March 17, 2026

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I Can't Throw Your Vegemite Out of the PantryI still smell your hair, / mistake your shadow on the stairs, / hear your voice from down the hall,
@miss-masque45
21
Sleep Well My LoveAt the far end of the casket / his girlfriend hugged his wife / And told her she was sorry
@kurt-philip-behm17
19
SKNNYI want to be skinny / say it clean, say it cruel. / No metaphor softens
@Thirteen1456
19
I Don't Know What She Sees In MeI find myself a bit off course / Often going from bad to worse / Less a blessing, more a curse
@mike-hauser20
18
Masks OffYou are born with another mind / That you must learn to dance against / Do that or I do fear you'll find
@CognitiveConflict24
17
BlockedOnce we spoke / in the open air of words. / Questions travelled freely,
@VerseBuster22
17
If I must existIf I must exist, / let it be like lightning— / brief, wild,
@addictedtolife6
15
InheritanceI cradle aches / like heirlooms— / not mine,
@poetriesgrave38
11
FairNo one is going to love me today / So I write this to you / Knowing you will be fair
@kevin-86
10
The things I'v been calledToday I've been called / both sensitive and too thick-skinned, / both too quiet and too loud,
@Itsmylife13
10
forever and always (collab w guerrilla_poet)I know this seems long...but its worth reading :) / As the silver moon and soothing ocean kiss in the silent night, / The white lantern gazes over its imperfect light,
@wishstar06122
9
Friends?Why don't I have friends? / everywhere it's like I'm an outcast, / why don't I have friends?
@ASea3238
9
Ascend Into NonsenseManipulator: / “Behold! Our revolutionary paradigm shift – synergy, innovation, ultimate empowerment!” / Observer:
@MidnightVerse34
8
He Could Have Bench-Pressed a Honda (okay, a small Honda...)In his youth he could have bench-pressed a Honda / He posed with cheerleaders (whom he was quite fond of) / One seated on each arm, his muscles to flout
@lawrence-hall11
8
My saint patricks dayThe house seems cosy without me / Fire crackling / Cups clinking
@Itsmylife56
8
ONCEOnce upon a time I was wise / In colorful days I saw darkness / Little hands, short height
@serhatdogan7
8
Smile and NodSmile and Nod, / Smile and Nod, / Acting like I'm okay,
@That_Girl_Who20
8
Classroom Scene 002 -PumpkinClassroom is never soundproof, / Birth place of mockery ,joke and painful loop. / Imperfections never ask for proof,
@Thesilentobserver32
7
Z65The anxiety overwhelming / Emotions are racing / Feelings going numb
@infamous-one9
7
The Shirt I StitchedA childhood lit by faces — / father and mother, soaked in spotless love, / a rod in father's hand, woven
@manUscript50
7
A Moments BloomHave you ever seen a flower / grow by nine / and die by ten?
@JosephCousineau4
6
..listen..listen / to the divine air now / we are starting to breathe
@sonja4
6
I Wanna be LostIt's dark, I'm drowning, there's no hope. / I've fallen off the clif, there's no rope. / No matter what I do, How much I try, it's all useless
@Janet028
6
Water of oblivionOnly which can quench my thirst / is the water of oblivion / I cannot make myself do the must
@Janet0213
6
Underneath the Apple TreeHe sits, / The horizon stretches out before him / As the leaves above quietly
@almostattimesthefool54
5
Chasing dreamsSome may despise you / For chasing your dreams / They’re only jealous,
@mdpoetry5
5
WaitSmile. / Sit still. / Dance.
@Itsmylife58
5
Whispers of WisdomClose your ears to echoes, he said. / Youth shines with sharp, untamed edges. / Some elders carry brittle, hollow shells
@Marwan-Baytie8
5
UntitledYou wish to remove the clothes / Are you sure / You want to cherish
@Janet0237
5
The Sadist and The *********Like yin and yang, / Opposites attract, / The sadist and the *********
@ReeceAE86
4
Scarlet StrandsScarlet strands, / Petals from a rose. / Soft hands,
@ReeceAE50
4
rain at duskmellow skies / open to the world / the morning dies
@bluefuture21
4
Sibling TroublesI'm the oldest, / I carry the troubles, / I have to defend them,
@Poe_thePoet10
4
O Verbo do xistoO Verbo do Xisto / Nas fendas do xisto, onde se reza, / Escreve Deus o destino da minha solidão,
@victor-marques19
4
Disappearing wall signsThe Nag's Head / and / Ye Old John O' Gaunt
@john-edward-smallshaw17
4
burden at my bestyou see perfection / when you see all of who I am / I see repulsion
@m4cz_thoughtz25
4
I Wonder WhyUnder the scarce, starry sky, / I sit in a daze. / Not counting the stars,
@Janet027
4
The Sound of SilenceThe haunting ring / of silence / reminds me—
@JosephCousineau5
3
Not Who, Not YouLast night I heard a bird go coo, / and I thought—who? / Last night I heard a bird go coo,
@JosephCousineau15
3
Almond CookiesI liked a boy for the longest while, / The kind of thought that makes you smile. / His name would circle through my head,
@Thirteen1435
3
WeirdI can't breathe. / I'm stuffed with / secrets,
@Janet0230
3
The SeaIn her eyes, he saw the sea, / A mighty ocean staring back. / When she told him she wanted to leave,
@ReeceAE20
2
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