By Mark O'Neill Yesterday I was 16, Today I'm 26, Tomorrow I'll be twice as old, And the day after that I'll call quits, The should...

By Seamus Kelly The first bombs were launched through the “aye” lobby   And unaware, the soon to be victims, continued their brief...

By Kezza G He’s alone. She’s gone. To the ever after Slipped under the crumbs thrown on the coffin, thrown to the birds,   The robin,...

By Anthony Watts Rootless cruiser among the anchored giants, Balloonful of gladelight, borne on the breath of birds,   Lodge in the...

By Jay Goldin do you know how this ends   i know how it ends   with the line and the curve the unreachable sky and the light that no one...

By Kat Savage At night, Tendrils. I crawl through tiny cracks of thought, Itch your dreams, pull tight at hairs, Stuff out your throat...

By Darren Powell Verbal regurgitation, mind’s resuscitation, Ink spewed nonsense on a mental slate – Pitter patter, pitter patter, Rain...

By Gillian Lenore Expectations are subsequential disappointments- No one is coming, you are alone; Sadly, Betrayal never comes from...

By Susan A Justice Time of death was called, But for more than one person. Time of death ended a physical existence, And sent another on...

Leia Newland The beginning of two Corpses knead themselves A neat little home inside The beckon of a womb   Becoming placards for...

By Yati Ramli He said sorry with a fist. I swallowed it. Now I speak in bruises. #darkpoetsclub #SSDI

By Rhino Recites Through glass I see Monstrous feat. Flesh bubbled, eyes dead. Its rancid breath belies fetid soul. Disgust immense,  Yet...

By M. S. Marshall There’s a dead man at this party lurking around the balloons   He eats conversation Talks to the cake Stares  ...

By Leon Smith There’s a nebulous cloud across her face And there it stayed since last we spoke Shapeless words still bubbling in fire and...

By Louise Boddy Sometimes I wonder is this purgatory? A holding place where pain becomes the lesson, where we’re stripped bare before...

By Emma Denny There is a part of me A small sick part That loves to be unlovable   That has revelled in the eyes of a terrified man Who...

By Anaiah Hervey She made herself precious and soft for him on her first night of a quivering marriage She bit at the drool covered...

By Danny Bennett As crows cry frantic. Disturbed and aggrieved. Above deserted, characterless streets, With daunting shadows and...

By Pandora Horvath from at first vehement begging to now deranged and stomach-turning laughter  torturous howls would echo from her cell ...

By Florin Rosca As they recognize each other, Wind and water tumble and play With complete disregard for us, Who live in their...