#contemporarypoetry — Public Fediverse posts

Hearts bloom

Whispers in the night
Stars weave dreams in tender flight.

👧🏾💉💋How does someone go from a bright, hopeful child to becoming trapped by addiction and exploitation? My latest article explores the inspiration behind Spliced to Vices—a deeply personal poem. . .
👉 https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/06/26/schoolyard-promise-to-street-survival-the-story-behind-spliced-to-vices/
#Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry

The Bargain

https://inkandrain.home.blog/2026/10/11/the-bargain/

Monday Morning Blues

https://inkandrain.home.blog/2026/10/05/monday-morning-blues-2/

👧🏾💉💋How does someone go from a bright, hopeful child to becoming trapped by addiction and exploitation? My latest article explores the inspiration behind Spliced to Vices.
👉 https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/06/26/schoolyard-promise-to-street-survival-the-story-behind-spliced-to-vices/
#Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry

Monday

https://inkandrain.home.blog/2026/09/28/monday-5/

The Waiting Flame

https://inkandrain.home.blog/2026/09/26/the-waiting-flame/

The Intelligence of Love

https://inkandrain.home.blog/2026/09/21/the-intelligence-of-love/

⛪️ PEWS CREEK ⛪️
👧🏾💉💋How does someone go from a bright, hopeful child to becoming trapped by addiction and exploitation? My latest article explores the inspiration behind Spliced to Vices—a deeply personal poem.
👉 https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/06/26/schoolyard-promise-to-street-survival-the-story-behind-spliced-to-vices/
#Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry

A Refill Please: A Prose Poem About Afternoon Blues

https://artistfromtheinsideout.wordpress.com/2026/09/02/a-refill-please-a-prose-poem-about-afternoon-blues/

👧🏾💉💋How does someone go from a bright, hopeful child to becoming trapped by addiction and exploitation? My latest article explores the inspiration behind Spliced to Vices—a deeply personal poem about childhood.
👉 https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/06/26/schoolyard-promise-to-street-survival-the-story-behind-spliced-to-vices/
#Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry

✮ On Different Frequencies ✮

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👧🏾💉💋How does someone go from a bright, hopeful child to becoming trapped by addiction and exploitation? My latest article explores the inspiration behind Spliced to Vices.
👉 https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/06/26/schoolyard-promise-to-street-survival-the-story-behind-spliced-to-vices/
#Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry

SURRENDER is SWEET: A Poem About Letting Go

https://artistfromtheinsideout.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/surrender-is-sweet-a-poem-about-letting-go/

GRUNTING

https://artistfromtheinsideout.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/grunting/

👧🏾💉💋How does someone go from a bright, hopeful child to becoming trapped by addiction and exploitation? My latest article explores the inspiration behind Spliced to Vices—a deeply personal poem about childhood. . .
👉 https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/06/26/schoolyard-promise-to-street-survival-the-story-behind-spliced-to-vices/
#Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry

✮ After-Dinner Breakfast ✮

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SHIRKED THE MOMENT

https://artistfromtheinsideout.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/shirked-the-moment/

What She Feels – by Heather Mirassou

https://heathermirassou.com/2026/08/22/what-she-feels-by-heather-mirassou/

Body Wide Open – by Heather Mirassou

https://heathermirassou.com/2026/08/22/body-wide-open-by-heather-mirassou/

✮ Wick ✮

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✮ Razorblade Sundae ✮

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✮ Talking to a Stone ✮

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👧🏾💉💋How does someone go from a bright, hopeful child to becoming trapped by addiction and exploitation? My latest article explores the inspiration behind Spliced to Vices.
👉 https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/06/26/schoolyard-promise-to-street-survival-the-story-behind-spliced-to-vices/
#Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry

✮ Wink Wink ✮

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SWINGING BACKWARD 

https://artistfromtheinsideout.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/swinging-backward/

Pace

Often I find myself stuck
between the slow
and the fast,
fitting into neither,
stumbling,
never finding
a comfortable
pace.

I am impatient 
with those ahead of me, 
whose slow progress 
impedes my attempts 
to reach my destination.

I am angry at those 
pushing me from behind, 
so concerned with 
reaching their goal 
that I am just another 
obstacle in their way.

I must remember 
that at times I have 
been both.

It is the engine within, 
not the speed of those 
I encounter on the road, 
that drives me to anger 
and impatience.

O Divine Driver,
 Grant that I might have a
 more compassionate
 awareness on this
 journey.

August 2, 2015

The Accidental Phone Call

She misdialed a number, she said,
but not really.

So we reminisced about old times,
the good work we did together,
where our coworkers are,
what our children are doing.

Organizations end,
but relationships don’t have to.
I can do better at staying connected.

I can be more intentional,
while at the same time
knowing that
on this journey
there are no
accidental phone calls.

August 10, 2015

✮ Lady Green Sat on a Cob ✮

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👧🏾💉💋How does someone go from a bright, hopeful child to becoming trapped by addiction and exploitation? My latest article explores the inspiration behind Spliced to Vices.
👉 https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/06/26/schoolyard-promise-to-street-survival-the-story-behind-spliced-to-vices/
#Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry

👧🏾💉💋How does someone go from a bright, hopeful child to becoming trapped by addiction and exploitation? My latest article explores the inspiration behind Spliced to Vices.
👉 https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/06/26/schoolyard-promise-to-street-survival-the-story-behind-spliced-to-vices/
#Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry

✮ Long Way Down ✮

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✮ Play It to the Bone ✮

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✮ Tissue Rolls, Dirty Couch, and Filthy Carpet ✮

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Nosso destino em queda

Nosso destino em queda

Olhe esta geração da vingança.
Leia os sinais que vêm do mundo.
Mostre os delírios.
Assusta-me saber que acham normal
ver os delírios.
Observe: nada disso é normal.

Carlos de Campos 

Avalie isto:

👧🏾💉💋How does someone go from a bright, hopeful child to becoming trapped by addiction and exploitation? My latest article explores the inspiration behind Spliced to Vices—a deeply personal poem.
👉 https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/06/26/schoolyard-promise-to-street-survival-the-story-behind-spliced-to-vices/
#Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry

O medo angustia a alma

O medo angustia a alma

Adiando o sucesso de hoje
Desejos no papel são só desejos
Luz fraca no caminho.

Carlos de Campos 

Toda as traduções são feitas pela IA

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🇺🇸 Inglês

Fear Torments the Soul

Postponing today's success
Desires on paper are only desires
A faint light along the way.

Carlos de Campos

All translations are made by AI.

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 🇪🇸 Espanhol

El miedo angustia el alma

Posponiendo el éxito de hoy
Los deseos en el papel son solo deseos
Una luz tenue en el camino.

Carlos de Campos

Todas las traducciones son realizadas por IA.

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 🇮🇳 Hindi

भय आत्मा को व्याकुल करता है

आज की सफलता को टालते हुए
कागज़ पर लिखी इच्छाएँ बस इच्छाएँ हैं
राह में मंद रोशनी।

Carlos de Campos

सभी अनुवाद AI द्वारा किए गए हैं।

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🇨🇳 Chinês simplificado

恐惧使灵魂焦虑

推迟今天的成功
纸上的愿望终究只是愿望
路上微弱的光。

Carlos de Campos

所有翻译均由人工智能完成。

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 🇮🇩 Indonésio

Ketakutan Menggelisahkan Jiwa

Menunda keberhasilan hari ini
Keinginan di atas kertas hanyalah keinginan
Cahaya redup di jalan.

Carlos de Campos

Semua terjemahan dibuat oleh AI.

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 🇷🇺 Russo

Страх тревожит душу

Откладывая сегодняшний успех
Желания на бумаге — лишь желания
Слабый свет на пути.

Carlos de Campos

Все переводы выполнены с помощью ИИ.

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Avalie isto:

👧🏾💉💋How does someone go from a bright, hopeful child to becoming trapped by addiction and exploitation? My latest article explores the inspiration behind Spliced to Vices— the devastating human cost of drug addiction.
👉 https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/06/26/schoolyard-promise-to-street-survival-the-story-behind-spliced-to-vices/
#Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry

The Sensual Soul Poet – My New Poetry Book – Available on Amazon.com

https://heathermirassou.com/2026/07/14/the-sensual-soul-poet-my-new-poetry-book-available-on-amazon-com/

✮ A Butterfly’s Twilight Song ✮

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✮  Traffic ✮ 

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✮ Of the Broken ✮

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✮ Vessels ✮

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✮ An Ache That Pricks Even Thorns ✮

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✮ Fear ✮

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✮ Words Are Things ✮

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✮ Twice Mentioned ✮

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The Kintsugi Man

A Story Told In Tanka Form

Once I was broken,
a man of many pieces,
cracked beyond repair,
so many tiny places 
scattered like leaves in the wind. 

Healing was a dream.
Restoration was elusive.
Much of me was lost. 
I could not find the missing,
my eyes dry from the seeking.

Then mercy found me.
The Great Artist touched my heart,
gathered me to me,
glued the pieces one by one
until I was whole again.

Why do the cracks show?
My question rose to the sky. 
The scars are ugly.
Must they remain forever?
I wondered if I was healed.

Wait, you gently said. 
Dipping your finger in gold,
your love traced the scars.
beauty in my brokenness.
The cracks let the soul's light out.

✮ The Thing Which Many a Man Cannot Afford ✮

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✮ A Sliver in Eden’s Wall ✮

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✮ River Call ✮

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🗣️ November (from *A Year*) (A free, 5-minute #poem from 2021)

Tags: #Memory #USA #ContemporaryPoetry #Feeling
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/november_charles-jos

✒️English

Thoughts floating
Like by a violin
The notes
Carried by the wind.

-Debora Radice

✒️Italian

Pensieri che fluttuano
Come d'un violino
Le note
Portate dal vento.

-Debora Radice

#poetry #poesia #poesie #poems #poem #thoughts #thought #pensiero #pensieri #SilentSaturday #sky #contemporarypoetry #poesiacontemporanea #clouds #poetrycommunity

Listen to Latif Askia Ba's poem "22 septembre" here: https://soundcloud.com/brooklynpoets/latif-askia-ba-22-septembre
His collection The Choreic Period is out now in Milkweed Editions' exciting new Multiverse series.
#disabilityPoetics #poetry #literature #cerebralPalsy #reading #contemporaryPoetry #brooklynPoetry @writingcommunity

Laser Limited Editions are back! The series returns with #12, "Mistook Your Mind." Each black anodized aluminum card features my laser-etched art on the front and poetry on the back. Individually numbered, these limited cards come in custom laser-engraved sleeves. Pre-order ends Jan 11 for $15 at https://www.Wendt.Art/product/mistook-your-mind 🖤🙏

#MastoArt #Lasers #FernsAndFolklore #SurrealistPoetry #NatureInspiredDesign #Poetry #Collectible #ContemporaryPoetry #Surreal #BlackAndWhiteArt #BlackAndWhite #BnW

Laser Limited Editions are back! The series returns with #12, "Mistook Your Mind." Each black anodized aluminum card features my laser-etched art on the front and poetry on the back. Individually numbered, these limited cards come in custom laser-engraved sleeves. Pre-order ends Jan 11 for $15 at https://www.Wendt.Art/product/mistook-your-mind 🖤🙏

#MastoArt #Lasers #FernsAndFolklore #SurrealistPoetry #NatureInspiredDesign #Poetry #Collectible #ContemporaryPoetry #Surreal #BlackAndWhiteArt #BlackAndWhite #BnW

Now available at @applebooks and other #eBook distributors. Coming soon to @amazonkindle and @barnesandnoble.

This is an assortment of blog posts, lyrics and unpublished verse that covers the spectrum from fact to fiction. Some of it is tongue in cheek, some in character, some is me as I really am. I will leave it to the reader to discern the truth from the bullshit.
#book #poetry #prose #freeverse #socialcommentary #contemporaryauthor #contemporarypoetry

https://books.apple.com/us/book/throwing-out-love-notes/id6739883974?at=1010l9S2&uo=4&mt=11

🗣️ An Excerpt from *Gates* (A free, 5-minute #poem from 2020)

Tags: #ContemporaryPoetry #Places
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/excerpt-from-gates_muradi-sahar

Elipse

https://rimada.es/elipse/

#Poesía #PoesíaContemporánea #PoesíaRomántica #Versos #Escritores #Poemas #AmorEnVerso #Letras #ArtePoético #PoesíaLatina #Palabras #Sentimientos #InspiraciónPoética #PoesíaVisual #PoesíaUrbana #Poetry #ContemporaryPoetry #RomanticPoetry #PoetsOfInstagram #PoetryCommunity #Words #Literature #Verse #PoeticArt #PoetryLovers #PoeticInspiration #UrbanPoetry #PoetryOfLove

There's a David Antin bit where he talks about the aboriginal Australians moving from one place to the next as they drained small aquifers that he cleverly, in his style, compares to Los Angeles. Anyone know what I'm talking about, or which of his books it's from? #poetry #contemporarypoetry #DavidAntin #Antin