SHADOWS I enter shadows warily, the past comes back to haunt, So many memories in my mind, they flicker and they taunt. Why bring the past to present day?, why bring it to the fore? Can it not be left behind, like the ...read more
This coffee house is full of smells that tickle a poets nose. Metaphors, and similes, shouting out our prose. We gather here kindred spirits. Stanza's and verses we share. Displayed on the screen we welcome critiq...read more
PLACE The garden plot is ready to be chaptered by vines, roots, broadleafs, pods. The pruned grapevines will be wound into wreathes for later giving and the fresh manure, with its gift of saved ammonia, is spread a...read more
by Liberty Be
ANOTHER SPACE IN TIME 9-76 A vision grows inside me I must write before it's gone, A poem that embraces gentle breezes and sunlit ponds. Words to lull the mind, a poem to dream upon, To take my soul to a quiet place,...read more
In the House they Arose In the house on the hill I grew as a little girl. Not a big house but a good house, made from one that stood before. Now in my dream I go back there and I know that it is it, Yet the feelings...read more
Cobham's Stoney Beach I love to walk this stoney beach when the weather is quite dull, Sometimes I sit and watch the seagulls pecking at the hull, You see, there is this shipwreck there, which seagulls seem to like T...read more
by M. L. Kiser
A Fine Pen There is nothing like afinepen. Carrying the visions of my soul across a naked page. A magic wand for my muse; it constructs the universes that muse creates. A fine pen is a part of the writer's sou...read more
It's crowded, noisy. The poeple next door are already drunk, And loud, and inane. A busy night. Don't remember it being this busy. At the counter, a couple of guys note who's here and who isn't. Con't see this plac...read more
by Sid De Knees
Poetic Places. Against an Oak, beside a stream, where I have let my spirits dream. Where moss grows on an untouched rock, and will beyond the final clock; or breath of man rotates around, then silent falls on to ...read more
Haiku-Untittled Sunrise, life gave breath Life so meaningless, look up! Now sunset, goodbye.read more
by Suzukitty
I like coming to my favorite coffee place. Just sitting and watching the world go by. People as they go about their daily lives. I find a smile without even having to try. I have no idea where they are going. Nor d...read more
Poetic places Can be anywhere Any place in Anytime you have Those poetic thoughts That jump into your mind They do hit us At some strange times Poetic places Could be on the ocean or sea In the woods or forest H...read more
Through Mommy's eyes It's hard to see you like I see you...through a mommy's eyes. A mommy's eyes are worrisome when your driving in the rain. A mommy's eyes are crying for you when your struck with pain. A momm...read more
With green blades beneath her and that silk wrapping over her book of unlined paper she lets the wind slice through her - in one ear and out the other. She is comforted only as the brisk North-West wind touches he...read more
By the beach, the sounds of the crashing waves, help release my inner peace. The sounds, the winds, hitting rocks, there crevasses within. The shape of gulls, black flapping spots, shadowed by the slow sun ri...read more
by Ella Rashid
Prince Charming Tress sways gently, Indicates a new journey, Towards the uncertainty, To fulfill my destiny. I see a beautiful castle, Surround by mountain and sea. I wish I was dreaming, Then I saw, Him. My ...read more
The Taj Majal An architectural treasure, A tribute to true love, It almost seems to glow, From a full moon above. Made of pure white marble, Mumtaz Mahal lies here, With Emperor Shah Jahan, Resting very near....read more
by Adam Smith
Poetic places I would love to find Looking for inspirations Of feelings of the kind I would like to find a place to be A place to love and to be meread more
Long ago and far away, A beautiful maiden lived. She was the fairest in the land. A princess among the many. Unbelievable as it may sound. Her determination knows no bounds. A goal is a step into unknown te...read more
by Bryan Cooley
Standing beneath you, tree, And putting my hand on your bark, And you putting your bark on my hand, And hand and bark And bark And hand And no distinction. And I wonder, Tree, Will you remember my hand? Do you r...read more
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