Thailand    I came for the food and decided to stay. I write when the mood strikes. "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned …

I don't speak the language of any reality, and I stagger among the things of life. Fernando Pessoa. Twitter @fairycemetery

21/washington, d.c.   

PHC    'Born with pens in hand, scrolls in my head and scripts in my heart…I scribble from my soul; and deep within my depth flows fountain …

trigger-warning my way through life.

Austria & Spain & UK & US    Retired after 40+ years from teaching U. S. literature, film, and culture at a large Austrian university, now enjoying occasional visits to members of my …

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

25/seaside soul    I write to express, not to impress. All works rightfully belong to me unless stated.

16teen y/o vegan intersectional feminist twitter.com/adroitamour

coughing up storms    gonna kiss you so hard that your fingers always tremble, and when she puts that wedding ring on your finger she'll whisper "please forget"

twenty. constantly stumbling into the arms of strangers.

NC    Life provides the contours, poets provide the shading and color ~ r All rights reserved.

dumbdeadpoet doesn't exist anymore

here lies everything i didn't say

Karachi, Pakistan    My words shall introduce me.

ma    most of my poems sound a little bit like a suicide note and this is the first time i haven't kept them buried 6 feet …

Michigan    I write poetry to forget and to remember

19/MA   

Toronto    I don't know who I am anymore, I'm trying to find myself in my words.

i never paid much attention to abandoned buildings until i became one

I'm a student going to college in the south, who belongs in the north. My heart and soul are there, not to mention the love …

23/Non-binary/Void    I only write poetry when I'm mentally deteriorating.

Norway    Aspiring jurist with a slightly melancholic mind, bitter, judgemental. Goal: to save Europe from the rise of nationalism and hate. Mother tongue: Norwegian. English as …