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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

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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

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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

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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...

i'm going to spoil the ending for you by Katie Cecilia

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

i'm going to spoil the ending for you — it works out.the storm you’re in? it passesthe weight you’re carrying gets lighter.the december chill yo...

The Muse by Anna Akhmatova

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Muse Anna Akhmatova 1889 – 1966 When in the night I await her coming,My life seems stopped. I ask myself: WhatAre tributes, freedom, or youth co...

Bricklayer by Katrina Kaye

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bricklayer Katrina Kaye This poem was first published in Catching Calliope Vol 2, 2014.I want to be a bricklayer;something concreteas opposed to just ...

Sunday Recap & Round and Round by Maggie Devers

13 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 7 - worlds without blueprints by Paper Trail Poetry @...

O, Cynthia by Cyn Grace Sylvie

12 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

O, Cynthia Cyn Grace Sylvie This poem was first published in The Dewdrop.Feminine variationThe mound bending Delos IsleWhere she was born with herBrig...

I'm small, meek, pale and weak by Holly Fries

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I'm small, meek, pale and weakI’ll break if you’re not cautious.Watch your chosen words,I’m tender, I’m innocent as well naive,I break like gl...

To take death by Maggie Devers

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To take death Maggie Devers Chin hairs, on my grandma when she died.My mother sick with regret. We are all exposed in deathAnd she took it onThe chinH...

The Eagle with Blue Feathers by Kimmery Moss

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Eagle with Blue Feathers Kimmery Moss He falls asleep connected to meHis little lips on my chestHours later he wakes again for more But I am no lo...

Fringford Brook by Violet Jacob

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fringford Brook Violet Jacob 1863 – 1946 The willows stand by Fringford brook, From Fringford up to Hethe, Sun on their cloudy silver ...

worlds without blueprints by Paper Trail Poetry

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

worlds without blueprints Paper Trail Poetry Letter blocks, green, blue, and red,Are the only reading materialsFor a solitary teddy bearLodged between...

Sunday Recap & Found Art by Maggie Devers

06 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.Jun 30 - Someone, open me up by Lindsey @writing.by.linds...

Look it in the Mouth by Katie Gilmour

05 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Look it in the Mouth Katie Gilmour all I really want is for you to make me something only you can make let it be a chore let it take hours let your ba...

The American by Connie Helena

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The American Connie Helena in repose I chose a bit of small white coral hidden in my pocket so as not to get caughtcollecting at the beach has gone ou...

She’s got a handle on it by Maggie Devers

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

She’s got a handle on it Maggie Devers She won’t let me clean the dirt from under her nails She holds onto it as a matter of distinction,An indica...

No one needs to invent time travel by Christiana Doucette

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

First published in The Thieving Magpie No one needs to invent time travelIt’s already here. We’re already traveling.The slam of a door layers then...

Sonnet: To the Poppy by Anna Seward

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sonnet: To the Poppy Anna Seward 1742 – 1809 While summer roses all their glory yield To crown the votary of love and joy, Misfortune’s v...

Someone, open me up by Lindsey

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Someone, open me up.Fillet me, from my shoulder blades, kneed out the knots I’ve collected throughout the years.Flip me over and crack open my ribca...

Sunday Recap & Whir by Maggie Devers

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jun 23 - Hunger, as Salvation by Ariel K. Moniz: @kiss.of...

fatal dance - a love story between fire and wood by Velvet Poetess

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

fatal dance - a love story between fire and wood Velvet Poetess there is this certain hungera hunger that cannot be satisfied byanother but youI reach...

Gender Affirming Care by Nikki Grierson

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gender Affirming Care Nikki Grierson When I was a girl Little flurries of hair Began to sprout Here and there At first I didn’t notice But then some...

Inheritance by Maggie Devers

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Inheritance Maggie Devers She tells me she likes the new sideWhere they eat pomegranates all dayAnd her lifeSounds like an ancient poemChanted down th...

playing god by Michaela Godding

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

playing god Michaela Godding (The average person forgets ninety percent of their dreams. I have started keeping tallies on a notepad next to my bed to...

Shadows by Harriet Monroe

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shadows Harriet Monroe 1860 – 1936 What is most near? Ah, sweet dead year- Thy fallen leaf And gathered sheaf,The presence tha...

Hunger, as Salvation by Ariel K. Moniz

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hunger, as Salvation Ariel K. Moniz This moment, sun speckled and innocent—I speak of prophecies, i plant seedsof affection in your perfect, peachy ...

Sunday Recap & Cold Blood by Maggie Devers

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jun 16 - Midlife Calculus by Britt Kaufmann: @brittwriter...

After I Lost Him by Barbara Ehrentreu

21 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After I Lost Him Barbara Ehrentreu The sun still shinedThough its rays didn't warm meEncased in my shell of griefMy body felt neither heart not coldOn...

Him by Christy Granger

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Him Christy Granger This wasn’t supposed to happenYou were not supposed to happenWhat a special ability you haveI do not trust easilyI do not trust ...

She has a new god by Maggie Devers

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

She has a new god Maggie Devers Her god is ecstatic dancingSurrender to the music, feel the beat in your marrow, your feet planted, the earth holds yo...

Pollen Count by Danielle Marie Cahill

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pollen Count Danielle Marie Cahill This poem first appeared in The Quarter(ly).My computer tells me the weatherThere is a high pollen count todayAs if...

Swans by Sara Teasdale

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Swans Sara Teasdale 1884 – 1933 Night is over the park, and a few brave stars Look on the lights that link it with chains of gold,The lake bears u...

Midlife Calculus by Britt Kaufmann

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Midlife Calculus Britt Kaufmann Edited by Dava Sobel View the poem in Scientific AmericanMore from Britt Kaufmann ↓ @brittwriter on InstagramHer web...

Sunday Recap & This can’t be the end of the world by Maggie Devers

15 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jun 9 - Last Fog at Sunrise by Travers Charron: @the_inkw...

the body idea by Bree North

14 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

the body idea Bree North I know i am not my bodyBut if i wereI would remember just long enoughFor memory to mean imprintsI would be curious as corneas...

I look for the Holy Fuck in everything I see. by Jo Guzman

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I look for the Holy Fuck in everything I see. Jo Guzman —after Courtney LoveI look for the Holy Fuck in everything I see.I wanna whisper Wow, Wow, W...

History in Art by Maggie Devers

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

History in Art Maggie Devers My husband tells me I have a twentieth century assAnd that’s a type of poem.Rubens put touches of red on his angels' re...

“Tell me…” a poem by Margaux Paul

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"TELL ME, WHAT IS IT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH YOUR ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE?"-Mary Oliver I plan on washing my sheets, cooking pasta, and cleaning broken...

A Jelly-Fish by Marianne Moore

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Jelly-Fish Marianne Moore 1887 – 1972 Visible, invisible,A fluctuating charm,An amber-colored amethystInhabits it; your armApproaches, andIt opens...

Last Fog at Sunrise by Travers Charron

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last Fog at Sunrise Travers Charron If life stretched on forever,would we still kneel in the wild mintjust to listen to the wind?It’s the fire burni...

Sunday Recap & Spin the Weekend by Maggie Devers

08 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jun 2 - cream soda by Stephanie Valente, Portals on Subst...

Goodnight, Yesterday by Nichole Johnson

07 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Goodnight, Yesterday Nichole Johnson I thoughtMy heart might die loudly–Thunder cracking,LighteningGrinding stone to sand.But–It is quiet.It withe...

I open a book by Joanne Witzkowski

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I open a book.One brittle flower falls,Shudders into dust.No flicker of flameCould be as beautifuland as burningand as briefAs the memoriesthat perfum...

Because that is all it is. by Maggie Devers

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Because that is all it is. Maggie Devers I want to know your process So I can make it with youThe way you sketch until your nails are packed with grap...

Honey by Debbie Radford

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Honey Debbie Radford Honey pools in the dip of my waist.It flows like warm sunlight down my thighs.Every curve a golden river, every step a supple pou...

Lines Written At Thorp Green by Anne Brontë

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lines Written At Thorp Green Anne Brontë 1820 – 1849 That summer sun, whose genial glow Now cheers my drooping spirit so Must cold and dis...

cream soda by Stephanie Valente

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

cream soda Stephanie Valente Glamor is a spell. I want to feel glamorous.Imagine this: being born from Aphrodite’s oceanpearls. Foamy, iridescent, s...

Sunday Recap & Commence by Maggie Devers

01 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.May 26 - St. Pancras Station, August 1915 by Vera Britta...

The Wish, By a Young Lady by Laetitia Pilkington

31 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Wish, By a Young Lady Laetitia Pilkington 1709 – 1750 I ask not wit, nor beauty do I crave,Nor wealth, nor pompous titles wish to have;But since...

Long, Too Long America by Walt Whitman

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Long, Too Long America Walt Whitman 1819 – 1892 Long, too long America,Traveling roads all even and peaceful you learn'd from joys and prosperity on...

Did you know? by Maggie Devers

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know? Maggie Devers The divine feminine loves to find trouble and communeTo cannonball into the pool just to make wavesAnd feel the splash bac...

The garden path and all that jazz by Anisha SenGupta Yanger

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The garden path and all that jazz Anisha SenGupta Yanger Often enough,the ziplock splitsthe bones crash,and I can feel the days presence all too well,...

The Coliseum by Edgar Allan Poe

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Coliseum Edgar Allan Poe 1809 – 1849 Type of the antique Rome! Rich reliquary Of lofty contemplation left to Time By buried centurie...

St. Pancras Station, August 1915 by Vera Brittain

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

St. Pancras Station, August 1915 Vera Brittain 1893 – 1970 One long, sweet kiss pressed close upon my lips, One moment's rest on your swift-beat...

Sunday Recap & She was in her prime by Maggie Devers

25 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.May 19 - Fides, Spes by Willa CatherMay 20 - Love by Eliz...