Most discussed stories

An Apricot the Size of a Heart

10221022 views77 comments55 favs

I dreamt, said the Donkey, of an apricot. An apricot the size of a heart. …

My Own Gun

999999 views77 comments55 favs

“What's a slut?”

Geode

12661266 views77 comments44 favs

There is a rock somewhere with the truth of the sky in it, the glitter of otherworldly charms that falsify the ugliness of the literal.

Doppio Macchiato

12311231 views77 comments88 favs

Sulawesi-Kalosi brews bitter and watery without proper care.

Cripple

14181418 views77 comments22 favs

"I know," Timothy explained, "he can't use it. He's a cripple." No one else seemed to understand.

Protection

11871187 views77 comments44 favs

You're a good dog, she whispered to him, a good brave dog. Her face was tight with soap.

Politicouscous I

748748 views77 comments33 favs

Were the coffee and gas not cheap,/ and in the case of the coffee, good,/ I’d never stop again.

A Boy Named Suicide

15001500 views77 comments55 favs

Came to admire Kiyoko Matsumoto. Japanese. Aged 19. Lesbian. 1933. Jumped into a volcano.

"A bit less hot Tuesday"

11211121 views77 comments66 favs

The faces of the sun remain unaltered across the seven day forecast. I am sweat-glued to a poem, looking up at the wall-mounted TV in a diner in the Valley

Where Has All the Laughter Gone?

708708 views77 comments55 favs

The despair that comes and goes is here again I saw a woman who was holding herself As she walked past, as if a fire were about to Lunge out of her parts She was in such great need of being held The despair that comes and goes is here again

A Documentary About Sharks

15471547 views77 comments11 fav

As I lean over the chrome rail and look at the floor on the street level of the mall, I ask myself a question. If I was to fall, I wonder if it would be better to land and lie there with my eyes open or closed. Closed, I decide, would make me look like I was at peace, open…

Band Names For Sale. Inquire Within

12301230 views77 comments44 favs

Mythical Itch and the Unicorns Working Late Jacuzzi Floozy One Erection Diego Rivera’s Poncho Frieda’s Moustache Avalanche Babushka Dolls Photographic Mammary Drool Sir Gruntsalot Uber Rubber Iota Pie Elder Geese Ladylike Rud

I Want You

11281128 views77 comments77 favs

to have something, but I don't think you need anything from me. There are poems that belong in your hair and no one else's. They should be like stars that only appear every one thousand years or so, then can only be seen when you are…

Nemesis

11611161 views77 comments44 favs

Kids said the boiler room was haunted. I don’t know if it was true then but it sure is now.

The Investigator

13341334 views77 comments44 favs

The investigator starts by accumulating facts, as many facts as he can. He sifts through them with meticulous precision, leaving no leaf unturned, no page unread.

We Put a Smile Back on Your Face

18451845 views77 comments66 favs

Her voice mail announced: “I’m coming for three days...Make sure the dog hair’s cleaned up, I have allergies.”

The Sadness That Can Be Gulliver’s Travels

860860 views77 comments44 favs

One day, he decided instead to be-pet them,

A Quiet Noise

10171017 views77 comments33 favs

the sun is quiet like the mountains, the birds except for their wings

Self-Portrait of Someone Else (excerpt)

15611561 views77 comments33 favs

Recently I think I became someone else. When the alarm clock rings in the morning, it sounds sharper than usual; getting up, my feet don't seem to quite touch the floor; looking into my bathroom mirror, my face seems to be melting, sliding, my eyes dri

M. Nerveux Chronicles: Toad Suffers a Bad Business

10521052 views77 comments88 favs

Herr Toad smokin'

Nevertheless The Plan Was Not Implemented

20452045 views77 comments55 favs

Thomas Friedman was right when he said, “Much of this biodiversity in Indonesia is now under threat.” It had been this way since gasoline became currency; I remember bartering with The Governance for the newest edition of The Guinness Book of

They Would Judge His Trespasses

11061106 views77 comments22 favs

They waited until the crowd was gone before making their move. Gill kept watch while Warren bypassed the lock. “You sure about this?” Gill whispered. Voices echoed down the hall of the museum.

Momma and Me

13191319 views77 comments66 favs

On Saturdays, we pull out big white poster boards, magic markers, and draw babies.

Owl, Glass, Deer

12281228 views77 comments44 favs

He calls it an owl glass: he’s allowed: he’s six.

Kill it

13621362 views77 comments66 favs

my dog had a tumor

My Dad was a ditch digger

11191119 views77 comments66 favs

men sitting on stoops women earning the rent by working as servants in the rich folks yard

Skindeep

930930 views77 comments66 favs

I feel a hand on my leg, and look down to see the little girl touching the horse on my ankle.

Iowa

10811081 views77 comments66 favs

"It was John-Darren who once told me that he felt sorry for women."

why are we feeding the lawyer?

12421242 views77 comments11 fav

They were press­ing her about the money, it was always about the money.

Remarkable Depths of Semantic Ambiguity

15861586 views77 comments77 favs

Thank you for submitting your epic poem I, I, I for consideration. While we are encouraged that you have relented from the ruthless self-endictment you affected so unconvincingly in your previous entry, Why Am I...