Poetry is for those who are in love with words. Where words are pushed to their breaking point and are transformed into pure emotion.
Featured Poetry
Trance  (Sports)
by Daniel Brophy, United States
It is humid here, producing a heat-wave trance in me. I do not mind the heat, I love the heat. I love to drip with sweat, the swelling of my pores, the glaze, the shine on a woman's leg or forearm...
Mzee Kombo   (Culture)
by lucy wagereka, Kenya
Mzee Kombo
Old Mzee Kombo sitting in the sun
Remembering, narrating stories of his youth
To his children's children ninety nine of them
Eleven wives he married
Each after every harvest...
My Shepherd Boy (Child & Youth Rights)
by Ostar
Prior to morn’s awakening by the dusk
Ubayo is up with his stick by the ranch;
My shepherd boy, waiting on me while I sleep
Zealously waiting, singing his shepherd’s song.
Come Papa, the...
Poems
by aGn
1.
You are the scoundrel
The unholy monument
The sacrilegious saint
The borderline psychopath
The gourmet chef of boiled hearts
The Devil in my doll’s shoes
The God among the fireflies...
My First Time (Sports)
by lucy wagereka, Kenya
My First Time
It took me by surprise
I had not prepared for it at all
I gawked and stared consuming all
It was so heavenly, so original, so dazzling
The sight was simply breathtaking
What...
Bright Eyes (Sports)
by Nonnoz
Those eyes…so bright, but yet so sad
What can I do to make them glad
Who did them wrong
Why are they not strong
Those eyes…a song of loneliness
A sign of emptiness
What are they...
Valentine Day (Sports)
by Mwashighadi
VALENTINE
VALENTINE THEY SAY
OH SPECIAL WHAT A DAY
SPECIAL? OH HEY?
COWS EAT HAY...
My Strength, My Anchor (Sports)
by Brigitta
So overwhelming the emotion overflows into the mind from deep inside
Tell it to the paper where unloaded emotions-turned-thoughts can reside
Words, even the most beautiful and convincing often...
Page:  « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 »
|
10 Most Recent
- It begins with Gender Identity
by Subhajit Chakraborty
- The Science behind Female Genital Mutilation
by kabbatende Annaise
- The Room of Expressions
by Aly
- Grandes fatos, grandes farsas
by Yan Paiva Campos
- Rio Akai
by Yan Paiva Campos, Brazil
- أحبها ... بدون سبب
by Abeya El Bakry, United Arab Emirates
- PEACE, NOT WEAPONS
by Wahab ibn Hassan
- FREEDOM?
by kaboyo julius, Uganda
- How I long...
by Ola'lekan Babatunde
- MEN NOW DANCE
by chinedu ichu, Nigeria
10 Top Rated
- Leaving For A Tour
by warHazards
- The Departure
by Alligator
- i miss you..........
by Sid
- Art and Book Festival
by Adeshina Olusanya, Nigeria
- Ode to Maxine Hong Kingston
by Iman Ng, United States
- Wild Flower
by HEMANTA R NAIK
- Mad People Here
by adam, Turkey
- Lies Beneath Lies - Why?
by Carol212
- A Visiting Durban in South Africa
by NaBeeel, South Africa
- Arboreal Emotions
by Jack Lashbrook
|
