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“Hope isn't a shy thing” by Eileen Strawberry
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Hope isn't a shy thing”Eileen StrawberryHope isn't a shy thingShe has white knucklesand spits gritWhen oppressors beat down on her shouldersShe d...
Shimmer by Jessie Marie
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shimmer Jessie Marie my shimmering heart draped in tearsdrums a song behind a thorny cageghosts dressed in moonlight wail against the inky black of ni...
Don't call it hope or you'll scare it away by Candace Kronen
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Don't call it hope or you'll scare it awayCandace KronenCall it window or thread or undone button, call it plump lipsand the slip of a sound, open pal...
A Merciless Winter by Farida Shamim
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A Merciless Winter Farida Shamim How cruel you are, Winter —couldn’t you wait a little longer?Why didn’t you waituntil the children fell asleep,...
Chasing the Light by Old Fart with a Guitar
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chasing the Light Old Fart with a Guitar With all the bad news and all the bad vibes And the battle lines drawn between the tribes, I was lathered u...
Sunday Recap & One More Step by Maggie Devers
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jan 12 - Happiness by Navya Chaudhary @chaoticconfessor o...
The Anatomy of Dawn by Saleha Najeeb
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Anatomy of Dawn Saleha Najeeb Do not mistake the smile for light.It is merely how we hide the mourningof what never had a funeral.Grief, it does n...
Maman
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
MamanMaggie DeversI see the most amazing spider webStretching between two treesAnd it is huge.When the light hits it just soIt glimmers as a precious ...
The Season of Returning by Lara
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Season of Returning Lara I fell into winter,a quiet collapse of light.Bare branches above me,and silence heavy as snow.The frost took my laughter,...
Rooted by Shaq Mendes
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rooted Shaq Mendes Women are Queens, Men are Kings well -Along w/ the throne, you needah';_ Have that Crown _Take a journey down a path where,the end'...
Aloof by Luwa
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AloofLuwaAloof poof, jump off the roof as proofThey use the news to deduce and reduce the abuseThrown and blown our way while we moan and groanUnable ...
I Promise by Riley Hope McPheters
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I Promise Riley Hope McPheters When you are sad-It feels that is who you are.You are not the sad of a hard day,Nor the sad of a loved one gone too soo...
Happiness by Navya Chaudhary
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Happiness Navya Chaudhary If you are out there chasing happiness,Then I want you to remember this.If you're chasing it,It's definitely not yours.Happi...
Sunday Recap & Suck It In by Maggie Devers
11 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Good. ...
The Tender Descending by Ellie A
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Tender DescendingEllie AThe earth exhales and everything slows.The trees remember what it means to be bare.We gather what warmth remains in our ha...
Part Oracle, Part Warrior by Aslam
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
part oracle, part warrior Aslam a crescent moon, hangs like a scaron her shoulder’s silence.her lips sealedby vow or violence.her eyes do not ask.th...
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Good
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Learning to Dissect Fetal PigsRenée Nicole GoodThis poem was awarded the Academy of American Poets Prize in 2020.i want back my rocking chairs,sol...
Genesis of Her by Kiran Ashraf
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Genesis of HerKiran AshrafHer body is like a powerful tidelooming in an ever-flowing motionchewing on her emotions like riceshe aches to read in shelt...
Transmorphing by Özge Lena
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Transmorphing Özge Lena This Poem was commended for Winged Muse Poetry Competition of Winged Moon Literary MagazineAfter Harpy by Valerie HammondIn s...
To Fall Is to Begin by Irina Vérène
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To Fall Is to BeginIrina Vérènei won’t be draggedpast the pearly gates—i’ll leave of my own volition.with these heavenly rulesstifling my brea...
Becoming Again by Reya
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Becoming AgainReyaI didn’t rise like fire —I rose like forgiveness.Lost me once, still trying,sky’s the limit, I’m craving the climb.Thoughts ...
Sunday Recap & Crawl Space by Maggie Devers
04 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Dec 29 - Eclipse of the Self by Ruvaani @ruvaani.unclaime...
“My heart is a museum of every person I’ve ever loved” by Megan Phillips
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“My heart is a museum of every person I’ve ever loved” Megan Phillips My heart is a museum of every person I’ve ever lovedMy Dad’s birthday ...
January Born by JC
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
January Born JC I was winter’s child,wrapped in borrowed wool,breath small as frost on windowpanes. The world outside was brittle then,trees bare-...
New Dawn by Benedicta Kyeremaa Addai
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
New DawnKyeremah Smile on me,the Sun is awakening.Yesterday and today left no crumbsWe begin from there.I won't tell you how to live...
Of Love and Hell by Kajal
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Of Love and Hell Kajal Of how the hell fell in loveand went straight to heaven, I know the story of a dovewho used to weep for a raven.Nights when Ear...
Cold Plunging by Kristin Yates
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cold Plunging Kristin Yates Breath leaves my lipslike a bird, andI feel the cardinalsand the chickadeesand the coldin my handssing.I become the shiver...
Eclipse of the Self by Ruvaani
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eclipse of the Self Ruvaani I dissolved in the shadow of my own becoming,where every heartbeat was an echo of absence,and every breath a question unsp...
Sunday Recap & Her Name by Maggie Devers
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Dec 22 - From a Home, to a House by Gunneet Kaur Bhamra @...
Return to Light by Gordan Struić
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Return to Light Gordan Struić The longest night exhales,and somewhere beneath the frosta seed remembers warmth.I walk through fieldswhere shadows thi...
Silent Echoes by Zahra
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Silent Echoes Zahra In the quiet descent of twilight's curtain, I stand, a solitary figure, uncertain.Lost within the shifting hues of fading light, I...
“little tree” by E.E. Cummings
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“little tree” E.E. Cummings little treelittle silent Christmas treeyou are so littleyou are more like a flowerwho found you in the green forestand...
The Miseducation (How the Sugarcane Remembers Us) by Lia D. Elen
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Miseducation (How the Sugarcane Remembers Us)Lia D. ElenThey told us the cane was sweet,that sugar was a gift-never whispering of century-long bon...
For the Pines by Amanda Galeotti
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the PinesAmanda GaleottiI’ve known the paralyzing anguishOf the dark nights of soulWhen the gleaming edge of a bladeGlints like a glittering sav...
From a Home, to a House By Gunneet Kaur Bhamra
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From a Home, to a House Gunneet Kaur Bhamra From the place, where comfort was found,And people meant happiness and laughter.From the lazy and cozy mor...
Sunday Recap & But For A Sacred Deer by Maggie Devers
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Dec 15 - The Keeper’s Dream by Kiki Johnson @kiki_poetr...
Still Light Unveils by Marissa M. Zhu
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Still Light Unveils Marissa M. ZhuMoonrise drapes her muslin throat across the room. Everything hushes. Desire folds itself into brocade: my letter...
Angels In Our Mouths by Sandra Beth Levy
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Angels In Our Mouths Sandra Beth Levy On the tip of my tongue sit the ancient rabbisYeshiva style they debate how many angels dance in my mouth thousa...
The Art of Returning by Dr. Deepak Dev
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Art of Returning Dr. Deepak Dev — for the ones who stayed through winterSome winters arrive without snow —only the long ache of unfinished war...
Clava Cairns by Jessica Aure Pratt
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clava Cairns Jessica Aure Pratt Clava CairnsA Scottish Bronze Age stone burial complex4,000 years, pink standing stone faces winter solstice sunset, e...
The Belle of Yule by Melani Udaeta
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Belle of Yule Melani Udaeta She walked in the natural belle of Yule,lit up like the glitter upon the trees.Holding a dove waiting for its release ...
The Keeper’s Dream by Kiki Johnson
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Keeper’s Dream Kiki Johnson The ice angel said, “I know you dreamof snowfields with lost fawns & tall pines”There are those of us who lo...
Sunday Recap & Good Things by Maggie Devers
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Dec 8 - Momma Said Be Nice by Chris Kads @chris_kads on I...
Winter Marmalade by Matthew D Albertson
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Winter Marmalade Matthew D Albertson When the days of midnight sunAre past, a gnawing grows within—A pit of need. Not for want of foodOr drink. No, ...
Good Things by Maggie Devers
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good ThingsShe remembers that you get to pick where you want to sit at IHOPAnd she knows exactly where she wants to sit.She notices we are wearing the...
The Forest by Maria Beben
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Forest Maria Beben We tasted the achelike a familiar cocktail,one we hopedto never drink again.We took a branchthat posed a dangerand added more k...
The Graduate by Caitríona Walsh
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Graduate Caitríona Walsh On the vesper of March I pulsed through the desert, Ever the vagary Clot of the bloodline.Koutoubia's minaret Catnapped ...
when we fall by Paper Trail Poetry
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
when we fall Paper Trail Poetry when we fallwe give back to the soilthat nurtured us.seasonally, we are compost, yes,but life-giving nonetheless....
Momma Said Be Nice by Chris Kads
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Momma Said Be Nice Chris KadsThis poem was originally published in Blood+Honey Lit mag and is being republished with SHINE International Poetry Series...
Four
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Four Maggie DeversA sure, young voice speaks clearlyFull of instructionCertain and groundedKnowing what she wants and the path to itIf this is my lega...
Sunday Recap & When the Hum Rises by Maggie Devers
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Dec 1 - Timeline by Quinn Holm @quinnholm.muse and @gratu...
Morning Magic by Maggie Devers - For My Daughter
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Morning Magic Maggie DeversA princess sits at the edge of my bedTelling fantastical stories,My sleepy head tripping over the details But in line with ...
Hearthside by Dorothy Parker
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hearthside Dorothy Parker Half across the world from me Lie the lands I'll never see- I, whose longing lives and dies Where a ship has sailed away; I,...
Baby Book by Maggie Devers - For My Daughter
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Baby BookMaggie DeversI didn’t make my daughter a baby book,I wrote her weird poems instead.I can hear her explaining this to her friends,“There’...
“I dreamt I was in Paris” by Jen Booton
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“I dreamt I was in Paris” Jen Booton I dreamt I was in Paris scents of coffee and absinthe wafting as olfactory wind chimes typewriters snug on Bo...
Of Course by Maggie Devers - For My Daughter
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Of CourseMaggie DeversHer feet were purple when she was born,The cord pinned between her shoulder and me.Half a dozen extra doctors and nurses had con...
“My poetry has big bones” by Bex
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“My poetry has big bones” Bex My poetry has big bones And big ideas tooShe wears vintage lace And she remembers every time she was slipped on... ...
First Blood by Maggie Devers - For My Daughter
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First Blood Maggie Devers I remember the first blood of her,The implant blood they call it.It was possible I was pregnant,We had laughed about it in M...
“as the ground begins to frost” by esso
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“as the ground begins to frost” esso Ias the ground begins to frost we snuggle in heavier cloth to live out shortbread days laden i...
For My Daughter - Title Poem
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For My Daughter Maggie Devers Chop off my head and put it on your shield.I will protect you until the day I dieAnd all the days after that.You think I...
my throat makes by atm.itm
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
my throat makes atm.itm corridors into cloth carries shimmering light i have forgotten how fabric can be light as light stitches from hands i have not...
For My Daughter Audiobook Intro
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Timeline by Quinn Holm
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Timeline Quinn Holm I wrote Spring in WinterI wrote Winter in Summerand Fall somewhere in betweenthe changing weatherThe nature in me has its own seas...
Sunday Recap & Drink It In by Maggie Devers
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Nov 24 - Moonborn by Aura Guerra-Artola @g.a.aura on Inst...
How Clear She Shines by Emily Brontë
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How Clear She Shines Emily Brontë How clear she shines! How quietlyI lie beneath her guardian light;While heaven and earth are whispering me,"To morr...
Stuck in the Blue by Tushil Jariwala
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stuck in the Blue Tushil Jariwala i remember that weekend — the lilac sky,how i smiled at the stars while learning goodbye.i gave you my laughter, m...
Canvas of Uncertainty by Asiyah Yusuf
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canvas of Uncertainty Asiyah YusufWe all wonder what the future holdsA blank canvas waiting, like an unwritten scroll.Brushstrokes of imagination begi...
My Son in the Sea by Lisa Zerkle
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My Son in the Sea Lisa Zerkle Somehow he knows he can breathe in both water and air. See how he grows piscine, dull on land, iridescent in the d...
Winter nights, burning cinder. by Sierra sylvie
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Winter nights, burning cinder.Sierra sylvie As I lie here with eyes that , Glint while the cinder burns each memory softly. As I lie here with &n...
Moonborn by Aura Guerra-Artola
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Moonborn Aura Guerra-Artola I am the Moon’s daughter. Forever shifting roomswithin the skin I call home.My light has crossed the tides, so have my s...
Sunday Recap & Something Nice for Myself by Maggie Devers
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Nov 17 - The Anatomy of a Queer Body by Gokul Prabh...
Fernando by Keana Aguila Labra
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fernando Keana Aguila Labra 2011. Fernando was where we danced with our heels above the sand. A sixteen hour flight with jet lag as we licked the 6am ...
Ode to the Familiar Strangers by Yara Tawk
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ode to the Familiar Strangers Yara TawkLike a wave crashing down on shore to then melt back into the ocean, I wonder if I too must break to recollect ...
Loneliness is a strange dopamine by Dipanwita Dey
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Loneliness is a strange dopamine Dipanwita Dey Loneliness is a strange dopamine.Slowly, steadily, it consumes existence.Under its spell, it traps, str...
A Boy Moose Ate My Tulips by Erynne DeVore
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Boy Moose Ate My Tulips Erynne DeVore i discovered marbles and obsidian buried in my garden next to the worms after a moose ate my tulips“of cours...
Raindrops by Kunjal Saraswat
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Raindrops Kunjal Saraswat Raindrops shine under warm lights.I notice it for the first timeAs I sit here—Two hours deepInto this nightWith the rain.W...
The Anatomy of a Queer Body by Gokul Prabhu
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Anatomy of a Queer Body Gokul Prabhu This poem first appeared In Plainspeak.Please tread gently. This poem has potentially disturbing content.I se...
Sunday Recap & Episode 200!
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Nov 10 - Signs by Defne Kartal @defnewrites on InstagramN...
"A lousy sunday afternoon when The world had gone" by Aliya Narghese
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"A lousy sunday afternoon when" Aliya Narghese A lousy sunday afternoon whenThe world had gone, for a momentary slumber Her world fell forever quiet b...
The Altar I Didn’t Know I was Building by Elle Zaspel
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Altar I Didn’t Know I was Building Elle Zaspel There’s a small bowl on the bookshelf,not meant for anything in particular.But in it: a cicada ...
In Another Lifetime by Edyth Grace
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Another Lifetime Edyth Grace To an old friend, wherever you are.......In another lifetime,Where the skies are plastered With soft pinks and bluesan...
"this is not a poem (exactly)" by Tess Ezzy
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"this is not a poem (exactly)" Tess Ezzy this is not a poem (exactly)but a leaf-fall of words unclaimed—(dear dirt) how softly youlistenand when win...
Sometimes I feel like writing by Junaid Ali Akbar
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes I feel like writing Junaid Ali Akbar Sometimes I feel like writing...Writing words that could shake the earth, But how foolish of me to thi...
Signs by Defne Kartal
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Signs Defne Kartal I don’t believe in signs but I doI beg for them daily, and when they arrive -A postcard, a dog, a friend, a group of musicians, a...
Sunday Recap & The prompt was to write by Maggie Devers
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Nov 3 - Naked by Danielle Martin @cosquelle.mind on...
"Dear death" by Alexis M Levine
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A poem inspired by Emily Dickinson Dear death How can I stay when you, more than life, make me feel seen? They call you cruel, but I have seen the g...
Nightmares are dreams too by Dimple Dinesh Lokhande
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nightmares are dreams too Dimple Dinesh Lokhande In the midnight sky, as breeze passes by, In our sleep, we tend to fly, To a place where dreams seem ...
you wrote anyway by Abhilasha Ghosh
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
you wrote anyway Abhilasha Ghosh july 25th, 2025 you were told writing was a man’s terrain— ink too heavy, thought too sharp for your soft hands. ...
Her Absence by Katrina Kaye
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Her Absence Katrina Kaye I do not regret the days I spent loving you in her absence. I do not regret your tempered touches as you searched for her ski...
Poetry Reading by Maggie Devers & An Exciting Announcement
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Poetry Reading Maggie Devers After Chelsie DianeThis is a rememberingWhen we come togetherAnd read our truth.We have been doing this forever.They have...
Naked by Danielle Martin
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Naked Danielle Martin Naked in the truth that she is alone she hugs herself tightly and succeeds in creating the illusion of wellness. Damp eyes close...
Sunday Recap & Forty-Three Is Poetry by Maggie Devers
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Oct 27 - i don't remember being small by Momena Kha...
"I would peel pomegranates for you—" by Hareem Ismail
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I would peel pomegranates for you—Not just slice them open, but gently with my fingers stained red— I would learn its anatomy, the way they bruise...
Coffin monologue: The non-rhyming rant poem by Manasvita Sukthankar
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coffin monologue: The non-rhyming rant poem Manasvita Sukthankar I love myself,but which one?Can I love the person that most hate?Does she deserve the...
The Spider by Philippe Blenkiron
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Spider Philippe Blenkiron "Is God a Spider?" I asked,"constantly weavingelectron threads into spiraling elemental webs?His iron will, spun with a ...
Green Soup by Tabitha Dial
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Green Soup Tabitha Dial (Halloween Night 2020)From a quiet keeping-space,I promise my motherghostto create meals and music.Even if from dry bones and ...
What Are We by Laker Patience
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What Are We Laker Patience What are we? is there even a we, or is it possibly just a you and a me, a concoction of delusion, desire, mismatched expect...
i don't remember being small by Momena Khan
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
i don't remember being small Momena Khan i was sitting beside her, my not-sister. we were eating oranges and she was laughing with her whole mouth ope...
Sunday Recap & "What 42 years of life have taught me" by Maggie Devers
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Oct 20 - Places Passing By by Paige Keller @pk_fictions o...
Garden of Eden by Yonsiri Rojas
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Garden of Eden Yonsiri Rojas lulling sunbeam through the boughssoothing ballad of a plum-haired dollhazy notes of pure joyher naked feet wet in fresh ...