Horizon...
People call you the horizon, But I have some confusion, Are you a paradox or an illusion, As it's impossible to touch you in person....
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Poetry
Jackie Shaffer
Feb 292 min read
Chapters Within the Trees
A whisper of my softening glow rises up Pulling your leafless branches into my warm loving embrace I am here with you my children I will...
MILDRED DJ PAR
Feb 291 min read
The Sky Blushing in the Horizon
The sky blushing in the horizon, The trees lamenting in unison... "Only few of us remaining here.‘ "Then, let's hug each other, dear." As...
Concetta Pipia
Feb 291 min read
Dusk's Solitary Embrace
As dusk descends, the sun's fiery gaze recedes, Behind the veil of skeletal trees it bleeds. A crimson tide, a farewell kiss of light,...
Bishnu Prasad Sinha
Feb 292 min read
LEAFLESS LIFE
When everywhere there is dryness Plants even lose their leaves and liveliness May be due to the circumstances or illness Nobody likes...
Derek Morris
Feb 292 min read
Opposing Love
For it was dark that gave might. Yet it was power that gave light. Amongst the stars she was grown. Possessing a beauty never known. Lost...
Carol Mitra
Feb 291 min read
PAINTING IN THE SKY
While I decipher and take apart What autumn does to my heart Leaves that scatter and winds that haul Giving cycles to our sphere in the...
Mona Mona
Feb 291 min read
I Am not Barren
Moonlight disappeared, Orange glaze lit up the sky, The early morning freshness mesmerizes, With the new glow of the halo, The trees had...
DeDe LaBelle
Feb 291 min read
Empty like the Barren Branches
These trees seem to be tattered, empty and ever so broken, Possibly like my heart feels repeatedly when your words are so easily spoken....
Sujata Maggoo
Feb 291 min read
Dry Trees
In a landscape kissed by twilight's soft embrace, Stand dry trees, their branches reaching into space. Silhouetted 'gainst the canvas of...
Gopal Sinha
Feb 291 min read
Wait for the Spring
Autumn has not gone yet, Sun is about to set, For the spring to come again, We would have to wait. Having shed their leaves, Stretching...
Jamey Boelhower
Feb 291 min read
Dawn
Another dawn, time moving on. Trying to hold colors too bold for poets to rhyme their true hue. Only the trees know to be free from the...
Robert Celles
Feb 292 min read
LEAFLESS TREES
By: Robert Celles The sky was dark with melancholy, Alone I cried unabashedly, Under the shadow of the leafless trees, Nowhere in sight...
Rīżâ Hensworth
Feb 291 min read
Leafless Tree
Can you see the elegance of the leafless tree? It’s standing tall and straight as it can be. Untroubled of what others would comment or...
Ronel David
Feb 282 min read
If Love Is True
Love is not a fashion, to wear it like a fad It just can't be temporary, like, 'twas something I once had It's a feeling, an emotion,...
Marcella Leff
Feb 281 min read
The Wonder of You
Your voice is like clear water, that dripped upon many stones, in the mountain woods quiet and silent, where stillness stood alone. Your...
Rita Chugh
Feb 282 min read
Love of My Life
Oh, my dear soulmate, my dear Valentine.... You are the love of my life With sweet good morning tides You are the love that fills my...
Melanie M Johnson
Feb 272 min read
Became… Becoming
I was born into a family loving and kind Yet I grew up without a peace of mind Always feeling somewhat out of place The feeling of...
Lyris D. Wallace
Feb 212 min read
Why You Hate Me
Why you hate me? You hate me because I walk and I sway to the rhythm of my own greatness, which God gave me from the beginning of time....
Chyrel J. Jackson
Feb 212 min read
Unmuted
She made us rise as we were told why the caged bird sings. We saw Black women poets honored by Presidents. As we watched the esteemed...
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