Donations are essential to keep Write Out Loud going    

Popular last 30 days

love Poem poetry depression sad life truth death nonet War

Popular last 12 months

Love poetry life poem nature death Hope war loss poet

youth (Remove filter)

Recent Comments

Reggie's Ghost on Wild Dogs
51 minutes ago

rob1967able on tearing us apart.
1 hour ago

Manish Singh Rajput on Sitting To Write
4 hours ago

Manish Singh Rajput on Peninsula
4 hours ago

Carpe Diem on Breathe
4 hours ago

Tim Higbee on Peninsula
8 hours ago

Auracle on In memoriam...
10 hours ago

Auracle on Fred's dilemma
10 hours ago

Auracle on Another Shadow
11 hours ago

Auracle on Soulmates progress
11 hours ago

Layers

you can't stop it

love gathers dust

its downhill from the end of lust

 

so hot she squeaked

her touch a scorch

nothing doused my flaming torch

 

wet mouth a snare

long limbs a web

we knew this inferno could not ebb

 

ugly but chic

lithe and svelte

a body that would never melt

 

we sit here now

old and forlorn

wishing we had never been born

 

...

Read and leave comments (0)

lustloveyouthageterminal illnessdustgoodbyes

Shades

through a window I rewind my life

the words I never seemed to utter

dreams that turned to piles of dust

it's better to pull down the shutter

 

that's the woman I didn't marry, a

love affair left to wither and stutter

her tears fall like rain in the street

it's better to pull down the shutter

 

sins of youth that seemed so bland

echo down the hot concrete gutter

...

Read and leave comments (0)

shuttermemoriessinsyouthmournghosts

How Did It Get So Late So Soon?

How Did It Get So Late So Soon?

 

The man who scared the ghosts away,

The woman who healed wounds with a kiss,

I think of them more nowadays

In sad and troubled times like this.

No longer there to hug the pain

From tired bones and broken hearts,

To shield you from the winter rain

That permeates where old age starts.

 

The back garden is over-grown,

The kitchen i...

Read and leave comments (5)

old ageparentsyouthtimeageing

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Find out more Hide this message