52/F/Philadelphia    I am a woman who has been bullied all her life. First in school, and now 13 years and counting with my abusive, alcoholic "boyfriend". …

29/M    Altruist.My philosophy is simple I bring light and happines fight darkness and sorrow. My stuff is straight,raw and realistic usually about social problems. Spiritual teacher...giving …

22/F    Texas for sure, a girl, a woman, a mystery, a buzzard and an eagle

24    offline

31/F/Spain   

body suspended between the-dark ochre earth tones of night, teal pealing notes of warning of an impending morning, signs aborning, me rising with urgency of …

18/F/India    "Be the white bird in the blizzard. In the snow wash yourself of yourself"

16    gay depressed art student

34/F/Appleton, WI    I was born to write, it often helps me shed the emotions that I keep bottled. Poetry comes the easiest to me, there for I …

Regardless of how soft the touch, I still bruise.

F    easy is never free, poetry writing is cussing hard work curse me if I fail myself, for then I have failed you...

on a bus near you...    eye am a recording devicespecial filters of my own prejudice. eye live in various bus stops where punctuation of life moments need not be, are …

with the aid of smoke, all clear, and this absurdity, strikes me as normal...

costa barnacla    particular white cloud formation of the moment at hand, shall stay in place, be the capstone of my summer living vision, become permanent part and …

74/M/Torbay, Devon UK    I love music and taking part in writing poetry. I like to read poems from other poets just as much as writing.

21/F/Denver, CO    English Literature Major, Creative Writer, Student

To walk and pass our long love’s day. Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain. …

33/Other/wherever sin is aborning   

18/F/Somewhere on Earth    just another nothing in a world of nothing.

F/British Columbia via Iran    I'm here to express what I otherwise can't ~ I Am Here.

I am from a small town in Alabama. I use to keep a journal several years ago and quit writing altogether when I got too …

Australia    may light ignite - where shadow sits alone - tell me what you sense - when etchings raw you read - and how my exploits …

60/M/Freshwater, CA    My degrees are in theatre; I've acted and directed on the far north coast of California extensively. I teach Oral Interpretation and Public Speaking at …