To read the introductions to
selected poems, use the links to
Favorite Poems or Original Poems
(listed below).
Index to Original Poems (by author)
Ashley Altendorf—Love
Maze
Steve Anderson—The Power of Art
Anonymous—Now
I Know
Bill Anthony—I Am a Ghost
Apurva—An
Ode to Mother Nature
Kathryn Baker-Brown—Here
I Am,
Lies, and
Reality
Bayko—Eternal
Love Begins
Becca—Silent
LeJuane Bowens—Teardrops
Allan Brooks—God
Unlimited and
Lost and Found
Butchiesmom—Surrounding
Mists,
Shining
Light, and
Grandma's Hug
Cagedbird—Agony,
Not Ecstasy
Üzeyir Lokman Çayci—Friend,
You're Not the Guilty One,
Brother, Garbage Sweeper,
and
The Valley of the Culprits
Mejame Ejede Charley—Mr.
Modern Time,
Zarathustra's Quest for the Source,
Oh Greece
How Wonderful Are You,
Who're My
Real Ancestors?, and
To My
Father's Land I Will Return
Roland Coggins—A Tale of Two Cats,
Four Children Call You Mom, and
Class
Reunion
Jon Contrastano—Whiskey
Bottles,
The Old Green Lady, and
The Dying Hobo
Ashley Kay Cyr—Boys
Danfan—Funny,
Isn't It?
Daniel—Untitled
"Today / It hurt much more"
and Thank
You, Eugene
Chantalie De Castro—Time
David Dee—Caspian
and the Loss of a Narnian Queen.
Gail Deemer (aka Butchiesmom)—Itty
Bitty Ditty
Dominque— Noah's
Forgotten, Change of
Key, A
Breath Taken By You,
My
Imagination,
Forever Fallen, To Linger, Joker,
and Missing
Dreamerboy1616—Eyes,
Good Guys,
and The Alone
Ones
Dreamingstar—Untitled
"Tears flow down"
Jenna Lea Eberle—Unreal
Capt. Fantastico—Spring Sings and For
You
Laila Fares—Divine
Walk and
The Good Shepherd
Crystal Ferris—Sickness
Laura Fisher—Loneliness
Bonnie K. Florea—For
You, The Soldier
Mike Foster—Searching
J. Gamboa—Mother
Karla Geci-Call—Rain
Vwastav Ghosh—My
Sight
Baru Gobira—A
Shadow Returns with the Wind and
A Mother
Remembers
Goodangel—Our
Special Love
Edward Goodie—True
Freedom
Karim Gueniche—When
I Miss You and
If . . .
Rei H.—Child
with William Blake's “Infant Joy”
Alice Hadjavey—Beneath
the Mask Lies the Opposite
Ozan Haksever—UMC
Dreams, Niagara, A Strange
Pair, and
Three Sonnets
Jan Oskar Hansen—Sonnet
to a Lady and Religion
(a Tanka poem)
A. Hatcher—Smile
Rebecca Heffernan—Agoraphobia
Chelsea Hendrix—Why
Am I Here? and
My Falls
Marty Henry—No
More Hungry Children,
Little Old Lady
Next Door,
Our Candle and
Unconditional Love, and
Coming Home.
Richard Hernandez—Emancipation
Joshua Scott Hicks—Coffin
Jennie Holmstrom—Everlasting
Tranquility
Angela Horton—My
Daughter, My Soldier
Lin Hu—Perfect Peace, That Mine Is,
and Interlude
I.O. Idamoyibo—Shells
Without Flesh, A Lament for My Beloved Country, Nigeria;
The Shameless Negotiators;
Can Life Rewind; They Would Have
Seen Your Star, and
four poems of
tribute
Idanna—I'm
Sorry
Daniela Iordache—September
11. 2001
Keith James and Sandy Tannenbaum Streid—Not Just Sleeping
Bob Jackson—The
Spiral, The Veil, The Last Dance,
and Life
Kayanna Danielle Jeanes—I
Never Knew You, But I Still Cry
Jewels—I Feel
Sad and Blue,
You Say You
Love Me, So Why?, and
Invisible
Pains and Scars
Jocy—Rainbows,
I Can't
Explain, and
We Never
Christopher Johnson—Untitled.(a
poem about addiction)
Lee Jones—Untitled
"These tears I've cried"
Smita Kamble—Silent
Plea and Lost
Identity
Barbara Kelsey—One
Day, Here,
The Stolen Smile,
and
Sonata in the Snow
Lauren Kenny—Mere
Mortal
Mark Anthony Kernan—The
Big Is in the Little, Tears
of the Morrow, Behind
the Yellow Rose, and
Off to See the Wizard
Sunny Khanna—The
Unseen Boundary
Michelle Kidwell—She's
the Quiet Child
Amber Kitner—Dreams,
The Truth,
and My Plea
Kokoro—Empty
Pillow
Daniel Kozla—Your
Last Breath
Jennifer Elizabeth L.—Fight
at the Library
James Lannan—The
Sirens,
Here Here, and
The Parting
Nicole A. Laskero-Monroe—As
I Mature
S. K. Liberty—The
Tear from the Sky and
Children of
Africa
Derrek Lucas—The
Penguin Sonnet
Malini—Come Back
Katie Malone—Oswiecim
and Spirit
Saja Matar—Falling
Off a Cliff
Max the Poet—When
You Least Expect It
Munayem Mayenin—Golden
Flyers of Spring,
I Give You,
and This
Morning the Sun Shares; also visit
The Poet's Letter.com
Eric McCormick—Sic's Prayer and
Cast Iron Echo
Melinda McGeichie—Spicy
Carrot Night
Stephen Michael McGowen—Il
Penseroso
M.J. McGuire—Each
Poem, A Prized Memento
Candice McHenry—An
Image Before Me
Julie M. Agor Mcilvaine—Remembering
Our First Moments and
If I Could Turn
Back the Hands of Time
Andrew Medina—Reasoning
Lexi Merrit—I
Don't Think I Will Survive and A Wife's Prayer
Lynne Mills—Take
Our Soldiers Home
Luna Moon—Memories
Scott Moore—Grim
Reaper
J.Edward Moran—But
What of the Trees
Geeta Nair—Why
Shouldn't I Dream?,
What Else Do I Want? and
If Ever You.
Rejith M. Nair—21st
Century Love
Nelson—Pain
Terri Hihil—My
Life
Antero Nevarez-Lira—Happy
Birthday
Sara Ogden—A
Fake Portrait
Agabriel Ojakovo—Your
Legacy Will Last Forever
Olutayo K. Osunsan—Calendar
Paige—Silent Struggle
Nandlal Kanjibhai Pancholi—Assonance, Ode to the
Cuckoo,
Pet Dog's Monologue,
Up I Grew with Nature Wild, and
To a Sunflower
Papalegba—All
Cracked Up
Heidi Peterson—Little Child
Jason Poehland—Midnight
Voices
Preciousrose—To Whomever
May Care
Nicholas J. Presciano—Hope
Joe Quinton—All
Who Wander Are Not Lost
Anisur Rahman—Learning
from Nature
Jeremy Ray—Story
of You
Tony R. Rodriguez—A
Letter to the Fallen Catholic
Sadina Roselin—Infinite
Feelings
Venessa Rotondi—Pouring
My Apologies, Reoccurring
and Your Insults Will Be
Your Demise
Alex Rowe
(12 years old)—Life
Sabrina—Indifference
Sam—Always
Winning the Game
Renee Samaroo—Go
Away
Sarah—Unknown
Self
Tri Budhi Sastrio—How
a Poem Was Made
Scot-T—Now One
Thing Is Certain and
You and Me
Alan Seeley—Living
Day and A New
Sensommar—Skyblue
Suman Shahib—Universal
Heart
Sharita—Why
Are You Selfish
Rachel L. Sheppard—Nothing's
Quite As It Seems
Sid "de" Knees—
In one ear, out the other!
Katrina Simms—My
Uncle's Key Ring
Durlabh Singh—Trembling Hands
Sona—An Ode to
My Grandpa
Barbara Stahfa—My
Beloved Son Russ
Jennifer Staffa—I
Never Knew
Katherine Starling—Lost
Love
Chris Stienstra—Shake
My Hand, Perhaps
and Blind
Sandy Tannenbaum Streid—Precious Stones and
Counting the
Homeless Tonight
Jennell Taamai—Streets
Tasha—Complexities
of Life, The
Phone Call,
The Unfriendly Road,
Closest to You,
and These Nights Grow Darker
Teatime—What
Poetry Means to Me and
This Orb, This
Sphere
Tessa—Roses
JerriFaye Thomason—Crandall
Canyon Mine Utah
Thurmas4—Me
Tri Tran—The Fiery
Rain, O,
Rescue Me, Lord!,
The Olympic Moment in Poetry,
Zen Poetry, The Suffering
Wolf,
Forever Isolated, and
First Day of
Class
Uba Luciano C.—Stranger's
Hug
Various Authors—Expressions
of Love (Authors: Geeta Nair, Kayla A., Abdelkrim Gueniche, John Fritsche, Melissa Barraclough, Alyssa, Jimmy,
and Jermaine)
Dillon Webber—My
Prayer
J.J. Wellington—The Siren Song of the Cleaning Woman
Whitedove—Walk With
Me
Shannon R. Wiegand—Spare
Gene Wiginton—Apathy
Rob Witik—Dad
Linda Wlodyka—Unconditionally,
Twilight, and
Restless Abandon
Zainab—I
Will Love You Forever
Karen Christie Zoller—If
Only For A Moment
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