My mind spins fast like a jet in the sky In summers heat and winters cold one text becomes like a crime scene I control and control like a separated piece Sleep feels far as long distances My bed turns as rocks I regret and again I think Each second feels like a curse on me My peace turns as ...Read more

Our judges were absolutely gobsmacked after reading all your entries for the prompt. But since, there can be only one winner among so many amazing entries, Penaiku presents proudly to you our Poet of the Week, @a_p_wyndham as the winner of DAILY PROMPT #CONTEST Our judges, while choosing this...Read more

chaos i learned to sto calling it destruction it was just life happening too loudly ↓ r u i n is what i called myself when I didn’t know I was still becoming ↑ and still, I ...Read more

Perpetual loss demonstrated in silence. People love these whispered breaths, Gliding over silent hills, a sigh of summer breeze. But today I walk away. Persistent absurdities are in chaos within me. I will let my mask tear apart, Scream till my lungs give up. Art a strange dance to my eight stars....Read more

RUIN ART I ruined my art and left it behind me I TRACED the cracks Wondering if I should make it again or let it be Yet in the quiet silence I let it become another art I carry my calmness everywhere But I promise not to ruin it again and care You called it damage but I called it hardwork ...Read more

So it's true, what ruins us will eventually save us. On the other side of chaos is another forest, Spacious, full of leaves, brown and soft, Enter, strip off your shadow from your shoulder. Begin here in this possibility that the O in the wound is a door through which all wonder resides. •wo...Read more

What escapes my throat? It cannot be my voice, This unfamiliar note. I never made the choice To thrum my pain in art, Trick the crowd's rejoice, But melody is where I start; Harmony is what they see, Discordant in the heart— This lying jubilee.

forgive me for my excitement. i have stayed close to chaos for too long. i have always regarded love as gold, now i know, it's worthless even if found in the deep unless it seeks for you too. ~ prompt words used: forgive, chaos

CONTEST ALERT! ⚠️ Pick two words from the following: throat forgive ruin art chaos With the words you've picked, Use it to write a poem in only 10 lines. Remember, brevity is what we are looking out for. The winning poem will get a feature on our official Penaiku Instagram page. Wait! The ...Read more