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five obscure sorrows. Runner-Up in Harmonic Verses Challenge.
Breathing deep to step outside, thinking of the last five years Everything I’ve had to let go of Everything that we are now
By Sandra Tena9 months ago in Beat
Maybe It's Me
When I was a teen in college, I was part of a garage band. Like any musical person who sang in the shower regularly, I wanted to be a singer - but I didn't have any range or voice, so I was relegated to instrumentals.
By Alison McBain9 months ago in Beat
She Was The Room. Honorable Mention in Harmonic Verses Challenge.
[Intro – setting the stage] I woke up tasting someone else's name. Teeth gritty. Mouth dry. I didn’t speak it— but the mirror fogged like I did.
By Iris Obscura10 months ago in Beat
Dancing With Your Innuendos
VERSE ONE: The sun falls through the window Resting softly on your face Your smile, an innuendo That your lies cannot erase
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden10 months ago in Beat
DollFace Anthem
Note from the author: This is a local covers band from Laredo, TX. I have been following them for a few years now, and I wrote this piece for them, as their merchandise always refers to their followers as the "DollFace Drinking Team".
By Alex Torres10 months ago in Beat
Benefits: Constant Noise
It all starts with a mountain of shit. As opening gambits go, the first utterance of Constant Noise, the sophomore release from Teesside-based noise smiths Benefits doesn’t leave much scope for compromise.
By Andy Potts10 months ago in Beat
Professional Victim. Runner-Up in Harmonic Verses Challenge. Content Warning.
VERSE 1 You're a bleating scapegoat, stepping up to take the fall. Your neck upon the block. A rubber band around your balls.
By Addison Alder10 months ago in Beat
Upcoming Artist, Androtta Drops Single at Midnight March 21, 2025!. Content Warning.
I met Janeilla Burns over five years ago, back when I was just a stylist in a local salon—juggling motherhood, studying writing, and pursuing creative dreams on the side. She walked in like a real-life Disney princess—Filipina, radiant, and effortlessly magnetic.
By L.K. Rolan11 months ago in Beat
It's Kinda Criminal
VERSE ONE: I could outrun any other I've found my way across the line I’ve been a loser and a winner At least a half a dozen times
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden11 months ago in Beat
Add In Some Trumpets!
Okay, here we go, picture it: Something like you’d see in a picture show, a musical, something silly with live actors so that it doesn't go exactly the same as every other time.
By Amos Glade11 months ago in Beat
Phantom Embrace
So I couldn't figure out what I could possibly write a song about. I'm not a song writer, I'm a poet. So I looked through my poems because I mean, that's all I got is a lot of poems and I found one I thought might make a good song. If anyone ever said I would be writing a song out of a poem. I would have laughed them out of the room. But that is exactly what I did. I took a poem I wrote that was originally about someone missing the one they love so desperately that they dreamed them up at night and the pillows and sheets became their body and hands touching. Wound up in these sheets all night, the imagination got carried away and the recreated their lover over and over each night ... So, this song is based on that poem called "Ghost" as listed below:
By ᔕᗩᗰ ᕼᗩᖇTY11 months ago in Beat
Towards a Win. Honorable Mention in Harmonic Verses Challenge.
[Chorus] What did he do to say? Time continued again It was his way To step towards a win [Verse 1] His strength was bereft he had nothing left
By Skyler Saunders11 months ago in Beat