Browse by Beat all

poem by Michael Wise

Like a beacon on a hill The white church steeple gleaming still For all the many years gone past It marks the path for home at last Up and down each tree-lined street Where childhood friends and neighbors meet In history and m... Read more

poem by Misti D Lovelace

Life is never what it seems Normal is only in your dreams Happy was long ago, back when I didn't know Ignorance is bliss It is something that I miss I have something that will not let go. I have known it all along I grew up w... Read more

poem by Carl II Webb

I went to sleep (right next to you) alone. Then I woke up and I was still (right next to you) alone. I wanted to check my phone. (no texts from you) I'm still alone. I want you home. (what's left of you?) I know, I kn... Read more

poem by Beth Binkley

I wake up in the haze of utter exhaustion miserable, as usual and my mind immediately suffocates me with every possible worst-case scenario that could take place in the hours to come Be anxious about this but more anxious abo... Read more

poem by David Mitchell

Squeezed and bludgeoned hear my shriek, my legs do tremble knees are weak. I am lost and I am mute, for the things you say I can't compute. When the bells ring must they see, upon the stage what's left of me? Tick tock stroke... Read more

poem by Shashwat Jhalani

"I still remember, A troop of remarks used by you, To get rid of me.., And the scary moment of this soul That stole my breath from my lungs, also the sound of that fallow heart which had bursted by you. I know you are seeking me... Read more

poem by dan miltz

Resting noon today, I scribbling softly Late day I pause, poetizing, just be Infant night, squirm upon me, gin·ger·ly Orb of night glow, stars shimmer, glittery Through glazing mid of night, luster afar Thus I pen: ''Twinkle... Read more

poem by dan miltz

It's a new day, today, for writing A day of new beginning To start a visionary drive thru New thoughts stewing New ideas brew Holding up, to spin a memory Within mind, tenderly Composing, rhyming, balladry Inside cozy, restf... Read more

poem by Chris Newman

The dead do not speak Neither do they know anything Of our world They are asleep Awaiting the Day Read more

poem by Michael Wise

It came to me upon reflection Life is one great big collection Starting with a teddy bear and ending with a gasp of air The time between those points is rough accumulating all this stuff Books and knick knacks line ... Read more

poem by Chris Newman

I have to take My medicine My medicine I have to take my medicine Just right now Read more

poem by dan miltz

Hip, cat, daddy-o' Hey, what's cookin bro' Man, I dig this groovy melody It flows free baby With the harmony Jimmy is smokin' tonight Look at that cat, lickety split He's a telescopic sight It's crazy, man I dig it This ca... Read more

poem by dan miltz

When you are outspoken Uninhibited, unreserved Saying what you think Being honest and blunt about it Quite frankly This is your greatest poetic tri-bute © daniel miltz Read more

poem by dan miltz

I am lying on floor Meditating, pen in my hand Many thoughts, just breathing Counting breaths I embrace it all with serenity Wine in glass I'm spacing, Mind a glazing Writing to you I will write Again, again and again I... Read more

poem by dan miltz

I'm a cool cat Beatnik Bohemian Free spirit Freethinker Hipster Cool cat - daddy-yo Skoopy, loopy koo! Skippitty, dippitty Wah wah wah! Like, dig that jazz, daddy-yo Do you collar this jive Play it hot Emphasize the ... Read more

poem by dan miltz

I should be asleep But try as I might I can't help but keep Wanting to write Not only deep Into the night But till birds cheep And it's all but light Then I sleep Not only deep Into the day But till birds sleep Read more

poem by dan miltz

Waiting, springtime rains coming soon I'll be listening to the beat While the rain Drop Drop O N T O The landscape adorn of Sunsets Water Mountains Grass Trees I dream of a mind as peaceful as a meadow Incessant... Read more

poem by Nemo Nemees

Because maybe it's true. Maybe it's all true. Maybe the sky will one day fall on us Screaming as we try and run from the inevitable But what is the difference between the end of the Earth And life Because I wake up, with the... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

You make my eyes dilate! And my mind's Shutter open. I'm blinking the lens only so I can remember, Click! to capture you Click! to seize you Click- Click! to take you Advancing nostalgic scenes with the flick of my thumb. I sha... Read more

poem by Jim Kilduff

Shoes all crumpled and squeezed Why can't you ever do as I please? Don't you know that it is a sorry sight To say that I possess you it gives me a fright! And also passers by so respect yourselves Or else out of my bag and onto ... Read more