Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Poets.

Go back to better times
I want to turn back time, Go back to better times, Go back to better days, I wish there was a way. When the world wasn't burning, When less war was happening, Less illness around the world, When people weren't so cold.
By Daria Alexandra Enacheabout 3 hours ago in Poets
Boomerang 🪃
We all are made of stardust... At least that’s what they say. The trillions of miles, The billions of years, Couldn’t keep me away.
By Mama Magdaleneabout 3 hours ago in Poets
If Only
If only You loved me You held me You saw me You cared If only You listened You heard me You noticed You shared If only
By Zenaabout 4 hours ago in Poets
Message in a bottle
How much do you love me? John asked his Elouise, Is it that hard? Cannot you see? I threw a bottle in the ocean today
By Calvin Londonabout 4 hours ago in Poets
When They Come Back
When they first learned to toddle on uncertain, dimpled feet, they pulled away with bright delight to find the world was sweet.
By Emilie Turnerabout 4 hours ago in Poets
I wake
It's 4am I wake like clockwork too hot drenched in sweat Needing to pee I s t u m b l e to the bathroom then back to bed
By A. J. Schoenfeldabout 4 hours ago in Poets
Pipes
A house full of rage and shakes, muffled voices spill through wafer walls, dragging, by chain, far heavier words. - Weighted words which carry a punch
By Reece Beckettabout 4 hours ago in Poets
Alt Pandora's Box
According to Hesiod, when Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus, the king of the gods, took vengeance by presenting Pandora to Prometheus' brother Epimetheus. Pandora opened a jar left in her care containing sickness, death and many other unspecified evils which were then released into the world, but what if Pandora’s Box or Jar contained nothing but good things. I know hope was there at the bottom, but I feel that often humanity looks for the worst things.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about 4 hours ago in Poets
The Might of Love and Light 🌺 Haiku🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺 🌺
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By SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS 💗💗 about 5 hours ago in Poets
Thoughtless Monkey Moon Path 🌺 Haiku🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
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By SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS 💗💗 about 5 hours ago in Poets
Compassionate Dragon Path to Peace 🌺 Haiku🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
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By SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS 💗💗 about 5 hours ago in Poets
All Roads Leads to loml
All roads lead to you— not in the way maps promise arrival, but in the way grief redraws every street until there is nowhere else to go.
By Brie Boleynabout 6 hours ago in Poets