Anxious Poets Society
Grim Reaper by Audrey Martinez
It was the day after the Grim Reaper forgot to kill me And I was sad about it I was all over him last night Mentally and physically...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Sep 4
- 1 min
Two Paths To The Next by Kevin Crandall
The gravel, freezing The coals, burning Demons hunt They infiltrate They poison so deeply that the only antidote is The gravel, freezing...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Aug 30
- 2 min
Heartswings by Marc Krell
My heart ticks endlessly To an irregular beat Like a grandfather clock With countless pendulums. The momentum sways To an unsteady rhythm...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Jul 16
- 1 min
Conversations with A New Lover by Beatrice Carlson
I. You glean for a home recovered, celestial, Put asunder— You dream of songs that aren’t his to mold into the shapes of your memories;...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Jun 12
- 1 min
Moment by Emily Perina
I was the Daughter of Wands Head held high, future unknown How presumptuous to assume we are not like the tiny plastic toys from quarter...
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Anxious Poets Society
- May 26
- 1 min
Safe Haven/Curtains by Andie Schoen
the smell of cardboard is choking me today pale brown mountains with dusty snowfalls and ridges of permanent marker partially obscure my...
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Anxious Poets Society
- May 12
- 1 min
Fishermen by Peter Siska
We are still waiting. A sound mind is: oblivion, says a man. Grinning, he’s eating his fish raw. It’s noon, The sun is not moving above...
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Anxious Poets Society
- May 1
- 1 min
Nostalgia For Things Present by Casey Maryyanek
On the odd, warm, yellow November day, my vision will fade out. There is music. Yes, there is voice. There is my mother. She is laughing....
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Anxious Poets Society
- Apr 20
- 1 min
Cliffs by Ash Dahl
Craggy cliff faces cave to the ocean’s commanding caress Waves tirelessly trample towards titanic rocks that tower against them Little by...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Apr 9
- 1 min
OCD Monster by Sayer Keely
A figure of trepidation, With it’s agonizing stare. Never righteous enough To continue in its rivalry With the silence of unknowns....
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Anxious Poets Society
- Apr 7
- 1 min
The Fire Oscillates by Rudraksh Dange
When the house burned down The insurance didn't cover it. We moved to the house in Bombay I thought we would die here. At the time, it...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Mar 29
- 1 min
on burnt, gauzed wings by Hammad
deriving your constant disaster seeking reason to hold second nature a candle to the scorching death of your pleasure ames forging the...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Mar 15
- 1 min
Ode to a Compass by Stephen JG Dawson, Jr.
Just how tender is the night When I’m guided only by your pull And a map that’s dotted by celestial lights? The fright excites and fever...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Mar 9
- 1 min
Up (Again) by Demitri Camperos
I spied her on a cloudy day A wish awash, a separate way For while I watched the widow wane A blurry blotch, mine eye betrayed I faced...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Mar 4
- 1 min
As the snow melts by Venja K.
In my stoic madness and indifference There is a certain balance, A defiant ambivalence A rebellion, why, it truly is! I am but a wild hog...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Feb 27
- 1 min
Chaos the Craftsman by Ash Dahl
Emptiness pitch black a formless scream Primal. Primordial. An eternity of unbridled chaos when new virtues take form from the rich...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Feb 22
- 1 min
The Roman Gods of Verbum by Sayer Keely
I’ve become an aesthete, Face to face with an ineffable beauty. My love is a labyrinth Created by Venus to teach me that There is more...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Feb 19
- 1 min
Questions by Rudraksh Dange
Hey there, little bird From what do you fly? 'My life,' he said, 'But I don't want to die.' (Why am I frightened of these paper-cuts on...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Feb 17
- 1 min
horo porcelain by Hammad Jibrin
colorful eyes; seeing where you are in the re flection of their gloss. a shine that glistens like the sandy shores, a secret buried under...
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Anxious Poets Society
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Existential Flurry by Steve Montagno
*buzzBUZZ. Bouncing around the interior of my mid-morning brain in a carbonated fit. Thoughts of material acquisition, extra shit. Chill...
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