New: prosepoemAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krsteemhive-183959photographyzzanhive-180932hive-166405hive-144064hive-185836bitcoinuncommonlabhive-183397hive-188619krsuccesshive-150122hive-145157hive-124908lifehive-139150hive-101145hive-109690hive-167213hive-103599TrendingNewHotLikersnevies (56)in poetry • 6 years agoHow Women ProposeHow Women Propose source In my last life I was a man And I held it down like the bogeyman. True to my time and true to the fashion of my days, I stayed false to the haste and false to…warpedpoetic (66)in poetry • 6 years agoTHE FUTILITY OF IT ALL: A POEM OR SO IT SEEMSHave I been good to you? Treated you fairly? Listened to your worries? Have I given you some of my time? Made you feel like you are a beautiful being? Have I been decent and respectful to your pain…sumayyahsaidso (64)in poetry • 6 years agoMe TooImage Source CW (Content Warning): this prose poem may contain the following triggers - mention of violence, implied sexual assault, harassment me too do they remember me? do they…elisea (50)in digitalart • 7 years agoLazy Summer RosesThe rabid bunnies are in every niche. They believe to be mighty paladins of chic but end up with hands in acid, promoting vitriol, adding gasoline to the madness, while all the time believing their…sumayyahsaidso (64)in poetry • 7 years agoI AmThis poem original appeared on Sumayyah Said So as part of the "30 Poems in 30 Days Challenge in 2014. i am i will not apologize for the lies you told yourself about me i didn’t write…sumayyahsaidso (64)in poetry • 7 years ago1st of Spring1st of spring Photo Source today is the first day of spring. the sun is warm, but the air is cold, and both feel like my heart, at war with itself, afraid to choose a side, because it…sumayyahsaidso (64)in poetry • 7 years agoIs/Is notPhoto Source is/is not this was supposed to be a poem. this rambling, incoherent mess of half-formed thoughts and muted emotions that wind ‘round me like a snake ‘round its prey. this…taris (34)in writing • 7 years agoShe Couldn't MoveShe Couldn't Move Water drips down window pane. She called out to you, diligently raising a family. Selling chemical software. The brain lightly. And in the morning, her solitary nature came…bragih (50)in story • 7 years agoTHE TOWER — story in three prose poems and picturesBook I — The Law Geometrically, a perfect house. It could support itself at the most. And would need the mercy of this world, and to be allowed to stand in its shelter. But a house supposed to…edaniellefm (25)in prosepoem • 7 years agoCorner Puzzle PiecesMaybe you don’t actually like the stars – maybe not as much as I do. Maybe you don’t realize how beautiful and sad they are. How people fall in love with something that is actually dead. I didn’t…evan.fleischer (50)in poetry • 7 years agoScribbleIf — as Ibn Kaldoun once paraphrased it — the earth was a grape floating in the water, then a bundle of grapes is … and, here, the catapult of the metaphor, the kid jumping down hard on one end of…evan.fleischer (50)in poetry • 7 years agoHumphrey YogartHumphrey Yogart made his way through the background of Humphrey Bogart films on the hunt for fresh berries to add to his face / crab claw grasping at tables as Sam turned the mood as thick as piano…evan.fleischer (50)in poetry • 7 years agoUsed Car For Sale.2001 Subaru Forester for sale. Everything is in fine working condition but the driver’s seat has been turned one hundred-eighty degrees away from the steering wheel and there’s a bird’s nest where…evan.fleischer (50)in poetry • 7 years agoThe Sporting Life.Someone proposed in a restaurant the same time a team scored a goal. The resultant hands applauded so fiercely that many flew into the street and began making fierce shadow puppets upon the walls…evan.fleischer (50)in poetry • 7 years agoThe War Room II.The bells that churches have and use for ironic purposes only would ring across the land if a cyberwar between the United States and Russia was settled by someone in the U.S. having an a-ha moment…evan.fleischer (50)in poetry • 7 years agoThe War RoomI was thinking about Elizabeth Cantwell writing poems about The X-Files while watching The War Room the other day. I was thinking about Dalton Day writing poems about St. Vincent while watching The…lbliii (42)in poem • 8 years agoColor Me
