Poetry Archives - Literary Heist

Balkan Women

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Dario Cvencek 0

On generational trauma.

Left Overs

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Marc Janssen 0

I wrote this after washing dishes by hand one day.

Miracle Pill

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Bunny Moon 0

A sarcastic description of a TV drug commercial.

Magic land

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Lindy Weller 0

About addiction and how sometimes being young and reckless we make choices that have bigger consequences than we realize.

could have

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Scott Taylor 0

i could have wished for wisdom beyond my years,
i could have been detached, amused…

How Much?

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Michael Braswell 1

Contrasts the malnutrition and starvation that plagues the poor in much of the world, especially among children.

Schadenfreude

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Mohit Saini 0

Depicts characters who glow at the sound of breaking glass, collecting fragments of misfortune as trophies.

Cityscape

September 20, 2025September 20, 2025Matthew Ellis 0

Walks the line between urban downtown life and nature, the desire for more greenery, and some of the stress there.

The Truth About Money

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Jasmine Coady 0

A palindromic poem with mixed messages.

Genderless God

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Augustine Oghanrandukun 0

A poem to support voiceless transsexuals and transgenders in the BIPOC. It is written in tradition of the sonnet, but in iambic tetrametre.

Generic Plan B

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Kirstian Lezubski 0

In my landlocked city where the rivers meet seagulls
circle the sunrise to the slow crash of traffic.

In Search of Rare Earths

June 20, 2025September 20, 2025Daniel de Culla 0

On the madness of certain rulers in their search for rare earths at gunpoint.

the cause of personal big bang conserved in a malformed dome

June 20, 2025September 20, 2025Tobias Seim 0

the cause of personal big bang conserved in a malformed dome
my head is reduced to a snow globe

Noon Day Demon

June 20, 2025September 20, 2025Joan McNerney 0

After is repeated because this is repeated over and over again in the US and elsewhere. Human life does not account for much. Sad but true.

My so called life

June 20, 2025September 20, 2025Lindy Weller 0

A description of how my daily fight through this life feels.

Return to My Asheville

June 20, 2025September 20, 2025Jeremy Giles 0

Jeremy moved to Asheville less than 3 weeks before hurricane Helene hit. 9 months later, he leaves. In this poem he returns, 40 years later.

What Is Life?

June 20, 2025September 20, 2025Duane Anderson 0

I exist on earth after my birth, and I am constantly doing something to keep my life going; if I don’t, then it is no longer worth existing.

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