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poem by Sxisha Prafa Dia

This was the trial all Girls had to face This would make them a Woman A blade is taken to both big toes And alone We must survive in the Forest For three nights and three days Nothing with Us except for what we would find And a ... Read more

poem by Sxisha Prafa Dia

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poem by Winter Blue

Greed believes even more deprivation One's inevitable greed has no limitation Have we learned nothing from the first lesson? In our heart, we fell from the garden of Eden Pride Inside comes In between When we feel needy, and ... Read more

poem by Anthony Blake

Clean my memory Pain a pleasant end to you Hello its just me Read more

poem by Ronell Warren Alman

The negligent parent Was never there How cryptic and puzzling? His heart was not sincere Just face the fact Your child really needs you You need to make your presence felt There is a lot for you to do 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 Beth Binkley

With sympathy-heavy eyes do you look at me carefully, to avoid disturbing my sadness as though it were a dove, gently perched upon my shoulder This bird, as heavy as its weight may be is undeniably lovely when I am alone and when... Read more

poem by Beth Binkley

Wearing the same shade of melancholy as you did when you were a kid Did it ever occur that you didn’t deserve the ache that you carry like water weight buried beneath your own skin? Can you show me where it hurts no... Read more

poem by Ronell Warren Alman

Everyone has to go through a struggle Potential pitfalls will try to deter you Do not ever give up Keep your head up and guide your way through Darkness initially may surround you You may find yourself going through treacherous... Read more

poem by Ronell Warren Alman

When a loved one passes away You will feel lots of pain As you continue on with life The clouds appear with lots of rain All that is left, are fond memories Think of the good times that appeared Remember the lessons that you we... Read more

poem by ScarKit

Walk away GO AWAY! No one cares Caring is for bears Read more

poem by Ronell Warren Alman

We are only trying to help you You are surrounded by darkness Keep messing around with narcotics And you will drown in sadness Things will disappear bit by bit The walls are caving in The little child needs you in his life... Read more

poem by Marc Hawkins

She walks a marathon distance each day, passing people she has known for years who are now unrecognizable, vague, like shadows. She no longer engages with them, struggling to distinguish between the faded faces. She retraces eac... Read more

poem by Nemo Nemees

My head Keeps screaming My own name Over And over Again. Loud Painful Hateful My head sounds a lot like my father. ... My head sounds a lot like a past I thought I have escaped I thought it was okay I thought I could... Read more

poem by Ronell Warren Alman

Do not waste your life away Hanging around the wrong crowd For they have nowhere to go They are obnoxious and loud The more that you ally yourself with them Nothing but trouble and turmoil will appear You will often find yo... Read more

poem by Liza Kennedy

Streets Streets. Empty Streets. Long streets. Running horizontally Crossing only at Diagonal intersections. Streets painted red Deep crevices and potholes Marring where the ground Was once so pure and beautiful. It will n... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

I will leave all the struggles and the trouble of the world's conquest by every pleasure found, And go to a place where the wind softly whistles in the breeze with no tempest snares around. To be alone with the heavenly sound of... Read more

poem by Gabrieal Inscore

American Flag You With the bluest eyes At the age of twenty two Made my sun rise You pulled me into the undertow You revolutionized me Your eyes and the way you said hello I was the lock and you were the key You had ... 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