Bathymetry (2) 2

by Armada the Gestalt

These are the chains they put around me,
I long to run wild...

Kilimanjaro. (17) 9 WIN

by Courageous Dreamer

Curiosity scrapes my heels,
inflaming patience...

Checkered (2)

by Poet on the Piano

The red-stained lark
stitched his libretto...

Little soldiers (9) 7 WIN

by Nicko

Be it childish scribbling
Crafted, stylized or mere black ink...

Poet's Rainbow (30) 10 WIN

by TJ Arizona Eagle

Poet's Rainbow
What lies dominant in a poets mind till...

Too Many Times (11)

by Melissa

Too many times,
I've ambushed myself...

Wonderous Things

by Danielle

There's a mirror-- Breaking in my mind.
The color is yellow...

Lyrics of Frost (7)

by NyellMoonlight

Bare feet carved lullabies
for your thunderstorms...

Brush Fire's of Kissing Snakes (1)

by Melpomene

I'm ablaze,
and although it burns...

Biological Nightmares (Rhyming Acrostic) (5) 2

by Jennifer RIP Lesthat Hayden

Born into a house of utter disgust,
Instead of a home of the upper crust...

Down to the Ground. (3)

by forevertobeart

My most secret star gives glare from the corner of...
A sign that I am wrecked, diseased; that I am...

Beheading of Gravel Toes (10)

by BrokenREALiTy

Innocent feet fumble along piled gravel,
wincing at the roughness of a lonely earth...

His Palm Became My Dictionary (21) 4 WIN

by Melpomene

His palm became my dictionary
emended by pastel lines...

Auditing Elephants (1)

by Taylor

Wam! Bam!
Hit in the head with hooked-on-phonics...

Butterflies (9) 5 WIN

by FTS Miles

I would that moss become her,
Nestled green amidst the cracks...

Emerald Forest

by NightFlyer

Like an opal road,
The windy avenues of imagination...

I`m Good to Go but I`m Going Nowhere Fast [LIcentia Rhyme] (2)

by HOLLYWOODxBANGBANG

I`m good to go but I`m going nowhere fast,
Running at the sight of my pathetic past...

A Cat Named Hobo (4)

by Voiceless

I've spent far too much time as a nihlist
Athiest...

Poets and writers. (4)

by BlueDreams

Most often I speak to myself...
Especially to poets and writers...

Friday Is When I Rise (2)

by Noir

Cockerel hums its tune today
Rubbing the eyes that seen the pain...

Yoghurt (2)

by N J Thornton

A creamy tornado
mulled amongst the strawberries...

Shadowspoet. (20)

by BlueDreams

Let the shadows poet say what they please
For beauty is truth, true beauty, that is all...

Paper recovery (10)

by Melissa

I loved him
(still do...

If East meets West (4) 5

by Saerelune

Back to back, separate mattresses:
we stare at the ceiling, blind our eyes on skype...

7:01am (4) 3 HM

by Sincuna

After Shane Koyczan's 6:59am
But your kiss, my dear...

August (6) 4 WIN

by nouriguess

In August, the sky is pure
like writing freedom on a sheet...

Potpourri. (4)

by Courageous Dreamer

I love snippets of poetry;
how often they are bite-sized...

Rough Drafts (7)

by Chelsey

They say writers have a way with words. I wish I...
many times I've jotted down a sentence about you...

Stopping in a Forest Clearing (3)

by Sean Allen

One autumn morning I stepped forward
and found myself in a deep forest glade...

Say Anything (3) 3 HM

by Melissa

I almost loved you,
I was thisclose...

You, Poet. (8)

by sibyllene

You, poet,
with your toes clenched in river mud...

A Missive (6) 3 WIN

by sibyllene

You're away like a season
or a lost minute and I'm...

Whisking Wishes. (4)

by Blissful

I catch a meteor
and craft my wishes...

A Salute To Sex (8) 7

by abracadabra

You were always the desire to engulf another,
from a billion murky years ago, when...

You are Everything I Write [Acrostic] (9) 5 WIN

by Melpomene

You once told me, through the quiver
of a lazy street light that I was a twin to the...

Leafless (2)

by Krathia

Sipping at green tea
from a bottle, I wonder...

September (6) 5 WIN

by slighte

If we were to sleep
with no ceiling...