redbrick posted a new Poem titled on the border of another day 10 weeks ago
On the Border of Another Day
The day presses in— a slow tightening— and the air runs thin enough to split the skin at my mouth’s border. Sweat gathers at my jaw, dust touches the tongue, and the ground answers each step with the dry crunch... [read more] |
georgeschaefer posted a new Poem titled IT COULD BE WORSE 10 weeks ago
It could be worse
or so they say
I listen to them
pointing out statistics
and numbers from an institute
continuously,
they assure me,
that it could be worse—
it could be so much worse
the sky could be falling
the... [read more] |
georgeschaefer posted a new Prose titled THE ROSES I GAVE TO ISIS 10 weeks ago
The roses I gave to Isis have all died. The candies are all gone. The dreams have been swept under the rug. The moments we shared have soured and faded into the past. The love letters written are mere... [read more] |
Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Happy Birthday Dick Van Dyke 10 weeks ago
Whose 100th birthday is it?
Someone we really like
Come, let's pay him a visit
Let's go see Dick Van Dyke
Dick, you're a star of TV, screen and stage
So few of those
Yes, if you check, most people, at my age
Just decompose ... [read more] |
metaphorist posted a new Poem titled Wallflower 10 weeks ago
I'll never be
the loudest person
in the room.
I'm a bit awkward,
tripping over
my own two feet.
I say the wrong thing
at the wrong time.
and laugh when I shouldn't.
And maybe that's why
I have been treated... [read more] |
metaphorist posted a new Poem titled All My Flaws 10 weeks ago
I don't know how I survived you,
but maybe I actually didn't
as I cling to existence
despite all my wishes not to.
Everything bad in me
is because of you;
all my flaws have your DNA
written all over them.
You tried to... [read more] |
metaphorist posted a new Poem titled Off-Kilter 10 weeks ago
I'm feeling
a bit off-center,
a little off-kilter.
I've lost my balance
and lost my composure.
The world is spinning,
and I'm out of control.
I can't get over
this dizzy feeling.
Teetering on the edge
of... [read more] |
Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Sophie Kinsella - RIP 10 weeks ago
Headline in the N.Y. Times:
'Sophie Kinsella, 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' Author, Dies at 55'
Has there ever been a more appropriate name to scramble?
SOPHIE KINSELLA = I LIKE SALE SHOP'N
https://www.nytimes.com/... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled Thanks To The Director, James Whale 10 weeks ago
I thank you for your greatest work, James Whale:
that is, the movie, Bride Of Frankenstein
in nineteen thirty-five: a little queer,
that film---it first spoke to me when I was very near
five and a half, in January, nineteen sixty-four;... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 1ST POEMS: Toward A Spiritual Perspective 10 weeks ago
As an adolescent and undergraduate student, fervently
I longed for admission to the fellowship of the mystery,
the ancient Church founded by Christ Who had entered History:
and that was revealed to me, as the conclusion of my search,
I was led... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 9TH POEMS: For The Romanov Martyrs, Murdered By The Bolshevik Party,"Partiya Lenina" 10 weeks ago
[for His Royal Highness, Holy Martyr And Tsarevich Alexei, beautiful barefoot beach boy]
They were present, somehow, when the First World War concluded;
in Lakehurst, New Jersey, when the Hindenburg detonated;
on the Polish-German border when... [read more] |
Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Mother Goose revisited 10 weeks ago
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
Has no clue where to find them
Hey Bo Peep, you need more sleep
You're out of your damn mind, um
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie
Kissed the girls, do you know why?
Georgie Porgie, horny guy
Late for the... [read more] |
alex73 posted a new Poem titled Can you fix broken? 10 weeks ago
48 years of being broken. Not knowing how to cope properly. Don’t knowing how to communicate with the person you love because you never communicated as child , in fear of the consequences . Living what you thought was a normal life until 48 years... [read more] |
ramonathompsont posted a new Poem titled Allah Is The Greatest! 10 weeks ago
All promised will be granted in the future paradise to come
Let the glory of his mighty name be on the lips of all
Let his light shine bright and everlasting
All powerful and indeed so very wonderful
He is all and everything!
In every day as... [read more] |
Teytonon posted a new Poem titled It’s Part A time! Where u B? 11 weeks ago
Do you remember?
What month we're in?
September?
No, try again
November?
What did the doctor say?
Don't remember
What the doc said
He said there's
Something wrong with... [read more] |
