March 15, 2026

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PLACES WHERE WE WERE BIGGER(a cycle about light, illusion, and staying your size) / BEFORE THE GAZE / Sometimes you don’t love the person,
@RastislavKnezi132
38
Before TimeBefore Time / light inside me quivers. / It waits for your lips
@RastislavKnezi24
35
Afterafter the door closes / after the light changes / after the last footstep fades
@RastislavKnezi19
35
The Easier Thingi could have gone / a thousand times / the door was open
@RastislavKnezi38
35
The Gapwhere there was a door / i was the space between it / and the wall
@RastislavKnezi41
35
entry 0 authorship auditsome poems arrive / perfect / balanced lines
@Non-Human_Project27
28
2019: For My Poet Friends: Writing is Finding out what you dont want to know, what you dont want to find out. (James Baldwin)***~for my poet friends who will understand exactly / the nature of our ailment/adventure~*** / it begins when once poem titled,
@nat-lipstadt50
28
gunmy finger rests on the trigger / shaking as numbness tingles to my fingertips / i know inside i dont want to do this
@wishstar0616
24
Life; A jailsit still, / say cheese, / look pretty,
@That_Girl_Who15
20
UNWINDINGComes a wind / That can’t be ridden / Comes a storm
@LoriJonesMcCaffery15
20
Glass Manseen through like a map / of the underground, / a perfect web of blue and red
@leslie-philibert15
18
EchoesSomething whispers, / an echo from the past / a thing to remind me
@sadgirl1429
17
The things I'v been calledToday I've been called / both sensitive and too thick-skinned, / both too quiet and too loud,
@Itsmylife13
16
CHANGE THE WORLDFor far too long / has the world been ruled by men. / For far too long
@Blue-Sapphire15
16
holding onim holding on / my iced hand slipping from your soft loving touch / flakes of my cracked skin fall to the ground
@wishstar0636
15
"Just for Fun"Now someday when those demented old men / Are guided each to his courtroom seat / To account again for terror and sin
@lawrence-hall11
14
Reported Speechthe third of january saw this; / the moon is a stone in the sky / and the night a blanket of holes,
@leslie-philibert10
14
FavoriteI just want to be someones favorite / someones go-to / someones best friend
@theo_the_autistic_sparkle6
13
GoodbyeSoft whispers echo in my hallow mind / As we are back where we started / With our lives far from being intertwined.
@remember_me18
10
InsecureI glance in the mirror / A habit set since I was 8 / No, maybe it was younger
@Starry_Skies63
10
BodiesHeld down. / Not by hands, those long fingers, / Your body weight on mine.
@Songbird092630
9
Who Will I Be Tomorrow?I go between my sides / It's like choosing an outfit / Who will I wear today?
@silverconstellations15
9
SituationSituation / Amalgamation / Do you have a valid explanation?
@Livingpoet12
9
WaitSmile. / Sit still. / Dance.
@Itsmylife58
9
the Oscars 26The Oscars are tonight. / I won’t see them, they start at 1am here. / I’m not obsessed over any male movie stars
@anaisvionet34
7
Evie and TracyI’m the girl who worries my parents / But not in the right kind of way / Not glitter and lies and slammed doors,
@Thirteen1424
6
PeacePeace is something to die for / To dive for / Deep into uncomfortable waters where confrontations swim quickly with sharp teeth of yesteryears hurts, scars and disappointments
@thecalmeststorm19
6
Not Who, Not YouLast night I heard a bird go coo, / and I thought—who? / Last night I heard a bird go coo,
@JosephCousineau15
6
Whispers Between PagesIn the corner, / where shadows play, / a boy sits,
@PaulBaldryPoetry56
5
FireworksAfter a great shrinkage, / In the depths of the tunnel, / When you can't see what's at the end,
@LacesPoems29
4
Unheimlich (the familiar unfamilarity)Long day of being out and about, / There is just one thing I'd like to do / Reach home, far away from the crowd
@Hazel_Dusk25
3
Classroom Scene 001 - Lonely BenchTick, tick, sleepy blink, / It’s time! learn how to write and think. / "Don’t be late, you lazy kid!"
@Thesilentobserver22
3
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