I have determined to write a happy poem, Because you make me happy. It’s harder than I thought. The inside of my head is not as pretty As you, even though I have Changed the furniture to coordinate With your earth-made tones. The room locks the doors, Closes windows, Looks in mirrors to find you,… Continue reading I Will Write a Happy Poem by Riley Smith
Here they come In the millions Marching strong Axe in hand A blood thirsty look A desire to kill A smile on face No regret in mind We run We hide We pray We cry Here comes man With their axe held high We hide our young Protect with our lives We hold them close… Continue reading Man Against Nature by Demi-May Sharpe
the pavement is decorated in past lovers, girls like me with black-hole hand-me-downs, with a plan far too fragile to last the night. and you taste like planes to greece, like the tension between our teeth, like that midnight goodbye before you take shelter on the floor, that penny carpet where my money once… Continue reading back seat blues by Beth Phillips
One day I will be someone I will be someone’s one I will change my identity But I will not be His property A silver band with a small stone Tells others I am not my own The wait until the bonds are tied Are shown only on one side It will be… Continue reading Wife by Donna Butler
He is drowning in a sea of words. A language that will never belong to him: hypothesis, photosynthesis, thesis - conform. The teacher’s monotonous monotone voice drones on as wave upon wave of words pummel towards him. He catches the odd one or two, but most pass by as he slowly drifts further out to… Continue reading Just Words by Sarah Williams
Sometimes my face reeks of the disappointments As if someone will look at me And tell in an instant that I have wanted to die in the past As if someone will pass by me And the sweat of my body will tell him about how I coughed when I put my mother's stole around… Continue reading Camouflage by Bharti Bansal
I want to be seen I want to be heard My voice is just too mute for words Surrounded by a sea of people Yet feeling empty Trapped in my thoughts There is no one here that can save me And then you appear A glimmer of hope In the corner of the… Continue reading Alone by Anon
I’m sad for what we could’ve been, I’m sad for what we could’ve had, I’m sad for the world we could’ve made, And isn’t it scary, How I know my way round your body, I know your pains, your truths, your lies, I know about all your pastel skies, Yet I know about your goodbyes.… Continue reading Pastel Skies by Ben Robinson
The bed is filled with wax and your arms are wax stuck around my wax back I think about cutting them off so I can keep you around I’d give you my tongue in exchange and let you put it inside the clock, move the hands back so we have more time to stick and… Continue reading Dinner party by Sophia Georghiou
"I want to see you but you're not mine" - Undo, The 1975 Every week, Forever Endeavour is here to give you a word, picture or song lyric to ignite your imagination and get you writing your next piece. Whether it propels you back to a vivid memory or sparks a whole new narrative or… Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt #9
