September 2026

good mannersi washed my hands / before touching the universe / (it seemed polite) / the universe / had not washe

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Recipe for the Country I Carry_ / ingredients / one country that no longer exists / three countries that still do / four kitchens

@RastislavKnezi5m

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AFTER YEARS IVE SPENT LIFTING WITH MY BACKfifteen perfect years i’ve spent with this cavity in my chest, / an honest exhaustion; my mother avo

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Yearbook*You* / *Stand in my heart* / *as headlight* / -Elise Cowen, "You stand in my heart" / Dark square o

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Two days before the end of the world,I painted my nails. I wanted them neat, / a polished veneer; not those / first hours of tacky lacque

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safety pinsan open safety pin / sitting on my shelf- / today, or not today / it screams. / perhaps i should wai

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the museum of almostthe museum is open only at night. / there are no paintings. / only things that nearly happened. / a

@thequietdecade3m

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September Rain After MidnightI once kept a damselfly wing~ / pressed in a book I never finished. / just to remember how light esc

@Mary-Whitecrow1m

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ordinarythere's a girl / an ordinary girl / a girl everyone knows for a loud mouth / or everyone knows for h

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First FriendThere was a point in life when / We were inseparable / And I felt / Our bond was beyond time / But l

@Bipasha-dutt1m

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6 KindergartnersI counted / Listing names / As I walked down the stairs / Counting what was wrong with us / Each and

@StormyClouds2m

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I don't existWhat does it mean to be happy? / I know the word / Not the warmth of it / What does it mean to want?

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Series:-September the one who love me Part:-5 Changelike an island discarded from the mainland. / I was lonely but not alone. / Because her love hugs me

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Poetry Is A Cruel LoverIt breaks your heart, / then places a pen / in your trembling hand / and asks you to make / somethin

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The architecture of a heartbreakI spent years in isolation, blueprinting a fortress out of silence. Brick by brick, I engineered a s

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Interview Rooms~ / This place is an omen / Dressed in a business suit, / Black as coal / This introduction is actua

@Carlo-C-Gomez2m

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Rosh HashanaThe sweet tangy taste / of crumbly apples dipped in fragrant honey dances on my tongue / and the sof

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The BeachThere I am on the shoreline / Wind in my hair, / Sand on my feet, / Sun on skin bare, / It smells ki

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Blood.To love is to apologise / for the blood in someone else’s mouth / while wanting it / in your own. /

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Silent ScreamsSILENT SCREAMS / I awoke to find myself cold, / cramped in between two solid walls. / My hands were

@ParadoxicalPenguin3m

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SwingYou’re smart / They say / You’re gifted / I’m told / You’re the / Nicest, kindest / Most intelligent

@Robynprobably3m

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The Last Rose of SummerPeach in tone, fragile and sweet I heard the last rose of summer speak all the others are now long g

@sherri-woodman1m

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skipping stonestonight the moon is a pebble / a small stone / with all the force in my body / i skip it across plai

@kissesfromtokyo1m

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CameraWhen I was a kid / my mother had a camera / and a stack of photo albums. / We'd sit on the couch / a

@thomas-w-case4m

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The HuntRunning from your nature / barefoot across the forest floor. / Away from civilization— / they can’t

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Reading the Other✦ THE SPACE BETWEEN ✦ (poem 5.) / by Soft Relic / I watch the way your quiet moves – / not the silen

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GoodnightThe throne is built on marrow-dust, / The ledger bound in skin; / They weigh the ash of provinces /

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My Best Friend BirdMy Best Friend Bird / By Shawn P Cassidy / He rises alone / as four others fall, / a silent challeng

@shawncassidy1967gmailcom1m

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your eyes seem to whisper to me when you smilei'm trying to get some sleep, / in that cold room with thin curtains. / Spanish music is playing in

@guy-scutellaro2m

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YouI love to watch you as you wake in the morning sun / Your long blonde hair so healthy and beautiful

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MonstersMonsters are closer than you think, / Look around, / Once or twice, / You'll see plenty, / Enough to

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The starsI saw the stars as I never had — / The sky's cold gaze upon my chest, / My skin is freezing, icy swe

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the seaI stand on the shore / the sky heavy / leaden / as the white, foaming waves / rise higher and higher

@Agnes-de-Lodz2m

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yellow gravitystork's nests against a wild sky / mind itself is a migrant bird / or a boneless song / the roundnes

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WantI want to scream / witness my desperation / watch me need and reach and grab / please, words are not

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tamam shudwe planted a cherry tree in the middle of my room / the fruit is sweet, sickeningly / my father chec

@saint-sabeer-amin2m

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Some Rainy DaysSome days the sky / turns dark early. / Pink is obscured by gray. / Rain against the window, / cloud

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Circa 2012Amma wakes before the sun. / By the time she comes to wake me, / her hair is still wet, / and she sm

@wordsbehindcurtain4m

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The circleI haven’t had / a peaceful night’s sleep / in a month— / plagued by vivid dreams / that scare me / f

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The Ghost That Stays⭐THE MUSEUM OF GHOSTS (a three-part poem cycle) / You linger in the doorway / long after I’ve walked

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Because I Loved YouI loved you in the way / that ruins people quietly. / Not the kind of love that asks to be saved— /

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Anchored eternal.I'll just stay here / As all else moves on / Excited to do things / To achieve / To belong / They wa

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YouYou did something wrong, didn't you? / Don't try to deny it, the clock tells me it's true. / But don

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My PurrsonI chased a crimson thread, / Not knowing where it led. / It curled around my little paws / And drew

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A pair of handlesteel utensils on the top rack, / dust motes settling / on the top shelf, / stacked beside cardboard

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Liquid AssetsThey teach you to think of the body / as something private— / a room with no public entrance, / a li

@ikaika-metcalfe4m

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If I’m WrongI’ve been walking without knowing where I’m going, / Carrying words that I never start showing. / I

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A DROP OF RAINA drop of rain / fell on the parched ground, / scattering grains of sand around. / A farmer looked u

@Blue-Sapphire1m

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The Girl Who Forgot How to WalkOnce there was a girl who woke / With morning singing in her bones; / The kettle purred, the sparrow

@OnceMoreIntoTheFrayDearFriends4m

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at Chapel's benchwindy sunny Sunday / sitting at Chapel’s bench beckoning the east / Crickets whispering / Clouds soj

@EvelynYiningChen1m

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Never Let Me GoWait a minute / My heart is pounding / I need a second / To hold my breath / To hold you close befor

@BleedingHearts1m

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Now Hiring Spiders, Because We’re Firing FliesWe’re now hiring spiders / because we’re firing flies / Of course we pay shit wages / and spin a web

@TheBoozerCruiser1m

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ExileI will talk to rivers / And walk into the sea / To ask the waves for answers, / Do we really need to

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The RiverThe river does not care whether I live or die. / In the spring, he swells with the rain and flows sw

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I saw her againI saw her again / This time she was taller than me / Before I would tease her all the time about bei

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I miss youSunlight shine pink through my curtains / reflecting on the picture on my shrine / of my dead mother

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To Sleep is a NightmareI was following a nuclear cloud / when it suddenly came toward me / splitting the atoms of my mind /

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Bloom RegardlessIn the flower shop, some blossoms are chosen to rest in loving hands. / Others remain beneath the sa

@leenuswrites1m

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Reborn.Shifting back to my world / From many worlds before / Feeling like my old self now / What a wonderfu

@Shirlthepearl1m

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She Collected My Ghosts-> Dedicated to all who have been used in the name of love. / She used me / the way no one / should

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Not a Trophy WifeMonths and years have passed / since I first heard the words, / “Trophy wife.” / And somehow, only n

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A Drunk HorseWhy are you here? / Ive had one too many. / Ones too much, / leaves me just as empty. / How did you

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Grandmotherin a healthcare unit everything is movable the beds, the chair, the BP apparatus even a mountain on

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Dreams of the Demon Hag 1: Her Flowing Spaghetti HairAre your memories, dear reader, / Like mine, locked, blocked dreams? / Does anyone visit? / With fur

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Contemplation Interpretation ExaltationThink word association / The First Proposal / An exercise to Increase Word Recall / A regular person

@cj-sutherland8m

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A Law Against LeavingGravity never called herself jealous. / She preferred devoted. / She kept both hands around the ankl

@SashaRHollow2m

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Time and Ideas, briefly consideredOccupied leisure years, too old to lose everything. / Looking through lists of never before known kn

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My Little DucklingMy little duckling, / we share the same brown eyes. / When I close mine now, I see you / but from a

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READYThe clay smells of cooling iron. / We stand in the furrow — full-grown, straight, / unable to bend e

@lyubishkindmitry3m

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I Lease My Life But Own My SoulNo one ever makes it out alive, / but living doesn't mean "To Survive." / We clock the hours, pay th

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TiredI am tired, / I dare you to assume i am cranky and deprived of my sacred six hours, / it just isn't

@the_minds_shore2m

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Peachesa peach sits on the counter / getting softer / nobody eats it / the skin has that little blush / aro

@thepaperroute1m

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We Knew The Difference“It’s ok Honey, Mommy and Daddy are just having a disagreement.” / No, Mom, you’re not / Disagreemen

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HyperthymiaToday I will / Talk about what's on my mind / Wander through what's on yours / But I won't be sittin

@CognitiveConflict3m

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MonsoonEyes closed, I wait / for each cloud to merge into / a gathering crescendo / for the light to cast s

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Full NameI love when you say my name. / and to be honest, / I really love saying your name. / Yes, / I love y

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