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Most recently published stories in Poets.

Dance
You are not movable You are stone I am water Crashing over you, Slowly discoloring your surface Sometimes I am fierce Filled with decisions
By Samantha Elmore9 years ago in Poets
Things I Found While Cleaning Out My Junk Drawer
“Thank You” cards I was supposed to send after my graduation party Scratched DVDs I’d been looking for for years Red bow my mom used to clip in my hair
By Makeda Jackson9 years ago in Poets
It's Unfair
I was too busy being all about you that I forgot to be about me To busy loving you and in the process I was losing me planted kisses into your deepest thoughts made love to your mind until my worth and value was what you were taught
By Latoia Dunn9 years ago in Poets
Our Mother Earth
" Our Mother Earth , do you hear us ? " " Our Mother Earth , can you feel our pain ? " They've pillaged and plundered , until there's not to gain ..
By Daniel Lisotta9 years ago in Poets
#AnotherHashtag
I wonder if when you label me another victim whose hashtag attached to my name was symbolic to being ignored or compared me to that random woman who had a random name if you for once will ever have enough sense to search deeper than those bold printed words to see a woman who has faced oppression and severe pain
By Latoia Dunn9 years ago in Poets
Give It a Rest
To anyone suffering from Mental Illness or Addiction, you have my full support and attention. I have BI-POLAR, ADD, and OCD.
By Crystal Korpan9 years ago in Poets
Invisible
I am here. I'm right here. Can't you see me, standing in the middle of the room? You look past me as if I'm nothing. You see right through me, as if I am not even there.
By Jessy Bush9 years ago in Poets
Love Like Winter
We had a love like no other of that I can be sure, I'll tell you how it came about and what happened long before. His words were sweeter than honey
By Jess Kerridge9 years ago in Poets
A Short Goodbye
You gave me all of you So I had you on a pedestal... We shared our best of views And promised to make it true... The ups were undeniable
By Tongwa Ngu9 years ago in Poets
2016
The year was 2016, very great! The President is Donald Trump today. The votes for Clinton beat, but checkmate fate For Trump's elector college pull away
By Danny Fleming9 years ago in Poets
I Never Must Tell
I felt those strange fingers moving over me, but I knew I never must tell. I felt sick in my stomach as they moved further down, but still, I knew I never must tell. I felt his lips on mine, feeling sick to my stomach, I knew I never must tell.
By Carol Ann Townend9 years ago in Poets
A Gardener's Tip
Seven Days ~ Chasing a desire... Wishing for more... Blinded by ego... Plant it, watch it multiply... A seed... More than a seed, a dream, or vision... Found knowledge in something I would have discarded...
By Mary Cash9 years ago in Poets