Young Writers Society

#5 I think my phone hates me or maybe it just knows that late at night my poetry is only reflecting my woes. -- I can't log on to yws ...

I've never done this before and it is ugly and I love it. #4 image attached. i catch myself in abstract i dont know what that means

#3 I am walking the tide is long and my steps are slow. in the summer months the heat slicks to my jaw, a stifling sweat the never ends and ...

#2 Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to go anywhere and be anything how small hands fill and fill with meaning and motion weighs us so and then ...

#1 I wasn't going to say this > it's a public forum < the gloves came off and, well, our hands are tied I mean I was going to say ...

#31 It is the end It is the end Sleep now It is the end

#30 Today is not a good day The way my joints screech Against each other One damaged bone grinding Into the next like unfortunate jenga I hear sometimes the crackle ...

#29 I write better at night. Before bed - it seems like seconds Before i am ready to finally close my eyes - I think NAPO. My phone is out ...

#28 Today the morning didn't settle the mist. At 5 it carried long and heavy Across the motorway and trees behind, At 6 it still lingered, not drifting but waiting. ...

#27 Hello, i love you I wish i could I have no time You see Work has picked up We're moving house soon I left you a note I've been ...

#26 You won't hear them say it. Somewhere the words echo Back and forth like a real conversation, But not here. One day the stiff lips will open And so ...

#25 Churning stomach and tight throat, You swallow back the bile And try and smile through it, The anxiety rises and festers there, It will be weeks Until the shame ...

#24 I am good at my job (I am so tired) I work hard and meet my KEY PERFOMANCE INDICATORS As they flash neon in my email windows (I keep ...

#23 Some poems aren't meant to be written. They sit, heavy hearted, waiting to be told, and never will be. They have awkward words and lines that just don't fit ...

#22 Sleep is something else. I tell myself 8 hours With a half hour chaser, Take it in and feel refreshed. A stolen 7 hours Jury rigged with 15 minutes ...