birthday date
@cj-sutherland57
21
The Arrival in NodI walk through towns that have forgotten me. / Sidewalks broken and twisted, / windows cracked, doors closed,
@thomas-w-case55
20
'Tomorrow'I'm in love, today I met 'the one', always there never undone, I met them today no expectations, free and love devoid of station. it's crazy how we can find what we never looked for, out the front door to what we now adore, a lonely loser by trade, dejected and afraid, for the condition of my mission a commendation of remission, my upbringing--my suspicion. / It hasn't worked. / My love is new so, I eschew the payments due. I wreck ahead without a head and then I dread to not be dead. ONE TWO THREE FOUR: payments to adore. FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT: a desire to make wait
@badwords12
19
Once was LostI searched for it / beneath the willow tree / that flowed by the stream
@thomas-w-case116
19
The Room We ShareSome nights I talk to the machine / the way I’d talk to a lamp left on – / not because I expect enlightenment,
@VerseBuster49
18
The DoorA door swung open in the dark, / creaking slow without a hand. / Inside, the rooms were full of dust
@addictedtolife8
14
LettersAs I sit in my bed / I think of everything I wish I could have said: / Dear Dad,
@That_Girl_Who38
14
Strawberry AddictionMy body craves sleep like an addict on multiple substances. / Depressed people and addicts are not expected to grieve, / even when they experience the urge to die
@Zin35
14
ParanoïaPeople are making weird faces around me / Behind my back they are speaking feces about me / And they smear it on their walls
@CognitiveConflict60
11
Private LightThe white pen / on white linen. / Unstained.
@RinHollow5
10
The Tragedy Of FallLate in September / I fondly remember / What caused loves engender
@kurt-philip-behm17
10
Red dust at the enda desert stripped of want, / my mouth heaving for air / already spent on you.
@𝖎-𝖈-𝖞-𝖕-𝖔-𝖊-𝖙-𝖎-𝖈-𝖆23
9
You think that you are betterI have been waiting / To see you again / But then when I do,
@That_Girl_Who24
8
MenIn the house where men have sat, / with their arms open, / receiving nothing,
@himquantum58
8
Dante's Delightful DescentDown / Down, / Through the sulfurous haze,
@Nick-Moore63
6
Have You Ever Been So Lost?There’s a road that winds through quiet / Past the fields where no one came / Cold wind — moving through the dust of time
@RIPearl22
6
The basis of peaceYou fix things up / and I, / mix things up
@john-edward-smallshaw9
6
WaitSmile. / Sit still. / Dance.
@Itsmylife58
6
PersonalitiesCarved and shaped. / In different sizes. / Colors of the rainbow.
@laura-3018
6
A Space Still LeftAs the blood rushed / Through the veins / I kept my heart hidden
@Yashkrit_Ray16
5
We believePoets / Such a haunted bunch / Feeling it all so much
@KristaDelleFemine16
4
My Humble CreedMy pen can't be forced, / 'Cause, It's not just the ink, / It's the soul that I pour.
@Parth-Vij13
4
Her ResonanceEnchanting words at sunrise, / A quiet labor of love. / Two notes within the same chord,
@Michael-M-De-La-Fuente9
4
FlowersI was put to rest on Monday / It was the day after I took my final breath, / And two days since I saw flowers.
@Thepoetwholived10
4
Love GardenMy heart is a love garden / It has flowers with every color / Without rain, without sun
@serhatdogan4
3
ended
Explore
Hello PoetryVoting
Write