"An old man sees a young woman
who is careless of her beauty and he feels
a sort of envy but kinder. It is not mourning
but a sad-happiness that spreads within..."
Grace Under Pressure by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/grace... #poetry in Lit Up #litpub #poetrycommunity
"You go down a highway
full of uninhibited inhibitions
a contradiction of yourself
in a big ol’ rig, tryin’ to dig
down on the road..."
Salvation Oil by Michael Lahoue medium.com/lit-up/salva...
#poetry in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"So, a bit of a funny story — I hit the OPEN button on what I thought was the toilet door. Turns out it was the airlock..."
Open by Gary J Rowlatt medium.com/lit-up/open-...
#flashfiction on the #moon #fiction #horror in the Lit Up press #litpub and #reading-community
"I’ll burn this page before the sun comes up. I still have one match even if there won’t be any more after this..."
Diary of the Damned by Martyn Sullivan
medium.com/lit-up/diary...
#fiction #flashfiction #horror in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
come #read this
"lunar palette ..." of #micropoetry
Beyond the Dark Side of the Moon by Ellie Marie Johnson medium.com/lit-up/beyon...
some #lunar #senryu #haiku
inspired by the #moon and #artemissii in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"All these fecking white teeth
on the screen, obscene, even
before you listen to the words.
So absurd they make me laugh..."
WHITE TEETH by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/white... #WhitePrivilege
#poetry and #music
in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"...Impenetrable,
ashes to control, brim fire to light,
waves of cool depression and scorching fatigue,
curling like fiddleheads reaching for the sun..."
Forgiveness by Anna Rozwadowska medium.com/lit-up/forgi...
#forgiveness #poetry in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"How long have you been dead for, boy?"
MITChell by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/mitch... #fiction #poetry #scifi #drama all rolled into one (actually two) amazing serials in Lit Up #litpub & #readingcommunity
(not started yet? links to the beginning of it all in the #story)
"It’s been a long time since I cut anything, I’m in completely the wrong room for my blades..."
Scissors by Martyn Sullivan medium.com/lit-up/sciss... #flashfiction #fiction in Lit Up #litpub and #readingcommunity
why not #read and share a #story today...
"…orchid flowers
like wedding dresses
hanging in the window
brides should know better..."
Still Life medium.com/lit-up/still...
#micropoetry in The Lit Up Press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#read #share and enjoy #poetry this #poetrymonth and all the other days ...
"You don’t know which day it is. The essence of time clings to the idea of how many guests are still there in the dining room..."
Birthday Serenade by mikhellus medium.com/lit-up/birth...
#fiction #flashfiction in Lit Up #litpub and #readingcommunity
#read and share #stories
"…orchid flowers
like wedding dresses
hanging in the window
brides should know better..."
Still Life medium.com/lit-up/still...
#micropoetry in The Lit Up Press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#read #share and enjoy #poetry this #poetrymonth and all the other days ...
"Chaos.
Change.
Offer
interesting twists.
Are we meant to escape..."
The Chaotic Chessboard by No Blabs medium.com/lit-up/the-c...
a #poem in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity
why not #read #share and enjoy #poetry this #poetrymonth and every day of every month :)
"...Complacency fled like winter sleet melted,
with the glint of a knife, on that coal black night..."
Inner city news by John E Marks medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry and #music in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity
#share a #poem this #poetrymonth and all the other months
"...As we row along the rocky shore
The waters are deep, but the past
Keeps seeping from the ocean floor
Lakes full of dreams have set me adrift
Inside my mind forever..."
Enchantment by Richard Grahn medium.com/lit-up/encha...
#poetrymonth in Lit Up #litpub
#read and #share #poetry
"A rose in December,
if it snows in July,
as far as we know
the unexpected will die..."
Spring snow by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/sprin...
#poetry and #JoyDivision perfect partners
#read and #share #poems for #poetrymonth
"...prayer
is a primal yowl, a guttural
thrumming, the gathering voice
of a generation’s psalm
Prayer is what you weave into your art,
a tapestry of amens..."
Sage Advice by Jen Smat medium.com/lit-up/sage-... #ekphrastic #poetry in Lit Up #litpub & #poetrycommunity
#read #share #poems #poetrymonth
"My fingers severed at the knuckle
closest to the calloused palm
and crawled like frightened caterpillars
up your fraying cotton sleeve..."
Butterflies by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/the-mad-rive... #poetry #lovepoetry
#read and share a #poem for #poetrymonth
My NaPoWriMo Prompt Diary: Prompt One
2 years ago I almost exploded trying to #prompt and #write #poetry every day for #NaPoWriMo
Recycling this year for sanity's sake.
medium.com/brainscatter...
"This year the sun is an April fool they say
with his hot breath searing the violets
from their dewy carpets forgetting his strength…"
The King Will Ride medium.com/pick-up-your... #poetry #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather
#read #write and #share #poems this #poetrymonth
"If I die tomorrow,
my mother will hear it before anyone ever tells her.
In the way the morning refuses to arrive;
in the way the house forgets how to breathe—
something inside her will break..." #poetry by Fatmaha Lindawati medium.com/lit-up/if-i-... in the Lit Up press #litpub & #poetrycommunity
"Orange
filled the sky
and no one argued
too yellow
or too red..."
Sunsets Are Not Political by Jen Smat medium.com/lit-up/sunse... #poetry in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"You say I don’t believe in anything
Because I don’t pray to the old gods,
Or the new ones
I don’t credit every tragedy
As serving a higher purpose
I don’t look to the sky to save me
From manmade violence..."
#poetry by Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/you-s... #poetry in Lit Up #litpub
"...How acolytes crawled on septicemic shards of glass for
One lick
Of libidinous lips hexing their appellation..."
Heterozygous by Edward Swafford medium.com/lit-up/heter... #poetry #LGBTQ in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
Support #poets #readandshare #poems
"...How hideous I am, in my perennial outfit of pond scum. Green and flat and dull..."
I Am a Retention Pond by Leni Quinn medium.com/lit-up/i-am-... strange #fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub & #readingcommunity
#read and share a #story today
"In a quiet room
where colors flowed,
the patients painted
words unspoken,
judgment-free..."
Through art, their souls knew
Art Therapy by @mftulin.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/art-t... #poetry #arttherapy #healing in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"He shines like the sun,
smiles like there’s too much brightness
inside him
to contain the damage..."
In Between The Sheets by No Blabs medium.com/lit-up/in-be... #poetry in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
sharing #poems feeds souls
"...I worked until my hands learned its shape,
And every morning I offer the best of myself,
Like a gift wrapped in routine..."
The Gilded Leash by Adedokun Eniola medium.com/lit-up/the-g...
#poetry #belonging #wageslave in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
Still missing you, my lovely ...
For Nikki — Lost medium.com/peculiarjuli...
#poetry #prosepoetry #grief #loss
