Writing

Creation myth 

A Poem by pharaohnica

The night was born With a thousand screaming stars The egg had cracked Pearl-scaled dragon slithered out The moon turned pale And hid behind ..

Quicksand

A Poem by Tamika

I’m swimming in an ocean,But the water is quicksand.I thought I came prepared,I thought I could swim.But I’m sinking in this sand,And chok..

Building Castles

A Poem by TheJordBaker

On the gold sand we built ruins and made myths just for us. We saw them outlast the tides from our pillar up on the hills. We returned and built a..

Ebb Tide

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Massive, gray, these leaden waves bear their unchanging burden ... the sameness of each day to day while the wind seems to struggle to say somet..

Sound and Stone

A Poem by Starling

You live in colourand all I have shines dullTurn me to stoneand skip me into the blueSo the salt and seacan shape me anewI'll sink into the deeplet th..

The capacity of my love

A Poem by EnglishMajor55

How many times can I say I love youwith my low voice as course as sand.How many times can I say I love you?How many times until you fully understand.H..

Tagore translation "The Seashore Gathering"

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

The Seashore Gatheringby Rabindranath Tagoreloose translation by Michael R. BurchOn the seashores of endless worlds, earth's children converge.The inf..

Floating

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Floatingby Michael R. BurchMemories flood the sand’s unfolding scroll;they pour in with the long, cursive tides of night.Memories of revenant bl..

Only Flesh

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Only FleshbyMichael R. BurchMoonlight in a pale silver rain caresses her cheek.What she feels is an emptiness more chilling than fear ...Nothing is qu..

Christmas without snow

A Story by Lox

Its Christmas, without the snow!

An Obstacle Too Large To Mention

A Poem by Earl Schumacker

Relationship between a large man and a speck of sand

Hourglass

A Poem by Talia M.

A poem exploring the ever-turning sands.

Footprints in the sand

A Story by Ethan Jobalia

Tracks in sand tell more than their history. They tell what could have been.

Love letters in the Sand

A Poem by Hawaiian_fire

Love letters in the sandI write one for you everydayMy heart so delicately displayedjust waiting to be washed away.Love letters in the sandthough unre..