A poem is like a tickle, it gives both joy and pain: with blissful tears and tearful giggles, you'll read that poem again. A poem …

Long Island    When I write poetry, I can feel flowers growing out of my fingertips. Blissfully moody and miserably young. Always loving, always cursing. Mental illness survivor, …

Ireland   

16/F    in the middle of nowhere

InTheVoid    Just pieces of my mind

21/F/Louisiana    poetry: the place where the ocean and the mountains meet, where a broken heart is stitched together with words, the place where I am created …

Playing with language most days.

I AM A FREELANCE WRITER. I AM INSPIRED BY THE EXPERIENCES OF LIFE AND BY THE WORLD AROUND ME. THERE IS SO MUCH BEAUTY AROUND …

Like coke in the nose of nobles, it keeps everything alright.

21/F/NC    Even in the mud and scum of things, something always always sings

Erased There is a war in my head. As my thoughts collide. The angel and the demon fight for their life. I get scared, I …

18/M/Oklahoma   

It's not safe to assume that those are all stars in the night sky, but it is certainly a more comforting narrative.

indiana   

Pennsylvania    No idea what I am doing here besides searching for the author of a poem I fell in love with. It seems my only option …

38/Other/Yorkshire    My love was an amazingly talented poet he died suddenly almost two years ago. I've started writing to try and help process my loss. We …