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
This is my memory of Regina Gelb (Culture)
by S, Canada
I remember… I remember Chopin’s Nocturne playing in the background while my two older sisters and I danced in the center of our cottage in Central Poland.
I remember… I remember my beautifully...
Queen of my heart (Health)
by Peculiar Ediomo-Abasi
I watched my wife give birth to my child
and her pain quenched the fire that made me wild.
I wept from my debt
and could feel the depth
that my stone-hearted heart had created
and was...
Will I ever see Bobby again? (Health)
by Peculiar Ediomo-Abasi
Bobby few years back was seven
and the love for me and his mum was even.
Life was cute and comfortable,
just as Bobby was fine and reliable.
Fun came to town one day
and frustration came to...
Beware the scavenger! (Health)
by Mutebi Papa Bwakya, Zambia
HIV, you ruthless and invisible scavenger
I wish we had a cure for; some kind of avenger
You lurk in our body fluids; fattening away
I wish I could get rid of you; I wish there was a way
You're...
Let’s sign an agreement (Health)
by Raphael Mlozoa, Malawi
I know you were an enemy before,
But now that we are living together
Let us sign an agreement.
I’m talking to you, HIV virus,
Before I responded, " Positive " to you,
I’m saying you were a...
Fractured World (Culture)
by Azellica, Canada
We have shut out the sun, drawing bars of shadow- blinds.
And inside, we light our home in
Hard electricity.
We close the windows, block the summer breeze,
Turn up the air conditioning,...
Predicament (Culture)
by Playshis (aka Plattious the poet)
In conflict with emotions everyday,
teardrops falling
for the words you cannot say.
Trying to look as if all is okay,
trying so hard
just to make it through another day.
Projecting an...
The Leaf (Environment)
by Samuel
There is a leaf
lying on my floor
I sit here staring
And wonder, shall I get my vacuum
But a question
My mind presumes to ask
Could this be good fortune
A simple riddle to unmask
From sower...
Jerusalem (Culture)
by Samuel
Jerusalem, oh Jerusalem
Thy walls shall hold thee strong
thou sweat with the blood
Of saint and foe
Thy tears are the cries
of the innocent cold
Thy years are long
Like an ancient song...
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