Posted by Everyday Poems.
May
17
Posted by Everyday Poems.
Lunch Break, Kansas
by Devin Harrison
The children dip midday under broad-armed elms
by the edge of the lake cup their hands in water
send schools of marbled green glass minnows
shuttering through the shallows
we have just come &...
May
15
Posted by Everyday Poems.
The Blues
by Amit Parmessur
Around blue, white oceans,
in a blue and black house dwells a black
speck. So black, so blue –
black alive, emotionally blue.
Sometimes like a fresh road, after the rain,
spellbinding ...
May
13
Posted by Charlotte Frampton.
May
11
Posted by Everyday Poems.
A helpless worm on the point of a needle,
Wriggling in vain for release,
May
10
Posted by A little About Me.
POEM
One thing I shall bequeathTo this gorgeous WorldOne thing I shall shareWith the descendants of EveThe eloquence of poetryThe richness of the StanzasThat compose poemFlows with beautyOozes with creativitySharpened by poetic languageInterwove...
May
10
Posted by A little About Me.
Lost & Found
Became someone else, for someone else,And in the process, I lost myself,Played so many parts, your world my stage,And in the midst of it all, I lost myself,Pushed so hard, just to see your smile,And through it all, I lost ...
May
10
Posted by A little About Me.
I Listen for the Water
I listen for the water
and for a moment
it is Christmas eve
filled with anticipation
the present of you,
unwrapped from your robe into our bed
still steamy, moist and warm
residue from a long day expunged
steril...
May
10
Posted by A little About Me.
Naive
I can’t help, but notice how you push me around,
You force my emotions to escape your sight.
So you don’t have to ask me, if I’m alright.
I’m so confused.
Whose selfish, me or you?
Right now I honestly don’t have a cl...
May
8
Posted by Everyday Poems.
Spider
by John Wright
This overcast morning
leaf and lawn are drenched in dew-soaked air.
My window frames a filigree masterpiece
of lilli-pilli pollen buds and scribbling eucalypts.
I watch a bulbous spider
beige as paper-bark, build he...
May
3
Posted by A little About Me.
Spectacles
IconicThose specs that don’t flatteryour face or anyone’sexcept maybe Buddy Hollyor Malcolm Xcertainly not you withinsecure bleached hairsplayed down the middleexposing dark roots ofcounterfeit and capriceI observe you sitting i...