PoetryMine Submissions
Write one original poem (60–150 words) in free verse that captures a moment of transition or transformation. Use imagery, metaphor, or symbolism to convey your idea. Submissions must be original, unpublished, and follow the theme.
Written By: Multiple Authors
I will no longer carry the weight of expectations on my shoulders...I am the light at the end of a
- Written By: Godson Jay
- January 30, 2026
- 6 Comments
One minute, Selling hopeful dreams to a slave, The next, Buying his last breath— at a discount.
- Written By: TL Ancestor
- January 30, 2026
- 10 Comments
Astagfirullah!” Fifteen years a poem, and my pen still makes dua. Perhaps one day, the angel of death will be
- Written By: Aishat Oshiokpekhai
- January 30, 2026
- 12 Comments
Yet a focus on their own lane, a return to their centre, would become a life well lived and a
- Written By: Owoidighe Alphonsus
- January 30, 2026
- 2 Comments
Let darkness forgive light. Let day forgive night. Let the birds of the air sing David's song. Melodies that quench
- Written By: Adeniji Oluwatobi Daniel
- January 24, 2026
- 5 Comments
And if he wonders why the fire is low, tell him that life took its fill, it reached inside and
- Written By: Daniel Francis
- January 24, 2026
- 3 Comments
By morning, calm returned the sky. Only then did I understand, heaven had come down in fury, and I had
- Written By: Bọlarinwa John Olaposi
- January 22, 2026
- 8 Comments
The village I sang to and the world I'll sing to soon, On and on around in my country boots,
- Written By: Marvell Ojumayi
- January 22, 2026
- 36 Comments
By dusk, I got that call. The one buzz that changed it all. That single loamy conversation gave stem to
- Written By: Andre O’Neil.
- January 22, 2026
- One Comment
She prays without sound; The words stay inside her chest, Like a bird that refuses to fly.
- Written By: Destar Freeman
- January 21, 2026
- 14 Comments