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Reviews of the best poetry books, collections and anthologies; discover poems and up-and-coming poets across all cultures, genres and themes.

Every Jamaican - Every Woman
If I wake at 6:00 am, will I need to be on the farm! The places that no person would ever dear to - love is an illusion...
By 365poetrya day ago in Poets
Flume Said It Best!
***** Intro: I would give "anything" to change.............. Please just look me, in my face!! Tell me, everything will be okay - just tell me!!
By 365poetrya day ago in Poets
I've Spent "20 Years", And I Have No Suitor, To Date - I Am Sad!?
My first kiss - it was nothing, a piece of rock, that sorta looks like a FROG! My first encounter with, let's say, the "genitals" - it was like an episode of Star Trek, and "SPROCK", has no home, who had perhaps felt like some cockroaches, I don't know!
By 365poetrya day ago in Poets
I Built My Own Hand - I Did That!
My middle finger is called the thumb! In the dictionary, sure, we can erase! But how long does it take - to start a "NEW" race!
By 365poetry2 days ago in Poets
You Have "NO" Respect For Me, That's Okay - I Have Respect For My "UNBORN" Child, Not Ever Coceived, Currently In "2026"
I have drank water from something intolerable! The stench is in my throat - daily, I think of what I could do! At first, the person who "fell in love" with me, said - "you're not that bad, and we could help"!
By 365poetry2 days ago in Poets
Scenery of Society by Rikki La Rouge 🇬🇧 🇨🇦
Julio, every summer you come back and make me relive these tortuous memories. Julio, do you remember the day you almost drowned? I do. Julio, I can't escape your punishment. Julio, I want to know why you cursed me. July, I remember our difficult times before July, when we couldn't start again.
By Revista Miko3 days ago in Poets
I Just Had An Epiphany - And Now, I'm Sharing, It's Weird, I've Never Been Able To Tell Anyone How I Feel.....
I've eaten "Ice-cream" before - AMEN! I've eaten "Ice-scream" before - AMEN! Sometimes it's weird learning how to spell! At first I've learnt that scream is a shout!
By 365poetry3 days ago in Poets
I Have Sat In A "Public Transportation" - Matey Seats Make Perfect Sense!
Some of us ladies, aren't great at this thing here; so I'll just tell you what I've been thinking, HERE! Valentines day, 1998 - he said he had a "GIRLFFRIEND".
By 365poetry3 days ago in Poets
I’m not really into politics
I'm not really into politics But I know politics is really into me Into you and everyone I pass in the street It's in the places where I buy my groceries
By Cadma3 days ago in Poets
Fabien Dei Franchi: An Oscar Wilde Masterpiece Analyzed
I am currently reading Oscar Wilde’s most famous works as an attempt to broaden my cultural consciousness. The book is a collection of poems, each wildly different and varying in length. My top three favorites (not in order).
By PhilosophyPath3 days ago in Poets
How Many Children Did "Vic Firth" Have - The Number One Question For Every Parent!?
Someday, I will be better! Someday, I will beat people, tell them what I want in life - just because it's better! Someday, the things that I've been told made perfect sense!
By 365poetry4 days ago in Poets
Tylenol Dialogues After 30 Years
In 1998, he said, my head hurts, after driving for at least 1 hour! In 1998 he said, you didn't even ask how I am doing, after driving for 1 hour!
By 365poetry4 days ago in Poets