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The Light They Steal From You
I hate that you’re happy Your happiness bites me like a tooth to the cheek It’s not that I’m jealous, although I am a little
Simon GeorgePublished 8 days ago in PoetsA Thousand Blue Butterflies
If a picture is worth a thousand words What do a thousand blue butterflies weigh Before one of them notices the birds Signalling the others, ’tis time to sway
Patrick M. OhanaPublished 10 days ago in PoetsThinking (this Morning) of the Hound of Heaven
There is a spot in Niagara Falls, the Horseshoe Falls Enveloped always in thunderous roar, the sound of Creation, I think
Paul MerkleyPublished 9 days ago in PoetsAmethyst
Struggled life and death kind eyes hands words gifted so loyally wading
Holden AtencioPublished 9 days ago in PoetsForbidden Fruit
Forever suspended while you dance on my lips. Opening our mouths Removing the stem. Begging to be consumed, crafted into a knot.
Olivia MacbethPublished 12 days ago in PoetsThe Spring Tears of Demeter
Demeter has wept and suffered even in this Great southern land as leaf of autumn fell And winter chilled hearts, hearth and home
S.K. WilsonPublished 9 days ago in PoetsPaint Me!
Paint me! Yes! please Paint me into time indefinite itself! with umber for my searching, eager eyes of love and pain titanium white, yellow ochre and burnt umber, for my skin, my warmth
Paul StewartPublished 11 days ago in PoetsSensations in Decline
Part I i made my body as numb as my mind ensuring that absolutely nothing would or will be felt i made my mind as empty as my soul
Where do I go
My eyes have seen the allure of Green and gold. And the wonders it could do. And well my parents tried they’re best I’ve never much know what to do.
Lane BurnsPublished 11 days ago in PoetsO r p h a n
Over the rainbow and back again, every-time I meet my new Rent-A-Mom. Showering me with temporal love. Passing the same thing to another in a month.
Natasha CollazoPublished 14 days ago in PoetsPoems published by the Renard Press.
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Alyson SmithPublished 21 days ago in PoetsTil Death Do Us Part
In the murmur of a dim-lit church, where incense clings to ancient prayers, we stood, crowned in glory, vowing in anxious whispers
Randy BakerPublished 12 days ago in Poets