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Poems

  • Why?

    Who was the first one to ever askWhy?The first mortal the question or doubt?Whoever he was, was a foolOr incredibly adept, but how should I know?Was he perhapsA philosophical scholarSo ...

    • Poetry
    • Dramatic
    1 min read
  • Express

    The road, the sky, the trees and the buildingsRising all around me, and I can't seeHow life could beWithout you.They hold us down, and make us believeThat somehow what we ...

    • Poetry
    • Lyrical
    1 min read


I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.
— Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X