Mental Health

Give It To You Straight
I am a whore for metaphor. In poetry, that’s great. To dip bitter words in sweetness, And put it on your plate. Scarfed down like chocolate dessert,
By Mama Magdalene10 days ago in Poets
A Twisted Truth
When I tried to get closer, they met me with hostility. When I attempted to speak, my words twisted. I tried to correct what I thought was an error, only to find there was no error.
By Moon Desert10 days ago in Poets
An Ode to Sleep Paralysis and Her Wicked Ways
She is a crisis, she sits in my room. Whittling the time away at 2am as I'm thrust down by unknown forces, - wringing my being between here and there -
By Annie Kapur10 days ago in Poets
karma
today i choose peace revenge was poisoning me karma will get him
By Tina D. Lopez10 days ago in Poets
A Facsimile of Me
Plodding along, I don’t feel like myself. Actually. I don’t feel connected to the me I should be. I’m doing the same routine I’ve been programmed for, but the essence of me — the self of myself — isn’t there.
By Gabriel Shames11 days ago in Poets
awake at two
you attack no, you smile first then attack knife— yeah knife in my back i pull it out i always do
By Tina D. Lopez11 days ago in Poets
I wasn't going to write a poem today but there's a deadline and therefore I will write a poem today
Do you ever get a feeling That everything is a wee bit fucked? A tingling of the neck A look over the back
By Matthew J. Fromm11 days ago in Poets
If Pain Could Speak
If pain could speak, what would it say? Would it whisper softly… or scream in gray? Would it tell you where it quietly hides,
By Imran Ali Shah11 days ago in Poets
Show Me Your Fist And I Will Kill You
Show Me Your Fist And I Will Kill You Show me your fist, I know that sign, A threat you think will make me blind, But I have stood in darker places,
By George’s Girl 2026 11 days ago in Poets
❤️Confronting a Bully: “Not Today Dad”❤️Hugs and Hugs and Hugs❤️❤️❤️Hugs and Hugs and Hugs❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Hugs and Hugs and Hugs
❤️❤️❤️Enter the Golden Temple❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ❤️Prayer Poem of Power #2 crying, . . . fearing for my life, . . hearing my dad threatening to kill us, . . .
By SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS 💗💗 11 days ago in Poets
The Beast
Writers note: This is my attempt at writing lyrics for a song 🎵 Kill the beast… the beast. Emotionally deceased. Mind trapped, still fighting your disease.
By Jesse Lee11 days ago in Poets
I Wrote A Book of Poems
Hello All! I am coming back to the Vocal Community with exciting news. I formerly had an account under the name Hufflecup. I know I had a few regular readers of my poems. I stepped away from this website to work on getting my poems published and IT WORKED!
By Bill Carney11 days ago in Poets