Category: Free Stories and Poems

Poem: A New Day 3

Poem: A New Day

  A New Day Her water lily eyes haunted by cool blue reflections. Daydreams rippled through her home. The sun escaped the moon, sliding beneath the cover of night, leaving her to bask in the soft glow of heaven’s satellite....

Poem: Awaken 3

Poem: Awaken

Awaken I don’t want to read about dying for I know what it’s like to wait with someone at death’s door. I don’t want to talk about sorrow because I have lost so much that despair runs through my veins....

National Poetry Month 2018 3

National Poetry Month 2018

I have been looking forward to and preparing for National Poetry Month since February. April is also National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), a challenge to write a poem a day for 30 days. It’s a great way to celebrate, and...

Poem: Promises 3

Poem: Promises

Sometimes, the words on your heart make their way to your lips in a dancing whisper. My ears tell my heart to be happy and to sing, but my mind warns me to be cautious. When your words shatter and...

Poem: Inkwell 9

Poem: Inkwell

Lines trail out my veins, along my skin and down my arms, razor-sharp across my wrists pooling, spooling in my hands. I pluck the line, wrap it gently into words, swooping them across the page exposing on paper what my...