By Charly Glass I heard that grief is just love And now I know that to be true For my grief knows no bounds or limits Ever since the day...

By Rio Barney As a child, I trampled the Earth as if I ruled. I swam in rivers, creeks, springs, and pools. I climbed to the highest...

By Robert Elliott Grain-sized yet damaging, Just like Chinese water torture; That has long since drip, drip, dripped, And bored through...

By Alison King This is not a love poem.   This is a life poem, a learn poem, a build the bridges, strike a match, stand back and watch...

By Emma Woodhouse If my fingers reach out, they’ll touch splintering wood, bowing from the burden of six feet of soil. Yet I cannot move...

By Rachel David In the background, Elliot Smith sings about loneliness In the background, the sound of running water   He sings about not...

By Steven Lee Hann I haven't the legs to weather the tide, even a simple dip of my toe and I'm cast down the stream. If I was wiser I...

By Patricia Mercado I will shoot him in the forest then, help me with his legs. Dump the body in the river or leave it to rot in the...

By Desiree Dawn God said he'd take our hearts of stone And replace them with hearts of flesh   But a flesh heart that beats alone Weighs...

By Richard Featherstone The first stars are coming out, It itches. I slice the tip off my thumb with a steak knife. No blood from the...

By Natalie Horrocks My heart if I could live without it. I would bury my hands into my chest and with all my strength, I would prize it...

By Carmella de Keyser I am so grateful for this gift.The more pain you inflict on me, the more I will ripen. The more ripping, verbose...

By Theo Mardell Do you see conquered nature? Ash concrete blocks, tarmac suffocating the soil, grass and trees in city locked plots. Yet...

By Ren Harper When reaching into the darkness Be sure to further strain the weakened muscles, ligaments, tendons, joints, bones Beyond...

By Liv Feilden Part 1                                                                                                                  ...

By Shae Croft I am here when the wind howls. I am here when the sun shines. I am here in all the changing seasons. Rejected Forgotten...

By ThoRgErdT A bell, a book, a candle A spirit, a soul, a sigh The anguish I long handle Glowing black in my eyes ...

By Lewis Brown The future is a golden tower growing. Its walls aglow with gifts it is bestowing. With hungry heights and lurid lights it...

By Imogen Wade you arrive                                         from the blue;                                                I’m...

By Jacob Murray Your life is a gallery of blank canvases collated, situated upon the wall perceptible to all. Its patrons converse and...