By Emma-Jane Barlow The cold comes to remind me, I'm tender. Soft skin that melts from bone. A branch that can splinter under skies of...

By Poppi Valen Hmelnitsky Walking - I toss my head upwards - Inhaling chestfulls of crimson rose, damp moss, adolescent thistle. Yet, I...

By Prentyce Rayanna half of my heart is stuck in elementary school, between fields of barley and lonely swing sets l asked myself so...

By Jessie McLean We all see different versions of free, liberty climbs down to see us and quickly retreats, the us that couldn't be us...

By S.J.Wildling a full body shiver as a cold river of blood trickles down, down down, it pools at your feet planted solidly on the ground...

By Alex Smith So I tell group that sometimes the tightness feels like I’ve moved into the house across from you but the walls seem...

By Nathan Cabural Taken aback by your dull beauty As you cut cleanly through the mist Your ripples shake the starry skies At the beckon...

By Kaz-Michael The name on his tongue is like lead. Heavier. Sticky as tar and choking him with its stench, Every breath he heaves is...

By Joan Leotta Before the Vultures comes Death himself riding on the back of one of his many minions: cancer, heart failure, accidents...

By Caitlin Janczys I murdered her The girl I once was I ripped her supple flesh with my jagged nails I tore chunks of her out with my...

By Ruth Hutton When I scream out, the sound vibrates back into the past and I am eighteen again. Lost. A mother for only a few weeks....

By A.N. Szymanski In the fire’s shadow, we stand, Voices choked by an outstretched hand. Burned at the stake, but not the soul— A flame...

By Charisse Portman Wong Grey sprouts out with teasing gleefulness, Mocking the years of youthful yearning. Faded ivory bones protrude...

By Benjamin Daniel Lukey An unfamiliar sound disturbed my sleep— And as I drew the curtains from my brain, I there beheld a sight to make...

By Willa Woodhouse As I walk across the ice coated grass It crunches beneath my feet I pull my coat closer As thoughts pass through my...

By Ellen R. Adams You, the Brick You, the weight of river stones pulling deep, dragging me beneath the darkened waves, where silence...

By Rebecca Seymour You asked me for beauty in darkness I don’t know if it’s beauty, but in darkness I find myself Here, I am here And now...

By Cat London It was crunches and crackles Fire and spurts of sound Akin to bones on the ground. But the fog was dense And sound was...

By Jennifer-Lee Weldon I guess we're all a little haunted, A small amount, A shadow, Who has a soft glow around the corners, And comes...

By JS Hyder Gloom descends as the last rays breach the hazy room. Yellowed fingers tremble over the dog-ends overflowing in ash. Bloodred...