Archives: Poetry Submissions

By Kat Code

Come⠀
Come, let me look at you
It’s okay, I won’t bite
Much
Just enough to let some blood

Tilt your head back
Open wide, eyes and mouth
Say Ahh, don’t blink
You look like you could use a good cure

Come, sit down next to me
Let me pump you full of salt
Pull up your bootstraps
Hang you from the rafters
For a fortnight or two

By Kat Code

i saw your face
crumple at the dawning
of freedom’s illusion
we were both barefoot
your pain a million shards
a billion stars reflected on the floor
and your awe suspicious
in the face of my calm
but i haven’t moved in eternity

did you see my face
when in slow motion
the cage came crashing

i haven’t moved in eternity

By K. P. Anderson

Your minutes are diamonds,
Or, better yet, emeralds
There are days when you think of them
As crumbs of soil
Buried as they are
Beating within
Drawn parchment shades
In those hours
You do not appreciate
The value imparted by scarcity
The precious dazzle
Of the moments you wield

By Michael Todd

By Anne Briggs

No pushing, no rushing
No pressure, no flame

No hurry, no worry
No judgment, no blame

No anger, aversion
No scolding, no shame

Just healthy and happy
Courageously strong

Sitting in true self
It’s where I belong

Come sit in true self
We’ll all get along

I’m sitting in true self
I’m singing this song

By Anne Briggs

No pushing, no rushing
No pressure, no flame

No hurry, no worry
No judgment, no blame

No anger, aversion
No scolding, no shame

Just healthy and happy
Courageously strong

Sitting in true self
It’s where I belong

Come sit in true self
We’ll all get along

I’m sitting in true self
I’m singing this song