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 Submissions must be original, unpublished, and follow the theme.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
Do past failures mean I cannot be a saviour?Do past mistakes rob me of success?...failure is never the end...
- Written By: Yaqub Najibullah
- March 18, 2026
- 63 Comments
The pain of conformation eventually fades away, leaving scars that serve as footprints to the gates of metamorphosis.
- Written By: Stephen Odoziaku
- March 15, 2026
- 12 Comments
freedom is yours, No more joyless hashtags as it was in our days, Only a smiling face, days of struggles
- Written By: Daniel Christopher
- March 6, 2026
- 2 Comments
but here am I pounding my precious stones into fine gems that embellish my page tonight. It is poetry again,
- Written By: Ayomide Ruth Taiwo
- February 20, 2026
- 4 Comments
Our ending made no sound. We just became familiar strangers sitting together but worlds apart, and the silence spoke louder
- Written By: Lucy Ephraim
- February 20, 2026
- 7 Comments
in this jigsaw puzzle, maybe i've got the cow grazing on top of the tree. ...with uncertainty, still i write.
- Written By: Terngu Nyior
- February 20, 2026
- 65 Comments
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
- 11 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
- 3 Comments