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Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.

Feminine Enough
Like temple bells, the house reverberates with giggles of two little kids. Not mandatory, but if you want,
By Seema Patel20 days ago in Poets
How to Keep Yourself From Feeling. Content Warning.
Start smaller than you think you should; don’t disappear all at once. Just postpone your initial reaction. * When a feeling
By Luna Jordan19 days ago in Poets
We Need MLK Speech Again
MLK Tribute Black people fight against their own Sadly, we have a leader who cannot teach compassion........... America has lost its way
By Mariann Carroll16 days ago in Poets
Smart phones, Humans and Aliens.
WARNING. I will be tapping into one of your favorite creative tensions: The absurdity of humans worshipping their glowing rectangles as if they were tiny oracles. There’s something deliciously poetic about that contradiction, and it lends itself beautifully to an instructive proviso.
By Novel Allen18 days ago in Poets
Haunted Visions
What strange visions haunt my dreams and such strange images befall my sight? I do not know this figure who flows through my mind streams in the dead of night
By C. J. Pharez17 days ago in Poets
Free-for-all
Why did you turn the picture? Because, like many, I read from left to right When you look, you mustn't just see the picture
By D. J. Reddall17 days ago in Poets
Iosis
Remake me, alchemist Consult your emerald tablet Transformed through Cinnabar’s mercurial cure Thanks to you I am a
By Aspen Marie 19 days ago in Poets
Hello You
I float away inside a dream Where each door unlocks more of me Somewhere I’ve been, locked in the past Someone one I’ve been, only recast
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden17 days ago in Poets
Nothing On The Acsendant
Today is the International Day of Nothing...when we mark the necessity of a little silence. Emptiness and space are as important as thought.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin18 days ago in Poets
If You Let Me
If you let me, I can tell you how to love me, but you need to come in close, even closer. That's better, now I can see your eyes cradling the moon,
By Katheleen18 days ago in Poets
Lack of Love
Mothers are supposed to know how to love their daughters, but it seems some don't. They reject them even in the womb.
By Moon Desert18 days ago in Poets
Chameleon
Have you heard of the game chameleon? I fear I play it far too well. Skilled to pretend i’m something i’m not. I am
By Latisha Jean22 days ago in Poets