Tags : Youth

Buoys Upon the Tide

Buoys Upon the Tide

A Poem by Hawaiian_fire


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Stagnant

Stagnant

A Poem by Ellie Daniels


A poem of existential crisis during the twenties.
Rolling Roxy

Rolling Roxy

A Poem by The Things She Noted


Gliding down the freewayIn my little blue skatesRolling on downTo the cityTrying to keep upWith all the old broncosHorses in their own rightWheeling f..
Heated Housewife

Heated Housewife

A Poem by The Things She Noted


I put the ice cubes in the glassesAnd the salt in the salt shakersI cracked open the windowBut it barely budgedDrawn tight no one allowed inI took the..
Running River

Running River

A Poem by The Things She Noted


Down by the riverNo not that oneThe river near my old oak cabinThe rush of the waterThe brook that babbles on through all hours of the nightI try to a..
Lady Lonesome

Lady Lonesome

A Poem by The Things She Noted


Life may just be dreadfully lonelyWith moments of communityThat leave me bitterAching for something greaterSomeone greaterThat I may not knowLife may ..
Tuscan Tirade

Tuscan Tirade

A Poem by The Things She Noted


Under the Tuscan sunDripping peachesWet and stickyFingers stuck to my pagesPaper cuts on summer daysBlood dripping down my fingerPeach fuzz painted re..
Coughing Cinnamon

Coughing Cinnamon

A Poem by The Things She Noted


He’s sweet like cinnamonJust as bitterHard to swallowHold him in my mouthChoke him outThe dust of the barkToo heavy to float to the topSinking i..
Romanticizing Red

Romanticizing Red

A Poem by The Things She Noted


Red eyesBut not romanticNot the showings of a sleep deprived womanWhat was she thinking aboutWhat kept her upRed from rubbingAnd pullingAnd wipingRed ..
Mourning Announcements

Mourning Announcements

A Poem by The Things She Noted


First periodA busy dayWe file in like soldiersOn the teenage defenceTucked behind my deskPeeling at the paintSpeaker squeaksThen hissesRingsA low voic..
24 and There's so Much More

24 and There's so Much More

A Poem by The Things She Noted


The first writing of my 24th year
Eying Envy

Eying Envy

A Poem by The Things She Noted


She met me in the cafeLate noonThough we said earlyI’ve sat waitingIt no longer upsets meEmbarrassingBut okay, understandingI know she’ll ..
Phone Booth Philosophy

Phone Booth Philosophy

A Poem by The Things She Noted


I tried calling you today from the pay phone by the lakeThe phone booth was graffitied in childlike writingProfanitiesI tried calling you with hands s..
Seat At My Table

Seat At My Table

A Poem by The Things She Noted


I can’t stand you but would you sit with meA seat at my tableNow that’s hard to come by because I’m always playing musical chairs wi..
twenty-two

twenty-two

A Poem by Daniel Atkinson


drunk on mouthwash it’s funnythe kick the very muleness of it funnygangling and gawking and pimple-scarred and beating on the breast of manhood ..
A Breeze at the Edge of the Forest

A Breeze at the Edge of the Forest

A Story by Blank_canvas


Seven pairs of feet walk along the forest edge, along an invisible line none of them dared to cross, an unspoken rule since that day.
The Girls on the Internet

The Girls on the Internet

A Poem by Dal


This is a poem about leaving your twenties and suddenly everything about you is no longer "in style". It is about being a woman and being reminded of ..