Reason To Be Sad

Alyssa BrockerJune 10, 2020

Reason To Be Sad written by: Alyssa Brocker @Atelgy   do you remember your first taste of loss? when you realize we all can't live forever, that ...

Alyssa BrockerEnglishPoetry1 min read

The Coroner’s Gurney

Freya NorthJune 7, 2020

The Coroner's Gurney written by: Freya North @FreyaNorth2   "I did my research" the young man sighed, "hanging myself was close to the bottom of my l...

EnglishLiterature24 min read

An Almost Made Up Poem

SpillwordsFebruary 2, 2020

An Almost Made Up Poem a poem by: Charles Bukowski   I see you drinking at a fountain with tiny blue hands, no, your hands are not tiny they are sma...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry1 min read

Chasing Cars

Mileva AnastasiadouDecember 21, 2019

Chasing Cars written by: Mileva Anastasiadou @happymil_   It was the night before Christmas when I met him at the local pub. I went there alone to dr...

ChristmasEnglishLiterature13 min read

The Irrelevant Son

Nivedita DasDecember 2, 2019

The Irrelevant Son written by: Nivedita Das   I am done with life and have consumed poison to end it. As the poison slowly takes its toll on me, ...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

The Veil of Pain

Glen McKenzieOctober 17, 2019

The Veil of Pain written by: Glen McKenzie @justabitfurther   despair enveloped each waking moment a shroud of grey wrapped tightly around like banda...

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Still Water Runs Deep

Dawn DeBraalOctober 13, 2019

Still Water Runs Deep written by: Dawn DeBraal   Lanette Bradley was voted the prettiest girl at Tioga High School. Her face would haunt students and ...

EnglishLiterature14 min read

Wait

Aditi DwivediOctober 7, 2019

Wait written by: Aditi Dwivedi   I enter the kitchen, barefoot. The cold floor forces my toes to curl inwards. The open window invites a midnight bree...

EnglishPoetry2 min read

Lit

Stacy GardnerAugust 3, 2019

Lit written by: Stacy Gardner   I married a pair of rose colored glasses and was fed to the wolves a toe at a time Blood stained his fingers a time...

EnglishFeatured PostPoetry3 min read

Misery Severity

Nicole ChengJuly 1, 2019

Misery Severity written by: Nicole Cheng @NicoleCheng13   Hello. I know who you are. You are the girl with everything. Everything from good to bad; ...

EnglishPoetry15 min read

Darkness Incomprehensible

Noah SmithJune 10, 2019

Darkness Incomprehensible written by: Noah Smith   Mikhail Andreyevich Zatmeniyev was a shadow. He was also that sort of shadow which was always attempt...

EnglishLiterature17 min read

Finders Keepers

Lee DunnJune 10, 2019

Finders Keepers written by: Lee Dunn   In this year of China’s moon, there ends a life too soon. On the cliff’s outcropping, I stand, not yet ...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Elegy For A Young Poet

Catherine Gigante-BrownMay 4, 2019

Elegy For A Young Poet written by: Catherine Gigante-Brown @BklynCatwoman   In memory of Noah, who took his life by drowning on 10/20/13 at age 19 &nb...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Six Seconds

Roger TurnerMay 1, 2019

Six Seconds written by: roger turner @titansdad   Six seconds What takes that long? You can't write yourself a letter You can't write yourself a son...

EnglishPoetrySpilled History1 min read