Free Verse

Affect/Effect
Come 2AM, I'll call to remind you: No one is an empty sea. No one loves no one, and no one is loved. // I affect the world and the world effects me.
By Suze Kay2 years ago in Poets
Patchwork dandelion bullet holes at 2am.
It's 2am and I am rudely awakened by the thump, thump of tiny angry feet. I glance upon the wall, expecting to see my collection of lovely, if creepy Babushka babies. I blinked three times to be sure, but the wall is bare of my lovely patchwork collection.
By Novel Allen2 years ago in Poets
The northern orphan
I draw breath and it harms me. Eyes inflamed with sorrow. Hands bleed from fragments of dreams and hopes unrealized. Abandoned by all except her-she stands with me in all weather.
By ehis asibor2 years ago in Poets
Comfort Taking Over
Colourful lights dim and misshapen floating from afar, resembling lanterns each a thought that just might awaken one after the other in mesmerising patterns
By Mo Darasi2 years ago in Poets
The Pathway Unfolds
Certainty clung, I grasped for formulas Rules to obey, steps to follow in perfect choreographed strums But mastery danced to its own rhythm
By Edison Ade2 years ago in Poets
Odysseus’s Plea
A weary wine-dark sea, stirred By our ship’s restless keel and prow Were it not for a journey deterred It’d live and die to never be ashore
By Octovo Libra 2 years ago in Poets
Still...They Carry On
Creating beings who Exude chaos is their life’s work Forcing ideas that seem unimaginable Reimagined as real foes Bent on progressing ideologies, so bold
By Creator RaShiDa AliYa RedFeather~EL2 years ago in Poets
Warm Up
What is that smell? Eww Where Could it be coming from? That stinks. Do you hear that? Shh There Yeah that You heard that
By Mother Combs2 years ago in Poets
Mercurial
Whimsy. Created not to be constant. Worse, most crave only that stability. Control. Wasted effort that leads some by the nose
By Stéphane Dreyfus2 years ago in Poets
Sirens of the Celestial Citadel
One of my favorite singer's is Sarah Brightman. I had the chance to see her live when she was in Phantom Of The Opera. One of her songs was my muse for this free verse poem.
By Daphsam2 years ago in Poets
What I thought I had in you
And like a bad habit I find you hard to break To rip from me And set myself free 🔥 The hurt and pain The lust and ecstasy
By Jazzy 2 years ago in Poets
2 a.m.
Below is my entry to Poppy's January Prompts challenge. Here is her link, if you would like to join in: There are five words/prompts given with instruction to write a poem using one or multiple of the listed prompts. I decided to go with all five.
By Cathy holmes2 years ago in Poets