Open Arts Forum
Opens in a new tab
Open Arts Forum archive

Poetry

Submit your poetrySubmit your fictionSubmit your photographySubmit your artSubmit your musicSubmit your writingSubmit your nonfictionSubmit your readingSubmit your mediaSubmit your drama
AvalonPoetry

Avalon

HughLemmaMarch 23, 2023

There can be a lot of waiting, but that's ok, he noted as we leaned into the night and the sky became a window to…

THE TOME OF THE UNKNOWN POETPoetry

THE TOME OF THE UNKNOWN POET

Daniel J. Flore IIIMarch 22, 2023

I had a big book of haikus that I lost to homelessness which is a haiku in itself but it hurts too much to…

.equinox.Art, Poetry

.equinox.

Sonja Benskin MesherMarch 16, 2023

something is changing here, so slight it can hardly be noticed. yet it has been.  a feeling, came with the light rain. the quietness. all…

11 Million ButtonsPoetry

11 Million Buttons

Tom StrongMarch 14, 2023

No yellow brick road. It’s fire brick, used for ovens. A walkway cul-de-sac not a scenic drive. Buttons of every size, shape, color &…

STORIES ARE EMPIRES WAITING TO COLLAPSEPoetry

STORIES ARE EMPIRES WAITING TO COLLAPSE

Nathalie SpaansMarch 12, 2023

Stuff tulips in your mouth Don't deny your heritage Dutch girl. If you have intelligence, sadness and an innocent face I stick to you.…

..here..Art, Poetry

..here..

Sonja Benskin MesherMarch 10, 2023

find the chosen pathways watch the birds and wild flowers grow below the scene plays out with wildlife as punctuation

Elegy at Antelope CanyonPoetry

Elegy at Antelope Canyon

Sara ClancyMarch 7, 2023

There were a thousand stars reflected in a schist rock bowl of rain. One of them was mercy though you claimed you didn't know…

..little scar..Art, Poetry

..little scar..

Sonja Benskin MesherMarch 6, 2023

fear of this and that of nothing in particular that no one else  will understand

Every NightPoetry

Every Night

Dale PattersonMarch 5, 2023

While asleep on my back, fingers jitter, type a worrisome montage of scenes, beginning with a fall from a harp player’s sky to an…

The First LessonPoetry

The First Lesson

Cameron McClureMarch 1, 2023

things i haven’t done since primary school eaten tapioca pudding with rose hip syrup asked a girl the color of her knickers won a…

The Book of UnknowingPoetry, Showcase

The Book of Unknowing

Richard OyamaFebruary 27, 2023

The Book of Unknowing 1 What is this scrim between Music and the self? Who is incarcerated for The crime of lucidity? 2 How…