I know by chance of lands akin to these, That on a darkling plane do co-abide. (A sadness lingering on every breeze, The touch of frost and loss one feels inside.)
By Conor Darrall6 months ago in Poets
Love burns like dawn, yet fades when night draws near, A fragile flame that trembles in the storm; Its glow a promise whispered soft and clear,
By shakir hamid6 months ago in Poets
I used to think myself a troubled soul, Who needed love to help him grow in light. I know now there's a dreadful sunken hole;
Your breath never trembled so loudly and so clearly as if he had created us to meet so many times, yet never to last in this love,
By Lightness6 months ago in Poets
“if men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences” (Thomas and Thomas, The child in America, Knopf, Oxford, 1928, p. 572)
By Teresa Renton6 months ago in Poets
His hand found mine; the surge of that first touch, lit flicks of flame, and caused my heart to sing. He said ‘You’re quiet, why say you not much?’
Lantern into the dark of the night sky Fire tries to overcome the darkness Shadows celebrate the complicit sky Darkness hides behind the fear of goodbye
By Mariann Carroll6 months ago in Poets
I own an old truck and an old house. Way out far, beneath the blue skies Where only the elements and I often speak - In a silent back and forth
By Novel Allen6 months ago in Poets
To pinpoint when, I cannot remember, that my love for you soared like a rocket. Told you in the middle of December, my heart alive, plugged into a socket.
By Daniel K6 months ago in Poets
Embraced by arms of darkest night, Beneath the blanket of the sky, Pierced by pinpricks of twinkling light, It seems such folly to live and die.
By J. Otis Haas6 months ago in Poets
Another spark of hate ignites our path, More flames to burn the progress that we've made. The past repeats, leaves us the aftermath
By Phar West Nagle6 months ago in Poets
Show me the shadows deep within your heart, The scars that map out who you used to be. Why hide the darkness I've seen from the start
