Browse Poems
Discover poems from our community. Human-written, AI-assisted, and recitations — all celebrated for their artistry.
Let peace reign
by Benjamin Modiseemang Davids · May 08, 2026
Let peace reign Let it reign for all man kind Let it reign for no man fights Some of us are way past that time. So let peace reign and no more cr…
The Shell They Taught Me to Inherit
by Pradeep Varadwaj · May 03, 2026
Born from soil, from nothing, I learned a name to hold. School taught heaven and hell, poor and rich, right and wrong, evil and good— as if t…
We Were the Material It Was Built From
by Pradeep Varadwaj · May 02, 2026
I read history as a door left open, and found it guarded by a few— their laws trained on the hated, their words sharpened into instruction. A c…
The Body Is Not a Place to Forget
by Pradeep Varadwaj · May 02, 2026
The Body Is Not a Place to Forget Morning continues somewhere— a cup held without shaking, a name answered the first time. Here, the body is k…
Angle Boy
by Carmen Solares · Apr 30, 2026
When he was born, the clouds that soared They fell to watch him sing. But when they found him All he did was whimper, scratch, and screech So th…
Diet coke
by SOWMYA LAKSHMI · Apr 29, 2026
I buy it even when I don’t want it just feels wrong not to like I’d be skipping something I’m supposed to feel the fridge light hits the can and…
the weight we cannot leave
by Diya Pi · Apr 29, 2026
Melanthe: Theon, the nights are long and cold, the world feels dim, the stars look old. How do you bear a heart that’s torn, and walk thr…
residual smoke
by Diya Pi · Apr 29, 2026
like fireworks that fizzle out, we bloom loud against the dark, convinced the sky is listening, convinced this light is permanent. but the …
A nightwatcher of three names
by Carmen Solares · Apr 28, 2026
How can I tell water from its sticky cousin? The red leak from my palms and the answer is still evading me. I watch the water sway in a dance …
I think it was real (I have no evidence)
by SOWMYA LAKSHMI · Apr 28, 2026
it started as a normal day........ a bus too loud too full of people who won’t remember it I sat in the front he was behind window seat and it…
Grown Ups
by Aditri Dutta · Apr 23, 2026
Grown Ups As per the Kids Community; Grown Ups possess many a peculiarity— Creating what shall supposedly scream, “The Best for Children!”, or …
Red and Blue
by Zoey Johnson · Apr 23, 2026
Now who’s idea Really who Was to split us To red and blue? Not gold and green Or a color of shoe But blue and red Or red and blue. An…