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Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.

𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕣
I sit with stoic Silence under a yet moonless night my heart hangs heavy its weight wistfully wandering through the dark velvety sky
By Colleen Walters3 months ago in Poets
Fields of Fetor and Destruction
The mind implodes, The heart shatters as Shards of jagged glass Scatter all about, Instilling a paradox of fear and truth
By Cindy Calder3 months ago in Poets
Ice
Peel the lore from me Until I am nothing more Than creaking pine branches Groaning under the snow, Waving in the arctic breeze.
By Silver Daux3 months ago in Poets
Look The Other Way
Your eyes held empathy I feel melting in my chest days later while I pretend to be alright for everybody else who knows me better
By The Dani Writer3 months ago in Poets
Curtains of Fog
Candle flames flicker, and lamps strain to shine their light from windows Indoor lamps strain to shine their light from windows
By Andrea Corwin 3 months ago in Poets
The Slippery Slope. Content Warning.
Let the kids be kids, they opine from the podium... That'd be ideal if you weren't the ones molesting 'em. I had to learn pretty damn early that boys are incorrigible.
By CT Idlehouse3 months ago in Poets
My Spanish Vocabulary
Hindi is my native language. English is my main mode of study and writing. Latin, I have some command, for I studied biology for decades.
By Seema Patel3 months ago in Poets
It's Always Been You
When we were together I was hidden, My true self was sheltered, My voice was muted, not by choice, but by choosing to ignore who I was.
By Dylan 3 months ago in Poets
to love this world
sometimes i feel so far from it all that i can hardly stand it; i’m drifting away from this place and all the parts of me that are known by another are mourning, dying, clutching at their necks, cursing themselves until they foam at the mouth
By angela hepworth3 months ago in Poets
Salesman
He wakes up, cold. Shifts out of bed, shirt on, tie tied, tired. Cracking teeth brushed after a meagre breakfast.
By Reece Beckett3 months ago in Poets
S.I.L.E.N.C.E...Please!. Honorable Mention in Public Announcement Challenge.
This is a proclamation disguised in fury, do not be fooled by its beauty. Worship it as a warning disguised as prayer...an announcement dripping with impassioned, vehement ire.
By Novel Allen3 months ago in Poets
Overdue
I’ve long waited to write this But now it’s over due My words that felt so strong Are brittle and broken, so torn He mocks me for all the torment of being struck
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 months ago in Poets