Most recently published stories in Poets.
We play by the rules But nobody likes to lose Some cheat But they are not very discreet They think they can outsmart those on the street
By Christopher Beard38 minutes ago in Poets
Everybody was looking around All so busy No time to notice Yet they couldn't see that someone else walked right past
By Christopher Beard40 minutes ago in Poets
My love for music When I hear a good song my body starts to move, I can’t sit still I’ve just gotta get up and dance, 💃
By Jennifer lindquistabout an hour ago in Poets
zillions of redbuds standing quietly beneath them nothing but blessings. Redbuds are blooming now. What a gorgeous sight. Ephemeral, so all the more beautiful.
By Seema Patelabout 2 hours ago in Poets
I have no inheritance from my parents’ side, not from my in-laws’, not much anyway, no straight-forward, with many claimers.
Mummy, why does my water always taste salty? We aren’t sea creatures We don’t live in the saline sea Playing with the fishes
By abbyabout 2 hours ago in Poets
A white stripe wraps a r o u n d the flat sphere long brim, eyeless It’s the rising moon peeking on one midnight blue evening
By Michele Nampalliabout 2 hours ago in Poets
There was a girl who was a Maguire— a perfect life she tried to acquire. She lamented her fate, spewed lots of hate, And everyone of her grew tired.
By Harper Lewisabout 2 hours ago in Poets
Tired I’m so tired of seeing people struggle in this world we’re all living in today, The elderly they work all those years and don’t get the care they need,
By Jennifer lindquistabout 3 hours ago in Poets
Say It Plainly Challenge - Write a poem that states its central concern directly without metaphor, indirection, or symbolic substitution.
By Denise E Lindquistabout 3 hours ago in Poets
Science helps us all: See the world differently, Grow with new info
By Gabriel Shamesabout 4 hours ago in Poets
the path fueled by desire forged by deceit overwrought by obligation acquired by a diamond that secured a promise
By Greer Monroeabout 4 hours ago in Poets