flipflops, a dream and the sun by Philan

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Put down your poems, notebooks and get out of your dark rooms where your poems comfort your fears and stroke into shape your broken egos. step out of yourself into the world embrace it as it is...

A Poem A Day writing prompt 16 Nov 2015

this week's writing prompt: "Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die..." Dreams by Langston Hughes. 1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK use the form below to submit or click here For more info about A Poem A Day, click...

Weapon of War by Lwandile Marudulu

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I may be the reason you grew miles apart but I don't know why you won't let him play his part. My pillow is never dry because you're denying me my birthright. I really could use some...

Protest? by Stephen Symons

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Open windows breathe birdsong the morning bulges with sparked green light then a flash of movement in the foliage unsettles the scent of spring and the black smell of burning catches in the throat of a new...

I Heard These Words Before by Ade

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] i heard these words before and I sang these songs before rhythms handed down from generations before us lessons given under the sweet blanket of crystal moonlight words about the land that once was filled with milk...