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I am smoke from a discarded cigarette. / I am a dogeared page in an obscure novel. / I am rain on the ocean.
@LoriJonesMcCaffery
16
#1
57
What Remains
Not the voice— / though I still hear it / in the way wind moves through curtains
@shoaib005
87
#2
37
Van Gogh-Yellows
I wish I spoke / for the consumption of ten seconds, / so you'd give me your attention,
@angel-zungu
41
#3
33
Other poems
Food Fight
There once was a fight on my plate / In front of my face while I ate / The Broccoli on the left picked up its Spear
@mike-hauser
16
20
adulting
"adulting" / A rust‑worn Saab dragged up the drive, / gravel grinding under balding tyres.
@renseksderf
10
19
child
a laughing minion, / waving all limbs, / rolls in a personal
@sean-fitzpatrick
8
17
HOLLOW
HOLLOW / —————————————— / Olivia Williams
@OliviaWilliams
78
16
"favorites"
i was like your favorite CD / used and scratched and / worn from use
@angelgarbage
10
14
The Sound of Silence
The haunting ring / of silence / reminds me—
@JosephCousineau
5
12
A Moments Bloom
Have you ever seen a flower / grow by nine / and die by ten?
@JosephCousineau
4
11
Cold Brew
It begins with a spell / siphoned into desert lips / a hundred affirmations
@vitae
23
11
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night, / Old age should burn and rave at close of day; / Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas
19
10
The Sky Was
the / sky / was
E. E. Cummings
21
10
In Spring I Dreamed of Summer's Sun (Lyrics and free link to new song)
Verse 1 / In spring I dreamed of summer's sun, / And all the things that I'd get done.
@VictorDLopez
29
9
Cube
I’m conscious of your existence here / Voids inside my heart are spreading it clear / I feel an anxious pleasure every second here
@kenjii
8
8
When We Two Parted
When we two parted / In silence and tears, / Half broken-hearted,
Lord Byron
32
7
Untitled
Do you ever feel so consumed / in your own thoughts / That there's no logical reason as to why
@sydneynicole
13
7
Not Who, Not You
Last night I heard a bird go coo, / and I thought—who? / Last night I heard a bird go coo,
@JosephCousineau
15
7
Waiting For Afterlife Station
Nothing new pulls the heart. / Love written for a dusted piece of garden, / where melody of rain falls apart.
@Thesilentobserver
26
5
Times Like This
Times like this, / make hell seem like / a pleasant place
@JosephCousineau
5
5
SPARKS / CHISPAS
SPARKS / Sparks, tiny joys, / bright and alive, let’s light up life.
@carlos-alberto-bustillos
115
3
Sydney (Poetry In Human Form)
The first time I met her, I was mesmerized. / She was poetry in human form. / Sydney was her name—let me tell you,
@JosephCousineau
21
2
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