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poem by Raychill Ellisonwonderland

His mind is imprisoned by a cage. He is framed with sentences handed down by strangers. He is alone even though the other voices fill his head. He is unaccompanied, even with the crowd in his cell. He argues among all, which consp... Read more

poem by matthew harris

More than two and a half score years since elapsed incipient onslaught of slow suicide by starvation to death. Though more than four and a half decades transpired since mine psychic state plunged into abysmal depth... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

I feel at one with sweethearts Through the years, With the wartime lovers Who went overseas, All the shattered hearts, All the rivers of tears, I feel them all. Verses of love, Lovers who must part, Portraits of love Worn ... Read more

poem by Snow Nakajima

My hands, sore from typing and writing Job applications and a mountain of it Taking countless hours and time Tick tock, tick tock I’m working away like Cinderella Stress, anxiety, excitement All at the same time “... Read more

poem by Robin Lucas

I feel the ember race toward my fingertips I do not stop it, I force it to my lips. I let it burn me before I let it go, A reminder that this is killing me But I smile because it felt so good while I did. Time to go. B... Read more

poem by Robin Lucas

I see all these people lives normal and mundane, yet they still smile. I think sometimes that's what I want, but all I feel is pain. I have plenty of reasons to be happy, A wife who loves me, A son who smiles at the sound of ... Read more

poem by P Mason

11-16-16. Loving ? How many ways does love rip holes in our soul. Often it arrives unexpectedly, in odd places, at odd times and incomprehensible moments. You're not looking for it, but suddenly there it is... right i... Read more

poem by Michelle Cote

Why, why do I ask why? It is the question I don’t want to ask With the answers I don’t want to hear. I give it all to you, all of me, nothing is withheld. All is free and presented to you as the gift I value it to b... Read more

poem by Ultan Mulhern

Post-truth 2016 A year of untruth and deceit A spiral of division and pain When were these seeds of anger sown What mired our values in such disdain New world disorder may emerge Dimming our enlightened age Bringing grist t... Read more

poem by Shannon Rohn

~ Unforgiven ~ How many chances do you need to get the hint? How many times have you told me I'm a piece of shit? The unforgiven man will go to Hell, Because he couldn't stand after he fell, How many times does it take to see ... Read more

poem by Michelle Cote

Intentional neglect, In the name of love. Close your heart, Pretend it doesn’t matter. How long, how long Until the hardness takes over completely, not soon enough. I’ll speak the lies, for his sake. I’ll d... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

Shooting star With a quicksilver mind, You deserve to go so far, Can't someone stop you Before you ruin your soul, With irreversible harm? Drinking all day, ... Read more

poem by Shannon Rohn

~If Once~ If Once you shook his hand, and Once you warmed his heart, Then Once you watched him live, and Once you watched him part. If Once you watched him smile, and Once you watched him cry, Then Once you held him in your... Read more

poem by Shannon Rohn

Embraced by the hand that holds you, Touched by the hand that loves you, Struck by the same hand that hits you. You know that he loves you, because he tells you so, You know that he hates you, when he leaves and ... Read more

poem by Shannon Rohn

~ Walls of Flesh ~   Life isn't just what is seen in a pretty picture, But the secrets buried from within the walls of our flesh, and hidden deep inside,  Intellectually we stand tall, body held strong by the back bone o... Read more

poem by John Rodie

So Donald Trump is President, hail to the Chief But for We the People to do this, beggars all believe. Where was the rigged election is all I have to say As I am forced onto my knees, my hands are grasped to pray And through these... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

It's happening again, Such unbearable pain, And if my soul is crying As my heart is breaking, then that's fine… I've let so many people down, Lost so many beautiful opportunities I feel so failed and forlorn, But is th... Read more

poem by Gemma Morgan

The moment you asked about my world I treated it with caution I felt like my family should come with a warning If you would judge Would you understand For those who feel the trauma I did It's simply no joke A sad lonely kid ... Read more

poem by Gemma Morgan

Woken up here Wait it's dark What's that noise? Is that our car I stumble up start to run This just isn't any fun I need to get to you How did we become so parted My angel at night I can't lose sight Still so dark Forever ... Read more

poem by Gemma Morgan

As she came downstairs and said you were gone I thought at first what a con Immediately I felt anger and hate How could you leave us With nothing on the plate I weeped not for the wrong you had done But for what our family had b... Read more