They can break your heart, but they can't break your soul; poetry about lost love that comforts and uplifts.
Life Beyond This Earth I did not paint this to please the eye, it came out sharp, restless, almost watching me, lines crossing where they should not meet,
By George’s Girl 2026 5 days ago in Poets
the vodka bottle stays hidden next to the dish detergent • during commercials I shuffle into the kitchen and take a drink
By Bride of Sound5 days ago in Poets
How Can I Dream Upon A Star If The Sky Is Black How can I dream upon a star, if the sky is black, If night has swallowed every spark, and will not give them back,
I Saw the Sunset in Your Eyes I saw the sunset in your eyes, not fading, not leaving, but burning slow, a quiet fire across the soul,
Rotten fruit will fall on its own. No hand need pull it to the ground. Plentiful harvest won’t be known. Crows and maggots will feast around.
By Tina D. Lopez5 days ago in Poets
In a poem, “Moon Halo,” I said I deleted the photos of us. The messages too— the ones I kept like insurance where he spoke poorly of his friends.
you enjoy peeling the scales flesh ripped away from my eyes till I am blindly transparent and over dramatized fearfully irrelevant
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden5 days ago in Poets
Sitting here in the ashes of our sexual burnt out fire, Something that was big in the peak of our desire, Sexually for filling uncontrollably hot sex,
By George’s Girl 2026 6 days ago in Poets
I wish that I were special Different in some way Would you then notice me? Maybe even stop to say good day Would you be my special friend
By Calvin London6 days ago in Poets
You have been giving Comfort for 12 years now You are the smartest pup I have ever had You were our son's dog before he died
By Gregory Payton6 days ago in Poets
Tears become starlight through the cracks, joy finds its way, blooming from the ache.
By Parsley Rose 6 days ago in Poets
Every hour's a different level of awake and aware of surroundings and people, and care for you that we have and give is not always heard or understood
By Emma K. Weir6 days ago in Poets
