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Bills for Bills of Bills for Bills by Charlotte Stuart

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bills for Bills of Bills for Bills Charlotte Stuart They hand me bills for bills of bills for bills,Stacked like bricks in window sills.    ...

Seventh Wonder by Joba the Poète

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Seventh Wonder Joba the Poète Seven wonders of the worldyet I trip like the leaning tower of Pisawhen you sing out my namewith a nine minus two, or r...

"If love were a predator," by McKenzie Hager

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If love were a predator,I’d let it hunt me down.While it prowled,I’d shuffle the leavesjust enough to be heard.I’d welcome the weightof its body...

Keeping It This Way by Swan Melloh

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Keeping It This Way Swan Melloh I am not your propertyI rather tell myself than youwho wears oblivion for shoes,walks without a knowing heart.I suppos...

Places Passing By by Paige Keller

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Places Passing By Paige Keller Sitting on a patio sipping tea under the sun, writing notes intomy phone through the breeze. Imagining different days a...

Sunday Recap & Cast Off by Maggie Devers

19 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 13 - House of Childhood by Nataša Benedičič @natas...

"I dream of a happy ending." by Alena Peacock

18 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I dream of a happy ending.Perfect and unyielding.A quiet love, so loud, its deafening.Where I would not ever have to question their affection.I'd be s...

Tell Me by Evita Arakelian

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tell Me Evita Arakelian Tell me of a flavour I have forgotten,of a song I may have heard a stranger hum to her child in some store, some day.Tell me a...

Love Letter to the Lesion in My Brain by Erin Zarro

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Love Letter to the Lesion in My Brain Erin Zarro TW: explicit language, illness, mentions of deathHere’s a secret. This thing in my brain – this m...

"I want to escape this world." by Lipy Goyal

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I want to escape this world.And sit with somebody in a quiet place.Looking at the stars, imagine a new world.Drinking silence in a cup of coffeeThe ch...

"Where will we get" by Sophia Nerenberg

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Where will we getWith the attack? Will the caged bird Finally bend the metal? Or should it learn to pick the lock? Where will we get With the oppressi...

House of Childhood by Nataša Benedičič

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

House of Childhood Nataša Benedičič I would rest in a secret gardenWatering my unsaid thoughtsFor they had no other placeSince they were “too muc...

Sunday Recap & Seek Truth by Maggie Devers

12 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 6 - Remember by Olivia Woods @owibia_writes on Instag...

Twenty-First. Night. Monday by Anna Akhmatova

11 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Twenty-First. Night. Monday Anna Akhmatova Twenty-first. Night. Monday.Silhouette of the capitol in darkness.Some good-for-nothing–who knows why–m...

"If a tree falls" by Amelia Dunn

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"If a tree falls" Amelia Dunn If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to notice does it make a sound?Does its impact even hit the ground? W...

Another Day in May by Anthony Robinson

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Another Day in MayAnthony Robinson Now more coffee and Brian Wilson And skittering creatures. I've eatenTacos for three days straight and DadIs still ...

"Gone are the days" by Rusha Chatterjee

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Gone are the days" Rusha Chatterjee Gone are the dayswhen my house felt like home,now the rooms filled with thousandmemories feels like a cage,suffoc...

"Nobody is coming to save you" by Georgia Groza

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Nobody is coming to save you" Georgia Groza Nobody is coming to save you Stitch it back up, learn to live with it. The world doesn’t begin and end ...

Remember by Olivia Woods

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Remember Olivia Woods Your apples were as savory as sunlight I can’t remember the last time they seemed so sweetThe last time they were as red as ro...

Sunday Recap & Kick It by Maggie Devers

05 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.Sep 29 - Lebensabschnittspartner by Sarthak Mukherji @sar...

Bloodfruit by Abby Zhang

04 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bloodfruit Abby Zhang Say it, like you used to peel blood oranges with your teeth, Ma.The flesh splits soft and shivering under the pressure,its rind...

i am not a poet by Kole Kealey

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

i am not a poet Kole Kealey i touched rock bottom before i ever touched apen, so do not call me a poetcall me your mother tongue,burning the back of y...

Silver Filigree by Travers Charron

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Silver Filigree Travers Charron Before the day unbuttons its sky,while morning’s breath still clings to the grass, I find it—a single web,threaded...

Grapes by Frankie Reed

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Grapes Frankie Reed we hung together —tight, green,not yet sweet.small things,skin against skin,no space for air.you leanedinto every breeze.I held ...

Taemong by Kimberly McAfee

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Taemong Kimberly McAfee After Li-Young Lee*My mother had a dream of me,when she and I were one.She dreamed of a snakecoiled on her belly.It was her ta...

Lebensabschnittspartner by Sarthak Mukherji

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lebensabschnittspartner Sarthak Mukherji Lebensabschnittspartner.Life - section - partner.A gorgeous German distillationof something about as mystifyi...

Sunday Recap & Born Artist by Maggie Devers

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Sep 22 - "a walk from my Eve to my Lilith" by Eva Garg @t...

Cliff by Ofelia ferch Rhos

27 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cliff Ofelia ferch Rhos Salt spattered on chalk carves out the rough-hewn shape of thought:the cliff is a canvas where they escape me, and become mamm...

Winds of reverie by Philippa Drake

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Winds of reverie Philippa Drake A lord soarsinto the azure expanseforsaking blood bondschasing the winds of libertyto repose in distant islandswhere n...

Clouds Have Always Been Women by Nanki Kandhari

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Clouds Have Always Been Women Nanki Kandhari Clouds have always been women—braided in softness,swollen with storiesthey were never allowed to pour.T...

Ash and Gardens by Jessica Sorya

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ash and Gardens Jessica Sorya She asks me, “What did I want at nineteenthat I have now?”I answer, “Nothing. Everything I wanted is gone.”Ever...

Nikomis by Shelby Larkin

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nikomis Shelby Larkin Your smile sung out to sunshine& carried it across ages& every sunny day has a piece of you in itI think of you when a b...

"a walk from my Eve to my Lilith" by Eva Garg

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

a walk from my Eve to my Lilitha swim within my own soulOne was made from your rib,the other, from the same soil as you.One sacrificed herself for you...

Sunday Recap & Theory by Maggie Devers

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Sep 15 - First Person Account of a Seed by Vinita Agrawal...

A Pocketful of Joy by Mishty Singh

20 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Pocketful of Joy by Mishty Singh Joy doesn't always dance in paradesor call your name from mountaintops.Sometimes, it drifts in quietly the same way...

When I fall asleep by Jessica Lyon-Wall

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When I fall asleep by Jessica Lyon-Wall I was 12 when they brought me back. The process Was a slow one, over a year I went unnoticed, Pale, thin, and ...

Sometimes by Hania Anwar

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes by Hania AnwarSometimesI wish I was born aManin true Plath-ian fashionto roam the desolate fieldsat Dusky Dawnwithout the gripping fearof be...

I am the dove by GiGi

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I am the doveby GiGi I am the dove. My song is mournful,a single nerve splitting cry outin painbecause it’s fucking rainingand pouringwith pressure ...

the listener by Laura Theis

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

the listener Laura Theis her magic was so gentle you may not have known itfor a spellthe way she was able to listen so openlythat we were each coaxed ...

First Person Account of a Seed by Vinita Agrawal

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

First Person Account of a Seed by Vinita Agrawal All night, the face of awning greenhovers above me, its branches carved partlywith the grimace of my ...

Sunday Recap & Play More by Maggie Devers

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Sep 8 - Broken by Ani Leland @neversent.poetry on Instagr...

Mabon by Danielle Marie Cahill

13 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mabon Danielle Marie Cahill We choose three glowing apples in the greengrocerand take them home: one for each of us,polished scarlet.I slice them hori...

Grief is like a corpse in the land of the living. by Kimeysia

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Grief is like a corpse in the land of the living. Kimeysia They say grief is found in the saddest of people,In the saddest of families,In the lost and...

Koi Pond by Isra Cheema

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Koi Pond Isra Cheema This poem was first published in Ghost City PressTW: AbortionLook down and see your unborn baby floating in the middle of the toi...

I Watched Gaza Burn From My Bed by Fatima Zahra Gul

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I Watched Gaza Burn From My Bed Fatima Zahra Gul i made teawhile gaza lost internet.they bombed jabalialike it wasn’t filled with sleeping children....

Pop Punk Therapy (Kristen’s Version) by Kristen Rosasco

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pop Punk Therapy (Kristen’s Version) Kristen Rosasco I. THIRTY, FLIRTY, AND DEEPLY UNWELLThey told me thirty would feel likefreedom—like a crisp C...

Broken by Ani Leland

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Broken Ani Leland They say I'm heartbrokenBut heartache can't sufficiently describeHow the physical agony in my chest steals the air from my lungsPain...

Sunday Recap & I Worry by Maggie Devers

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Sep 1 - The Bleeding of Dreams by Dean Charpentier @mrcha...

Stillness of Light by J. Ishaan

06 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stillness of Light J. Ishaan The wind runs wildacross empty ground—no footsteps, no voice,no soul to meet its cry.The sun slips away,its final raysb...

Accidental Birds by Deborah Howard

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Accidental Birds Deborah Howard Let’s meet beyond the ticking of clockswhere the river flows over smooth stoneand wildflowers lace the muddy banks.I...

A memorial service before death by Adheena S Farhan

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A memorial service before death Adheena S Farhan a house/ before it’s a funeral home/ is a pitstop for God.a hot midafternoon always seems to linger...

When I die, lay me down under a willow tree by Peyton Michelle Bryant

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When I die, lay me down under a willow treefacing my mountains dressed in blue. Bury me in the costume jewelry my grandmother gave me-a ring on every ...

Playground by David Park

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Playground David Park In the spheres the playgrounds are alive!Excitement pours forth in laughter and tears. What’s now and what’s nextis felt as ...

The Bleeding of Dreams by Dean Charpentier

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Bleeding of Dreams Dean Charpentier for Andrea Gibson“Who possesses a perfect soul?” — RimbaudI am reading Rimbaud onmy porch when I hear yo...

Sunday Recap & Propaganda I’m not falling for by Maggie Devers

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Aug 25 - Unfinished Men by Miss Greenwood @_miss_greenwoo...

Paper Boats by Donna Burke Esgro

30 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This poem first appeared in Flora/Fauna an internationally curated book of eco-poetry and photography, edited by Pete Taylor and published by Open Shu...

When two writers fall in love by Neeta S

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When two writers fall in love, they amuse each other weaving words And when at war with each other, they use equal amount of flowery words as swords.-...

Wild Acolyte by Jenny Beldame

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wild Acolyte Jenny Beldame If my body is a temple I am its priestI will offer it the strongest grainsmy grandfathers did not farm the landfor me to st...

What I love about women’s sports by Lauren Mantis

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What I love about women’s sports Lauren Mantis It’s the sweat / the ponytails / the surprise ofacrylic nails / women moving like predators instead...

"a soul of no age" by Elle Sirs

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

a soul of no age,shifting in and out of internal organs,white blood cells curse,being held back in the busy traffic of the body.signs flash with warni...

Unfinished Men by Miss Greenwood

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Unfinished Men Miss Greenwood I can no longer burn for two.And certainly not for three.It's that truth which might shake your comfort zone, but in the...

Sunday Recap & Full Moon in Capricorn by Maggie Devers

24 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Aug 18 - As I sit frustrated at the world’s apathies by...

Home by Narayani Goenka

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Home Narayani Goenka I scratch the wallstill my nails break.. till the sound of the scratch sends an unrelenting wave of anxiety through my body till ...

Hope is Dancing by James Roethlein

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hope is Dancing James Roethlein Lying alone each night, empty arms aching,all the while hope is dancing hope...

I Seek Solace I Seek Peace by Ro Hefzu

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I Seek Solace I Seek Peace Ro Hefzu I lost my chance at education, My possessions scattered like fallen leaves, Obliged to forsake my heritage, I b...

In which I explain myself by Alex Dawson

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In which I explain myself Alex Dawson I want the garden, not the flowersin their sterile vase, I want the bees,the fruit, the soil under my nails,I wa...

She will always be an unfinished poem. by Nur Houda Or

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

She will always be an unfinished poem. Unfinished in the way she lives -where passion collides with fear,and potential and failure reside in the same ...

"As I sit frustrated at the world’s apathies" by Mar Lamar

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As I sit frustrated at the world’s apathies I see my daughter happily chasing light leaks spilling through the window they’re doing their own danc...

Sunday Recap & Be Free by Maggie Devers

17 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Aug 11 - Silence the Foe by Gloriaea. @_gloriaea on Insta...

Baby Blue Marble by Old Fart with a Guitar

16 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Baby Blue Marble Old Fart with a Guitar You ask me why in the world do many little things matter to me?Why in the world can’t I ever let anything sl...

Words Are Fairy Dust by Misti Marie Elmore

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Words Are Fairy Dust Misti Marie Elmore Presumably in disbeliefI chased the star of PsalmsSang a song of lamentationWisdom proved me wrongTemptation s...

I Will Sing Louder Than Bombs by Aslam Sheik

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I Will Sing Louder Than Bombs Aslam Sheik Sleep, my child, though the night is wide, I’ll hold the dark from coming inside.Close your eyes, don’t ...

The Biggest Lie by Gabrielle Kay

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Biggest Lie Gabrielle Kay The biggest lie you've been told Is that the world doesn't need youThat no one needs you to understandOr needs you to be...

i promised myself i will not write about you by Bushra Iqbal

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

i promised myself i will not write about you Bushra Iqbal but here i ambreaking it in twolike the flesh of a fruitgone terribly badthe sand breaks sof...

Silence the Foe by Gloriaea

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Silence the Foe Gloriaea Horror Horror Blood poured from my eyes Every word you penned Dug through my irisesBut why foil the ink Stuff it back in the ...

Sunday Recap & Circe by Maggie Devers

10 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Aug 4 - Until We Are Soft Again by Shauna Richmond @shaun...

Voice by Yvette Francis

10 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Voice Yvette Francis Voice to speakWhy don’t they listen?Voice to teachDo they really learn?Voice to whisper… to sootheWill they take comfort?Voic...

I've had too much to drink today by Precious

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I've had too much to drink today The haze of smoke blurs the edges of my deepest musingand leads my mind to wonderLike a restless travelerThese songs ...

Episode 99 - Speak by Maggie Devers

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Speak Maggie Devers She speaks in poetryLike she doesn’t know another way.Seriously, there is a soundtrack to her life.It’s not even main characte...

Ancient Remedies by Raquel Medora

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

ancient remedies Raquel Medora can you tell me?how the roots and the leaves listen while i place my hand on their trunks and ask them to whisper their...

"meet me under the celestial croissant” by Irina Vérène

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

meet me under the celestial croissantwith its ridged crispy doughand cream-colored insidesdreamy cratersperfect for scooping up spacelike blueberry ja...

Until We Are Soft Again by Shauna Richmond

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Until We Are Soft Again Shauna Richmond I know a place where living takes flight where we can plant willow and watch them grow gracefully cascade to t...

Sunday Recap & Ask the Bear by Maggie Devers

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jul 28 - Unholy Hunger by katherine kier. @katherinekier ...

You’re so hot by Jacqueline McCoy

02 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

you're so hot your heart will never break againonce you realize the absence you grieve is a presence within asking to receivethe magic you perceive is...

Nights Full of Terror by Nicole Marie

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nights Full of Terror Nicole Marie Remember the vision you had?For a split second, That caused you to feel complete terror?A thought,That chilled your...

Irises by Maggie Devers

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Irises Maggie Devers I had to write her story Before I heard it from the lips of another,Even a writer I admired—I had to release it first.So I stop...

Mourning Politely by Anne Card

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mourning Politely Anne Card sorry to bother you it's just that when I was new to the world he was the first person to ever hold me please excuse me it...

Noon. by Sophie M. (Almon) Hensley

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Noon. Sophie M. (Almon) Hensley 1866 – 1913 No ripple stirs the water, No song-bird wakes the grove, Calm noon-tide sways his sceptre, And ...

Unholy Hunger by Katherine Kier

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Unholy Hunger Katherine Kier the blood shed from biting my tonguetastes bitterbut you like it that waythe blood shed from the fruit between my thighsf...

Sunday Recap & War is a Defeat by Maggie Devers

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jul 21 - Jawbone, Ribcage by Emily Holman @maximumsparrow...

No Apologies by Michelle Vivier

26 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

No Apologies Michelle Vivier I refuse to apologize for all the ways I've sought out love and pleasure.I am so much more than my body and those I once ...

It's Not Too Late by Travis Hupp

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Not Too Late Travis Hupp Looks like I'll have to do things differentlyNo more hitting and missing intermittentlyGotta buckle down and not knuck...

Full and Free by Maggie Devers

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Full and Free Maggie Devers Spread a blanket on the grassUnder the eucalyptusLie down and feel the relief.Sit in the swingLet your hair dance in windH...

Reckoning by Anna Goodman Herrick

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Reckoning Anna Goodman Herrick You have to know you're enough. And you have to remember.Then,you have to forgetand tumble into the soft darkness ...

Morning Song of the Bees by Louisa May Alcott

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Morning Song Of The Bees Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888) Awake! awake! for the earliest gleamOf golden sunlight shinesOn the rippling waves, that br...

Jawbone, Ribcage by Emily Holman

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jawbone, Ribcage Emily Holman I Split [The chord of my brain as it connects to] [] [my spine snaps; thoughts gone, gone] Myself Apart, [My spine snaps...

Sunday Recap & I’m a protest poet by Maggie Devers

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jul 14 - Bricklayer by Katrina Kaye @poetkatrinakaye on I...

I feel the weight of always needing to be helpful by EdenS

19 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I feel the weight of always needing to be helpful, but never truly being knownI was told to be obedient, but not to be asked.To echo kindness, but nev...

unwritten by Zaïnab El Meziani

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

unwritten Zaïnab El Meziani Edited by Nabiha Qureshi my words i speak them and sing all of mei breathe them with suffocating lungsi stand in the m...

Two of Cups by Maggie Devers

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two of Cups Maggie Devers When I was in grade schoolWe made bookmarks from tarot cardsFor Renaissance DayAnd I’ve forever saluted the parent who mad...