Free Verse

The Price of Healing
Healing is temporary ruin - often, a complete collapse. It's slow, quiet - a whisper on the breeze. Then, suddenly - a deafening thunder that you can't deny.
By Tori3 days ago in Poets
Right To The Crispy, Crusty Edge
We will return to our regularly scheduled program in just a moment. ** my fingers tingle with fierce anticipation at the prospect of digging deep into the emotions I have kept polished
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 days ago in Poets
Also Zones
Following on from my last post about gently getting myself back into the swing with Found Poetry, here's my next one, I went through my last complete notebook of my free writing - and chose alphabetical sentences so first sentence beginning with 'A' then moving on until I found one with 'B' and so on so on...
By Alyson Smith 3 days ago in Poets
Wrestling in the Dark
You pull back Wincing For you have been wrestling him all night The light of day brings fresh pain Your chest and back are scratched
By Archery Owl 3 days ago in Poets
Colorectal Cancer Awareness
There is a channel that moves through the body, coursing, deeper than breath, and sometimes along its winding passage, a holler pools where the flow slows.
By Tim Carmichael3 days ago in Poets
Everything Moves
Today is March Forth and Do Something Day. A day when we say 'Carpe Diem' and seize the chance to make progress. So let's.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin3 days ago in Poets
Minnie Plush Toy
Could not sleep, so, I set out on a dawn walk. Night owl that I am, this is rare. The eastern sky was reddish,
By Seema Patel3 days ago in Poets
On The Road To Nowhere
On The Road To Nowhere He is on the road to nowhere, With no return ticket home. The headlights stretch into black distance,
By George’s Girl 2026 4 days ago in Poets
Gone for Now
There was a lot more to come Wasn't sure if it would all be fun But it will get interesting for some Everything has it's time
By Christopher Beard4 days ago in Poets
A Rebuttal . Content Warning.
Fuck it all Fuck it now Violence Fuck your austerity, austerity Fuck your institutional racism, racism as policy, as policy
By Paul Stewart4 days ago in Poets
Whirling: The Storm Inside No One Saw
“I felt the world spin around me, yet no one noticed. My thoughts collided in circles, endless and silent. Somewhere between chaos and calm, I forgot who I was.”
By Zakir Ullah4 days ago in Poets
Hear Nothing Evil Say Nothing Bad
Hear Nothing Evil Say Nothing Bad Hear nothing evil say nothing bad. Sit between happy knowledge not bad. You chose what you want to see and learn,
By George’s Girl 2026 4 days ago in Poets