Tag: Poetry

Why You Bite by Claire Dale

Why You Bite by Claire Dale

I hold my younger self like a thrashing feral animal –In a tight and safe embrace.She’s fighting back hard,Baring her teeth;I’m sure to her,My arms feel like a cage.I’m sure to her,I’m the thing she hides from at night.But her teeth and nails are blunt,And […]

The Saxon Age By Nathanael K. Stottlemyer

The Saxon Age By Nathanael K. Stottlemyer

I remember The gull’s cry as he wheels above salty shore, A cloak of mist wrapped round sand and sea, The crunch of sand beneath boots and the clink of mail, driving rain, Long marches under heavy packs and long nights on the cold ground, […]

Beneath Her Quiet Hands by Aileen D. Tacbalan

Beneath Her Quiet Hands by Aileen D. Tacbalan

She wakes to the sun, before it can rise. Bones too tired to stretch, eyes drooping. Hushed kettle hums, dim glowing fire, Teary eyed, dreams still bright just. –  For the world, lay at her back. A steady push and unrelenting track, From the mat […]

Creature Comforts by Madalynn Mumme

Creature Comforts by Madalynn Mumme

You remind me of the warm, cozy things in life, The big sweatshirts to sleep in, A cup of coffee with silky creamer, Car seat heaters on a frigid winter day, Sunlight softly kissing leaving mellowness, A warm hug to remind of enduring love. You […]

The Forester’s Oath By Aileen D. Tacbalan

The Forester’s Oath By Aileen D. Tacbalan

With steady hands and guarded eyes,She treads beneath the shifting skies.Through storm and sun, through drought and rain,She guards the forest’s breath and vein. For every seed, a promise planted,for every tree, a life she’s mounted.The guardian of the earth’s green flame,A forester, by heart and name.

Camera Roll by Madalynn Mumme

Camera Roll by Madalynn Mumme

15,642 things sit in my camera roll. 2,673 videos, 7,365 photos, None of which include you. They go back many years ago to 2016. Two years before meeting you, Three until you died. Years ago there was one picture, A selfie during summer, smiling Watching […]

What do you have? By ChatGPT(Submitted by Norah Kratz)

What do you have? By ChatGPT(Submitted by Norah Kratz)

Could you write me a poem? A short one, please. Of course! Here’s a short poem for you: The sky whispers low, As the soft winds blow, Time drifts like a dream, Through moments unseen. Why do you like to write about dreams so much? […]

Time by Bridget McIlquham

Time by Bridget McIlquham

Always running, always rushing  Never enough, never enough  Always one thing, always another Always a task, always a reason  To be running, to be rushing Always a class, always an assignment Always studying, always working Always wanted, always needed But there’s never enough  Never enough […]

Contamindao by Amelia Pfund

Contamindao by Amelia Pfund

mi cuerpo está contaminado como los ríos y los bosques como las guerras y el aire mi cuerpo está contaminado mis brazos están contaminados quiero bañarme hasta todo a que mi piel  se enrojezca y tu contaminación no es  como la de las serpientes quiero […]

Oda a la fotografía by Annika Doberenz

Oda a la fotografía by Annika Doberenz

Las fotografias…………………………………………The Photographs Se cuelgan……………………………………………….Hang En las paredes,………………………………………..On the walls, Espectadores……………………………………………Silent Silentes……………………………………………………..Spectators Del teatro…………………………………………………Of the theatre De la vida………………………………………………….Of life. Ellas recuerden………………………………………..They remember El pasado,…………………………………………………The past, Aún cuando……………………………………………..Even when Las personas…………………………………………….The people En las fotografías…………………………………….In the photographs Los han olvidado…………………………………….Have forgotten. Ellas son……………………………………………………They are Las […]