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poem by Dakota Iris

You. You were my everything. You were my light in the dark, You took my heart and kissed every broken mark. You fixed me up, painted over every spot. Or so I thought. You were a demon in a halo, a knife wrapped in lace. You ri... Read more

poem by Koapal

This world is crazy, everything is crazy. We are all crazy. What is craziness, though? Is it in the food we eat? Is it in the water we drink? Is it in our bodies? Or is it in a completely different place - stored for us to a... Read more

poem by Michael Wise

Through the blinds the sunlight breaks reflecting off of plaster flakes The music from the other room restores me back into the womb So safe within my mother's walls before I knew these empty halls Pieces of an af... Read more

poem by Royce B

Rivers flow ever forward Through paths etched in stone, reaching towards Something. Water from the dam gushes forth Yet though I swim for all I'm worth I'm going nowhere. The water sloshes white I struggle with all my migh... Read more

poem by Roze

Corroded perceptions occupying dull imaginations meandering around imprisoned revenant Others perhaps see failure, expectations turning to rage Satan stalks the depressed, either she will be remembered or overtly forsaken wat... Read more

poem by Gilbert J. P. III

Picture me as a Snow Globe, Like the round ones you can hold, Peer inside to see my scene, Shaken up from diss-psych-ope-amean, Trappin’ ‘side the torrent, Tormented I don’t shiver, Bitter cold blood, Fro... Read more

poem by Marie Maughan

the porch lets down its icicles slowly that stretch the light in canes at night point transparently in shapes of gaffed marlins hang there for show They lengthen the cold into a funneled spectacle stiffen up the blue s... Read more

poem by Sarah Feldmann

Pearls are found is clam shells And Diamonds are found in the rough Both are beautiful Both are found in not the most beautiful places   Read more

poem by Dakota Iris

Blink. One... Two.. Three. Blink. Don't think, only blink. The smells, the oh so sickening smells, so sweet and robust. Blink. The air getting thicker and so hard to breathe, the atmosphere is heavy and filled with lust. Blink... Read more

poem by Peter Flynn

Where have all the birds gone? I can no longer hear their song. Their chirp and their chatter that echoes my rooms, Seems to have left nothing but gloom. Where have all the birds gone? Where once was a song, a trill, and a sque... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

When you're up at night Pacing through the fields of your mind in hindsight I hope you stumble into my memory tangled in the undergrowth You'll pull aside the weeds of denial and immaturity But you won't find a corpse You'll fin... Read more

poem by Talal Uddin

I spoke to a alien lady last night/ Her words were lovely & full of insights/ As she came to know the true meaning of life/So,Her heart was alive/I spoke to a alien lady last night/ Her ten parts were radiating light/ Deep inside & ou... Read more

poem by Nemo Nemees

In the horror she looks to the sky she realizes she understands she knows; she is dying. she is slipping away faster then most. she is falling into unknown hands she knows it she feels it she fears it. She ... Read more

poem by Talal Uddin

Today,the night's body has become the babylon/ It doesn't have that fame/ Neither the harmonic song sang by a singer/Drummer/ Mandira's tung tung/That came through ether from the jalsha song/ Nor/ The bubble tumble of Nagan babu/Drink... Read more

poem by Daniel Moskowitz

There is a common humorous bumper sticker.... "My karma ran over your dogma". President Trump believes in DOGMA... Not "karma". Will his dogma Triumph over humanity's collective karma? Can a dog run over a truck? Read more

poem by Daniel Moskowitz

We have difficulty Putting environmental issues On the "political map" Because we don't realize that we're actually SITTING On the only real "map"..... The Earth itself. Read more

poem by Sarah Feldmann

Life is full of hills and valleys The hardest part of reaching the top of the hill is when you fall all the way back down into the mud You just want to lie there with all your anxiety, failures, stress, and shortcomings But in t... Read more

poem by AiR Atman in Ravi

Life is a mystery ‑ We can’t track its history It may seem to start at birth and seem to end at death But what seems to be life’s end… is but a bend to transcend Body, mind and soul are what make life ... Read more

poem by Darren Brown

Walking in the dark, walls made of stone. Every step gives pause, for they are not alone. Breath grows heavy, the path is long. Ever downward, to where all hope is gone. As dim light glows, what was dreaded appears. Bars... Read more

poem by Mathew Mcgill

From our reign of happiness Our desires are born Laden with liabilities False expectations of what beholds behind our internal fog. Rest easy, Wisdom rises through practice with vitality and consequences of our failures . Read more