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Today's Writing Prompt

“Describe hope without being hopeful.”

Poems from Today's Prompt

6 poets answered the call. Read what they wrote, then add yours.

Fool

It wasn’t me. I am not the girl he tells my friends about. I am not her. I am not kind Or soft. I am a fool. I built a small, glowing room inside my chest and put his voice inside it. When he spoke…

by Valarie Golden🫰 1👁 5Read →

HOPE IN THE DARK

Hope is not always a smile waiting for tomorrow. Sometimes, it is simply staying when everything says to leave. It is a tiny light that doesn't promise sunrise, only reminds you that darkness is not…

by Pranarthi🫰 2👁 18Read →

The Undiscovered Country

The theory of life warns that one who can speak of love, hear of love, taste love, must be well experienced in aesthetics— that the most loved is the most cherished, most honored, and most favored,…

by Ava Saint👁 11Read →

Tomorrow

Our Worldfree verse

It’s the feeling when we wake up and believe, today will be A better day than yesterday, knowing damn well it’s going to be worse, and we just keep believing For a better tomorrow.

by Sasachat🫰 2👁 26Read →

Hope is a dangerous thing.

Hope. A four letter word feeling as if something will arise hope isn't always a good thing even though its implied hope can cause pain as you excite yourself causing your heart to strain thoughts…

by riley12345🫰 2👁 72Read →

Bruises

I saw the way their eyes lit up. How their voice lifted when they greeted you. I remember my stomach dropping lower with each smirk. “I’ve welcomed Jesus into my life.” “I’ve gone to therapy.” “I got…

by Low-Life Freak🫰 4👁 30Read →

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In a choir I was a mime Tried singing but they shut me down every time Every note fought my throat While I was warming seats They were on the field Pushed away from everything I ever did I couldn't…

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It wasn’t me. I am not the girl he tells my friends about. I am not her. I am not kind Or soft. I am a fool. I built a small, glowing room inside my chest and put his voice inside it. When he spoke…

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Rock shell of a house – stepping through the doorway onto dirt at one time beneath the floor, only bits of joists remain, wood rotted now. No roof or window frames, rock is all that's left. A cottage…

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