Most recently published stories in Poets.
“I was looking for a doll or a book, and I found a baptismal certificate. A piece of paper that, in one second, changed the chemical composition of my world. Mother’s name: Inka. Father’s name: A slash (/). Emptiness.”
By Magma Star2 days ago in Poets
As long as you keep going. Another powerful idea is to cultivate discipline. Discipline is what keeps you moving when you don't feel like it.
By FitCOM2 days ago in Poets
Even if it's not perfect. Even if you feel insecure. Because action leads to progress. And progress leads to confidence.
That's the key. Small actions, repeated daily, generate big results. But most people ignore small actions. They think they aren't enough.
By FitMS2 days ago in Poets
Days pass. Weeks pass. Years pass. And the difference between where you are now and where you could be later comes down to one thing.
Was Junior religious? A black kid that finally got the big German shepherd they always never wanted. Learning responsibility while they relied on me for the morning loaf and fish.
By Willem Indigo2 days ago in Poets
A time for a prayer or a time for reflection Jesus knows you! ****** Going for a walk looking for solitude to hope and pray for all.
By Mark Graham2 days ago in Poets
As once I learned, by the force of circumstance Make no promises of which you haven't got total control Sometimes, it's more than just a personal dance
By Jason Morton2 days ago in Poets
...."And now what's left, of hands that have given so freely, their fleeing warmth? Bare against the instrument that soiled them.
By Kristen Keenon Fisher2 days ago in Poets
you follow me nightly, high among the stars that guide you, always keeping pace. no matter where i wander. you find me.
By Tina D. Lopez2 days ago in Poets
The face of an angel covers thee For you were born in the bowels of despair Often wondering why it was you chose me Then tore apart everything that was there
All you did was talk shit. You took my name and ran it through the mud, then the compactor, then the shredder, then dried it out,
By Jesse Lee2 days ago in Poets