Contemporary / Modern Poetry
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Better.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry Love, It's always 'I'm sorry' Apologizing, memorizing All I did wrong I'll be better, I'll be better I'll be that and strong It's me, It's me Love, i…
The Shell They Taught Me to Inherit
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 the world were carved from edge…
We Were the Material It Was Built From
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 country, lit by its own certain…
The Body Is Not a Place to Forget
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 kept where the law no longer s…
Angle Boy
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 they returned to the their sky …
Diet coke
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 for a second it looks better…
the weight we cannot leave
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 through days so frayed and worn? …
residual smoke
like fireworks that fizzle out, we bloom loud against the dark, convinced the sky is listening, convinced this light is permanent. but the night never keeps souvenirs. …
I think it was real (I have no evidence)
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 should’ve stayed that simple …
Canons Roar, Earth Cries
While drones and missiles ravage air, water, and land, It is humanity itself that must take a stand. Rather than fighting for oil and mineral resources, It is time to work for …
Clowns unusual
What to say Loud was her innocence enough to showcase But life became unfair a bit Met on the way all clowns Clowns who wanted to take away her beauty of purity She survived …
A moment
Sun. Sun and a window. A window and child. Child. A child and a moment. A moment of stillness. A windowsill with a cat. The purr grows louder. The cat knows the story, the …
If the Moon Could Text Me
If the moon could text me, I think she’d start with a glow, A silent notification to the world down below. It would flash across my screen, around two-fifteen, The most radiant…