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Willow posted in the group National Poetry Month

• 4 months, 1 week ago

Depends What Matters…

I don’t know if it’s a society thing…
or what
but this standard that directs us to follow a specified path
you meet…you marry…pop out a few kids
never forgetting the coveted white picket fence

I have a question…
what if that pattern…
isn’t really one size fits all…

I think of all the miserable…Read More

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- redzone
  4 months, 1 week ago
  
  Hi Willow, you have packed a lot into your poem. At its heart is the recognition of individuality, as opposed to individualism. We arrive in many different shapes and colors as well as temperaments. For me, it is a social matter, the traditions that arise out of society based on oppression, of class and social distinction and hierarchy, that…Read More
  - Willow
    4 months ago
    
    I fear that we’re rapidly approaching that time when women and those of color have few rights again. The number of bumper stickers I’ve seen with “Make women property again” make me sick. And this country is terrifying me more every day. It’s time for big change indeed. Thank you, Curt
PAR (Paulo Acácio Ramos) posted in the group National Poetry Month

• 4 months, 1 week ago

The House Where the World’s Bugs Gather

April 28th arrives
as an infested house,
a structure trembling
under the soft, relentless weight
of everything that crawls,
buzzes,
flutters,
or insists on existing
in the cracks of the world.

It is not one kind of bug.
It is all bugs,
every species the ending world
has ever whispered into b…Read More

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JusTim and shadoe are now friends

• 4 months, 1 week ago

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Fia Naturie posted in the group National Poetry Month

• 4 months, 1 week ago

Just Think

Walking in with a smile
Feeling light as if at this very moment was the best

Walking in with a frown
Feeling pulled down and weary as if gravity has a vendetta

A tune comes to mind
“Don’t worry be happy”

A tune comes to mind
“Everybody hurts”

Open the window
A beautiful butterfly fly in

Open the window
A…Read More

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Brandon Houser wrote a new post

• 4 months, 1 week ago

While The Rain Pours Down

Poetry

April 27, 2026

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I'm not holding backI'm just hiding it wellIt's carried in the painOf the stories I tellBlink and you missIn between the linesYou may feel the sorrowIn the sign of the timesYou won't hear the painIf I muffle the soundYou...

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- Fia Naturie
  4 months, 1 week ago
  
  Very good. The rain is a good cloak to hide the tears.
  - Brandon Houser
    4 months, 1 week ago
    
    Thank you Fia!
- Damian DeadLove
  4 months, 1 week ago
  
  Powerfully penned, Brandon. Another excellent write with clever wordplay my friend. Nicely done. Appreciate you.
  
  Damian
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