by Jan Hedger | May 25, 2020 | Poetry
Slipped dress off plastic hanger felt it’s crisp cotton lightness fingertip touch of buttercups and daises a sash of lilac stroked her sun-kissed skin. Breathed in a new memory of meadow-sweet and cup-cakes and small bare feet, running through warm grass. Folds of...
by Jon Lawton | Aug 27, 2015 | Poetry
A broken heart never heals Just switches off Not living, just existing Going through the motions Imitating life Marking time Hoping, but not believing That one day It Finds love
by Alex Roissetter | Nov 24, 2011 | Poetry
Are u listening to those that went before? The muffled screams behind that bitter door, Their whispered howls of what u might find, With echoed pain that pierce your mind. Visions of red and dusty hides, Clawing at clothes with abandon besides, The colour of the...
by Kristin Young | Dec 5, 2009 | Poetry
Forever I left as a flee After you told me of the army I went and cried Feeling like a part of me died But I couldn’t stay away And just told me to pray I was all dressed in white And I couldn’t even fright As you told me I was the loveliest of sights When you took my...
by Michaela Turner | Jun 22, 2009 | Poetry
Curled up on the bathroom floor With a needle in her arm For a moment she is peaceful As the poison works its charm But the peacefulness, it doesn’t last She craves it more and more So she shoots her poison once again Like so many times before Her hair is limp and...
