By Ira Darmohrai it is not that important for me how old you are the length and colour of your hair the price of your sweater and how many pairs of shoes you have. tell me about the brightest moments of your life about bedtime rituals from childhood what gives you goosebumps and how … Continue reading It is not that important
Peace Within
By Thembi Vuma As open as I am and as peaceful as my thoughts are now, I have been through the wilderness, At times felt like, I was climbing mountain Kilimanjaro and I couldn’t see the other side, My emotions roaring all day long couldn’t think straight, For my heart was not at rest, … Continue reading Peace Within
When I Conquer
By Ananya Bhardwaj When I conquer you, Let the mountains shake, Let the earth quake. Make them fear me, A void of strength, To overcome lengths, To build an empire, Stronger than the last, You need resistance, You need power, You need revenge. to avenge the wounds, dig deep and conquer. Rebel for your … Continue reading When I Conquer
Wet With Tears
By Thomas R. Bates I cannot get out of my head, Nor do I necessarily want to, The image of the one time you Wept, eyes red, wet with tears, During those last weeks of your Painfully slow decline into death. You seemed to face it and accept it So stoically without any regrets, But … Continue reading Wet With Tears
And Yet, We Love
By Mike Turner Loveis to takethe essence of oneself And offer it upNaked, defenseless, vulnerableto another With faiththat it will be vouchsafed tenderly And lingering knowledgethat all may be lost And yetWe love Mike Turner is a songwriter and poet living on the US Gulf Coast. He was named Male Gospel Entertainer of the Year … Continue reading And Yet, We Love
Poems by John Sweet
some thoughts on the man she sees when she closes her eyes gives in to the incomplete shapes of the people from his past answers letters and emails, says i love you, says i loved you, watches snow blow past the windshield this is the world without color these moments are … Continue reading Poems by John Sweet
One Day I Stand To Lose You
By Nardine Sanderson One day I stand to lose you For in life we live and die We feel the beauty and take it in Just Like the bluest skies If I compared your heart to flowers, would you grow back once seasons range, I hadn't thought much of it till now In love … Continue reading One Day I Stand To Lose You
Ask Me Not Why I Love You
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein I love you more than Myself, And I shall remain to love you like this, If you ask me, why I love you, I shall tell you, there is no reason for falling in love. Love happens spontaneously, Without reasons and thoughts. In my life you are the one, To … Continue reading Ask Me Not Why I Love You
Peps
By Marc Carver People never disappoint you I don't know why now after all this time it upsets me the way it does you know what they will do before even they do it. Perhaps my thoughts make them do it but I don't think so it is their nature that is what makes … Continue reading Peps
A Vacancy
By Poppy Scarlett One insignificant white bench – wasted fragrant roses falling into the blankness of the oncoming darkness. You sit I lean - watching as the sun sinks further caressing all those sleepers who lie themselves warm in their imaginings. No ins – no outs other than to say here we are coming together albeit as two … Continue reading A Vacancy
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