⁠⁠Poetry

⁠⁠Poetry

Poet / Not yet worthy

31 years old moss-covered headstone

5d ago

POETRY / Mother, why is our sky so different?

Mother, why is our sky so different?

1w ago

POETRY / Defeat

standing at the bus stop with my shoes full of water

1w ago

POETRY / Escape

You thought you had escaped, didn't you? / Outran everything that weighed you down

2w ago

POETRY / Mould

A quiet, seniority in its touch, / A tenderness that feels like it's meant to last

2w ago

POETRY / Delila’s quest (20 October 2014)

Li’l Del is walking all alone Li’l Del wants to find her way home.

3w ago

POETRY / Memory speaks

Sometimes at early dawn / You overpower my eyelids / And won’t let me wake up

1m ago

KHERO KHATA / Making headlines

We'll put up feigned politicians / And their fake promises instead

1m ago

Kissing strangers

Kissing strangers only feels good

1y ago

Possible answers to “Why did you block me?”

I needed to de-escalate.

1y ago

Half eaten mornings

It is impossible to distinguish when, but I think My loss of faith coincided with your arrival

1y ago

L for less

"Love" did not have me at 'hello' Nor does it cure the cries

1y ago

There’s no way you’ll outrun a bear

Smoother violence fills our hearts like charming splinters. The irony is I am the first of my women

1y ago

In another life, I’d still live as her

I've lived as her; / I've known my mother’s plight.

1y ago

The House With No Clocks

There are no clocks inside this house. The walls are quiet, the windows loud.

1y ago

Little bits of love that remain

Your tea in the kettle, piping hot water/ No sugar, so that you can really taste the tea on your tongue

1y ago
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