Category Archives: hope poetry
Read Poem: Scared, by Michael Jackson
You should be scared Scared of symmetrical smiles of mystical eyes white teeth breath purified Of have a nice days the month of May Everything okay? Yeah, everything’s okay Of positive thinkers steady blinkers gnomes in gardens clean-cut shavers Of … Continue reading
Read Poem: An Old Lady Goes Grocery Shopping, by Joan McNerney
First of all, it is difficult to express how much I hate this crappy store plus facing so many sour looks. Can only purchase a few things because of all those stairs I must climb getting to my apartment. First … Continue reading
Read Poem: Singles Awareness Day, by Hiker Angel
Categories: Love, Hurt, Painful The Darkest heart of winter’s chill chokes out the hollow monstrous day, its tendrils slithering to fill. Rapacious, snaking, gasping gill, in waters deep where wicked prey, the Darkest heart of winter’s chill. Its teeth plunge, … Continue reading
Read Poem: Cold, by Linda Jordan
Stealing along a darkened road; it’s path crooked Fleeting around trees, leaves shivering in its wake, grass frozen mid-bow in homage Inspecting, watchful, it’s purpose clear A lone traveler comes; hungry for warmth A house in the darkness; to the … Continue reading
Read Poem: Can’t you see?, by Mary V. Saenko
Title: Can’t you see? Author: Mary V. Saenko Genre(s): dark, long, sad, painful, hurt, life I want to be liked. When I look at myself in the mirror, All I feel is shame. I am ashamed of what I look … Continue reading
Read Poem: Parlors, by John Glass
My neighbor was a member of a gang, the Latin Kings. My neighbor sits to my right, but had lived downstairs. My neighbor reminds me of Junior, real country folk, who attended my great-uncle’s wake back in Bama, some twenty … Continue reading
Read Poem: Take My Hand, by Remi Delaplace
Come wander with me, In these hallowed halls of endless night. Where I will show you, Many things of horror and delight. Faint whispers hiss while Shadows shift and flit behind your back. Tattered curtains sigh Those swaying shades of … Continue reading
