"...You will sing-scream song lyrics
Ripe with ready rage
You will wrap yourself in
A sad girl serenade..."
Sad Girl Serenade by Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/sad-g... #poetry #growingup in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity
Ripe with ready rage
You will wrap yourself in
A sad girl serenade..."
Sad Girl Serenade by Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/sad-g... #poetry #growingup in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity
Sad Girl Serenade
Remembering her
medium.com
September 28, 2026 at 12:35 PM
"...You will sing-scream song lyrics
Ripe with ready rage
You will wrap yourself in
A sad girl serenade..."
Sad Girl Serenade by Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/sad-g... #poetry #growingup in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity
Ripe with ready rage
You will wrap yourself in
A sad girl serenade..."
Sad Girl Serenade by Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/sad-g... #poetry #growingup in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity
At the door, she stopped and looked back at the rows of empty desks.
She gave them a little wave. “See you Monday.”
The Only Person Working for the Company by Takeshi Chin medium.com/lit-up/the-o... #fiction #quietfiction #litfic in the Lit Up press & #litpub #readingcommunity
She gave them a little wave. “See you Monday.”
The Only Person Working for the Company by Takeshi Chin medium.com/lit-up/the-o... #fiction #quietfiction #litfic in the Lit Up press & #litpub #readingcommunity
The Only Person Working for the Company
Hitomi stepped into the office, where rows of empty desks greeted her.
medium.com
September 27, 2026 at 12:05 PM
At the door, she stopped and looked back at the rows of empty desks.
She gave them a little wave. “See you Monday.”
The Only Person Working for the Company by Takeshi Chin medium.com/lit-up/the-o... #fiction #quietfiction #litfic in the Lit Up press & #litpub #readingcommunity
She gave them a little wave. “See you Monday.”
The Only Person Working for the Company by Takeshi Chin medium.com/lit-up/the-o... #fiction #quietfiction #litfic in the Lit Up press & #litpub #readingcommunity
"Before the knowledge that feminism and craft coffee both share many waves..."
My Husband, the High Priest of Caffeine by Arielle Blackburn medium.com/lit-up/my-hu... #creativenonfiction #narrativenonfiction #cnf in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
My Husband, the High Priest of Caffeine by Arielle Blackburn medium.com/lit-up/my-hu... #creativenonfiction #narrativenonfiction #cnf in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
My Husband, the High Priest of Caffeine
For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You do not take pleasure in burnt offering. Psalm 51:16
medium.com
September 27, 2026 at 11:57 AM
"Before the knowledge that feminism and craft coffee both share many waves..."
My Husband, the High Priest of Caffeine by Arielle Blackburn medium.com/lit-up/my-hu... #creativenonfiction #narrativenonfiction #cnf in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
My Husband, the High Priest of Caffeine by Arielle Blackburn medium.com/lit-up/my-hu... #creativenonfiction #narrativenonfiction #cnf in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
"They mourn September and paint over
the kind of memory holes that begin
at fifteen..."
Sonnet for the Good Girls by Todd Heldt medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry #VAW #trauma in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity
the kind of memory holes that begin
at fifteen..."
Sonnet for the Good Girls by Todd Heldt medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry #VAW #trauma in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity
Sonnet for the Good Girls
They mourn September and paint over
the kind of memory holes that begin
at fifteen. Nothing there one day and no
explanation to be found…
medium.com
September 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"They mourn September and paint over
the kind of memory holes that begin
at fifteen..."
Sonnet for the Good Girls by Todd Heldt medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry #VAW #trauma in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity
the kind of memory holes that begin
at fifteen..."
Sonnet for the Good Girls by Todd Heldt medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry #VAW #trauma in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity
"fluffy and tiny
she hops around
the big wide moon..."
The Moon Rabbit by Sowshan medium.com/lit-up/the-m...
#poetry #faith in the Lit Up press #litpub
she hops around
the big wide moon..."
The Moon Rabbit by Sowshan medium.com/lit-up/the-m...
#poetry #faith in the Lit Up press #litpub
The Moon Rabbit
Contemporary lyrical poetry
medium.com
September 25, 2026 at 12:24 PM
"fluffy and tiny
she hops around
the big wide moon..."
The Moon Rabbit by Sowshan medium.com/lit-up/the-m...
#poetry #faith in the Lit Up press #litpub
she hops around
the big wide moon..."
The Moon Rabbit by Sowshan medium.com/lit-up/the-m...
#poetry #faith in the Lit Up press #litpub
"On this day of flowers, the animals follow
the usual path of the sun
ripples coagulate like blood..."
Oxford, August 1941 by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/oxfor... #poetry in @thelituppress #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#Oxford #BridgeofSighs #haiga
the usual path of the sun
ripples coagulate like blood..."
Oxford, August 1941 by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/oxfor... #poetry in @thelituppress #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#Oxford #BridgeofSighs #haiga
Oxford, August 1941
the soft airs of centuries of youth
medium.com
September 25, 2026 at 12:19 PM
"On this day of flowers, the animals follow
the usual path of the sun
ripples coagulate like blood..."
Oxford, August 1941 by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/oxfor... #poetry in @thelituppress #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#Oxford #BridgeofSighs #haiga
the usual path of the sun
ripples coagulate like blood..."
Oxford, August 1941 by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/oxfor... #poetry in @thelituppress #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#Oxford #BridgeofSighs #haiga
"Copa met the question that would haunt him for the rest of his life — When was time first created?.."
Buya, Everywhere by Yang Zefan medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#time #fiction #literaryfiction in The Mad River #litpub and #readingcommunity
Buya, Everywhere by Yang Zefan medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#time #fiction #literaryfiction in The Mad River #litpub and #readingcommunity
Buya, Everywhere
“Perhaps time is a vessel,” she answered with a smile, “that can hold every change inside it.”
medium.com
September 24, 2026 at 12:52 PM
"Copa met the question that would haunt him for the rest of his life — When was time first created?.."
Buya, Everywhere by Yang Zefan medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#time #fiction #literaryfiction in The Mad River #litpub and #readingcommunity
Buya, Everywhere by Yang Zefan medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#time #fiction #literaryfiction in The Mad River #litpub and #readingcommunity
"And now, here I am, just about to be swallowed, feet first, into the stomach of the MRI beast..."
Half Life by @malorynye.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/half-...
#fiction #chronicillness #ChronicFatigue in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #readingcommunity
Half Life by @malorynye.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/half-...
#fiction #chronicillness #ChronicFatigue in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #readingcommunity
Half Life
In the gaps and spaces of Asthenia, a life of chronic fatigue
medium.com
September 22, 2026 at 8:55 AM
"And now, here I am, just about to be swallowed, feet first, into the stomach of the MRI beast..."
Half Life by @malorynye.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/half-...
#fiction #chronicillness #ChronicFatigue in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #readingcommunity
Half Life by @malorynye.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/half-...
#fiction #chronicillness #ChronicFatigue in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #readingcommunity
"...Days dragged and minutes raced.
The seasons nagged:
“Don’t forget your coat.”..."
#read the rest of the #poem in the Lit Up press
#litpub and #poetrycommunity
Late Summer Night’s Dream by Jean Campbell medium.com/lit-up/late-...
#poetry to #share
The seasons nagged:
“Don’t forget your coat.”..."
#read the rest of the #poem in the Lit Up press
#litpub and #poetrycommunity
Late Summer Night’s Dream by Jean Campbell medium.com/lit-up/late-...
#poetry to #share
Late Summer Night's Dream
Lit Up | Poetry Change in Seasons Free Verse Summer embers sparked once upon a Time when we wore heat like cowboy hats coasting on blue evening streets — in, and out of whichever house, drawn like …
medium.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:50 AM
"...Days dragged and minutes raced.
The seasons nagged:
“Don’t forget your coat.”..."
#read the rest of the #poem in the Lit Up press
#litpub and #poetrycommunity
Late Summer Night’s Dream by Jean Campbell medium.com/lit-up/late-...
#poetry to #share
The seasons nagged:
“Don’t forget your coat.”..."
#read the rest of the #poem in the Lit Up press
#litpub and #poetrycommunity
Late Summer Night’s Dream by Jean Campbell medium.com/lit-up/late-...
#poetry to #share
"On the edge of my friend’s forest there is a tree..."
The Bluebird Tree by Kris J Leonard medium.com/lit-up/the-b... #poetry #friendship in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
The Bluebird Tree by Kris J Leonard medium.com/lit-up/the-b... #poetry #friendship in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
The Bluebird Tree
On the edge of my friend’s forest there is a tree.
medium.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:43 AM
"On the edge of my friend’s forest there is a tree..."
The Bluebird Tree by Kris J Leonard medium.com/lit-up/the-b... #poetry #friendship in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
The Bluebird Tree by Kris J Leonard medium.com/lit-up/the-b... #poetry #friendship in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"...I haven’t moved.
How could I?
Without you?..."
The Love I Always Dreamed Of by No Blabs medium.com/lit-up/the-l...
#poetry #micropoetry #love #loss #grief in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
How could I?
Without you?..."
The Love I Always Dreamed Of by No Blabs medium.com/lit-up/the-l...
#poetry #micropoetry #love #loss #grief in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
The Love I Always Dreamed Of
A birthday I always remember
medium.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:35 AM
"...I haven’t moved.
How could I?
Without you?..."
The Love I Always Dreamed Of by No Blabs medium.com/lit-up/the-l...
#poetry #micropoetry #love #loss #grief in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
How could I?
Without you?..."
The Love I Always Dreamed Of by No Blabs medium.com/lit-up/the-l...
#poetry #micropoetry #love #loss #grief in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"I am another victim of
18-wheeler inspiration.
I am full of poetry
like a swollen deer on the side
of Highway 37, about to burst
with off-gassed enjambments..."
#read it all
Roadkill by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity
18-wheeler inspiration.
I am full of poetry
like a swollen deer on the side
of Highway 37, about to burst
with off-gassed enjambments..."
#read it all
Roadkill by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity
Roadkill
I am full of poetry
medium.com
September 20, 2026 at 10:25 AM
"I am another victim of
18-wheeler inspiration.
I am full of poetry
like a swollen deer on the side
of Highway 37, about to burst
with off-gassed enjambments..."
#read it all
Roadkill by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity
18-wheeler inspiration.
I am full of poetry
like a swollen deer on the side
of Highway 37, about to burst
with off-gassed enjambments..."
#read it all
Roadkill by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"Under an empty blue sky, the body collapsed and broken in last night’s snow is a celebration of winter..."
Two Red Winters by Martyn Sullivan medium.com/lit-up/two-r...
#fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
#read and #share a #shortstory today
Two Red Winters by Martyn Sullivan medium.com/lit-up/two-r...
#fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
#read and #share a #shortstory today
Two Red Winters
Under an empty blue sky, the body collapsed and broken in last night’s snow is a celebration of winter. The fur on its back is textured…
medium.com
September 20, 2026 at 9:58 AM
"Under an empty blue sky, the body collapsed and broken in last night’s snow is a celebration of winter..."
Two Red Winters by Martyn Sullivan medium.com/lit-up/two-r...
#fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
#read and #share a #shortstory today
Two Red Winters by Martyn Sullivan medium.com/lit-up/two-r...
#fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
#read and #share a #shortstory today
"...When someone unfurls you whole
for the first time, shame, a feather
spinning in the air, object of gravity..."
Atonement by Todd Heldt medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#read and #share a #poem today
for the first time, shame, a feather
spinning in the air, object of gravity..."
Atonement by Todd Heldt medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#read and #share a #poem today
Atonement
Free verse
medium.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:54 AM
"...When someone unfurls you whole
for the first time, shame, a feather
spinning in the air, object of gravity..."
Atonement by Todd Heldt medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#read and #share a #poem today
for the first time, shame, a feather
spinning in the air, object of gravity..."
Atonement by Todd Heldt medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#read and #share a #poem today
"They came by necessity
The chosen twin and his
Family of promise at the edge of starvation..."
Take My Bones Away from Here by Arielle Blackburn medium.com/lit-up/take-... #poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#holocaust
The chosen twin and his
Family of promise at the edge of starvation..."
Take My Bones Away from Here by Arielle Blackburn medium.com/lit-up/take-... #poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#holocaust
Take My Bones Away from Here
A poem weaving together ancient and modern family history
medium.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:44 AM
"They came by necessity
The chosen twin and his
Family of promise at the edge of starvation..."
Take My Bones Away from Here by Arielle Blackburn medium.com/lit-up/take-... #poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#holocaust
The chosen twin and his
Family of promise at the edge of starvation..."
Take My Bones Away from Here by Arielle Blackburn medium.com/lit-up/take-... #poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#holocaust
"A long night with a haunting hangover: a thick heart ache..."
All the light we cannot see by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/all-t...
#poetry #prosepoetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
All the light we cannot see by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/all-t...
#poetry #prosepoetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
All the light we cannot see
“My glass is full, and now my glass is run,
And now I live, and now my life is done.” **
medium.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:38 AM
"A long night with a haunting hangover: a thick heart ache..."
All the light we cannot see by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/all-t...
#poetry #prosepoetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
All the light we cannot see by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/all-t...
#poetry #prosepoetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"...That day, a single rose bloomed
outside the window.
A petal fell against the glass,
like the last glow of the evening sky..."
I Was Only Lucky by Charles Chen medium.com/lit-up/i-was...
#childhood #trauma
#poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
outside the window.
A petal fell against the glass,
like the last glow of the evening sky..."
I Was Only Lucky by Charles Chen medium.com/lit-up/i-was...
#childhood #trauma
#poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
I Was Only Lucky
Free verse
medium.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:33 AM
"...That day, a single rose bloomed
outside the window.
A petal fell against the glass,
like the last glow of the evening sky..."
I Was Only Lucky by Charles Chen medium.com/lit-up/i-was...
#childhood #trauma
#poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
outside the window.
A petal fell against the glass,
like the last glow of the evening sky..."
I Was Only Lucky by Charles Chen medium.com/lit-up/i-was...
#childhood #trauma
#poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"the world decides to wear its winter coat
a thing of quills and bristles
a venom that seeps into bone..."
ode to the edge by Mark Kessinger in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity
medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry #climatechange
#share a #poem make a difference in the world
a thing of quills and bristles
a venom that seeps into bone..."
ode to the edge by Mark Kessinger in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity
medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry #climatechange
#share a #poem make a difference in the world
ode to the edge
by Mark Kessinger
medium.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM
"the world decides to wear its winter coat
a thing of quills and bristles
a venom that seeps into bone..."
ode to the edge by Mark Kessinger in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity
medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry #climatechange
#share a #poem make a difference in the world
a thing of quills and bristles
a venom that seeps into bone..."
ode to the edge by Mark Kessinger in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity
medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry #climatechange
#share a #poem make a difference in the world
"“Why do you always need to be understood, Celesta?”..."
Figure Skating by Nina medium.com/lit-up/figur... #fiction #quickread in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity another tale from the Grey Zone
Figure Skating by Nina medium.com/lit-up/figur... #fiction #quickread in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity another tale from the Grey Zone
Figure Skating
“Sometimes I feel like I am my art. Someone to observe, desire, take pictures of, and then walk away from.”
medium.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:48 AM
"“Why do you always need to be understood, Celesta?”..."
Figure Skating by Nina medium.com/lit-up/figur... #fiction #quickread in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity another tale from the Grey Zone
Figure Skating by Nina medium.com/lit-up/figur... #fiction #quickread in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity another tale from the Grey Zone
"“You still see me, right?” she asks shakily..."
She Feared This All Along by Leigh Victoria Phan
medium.com/lit-up/she-f...
#quickread #fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
She Feared This All Along by Leigh Victoria Phan
medium.com/lit-up/she-f...
#quickread #fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
She Feared This All Along
Her mother tells her everything
medium.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:41 AM
"“You still see me, right?” she asks shakily..."
She Feared This All Along by Leigh Victoria Phan
medium.com/lit-up/she-f...
#quickread #fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
She Feared This All Along by Leigh Victoria Phan
medium.com/lit-up/she-f...
#quickread #fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
How does joy feel?
"...it’s painted everywhere —
not with brushes but
the way the light
falls and the shadows
dance alive..."
To: Jesus@heaven, buddha@nirvana, et al/&3,023 more recipients
From: A.lost@soul
medium.com/lit-up/to-je... #poetry #joy in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"...it’s painted everywhere —
not with brushes but
the way the light
falls and the shadows
dance alive..."
To: Jesus@heaven, buddha@nirvana, et al/&3,023 more recipients
From: A.lost@soul
medium.com/lit-up/to-je... #poetry #joy in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
To: Jesus@heaven, buddha@nirvana, et al/&3,023 more recipients
From: A.lost@soul
cc Lit Up on Medium
medium.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:11 AM
How does joy feel?
"...it’s painted everywhere —
not with brushes but
the way the light
falls and the shadows
dance alive..."
To: Jesus@heaven, buddha@nirvana, et al/&3,023 more recipients
From: A.lost@soul
medium.com/lit-up/to-je... #poetry #joy in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"...it’s painted everywhere —
not with brushes but
the way the light
falls and the shadows
dance alive..."
To: Jesus@heaven, buddha@nirvana, et al/&3,023 more recipients
From: A.lost@soul
medium.com/lit-up/to-je... #poetry #joy in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
"For the Edwards & the Adas, and the Agathas & Alfs,
For the host and crowd of ‘old ‘uns’ ‘going south’..."
FREE SPEECH by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/free-... #poetry #freespeech in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#read & #share a #poem today
For the host and crowd of ‘old ‘uns’ ‘going south’..."
FREE SPEECH by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/free-... #poetry #freespeech in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#read & #share a #poem today
FREE SPEECH
If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. Orwell
medium.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:05 AM
"For the Edwards & the Adas, and the Agathas & Alfs,
For the host and crowd of ‘old ‘uns’ ‘going south’..."
FREE SPEECH by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/free-... #poetry #freespeech in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#read & #share a #poem today
For the host and crowd of ‘old ‘uns’ ‘going south’..."
FREE SPEECH by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/free-... #poetry #freespeech in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#read & #share a #poem today
"…no wonder that
our kids are gone to hell with folks like you..."
MITChell by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/mitch...
#fiction #scifi #horror in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
Not up to date? Links to all parts in the #story
our kids are gone to hell with folks like you..."
MITChell by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/mitch...
#fiction #scifi #horror in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
Not up to date? Links to all parts in the #story
MITChell
PART 71: INT. HOOSIER UPLANDS SERVER ROOM — MORNING
medium.com
September 12, 2026 at 9:11 AM
"…no wonder that
our kids are gone to hell with folks like you..."
MITChell by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/mitch...
#fiction #scifi #horror in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
Not up to date? Links to all parts in the #story
our kids are gone to hell with folks like you..."
MITChell by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/mitch...
#fiction #scifi #horror in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
Not up to date? Links to all parts in the #story
"With Abel by my side, an aura bright,
His mind a tome where wisdom’s words did rest,
We chased ideals, bathed in the morning’s light..."
Some people you lose without anyone dying by Ermias Alem Tadesse medium.com/lit-up/some-...
#poetry #loss #friendship #gaming in Lit Up #litpub & #poetrycommunity
His mind a tome where wisdom’s words did rest,
We chased ideals, bathed in the morning’s light..."
Some people you lose without anyone dying by Ermias Alem Tadesse medium.com/lit-up/some-...
#poetry #loss #friendship #gaming in Lit Up #litpub & #poetrycommunity
Some people you lose without anyone dying
Bright
medium.com
September 11, 2026 at 12:34 PM
"With Abel by my side, an aura bright,
His mind a tome where wisdom’s words did rest,
We chased ideals, bathed in the morning’s light..."
Some people you lose without anyone dying by Ermias Alem Tadesse medium.com/lit-up/some-...
#poetry #loss #friendship #gaming in Lit Up #litpub & #poetrycommunity
His mind a tome where wisdom’s words did rest,
We chased ideals, bathed in the morning’s light..."
Some people you lose without anyone dying by Ermias Alem Tadesse medium.com/lit-up/some-...
#poetry #loss #friendship #gaming in Lit Up #litpub & #poetrycommunity
"...Spray-tanned baby with diaper-changing lady
Screaming, spittle flies
Nonsense words come spilling out
Sycophants soothe the tyrant’s cries..."
Little Enough to Time Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/littl... #poetry #resitancepoetry #humour in the Lit Up press #litpub & #poetrycommunity
Screaming, spittle flies
Nonsense words come spilling out
Sycophants soothe the tyrant’s cries..."
Little Enough to Time Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/littl... #poetry #resitancepoetry #humour in the Lit Up press #litpub & #poetrycommunity
Little Enough to Time
On tiny pretend astronauts and overgrown diaper babies
medium.com
September 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM
"...Spray-tanned baby with diaper-changing lady
Screaming, spittle flies
Nonsense words come spilling out
Sycophants soothe the tyrant’s cries..."
Little Enough to Time Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/littl... #poetry #resitancepoetry #humour in the Lit Up press #litpub & #poetrycommunity
Screaming, spittle flies
Nonsense words come spilling out
Sycophants soothe the tyrant’s cries..."
Little Enough to Time Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/littl... #poetry #resitancepoetry #humour in the Lit Up press #litpub & #poetrycommunity