Ode

I’d Rather Be “Too”
“Too Much” I’m weary of being told I’m “too much”— Too sensitive, Too talkative, Too excited, Too bubbly, Too nerdy,
By Eva A. Schellingerabout a year ago in Poets
She is a Wounded Warrior
She is a wounded warrior. Shaped by storms that scarred her soul. Life dealt her trials, yet she stands whole, refusing to let strife define her role.
By Annie Edwards about a year ago in Poets
Better Than I Was
Take a good look. I am not who I used to be. I’m different now. How long will it take to get used to me? One day I woke up and took a good look in the mirror.
By Joe Pattersonabout a year ago in Poets
Florida A&M University, My Alma Mater
I miss all that's me At FAMU... In multiple degrees, so In pain. Which is all you need. It's real, Stories for the highest heal and Standing all the while, a band. The up-climb, an A&M feel. Born... Now, finished. Strike!
By K.A. Smithabout a year ago in Poets
On Grammarly
I am staring at blank screens rotating through unrevised pieces of poems eyeing word counts as I type, backspace, completely delete.
By Kay Husnickabout a year ago in Poets
Caterpillar
Everybody wants the butterfly flipping wings. First you have to start with caterpillar things. Trust the journey. Don’t wait for it to be over so soon.
By Joe Pattersonabout a year ago in Poets
Ghosts-2
Ghosts of future memories haunt me Staring off in the distance As tells from my scryne tingle down my spine as they exit my mind
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Good Morning Maezie
The stillness of the morning is broken by the soft toddling thunder of tiny feet. Her sea green eyes peer gently down at me,
By Ellie Hoovsabout a year ago in Poets
Inheritance
The walls were stripped bare, other worldly, frozen in time. They said “come, pick something”. The rooms that once felt so full
By Ellie Hoovsabout a year ago in Poets
New Life
Welcome to the new year. We’re walking in to a new life. This is a chance for us to start fresh and we can do right. When the clock struck twelve on the first of the year
By Joe Pattersonabout a year ago in Poets
To Words
Letters combine to a word To a sentence, a paragraph, then A chapter awaits the reticent muse To capture my soul once again.
By Marie McGrathabout a year ago in Poets
Never, Don't You Ever
did... did... did we build this all for nothing never, don't you ever contemplation the revelation the sense of achievement
By Paul Stewartabout a year ago in Poets