"...That day, a single rose bloomed
outside the window.
A petal fell against the glass,
like the last glow of the evening sky..."
I Was Only Lucky by Charles Chen medium.com/lit-up/i-was...
#childhood #trauma
#poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity

"the world decides to wear its winter coat
a thing of quills and bristles
a venom that seeps into bone..."
ode to the edge by Mark Kessinger in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity
medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry #climatechange
#share a #poem make a difference in the world

"“Why do you always need to be understood, Celesta?”..."
Figure Skating by Nina medium.com/lit-up/figur... #fiction #quickread in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity another tale from the Grey Zone

"“You still see me, right?” she asks shakily..."
She Feared This All Along by Leigh Victoria Phan
medium.com/lit-up/she-f...
#quickread #fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity

How does joy feel?
"...it’s painted everywhere —
not with brushes but
the way the light
falls and the shadows
dance alive..."
To: Jesus@heaven, buddha@nirvana, et al/&3,023 more recipients
From: A.lost@soul
medium.com/lit-up/to-je... #poetry #joy in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity

"For the Edwards & the Adas, and the Agathas & Alfs,
For the host and crowd of ‘old ‘uns’ ‘going south’..."
FREE SPEECH by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/free-... #poetry #freespeech in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#read & #share a #poem today

"…no wonder that
our kids are gone to hell with folks like you..."
MITChell by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/mitch...
#fiction #scifi #horror in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
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"With Abel by my side, an aura bright,
His mind a tome where wisdom’s words did rest,
We chased ideals, bathed in the morning’s light..."
Some people you lose without anyone dying by Ermias Alem Tadesse medium.com/lit-up/some-...
#poetry #loss #friendship #gaming in Lit Up #litpub & #poetrycommunity

"...Spray-tanned baby with diaper-changing lady
Screaming, spittle flies
Nonsense words come spilling out
Sycophants soothe the tyrant’s cries..."
Little Enough to Time Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/littl... #poetry #resitancepoetry #humour in the Lit Up press #litpub & #poetrycommunity

"You don’t heal a wound by reopening it so you can identify its depth..."
A Penned Escape by Nina medium.com/lit-up/a-pen...
#fiction #flashfiction #litfic #TheGreyZone in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity

"halls painted
in dancing candlelight . . .
my breathing tuned
to the echoes
of your footsteps..."
Movement by Richard Grahn medium.com/the-mad-rive... #haibun #poetry in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity

"And there will be peace, lilting through leaves in easy breezes,
Falling silver in the dew to light on blades of grass..."
The Hills of Hickory: a response to Yeats’s ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ by Harper Lewis medium.com/the-mad-rive... #poetry in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity

"...Let the saints keep their halos;
Let the eternal and ethereal angels
Guard the golden doors..."
Guilty of You by ᒪᑌᑕIᗩᑎ ᖇᕼOᗪE medium.com/lit-up/guilt...
#poetry #lovepoetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity

"...Razor-sharp glittering shards
Stretch as far as I can see
Reminiscent
Of wishing stars
But reflecting all of me..."
#poems for anyone barely hanging on
The Mask Falls by Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/the-m...
#poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity

"You are dizzy with your fury, you are strong, straight and righteous, you are not crying, you will not cry, you won’t..."
Anger is a Suitcase medium.com/lit-up/anger...
#fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
#anger