By Twin Bodies I rolled into town before dawn Tired and hung over And cranky I had woken up nose to nose with a busty transsexual named...

By Elizabeth Shanaz A man who once had me told me through a glare I once found sexy, breathy on my neck, “if you ever cheat on me, I...

By Rosemary Tumilty Dedicated to those who have experienced miscarriage or stillbirth. An existential poem from the viewpoint of the...

By Wendy Davey sitting in the café surrounded by books he sneezes   put your hand up to your mouth I say And he says no   and then he...

By R. H. Henry Nearly smooth waters with hardly a swirl, Reflect almost perfectly the quarter moon But the murky dark waters are deep The...

By Bev Clark The view from her new kitchen window is soft like soapsuds, plates shiny as her new life. A happy sigh, audible in the...

By Peter Mitchell These mirrors croon, Come, come, come! We’re hungry!                                       After months of red-clawed...

By Tom Robert Roy The stars, they drift among forever gods, Shining through the void, with holy grace. Telling me an ancient truth, of...

By Chad Griffiths Ocean lips Kiss and tell Blush, rave the close of day - English thistles inspire my arterial circuitry, Dead roses...

By Wildflower I dreamt that you were dead My paralysed scream trapped inside my devouring-dreams Stinking of beer you demanded I walk you...

By Carmella de Keyser I’m sitting in J3, in between J2 and J4. Popcorn lines the aisle, spiky stones across the sea floor. I’m stuck,...

By Athena Marie Looking into his striking green eyes, desperation looking back. His eyes lifeless. Pleading for approval. A smile,...

By Inara Love Elliott From the cradle to the grave, we cry. We shed tears of love and pain and anger and joy. We cry. From our first...

By Rory Osborne Look on my countless riches, My mountains of gravel, and dust. Gaze on my sprawling kingdom, My cities of dirt, and rust....

By Thomas Collins If all the earth should turn to dust, the oceans hardened clay, the sky as dark as clouded dusk come middle of the day,...

By Ailish NicPhaidin Pharaoh Thutmose III Built his famous obelisks So immortality and eternity Would meld together As an unassailable...

By Erebus I look up the stairs and I remember that face. That smiling face ever so friendly. I was alone, I wanted to play. I climbed up...

By Alberto Arecchi It rains. It rains on the parched desert as in my haywire heart.   Bitter rain, load of salt: salt tears of peoples...

By Isabel del Rio Once your heart stops beating, the blood collects in those parts of the body closest to the ground and which, for now,...

By SJWildling Magnetised Pulled / like the moon controls the ocean's tide, Waves, from rising Eddies and swirls /the Crashing...