Poetry

Judge reduces Adnan Syed’s sentence, allowing him to stay out of prison
Adnan Syed, the subject of the “Serial” podcast, will be allowed to remain free after a Baltimore judge on Thursday agreed to effectively reduce his sentence to the time he had already spent in prison.
By Md Mirajul Islam11 months ago in Critique
Dissection: Letter to the Past
When I first wrote this piece, I was trying to capture memory, grief, and the way the past lingers—how it resurrects itself in recollection, and how, in doing so, it leaves the one who remembers stranded. There’s a kind of desolation in being the one left to remember. In the first draft, I took a safer approach. I knew I had to take risks, but I hesitated—afraid of sounding too emotional, too juvenile. And yet, I was drawn to that desperation, the need to keep someone alive through memory. That tension—between restraint and urgency—was something I wanted to explore more deeply.
By Monica Theresa11 months ago in Critique
You Are a Snowball. Second Place in Self-Editing Epiphany Challenge.
you are a snowball rolling downhill with unstoppable force with each revolution you grow and grow and grow all that touches you sticks like glue upon glacial skin
By LRB11 months ago in Critique
The Unheard Cry
In the shadows of a world so vast, A quiet sorrow, a truth held fast. Beneath the surface, where dreams should bloom, Lies a story of silence, of an empty room.
By Mukun11 months ago in Critique
The Art of Writing Without a Safety Net
EMBRACING THE CHAOS—WHY PERFECTION IS THE ENEMY Writers crave perfection. We polish sentences until they shine, strip them of flaws, and second-guess every word. But what if that obsession kills creativity? What if the magic hides in the imperfections we try so hard to erase?
By Alain SUPPINI11 months ago in Critique
The Proverbs
Personal words that help us realize what are the many ways to organize the variety of ideas that allow us to make educable
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Critique
The Psalms
Prophetic words sacred and even secular allowing for learning the more important facets of simply living. Psalms are prayers and poems and even at times turned into songs. There are lessons to be learned by reading these poetic words if given a chance to really understand what they mean and figure out a way to work them into your daily living. Psalms are like pictures written in words of praise. Psalms are the way to accept who you are and show one what is important to live and accept who you are and what you are doing to help yourself.
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Critique
The Hunter
It was the time of the darkness covering the valley. The animals were in search of water to quench their thirst. It was dry
By Dinesha Perera12 months ago in Critique
What is your favorite?
It's that time again for the Girl Scouts of America to sell their cookies. I believe that we all have our favorites but actually like them all. My favorites are the Dosey dos (which were originally called Savannahs), Thin Mints and Tag-a-longs. The other ones that I like are Samoa's and Trefoils. Is it possible not to love these cookies?
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Critique
A vintage typewriter
This critique and acrostic poem will show readers why I chose this image for most of my writing. Old-fashioned typing mode for the sound it made clickity-clack or something like that. Learning to type material for others to read one page on paper at a time. Deleting by erasing words and phrases with correcting tape. Taking a person back to an easier time when writing was work at a somewhat slower pace. Yearning to get typed and published on paper. Praying the manuscript would not get lost in transit. Expecting news about your work and getting a letter on paper. Writing to share ideas again, one page at a time. Reading a printed page of our work.
By BD All Product Shop Digital Marketingabout a year ago in Critique
Tin Cans, Again
Tin cans come in many shapes and sizes from cylinders, circles, squares, rectangles, and even triangles of many sizes from tiny, small, large and even extra large
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Why Do The Games in Squid Game S2 Show Real-Life Struggles
Many people have been anxiously awaiting the second season of Squid Game, the most-watched show on Netflix. To win prizes in the first season, players had to compete in several lethal kid-friendly games. The upcoming season, which is also expected to break yet another Netflix record, delves deeper into the limitations and economic background of the surrealistic games. Green light, red light. When the song starts, move forward; when it ends, freeze. It's a fairly easy game. Or is it that moving after the music has stopped carries a death sentence? It was clear from the first season that Squid Game allegorizes the horrors of capitalism through kid-friendly games. Three years later, the second season of arguably the most significant television program of our time advances its adamantly anti-capitalist theme. It accomplishes this by exposing the illusion of "choice" in a system threatening to starve the great majority. In this article, I dive deeper into the dystopian nuances of capitalism and the illusion of choice that stir up scenarios very similar to reality.
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Critique