when I login, my truths insist, all the rest is vanity; so you see the writing comes hard, but the knees promise with every step …

<> ?What good is to be a King when you cannot lead, what good is to be a shepard when the flock dying, what good …

36/F/Texas   

body suspended between the-dark ochre earth tones of night, teal pealing notes of warning of an impending morning, signs aborning, me rising with urgency of …

22/F    Texas for sure, a girl, a woman, a mystery, a buzzard and an eagle

New Zealand   

tween the heart and NYC    only love poems and other complaints; “teach me where the apostrophe goes, the comma and why the question mark is curved and dotted like my …

with the aid of smoke, all clear, and this absurdity, strikes me as normal...

22/F    I love oversized sweaters, turtle necks, tea, coffee, books, teapots, any type of hat, rain, the quiet, singing, writing, drawing, fortunes, scary stories, dimples, freckles, …

Australia    may light ignite - where shadow sits alone - tell me what you sense - when etchings raw you read - and how my exploits …

64/M/England    Woke up this morning sniff a few flowers, did not feel lonely until I followed you, and you have to keep running till you get …

costa barnacla    particular white cloud formation of the moment at hand, shall stay in place, be the capstone of my summer living vision, become permanent part and …

M/nyc    these days breathe through words, molecules of vowels, stem cells of consonants, the fabric, the tissues of life, veins are a dictionary of corpuscles, red …

Cascadia    we who share vestige of our intimate uniqueness, are different — just be you, that is your greatest strength —stay strong ... stay blessed — …

“these words are my own, their conjunction is a junction to you, and a holy constitution for me.” W.S. “Dance me through the curtains that …

“What does god ask of you? To act justly, love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah “walk humble and the path will …

I fear I'll do some damage one fine day, but I would not be convicted bya jury of my peers Still crazy, Still crazy after …

To walk and pass our long love’s day. Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain. …

M/Ant-hard-ica    she inquires why I write so many poems, easy comes reply: It gives me a fantastic living, it makes and gives, each poem, a calculation, …

33/Other/wherever sin is aborning   

how oft in life do we presume, take for granted grants so extra-ordinary that we forget to remember the extra and see only the ordinary. …

where we are    little could I imagine then that poetry would pick me at all, especially to write of words in dialects I don’t speak, but imaging their …

Psalms 37:37 Mark the man of integrity, and behold the upright; for there is a future for the man of peace. there is no perfect …

To walk on the left, you must know right. ~~—————————————— “Poetry - but what is poetry. Many shaky answers have been given to this question. …