Category: 2019 Poetry

Read Poem: LOVE THAT LOVE, by Leah Gitome

Birthed from love
Groomed from love
Love escalates all human expressions
Every ounce portrays love in the stance of self loving
Love has no boundaries
Love forgives
Love gives birth to divinity
From the very roots
Love goes beyond the visible
Obscured identified confliction
Love ignites the flame that warms the soul
It strengthens a grown heart,mind and soul
Love make the weak men strong
It make the strong men weak
We are remembered from what we love
Never what we dislike
Time become eternal
Always
Always
When love surrounds it all.

Read the TOP POEMS from MARCH 2019

Read Poem: ANIMA VESTRA, by Venus James
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/22/read-poem-anima-vestra-by-venus-james/

Read Poem: Tell Me, by Tommy Tutalo
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/22/read-poem-tell-me-by-tommy-tutalo/

Read Poem: X-RAY, by Tatev Chakhian
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/22/read-poem-x-ray-by-tatev-chakhian/

Read Poetry: I am me, he is me, by P.T. Saunders
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/22/read-poetry-i-am-me-he-is-me-by-p-t-saunders/

Read Poem: The Decision ft. Caesar D. &RAE B. , by Laye Da Writer
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/12/read-poem-the-decision-ft-caesar-d-rae-b-by-laye-da-writer/

Read Poem: TRIPWIRE, by VEDIKA GARODIA
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/11/read-poem-tripwire-by-vedika-garodia/

Read Poem: BOOTS, by Stephon Void
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/05/read-poem-boots-by-stephon-void/

Read Poem: Silence of the Lambs, by Douglas Brayton II
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/05/read-poem-silence-of-the-lambs-by-douglas-brayton-ii/

Read Poem: The Morning After pt.1, by Laye The Writer
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/05/read-poem-the-morning-after-pt-1-by-laye-the-writer/

Read Poem: TO A WOMAN BARING ARMS, by Victoria Ryan-Bailey
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/04/read-poem-to-a-woman-baring-arms-by-victoria-ryan-bailey/

Read Poem: Halab (Aleppo), by Kashmir Maryam
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/04/read-poem-halab-aleppo-by-kashmir-maryam/

Read Poem: MARKERS IN A ROW, by Anita Marie Mondragon
https://festivalforpoetry.com/2019/03/04/read-poem-markers-in-a-row-by-anita-marie-mondragon/

Read Poem: ANIMA VESTRA, by Venus James

Spoke to a Baphomet
Down by the willow
He was watching the moon bathe in that same river
That dissolved everything in its way

He whispered:’ This is your version of Aegri somnia’

I tell him that this is not a bad dream and that
I really am shattered in thousands of pieces
And that
I came to lay my burden down

So, he offers a rope and I suddenly see a brighter season

He plays me dirty, one for the shepherd none for the sheep

I asked for my own Beatrice back

she burns in a pit
9th circle – still have her knife in my back
And only then he tells me the rules-the waiting game begins only when the lights go out

But
I
Can’t
See
In
The
Dark

Game over.

Read Poem: Tell Me, by Tommy Tutalo

Tell me I can’t, and I’ll continue to pursue my dream

Tell me I’m wasting my time, and I’ll spend more time perfecting my craft

Tell me I’m not good enough, and I’ll turn my good into better, and my better into best

Tell me I’m dreaming, and I’ll turn my dreams into reality

Tell me to get a “real job” and I’ll turn mine into a way of life

Tell me to do it like this, or do it like that, and I’ll turn the other way and do it my way

Tell me I’m too late, or too old, and I’ll finish when I’m done and live like I’m young, turn your late into my fate, and your old into my gold

Tell me I’m strange and no one will understand, and I’ll continue to look in the mirror and smile, and continue to live and do what I do, without boundaries, or bonds, I’ll live and carry on without you, and live a life that is true

Tell me I will never succeed and I’ll find a way, I’ll make you recede and look deeper within, and eventually believe in me and my dreams

Tell me the road I’m on is the wrong way, that I should turn back and I’ll carry on, deeper into the unknown, and pave my own path

Your fear and negativity is my fuel, to create and turn into all you desire, and now that I’m here and you’re still there, I’m now the inspiration for all you aspire

Be bold, be true . . . live the life you desire without fear, without restrictions

Laugh, turn the other way, and mourn me before my death, and I’ll rise up and defy all your tests

Read Poetry: I am me, he is me, by P.T. Saunders

I am me.
He is also me.
I live in a house.
He lives in my head.
I am quiet.
He is loud.
I am gentle.
He is harsh.
I am often sad.
He is always mad.
I am good.
He is bad.
I want to live life to the full.
He wishes me dead.
I wish he would find somewhere else to live and get out of my head.
I am me.
He is me.
We are me.