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 contemporary poetry 

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Latest contemporary poetry Articles

There Is So Much Shade Going On In The Poetry Community And It Needs To Stop

There Is So Much Shade Going On In The Poetry Community And It Needs To Stop

Sade Andria Zabala Sade Andria Zabala
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Poetry, like any other art, is subjective.

I Fear Anxiety Is All I’ll Ever Know

I Fear Anxiety Is All I’ll Ever Know

Marie Cyperin Marie Cyperin
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I want to live without the jaws of fear and the bars of anxiety.

A Part Of You Will Always Smell Like He Used To

A Part Of You Will Always Smell Like He Used To

Kapadia Palak
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But a part of you will always smell like he used to
because it doesn’t know how not to
because for a long time, you smelled just like that too.

The Thought Catalog Book You Should Read, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

The Thought Catalog Book You Should Read, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

Samantha King Samantha King
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Sagittarius: From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling the World.

Limit To Your Love

Limit To Your Love

Ana Sofia Ferrara Ana Sofia Ferrara
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You believe in logic.
I believe in energy.
It’s tragic.

Things I Never Told Anyone About How I Wasted My Talent

Things I Never Told Anyone About How I Wasted My Talent

Ioana Casapu Ioana Casapu
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I did not want to become just a poet of the internet
Picking anguish and appreciation here and there
Depending on what’s user friendly or not
Depending of thumbs ups.

Olivia Gatwood’s Debut Poetry Collection Is The Book I Wish I Had As A Teenage Girl

Olivia Gatwood’s Debut Poetry Collection Is The Book I Wish I Had As A Teenage Girl

Ari Eastman Ari Eastman
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To say Olivia Gatwood is a powerhouse of a poet still somehow feels like an undersell.

A Letter To My Future Self

A Letter To My Future Self

Bernike Jacinta Effendi Bernike Jacinta Effendi
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Dear self, I know I am struggling at the moment I am facing a whole lot of doubts and low self-esteem I am facing anxieties about the dreams that I am going to pursue, for me, for the both of…

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