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Inspirational Poems

Winging It by Michael Waterson

May 3, 2023 by Every Writer

Winging It by Michael Waterson

Michael Waterson is a retired journalist originally from Pittsburgh PA. His career includes stints as a seasonal firefighter, San Francisco taxi driver and wine educator. He earned an MFA from Mills College.

Filed Under: Inspirational Poems

Cost of forgetting by Sunil Sharma

August 16, 2018 by Every Writer

Sunil Sharma is a college principal, freelance journalist, author and editor. Mumbai-based, he has published 19 books—solo and joint.

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Instructions: On Getting Ready to Die by Gayle Kellner

March 24, 2018 by Every Writer

Instructions_ On Getting Ready to Die

Instructions: On Getting Ready to Die by Gayle Kellner Please take off my watch I won’t need time beyond the moment any longer Followed by my earrings There will be no one’s eye to catch, No partner to impress Slip off my shoes Let me put my bare feet in the grass One last time […]

Filed Under: Inspirational Poems, poem

On Cooking Krakens by Julie Irigaray

September 17, 2017 by Every Writer

On Cooking Krakens

Julie Irigaray’s work has appeared in various international publications such as Southword, Banshee (Ireland), Shearsman, Mslexia, Tears in the Fence, Envoi (UK) and The Ofi Press (Mexico), among others.

Filed Under: Halloween Poems, Inspirational Poems

He Sits by Sy Roth

January 29, 2014 by Every Writer

He Sits by Sy Roth   He sits in his garage, Dressed in black jogging pants, Black nylon jacket striped in white along the sleeves matches. The pants bottoms pulled up to his calves show White support hose Makes his ankles look like sausages. He sits side saddle on his plastic chair Ragged-thin flowery cushion […]

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Bankruptcy and Real Estate by Weldon H. Sandusky

December 13, 2013 by Every Writer

Bankruptcy and Real Estate by Weldon H. Sandusky I Failure has such splendor Coaxing you to rationalize Then tossing you a pint of vodka And chalking up a victory When your committed to the State Mental Asylum. II Success, similarly, wears such a deceptive Smile tempting you to light a Big Cigar. Poof! Bankruptcy. Poof! […]

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Fruit Loops are never Enough by KJ Hannah Greenberg

October 21, 2013 by Every Writer

KJ Hannah Greenberg, who only pretends at being indomitable, tramps across literary genres and giggles in her sleep. As well, she eats oatmeal and keeps company with a hibernaculum

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Next Step by Inas Esse

October 15, 2013 by Every Writer

Inas Essa is a freelance writer. Her poetry has been published in every day poems, poemhunter and Scarborough arts (big art book 2013). she studied journalism at the faculty

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Gravity by Leanne Rebecca

October 4, 2013 by Every Writer

Leanne Rebecca is a young American poet from St. Louis, MO. She received a degree in Creative Writing and Film, Television, and Interactive Media from Brandeis University

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Blazing Fire by Amicia Rai

September 6, 2013 by Every Writer

Amicia Rai is a PhD student of English Literature, specializing in Fairy Tales. She is currently exploring the art of writing poetry, fiction, nonfiction and screenplays

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From the Cathedral Building by Neil McCarthy

April 1, 2013 by Every Writer

If I could see through your eyes the city
from the roof of the Cathedral Building,
hear the wind through the nearby arms of a crane

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All the Saints by Vijay Khurana

March 25, 2013 by Every Writer

See here, where the floor is worn

that?s where they say she knelt before she died
full of grace, but how could she not be

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Fifty Four by Carla Paolini

December 31, 2012 by Every Writer

Fifty Four by Carla Paolini To give my thought a body I choose a corps de ballet I’d have it dance excogitate acrobatic tricks see it dancing about on the air I’d create suitable tools to enable it strengthen its intuitions an athletic corps endowed with poetic ripples hither and thither peepin’n the show enormously […]

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Drinking Rum on the Shore by Fahredin Shehu

November 12, 2012 by Every Writer

Born in Rahovec, South East of Kosova, in 1972. graduated at Prishtina University, Oriental Studies. M.A. in Literature. PhD in Sacral Esthetics- ongoing.

Actively works on Calligraphy discovering new mediums and techniques for this specific for of plastic art.

Filed Under: Inspirational Poems, Love Poems

I am Loud by Natalie Copeland

October 15, 2012 by Every Writer

I am loud,
Demanding attention.
I know when I am being charming

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Moon Poems

Welcome To The Moon by Bruce McRae

Bruce McRae, a Canadian musician, is a multiple Pushcart nominee with poems published in hundreds of magazines such as Poetry, Rattle and the North American Review. The winner of the 2020 Libretto prize and author of four poetry collections and seven chapbooks

The Moon by Natalie Crick

Natalie Crick, from Newcastle in the UK, has found delight in writing all of her life and first began writing when she was a very young girl. She graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in English Literature

Khor Virap by Alex Vartan Gubbins

Alex Vartan Gubbins was born in Chicago. He has a BA in African Languages and Literature from UW Wisconsin and an MFA from Northern Michigan University. He was the recipient of the 2014 Witter Bynner Translation Grant and a finalist in the North American Review’s 2015 James

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