Marcus aka Gregory MaidmaninPromptly Written·6 hours agoSpiritual Prompts for the Week of May 22nd through 28thPrompt 1 courtesy of Rudyard Kipling and the 2nd prompt takes the format of some of Ravyne’s daily specials of yesteryear — I find that Rudyard Kipling’s poem If, which I recall hearing for the first time three years ago when my brother-in-law read it to his twin son and daughter at their achieving B'nai Mitzvah in Israel in March 2019 (because his father had hung it in their finished basement growing…Pwprompt6 min read
Nitya Sharma·1 day agoSymphony of my SoulA poem dedicated to inspire us all to rise above pain. — I close my weary eyes and inhale deeply the lingering fragrance of the rain , for both the hazy sky and I wept in overwhelming acceptance of familiar pain Of the kind that secretly creeps in your tender heart and builds a home there , and makes true happiness and…Poem2 min read
Freddy Niagara Fonseca·2 hours agoRun Over PigeonBut what if I’d never seen that pigeon and carried on, not facing my deepest fears of death? I almost stepped on it: a dead pigeon — beak crushed — wings spread — flattened on the road. My heart stopped cold — I felt my blood draining — no life left — squashed. I stepped over it, eyeing it sideways, my heart pounding with impending death. Freddy Niagara FonsecaPoetry1 min read
Thomas Kneeland, M.A.·11 hours agoThe Writer’s JourneyWhat’s it like being a writer today? When you write a poem, do you inhale it & trap it within your cages for no one to hear? Or do you exhale what the world needs to hear, to heal, to be set free? Do you defer your poems for only Hughes to hear later, Or…Creative Writing2 min read
RATI AGNIHOTRI·22 hours ago5 tips for poetry writingWriting poetry is not very different from learning mathematics! The more you practice, the more confident you become in your poetry writing skills day by day. If you write for personal satisfaction, it’s ok to just follow your heart and keep going. …Poetry3 min read
Benedicta·15 hours agoLONGINGPoem More than words Surpassing interwoven syllables, to transcend the nouns that brush along impact Show me The tide of your soliloquy Movement over talk, to paint the verb that is love Show me As my screams become whispers Know that time is running out to display the actions that’ll clear up my doubtsPoetry Writing1 min read
Yao LiuinScuzzbucket·3 days agoScenic Streetcolorful murals catch my eye as I walk alongside images of fruits and birds and graffiti etched words. a dim-lit bookstore with an antique door handle stands solemn …passing cars blur into miscellaneous shades. ©2022 Yao Liu. All rights reserved.Poetry1 min read
Jordan Demitria·1 day agoThe Show Must Go OnPoetry — The sick Mother who tends to her entire family, is fueled purely by the love that burns fiercely in her heart. She has no choice. Breakfast must be made. Tea must be brewed. Babies must be cared for. There is no ache that can stop her. Mothers hold this world…Poetry2 min read
Arie·21 hours agoDeep Sea LoverTake me to your deep sea Lunge to it with entangled fate as our hand hold each other Interwine my life as i interwine your problem Let us take each other sorrow and joy Life and individuality Become drunk with honey of love, and born new Not as i nor you, he or she — but as honey smelled lover from the deep blue ocean of lovePoetry1 min read
Carol TownendinCreative Passions·1 day agoThe Mirror.A Poem About A Disrespectful Mirror. — Poetry1 min read
