La Douleur Exquise (8) 3 HM

by Unknown

Dust particles rain like confetti
onto the covers of neglected books...

Gemini (8)

by Maple Tree

It's painful to be a lighthouse,
alone in the sea of raging waters...

Everybody Loses (8)

by Meme

I told you once that calendar
pages never marked new...

Words (Lai) (8) 2 WIN

by Meena Krish

Words, one's defender
yet tends to blunder...

Kuebiko (8) 5 WIN

by Hellon

In a sun-scorched field
he stands...

Coming Home (Tanka) (8)

by Meme

She sat praying near
the outskirts of loneliness...

Burn After Reading (8) 2

by Unknown

I wish I could blow kisses
onto anemic papered lines...

The other side of midnight (8) 4 WIN

by Karla

He tucked her explanations
under the arm...

A town we both know (8) 2

by Poet on the Piano

Here, I am.
I sit wide-eyed and ready for the day...

Like A Woman (8) 2 HM

by Ares

It plays me like an easy tune.
It breaks me down in structures of chords...

Coffee and Fortune Cookies (8)

by Rusheena

As I sip the same cup of coffee I've had since...
I dream of the clouds departing soon...

Of Words. (8) 4 HM

by Steven Beesley

So much is placed
in the written word...