Our Poetry Collection

The Shared Exhaustion of New Parents

We pass like ships in pale moonlight,In the long watches of the night.A whispered word, a knowing glance,A tired and delirious dance.Our sentences are left half-done,Our battles ha...

The Melancholy of an Abandoned Playground

The swings hang still, in chains of rust,Their seats are filmed with grime and dust.The slide reflects a vacant sky,Where joyful shouts would once fly by.A carousel of ghosts goes...

The Warmth of the First Spring Sun

You close your eyes, you turn your face,To this forgotten, warm embrace.It soaks into your winter bones,And silences your weary groans.It is a promise, soft and deep,Of secrets tha...

The Comfort of a Perfectly Worn-In Thing

The handle smoothed by countless grips,The subtle dip where my thumb slips.The faded chair that knows my shape,A comfortable and soft escape.No shine of new, no sharp design,Just p...

The Time Machine of a TV Theme Song

Just ten short notes, a synth-pop beat,From some forgotten, childish treat.And suddenly, the years collapse,Avoiding all my mental traps.I'm on the floor, the rug is brown,In my sm...

The Ghost of a 90s Fast-Food Restaurant

The teal and purple, jagged lines,The strange and geometric designs.The plastic booths in faded red,The silent words that were not said.This building's now some other thing,But I s...

The Secret Joy of a Cancelled Plan

The phone buzzes, a message seen,'So sorry, can't, let's reconvene.'And oh, the shame, the dark delight,That floods my soul with purest light.An evening, gifted back to me,A sudden...

The Moment You First See Your Parents as People

You see the gray, the careful sigh,The distant worry in their eye.The story that they've never told,Of how they, too, grew tired and old.The role is shed, the curtain falls,And som...

The Knowing Nod of the Fellow Dog Walker

We see each other from afar,Beneath the morning's sleepy star.We check the leash, we pull them close,A silent truce, as instinct knows.A knowing nod, a subtle glance,A shared and b...