The Invisible Thread
/Are we born with a blank slate
or shaped by genetics
perhaps both braided together
make us who we…
By Shih-Fang Wang
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Love Made of Wax
/No matter how bad things…
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Our love, made of wax, dwindled the longer it lived
like an echo, i disappeared when ignored
your promises kept coming but never …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreVagabond Of The Void
/A metaphorical poem that …
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I lay passively on a seasoned ark,
Adrift the prosaic brine,
Restrained by the chains of …
By Aadityaamlan Panda
Read MoreProtect The Peace
/Taking in the sunrise in the morning,
smelling the fresh, clean air
hearing only earth noises
feeling how beautiful it …
By Andrew Scott
Read MoreMy Cherished Child
/As a parent, there are moments…
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Today, as I watched your rite of passage,
amidst the pomp, tradition, and pride,
I was seized by the hand of …
By Linda Troxell
Read MoreFrom a Clean Slate...
/Life gives you surprises…
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He wasn’t a playmate.
He wasn’t a classmate.
He wasn’t my prom date…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreBeyond the Apology
/After all these years
you return
to extend an olive branch
believing a sincere …
By Shih-Fang Wang
Read MoreMysterious Muse
/I spotted you on the steps
It was Mother’s Day, but you may have been with your partner
You walked towards me and did a head nod
I think I made a …
By Samantha Merz
Read MoreFilling In the Blank
/I searched all my poems for “tabula rasa”
but found a blank slate—not a horse at the gate.
In this large, empty casa, I shouted “Qué pasa?”
There wasn’t an answer. I chose not …
By Ken Gosse
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