Poetry Forum

When I looked at this poem the first thing I noticed was the shape. Indeed, it does evoke a feeling of losing (losing not lost which is all the better) time like sand falling through an hour glass. I really like your use of no commas as well. Normally that doesn't work but I feel it works well for y...

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum but I'd like to jump right into things. I generally write in iambic pentameter but here's a poem in iambic pentameter (half narrative, half symbolic) that I wrote a few days ago. I'm fifteen but don't let that stop you from being harsh. I'm harder on myself than...