Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Poets.

If I Were A Library Book
If I were a library book, where do you suppose I'd be? On the shelf between fiction and criminology? Or on the table next to the coffee ring you left.
By Paul Crocker9 years ago in Poets
Puzzle
Like the lingering breath of coffee sweet and bitter she walks down the hall, books clutched close to her heart, holding on to all she really knows.
By Shannon Moriarity9 years ago in Poets
Just One
They call me a prude or a buzzkill. They say I don’t know how to have any fun, But the truth is, I know too well. I’ve seen ‘just one’
By Pen Princess9 years ago in Poets
The Forest Fire in her Dendrites
"How do I live the death of a bachelor?" - Panic! at the Disco, Death of a Batchelor I My cigars started the forest fires in
By Scott Weatherby9 years ago in Poets
Who Says?
You made me insecure about myself; told me that I wasn't good enough for anyone else, but who are you to judge when you're just a control freak that just wants to own me? You're just a diamond in the rough on the ground getting kicked about. I'm pretty sure that you've got things you would like to change about yourself; but when it comes to me, I wouldn't want to be like everybody else. Yet you want me to be like everybody else.
By Lizzy Arrow9 years ago in Poets
Aesthetic: A Goodbye Letter
You left marks on me that formed constellations Every star is a memory that I cannot forget Every space between them is a breath I wasn’t fast enough to catch,
By g. whiles9 years ago in Poets
Clouds
Eyes as brown as chocolate Watery like a rainy day And a smile that keeps me haunted Except to make me stay With intentions not to hurt one
By Aeryka Frausto9 years ago in Poets
Silence Of Snow
The night air is heavy and the world is shaded. There has been anticipation since the sunlight faded. In your dreams you think of canes of candy and bells of a sleigh.
By Paul Crocker9 years ago in Poets
Porcelain Shell
Cracks of ray lines, Linger through my hard shell. My coldness sets off smoke into my crystal walls. Lining up to my dark eyes I close them.
By Mel Rayne9 years ago in Poets
I'm Sorry
I know I messed up, I messed up so bad that I lost you. I Lost you with in a blink of an eye, An Eye of sadness. Sadness That caused me pain.
By Karri Duperron9 years ago in Poets
Random Pumpkins
DON'T WANT TO LOSE (but scared to win) IT COULD BE LOVE(but probably sin) * I CAN'T FIGHT(& so I'll die) I THINK I'LL DROWN(between your thighs)
By Matt Cates9 years ago in Poets
Best Friends
Don’t you push me away. Don’t you dare. I’ll give you ten reasons why, ten years why you can’t do that to me. I’ve spent more time in your house than my own. I’ve lent things of mine that only to you I would loan. You are my rock, my constant, a never changing pillar. You have been worked into the foundation of my being, and I into yours.
By Taylor Nelson9 years ago in Poets