May
1
Laundry Day by Janay Blakley
Eden by Janay Blakley
Renewed by Janay Blakley
Space by Janay Blakley
Not Another Love Poem by Janay Blakley
A Letter to My Future Lover by Janay Blakley
Laundry Day by Janay Blakley
Eden by Janay Blakley
Renewed by Janay Blakley
Space by Janay Blakley
Not Another Love Poem by Janay Blakley
A Letter to My Future Lover by Janay Blakley
“Would you love a flower that bloomed in the dark?”
~ Janay Blakley, Eden
2
Fierce by Janay Blakley
Reflections by Janay Blakley
One Day by Janay Blakley
Long by Janay Blakley
I Am a Poet by Janay Blakley
Happy Poems Don’t Win Pulitzer Prizes by Janay Blakley
Fierce by Janay Blakley
Reflections by Janay Blakley
One Day by Janay Blakley
Long by Janay Blakley
I Am a Poet by Janay Blakley
Happy Poems Don’t Win Pulitzer Prizes by Janay Blakley
“I am a poet because I see the world
every shade
every hue
I am a poet
and so are you”
~ Janay Blakley, I Am a Poet
3
Exhale by Janay Blakley
In Honor of Francis de Sales by Janay Blakley
Rain by Janay Blakley
Awake by Janay Blakley
Memories by Janay Blakley
Jacob’s Ladder by Janay Blakley
Exhale by Janay Blakley
In Honor of Francis de Sales by Janay Blakley
Rain by Janay Blakley
Awake by Janay Blakley
Memories by Janay Blakley
Jacob’s Ladder by Janay Blakley
“Today
on this day
I have hope anew”
~ Janay Blakley, Awake
4
For the First Time by Juliette Sobanet
In the Meadow by Juliette Sobanet
There Will Be Fire by Juliette Sobanet
The Silence of Freedom by Juliette Sobanet
A New Normal by Juliette Sobanet
The Gems I Will Not Hide by Juliette Sobanet
For the First Time by Juliette Sobanet
In the Meadow by Juliette Sobanet
There Will Be Fire by Juliette Sobanet
The Silence of Freedom by Juliette Sobanet
A New Normal by Juliette Sobanet
The Gems I Will Not Hide by Juliette Sobanet
“Sweeter than honey
are the moments
when I give myself
the youth we never had”
~ Juliette Sobanet, The Silence of Freedom
5
Broken, I Am Not by Juliette Sobanet
Near the Light by Juliette Sobanet
Start Again by Juliette Sobanet
A Hazard by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Silent Screams by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Happy Days by Ladywarrior16
Broken, I Am Not by Juliette Sobanet
Near the Light by Juliette Sobanet
Start Again by Juliette Sobanet
A Hazard by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Silent Screams by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Happy Days by Ladywarrior16
“Your heartbeat
sings a song only you can hear”
~ Juliette Sobanet, Start Again
6
Cinderella by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Pulse by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Waiting for You by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Burning Paradise by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Toxicity by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Black Widow by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Cinderella by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Pulse by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Waiting for You by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Burning Paradise by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Toxicity by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Black Widow by Edwin Betancourt Jr
“Music once filled the air of this beautiful paradise”
~ Edwin Betancourt Jr, Burning Paradise
7
Cupid Ate My Heart! by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Get Out of My Head! by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Love (2020) by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Love Never Loved Me by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Why? by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Play it Back by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Cupid Ate My Heart! by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Get Out of My Head! by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Love (2020) by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Love Never Loved Me by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Why? by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Play it Back by Edwin Betancourt Jr
“Why do I love you?
There’s no reason at all… I just do.”
~ Edwin Betancourt Jr, Why?
8
Grounded by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Tell Me! by Edwin Betancourt Jr
My Curse by Edwin Betancourt Jr
In My Dream by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Poisoned Apple by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Find a Way by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Grounded by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Tell Me! by Edwin Betancourt Jr
My Curse by Edwin Betancourt Jr
In My Dream by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Poisoned Apple by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Find a Way by Edwin Betancourt Jr
“But I’ll find a way,
I will always find a way.”
~ Edwin Betancourt Jr, Find a Way
9
The Door by Edwin Betancourt Jr
The Swan Song by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Dr. Jekyll and Hyde by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Rain Will Fall by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Love Sick by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Crown of Thorns by Edwin Betancourt Jr
The Door by Edwin Betancourt Jr
The Swan Song by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Dr. Jekyll and Hyde by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Rain Will Fall by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Love Sick by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Crown of Thorns by Edwin Betancourt Jr
“Dark crystals are growing in the hole you left in my heart”
~ Edwin Betancourt Jr, The Door
10
The Witch’s Revenge by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Lois Lane by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Echoing by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Trap of Love by Edwin Betancourt Jr
End of Me by Edwin Betancourt Jr
High-Low by Edwin Betancourt Jr
The Witch’s Revenge by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Lois Lane by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Echoing by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Trap of Love by Edwin Betancourt Jr
End of Me by Edwin Betancourt Jr
High-Low by Edwin Betancourt Jr
“I am drowning thinking about you.”
~ Edwin Betancourt Jr, End of Me
11
Aidenn by Edwin Betancourt Jr
You Make My Heart by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Perfect Dreams by Edwin Betancourt Jr
The Return by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Break You Down by Edwin Betancourt Jr
All of Your Lies by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Aidenn by Edwin Betancourt Jr
You Make My Heart by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Perfect Dreams by Edwin Betancourt Jr
The Return by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Break You Down by Edwin Betancourt Jr
All of Your Lies by Edwin Betancourt Jr
“I will wait here until the sun rises.”
~ Edwin Betancourt Jr, The Return
12
Motion by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Mayday! by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Ocean by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Drowning by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Roshan by Deborah Alma
Moonlit Apples by John Drinkwater
Motion by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Mayday! by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Ocean by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Drowning by Edwin Betancourt Jr
Roshan by Deborah Alma
Moonlit Apples by John Drinkwater
“I am losing myself, I fear
that’s why I cannot keep you here.”
~ Edwin Betancourt Jr, Ocean
13
Playing With Stars by Brian Moses
Escape at Bedtime by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Shortest Days by Chrissie Gittins
Eternity by William Blake
Light As Birds by Liz Brownlee
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
Playing With Stars by Brian Moses
Escape at Bedtime by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Shortest Days by Chrissie Gittins
Eternity by William Blake
Light As Birds by Liz Brownlee
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
“They danced by the light of the moon.”
~ Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat
14
Six Facts About Light by Rachel Rooney
The Sun Never Says by Hafez
Bright Spark by Michaela Morgan
the sun at midnight by Jan Dean
Silver by Walter de la Mare
Beware the Grey by Paul Cookson
Six Facts About Light by Rachel Rooney
The Sun Never Says by Hafez
Bright Spark by Michaela Morgan
the sun at midnight by Jan Dean
Silver by Walter de la Mare
Beware the Grey by Paul Cookson
“Look what happens with
a love like that.
It lights the whole sky.”
~ Hafez, The Sun Never Says
15
Bomber’s Moon by Mike Harding
I Love the Moon, But by Roger Stevens
A light exists in spring by Emily Dickinson
Light-Bringer by Joseph Coelho
Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas
Meditations at Dawn by Indigo Williams
Bomber’s Moon by Mike Harding
I Love the Moon, But by Roger Stevens
A light exists in spring by Emily Dickinson
Light-Bringer by Joseph Coelho
Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas
Meditations at Dawn by Indigo Williams
“You can’t even begin to do the dawn justice
in a poem”
~ Roger Stevens, I Love the Moon, But
16
The Lights by Miriam Nash
Tattoo of Light by Sally Crabtree
Light by Rabindranath Tagore
Messages by Matt Goodfellow
Bookworm by Anonymous
Cat Message by Roger Stevens
The Lights by Miriam Nash
Tattoo of Light by Sally Crabtree
Light by Rabindranath Tagore
Messages by Matt Goodfellow
Bookworm by Anonymous
Cat Message by Roger Stevens
“The day laughs at such showing off
and her laughter is Light.”
~ Sally Crabtree, Tattoo of Light
17
A Message to P’ai Ti by Wang Wei
The Glassblower Dances by Rachel McCrum
The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
Stonehenge by Brian Moses
I am Taliesin. I sing perfect metre by Anonymous
Chinese Whispers by Sally Crabtree
A Message to P’ai Ti by Wang Wei
The Glassblower Dances by Rachel McCrum
The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
Stonehenge by Brian Moses
I am Taliesin. I sing perfect metre by Anonymous
Chinese Whispers by Sally Crabtree
“I love to read the lips of silence
’Live!’ it whispers
and I hear it loud and clear”
~ Sally Crabtree, Chinese Whispers
18
Do you know what you are? by Rumi
Note to Self by Michaela Morgan
Written in the World by Jan Dean
Sumer is icumen in by Anonymous
Mirror by Rachel Rooney
Oranges and Lemons by Anonymous
Do you know what you are? by Rumi
Note to Self by Michaela Morgan
Written in the World by Jan Dean
Sumer is icumen in by Anonymous
Mirror by Rachel Rooney
Oranges and Lemons by Anonymous
“I know you will be beautiful
you are so loved, how could you not?”
~ Jan Dean, Written in the World
19
The Greatest Message by Paul Cookson
Dear Bee by Liz Brownlee
Bee! I’m Expecting You! by Emily Dickinson
London by Sophie Herxheimer
What you Might Write by Deborah Alma
Where Go the Boats? by Robert Louis-Stevenson
The Greatest Message by Paul Cookson
Dear Bee by Liz Brownlee
Bee! I’m Expecting You! by Emily Dickinson
London by Sophie Herxheimer
What you Might Write by Deborah Alma
Where Go the Boats? by Robert Louis-Stevenson
“Learn to love as we’d be loved”
~ Paul Cookson, The Greatest Message
20
Just the Messenger by Joseph Coelho
Dear March, come in! by Emily Dickinson
I’m Sorry by Joshua Seigal
The Letter by Wilfred Owen
All An Illusion by James Goi Jr
Another Friday Night by James Goi Jr
Just the Messenger by Joseph Coelho
Dear March, come in! by Emily Dickinson
I’m Sorry by Joshua Seigal
The Letter by Wilfred Owen
All An Illusion by James Goi Jr
Another Friday Night by James Goi Jr
“Troubles come and troubles go and some troubles stay”
~ James Goi Jr, All An Illusion
21
Back on These Streets by James Goi Jr
Billy’s Mom by James Goi Jr
Can’t Do It Alone by James Goi Jr
Carryin’ My Load by James Goi Jr
Dark Faces by James Goi Jr
Fire and Ice by James Goi Jr
Back on These Streets by James Goi Jr
Billy’s Mom by James Goi Jr
Can’t Do It Alone by James Goi Jr
Carryin’ My Load by James Goi Jr
Dark Faces by James Goi Jr
Fire and Ice by James Goi Jr
“And the memories are comin’ hard
bittersweet as I drive on
and recall the day I fell in love in your yard”
~ James Goi Jr, Back on These Streets
22
Free to Fly Away by James Goi Jr
Gonna Fly by James Goi Jr
Happy by James Goi Jr
Heaven Only Knows by James Goi Jr
I Believe by James Goi Jr
I Think It’s Strange by James Goi Jr
Free to Fly Away by James Goi Jr
Gonna Fly by James Goi Jr
Happy by James Goi Jr
Heaven Only Knows by James Goi Jr
I Believe by James Goi Jr
I Think It’s Strange by James Goi Jr
“Birds have wings, so where are mine?
Someday I’m gonna leave these streets behind
I’m not gonna be around to take the fall”
~ James Goi Jr, Gonna Fly
23
I Have Been by James Goi Jr
Ice Cream by James Goi Jr
If I Do by James Goi Jr
If You Leave by James Goi Jr
In Dreams (There Ain’t No Rules) by James Goi Jr
In The Maze by James Goi Jr
I Have Been by James Goi Jr
Ice Cream by James Goi Jr
If I Do by James Goi Jr
If You Leave by James Goi Jr
In Dreams (There Ain’t No Rules) by James Goi Jr
In The Maze by James Goi Jr
“And if you leave, I don’t know what I will do
’cause everything I am is built around you”
~ James Goi Jr, If You Leave
24
Just a Dream by James Goi Jr
Just for One Day by James Goi Jr
Kids Down at the Schoolyard by James Goi Jr
Life (Ain’t Always What I Want It To Be) by James Goi Jr
Life, Light, and Love by James Goi Jr
Little Jimmy by James Goi Jr
Just a Dream by James Goi Jr
Just for One Day by James Goi Jr
Kids Down at the Schoolyard by James Goi Jr
Life (Ain’t Always What I Want It To Be) by James Goi Jr
Life, Light, and Love by James Goi Jr
Little Jimmy by James Goi Jr
“Life is all around me, and I will never end”
~ James Goi Jr, Life, Light, and Love
25
Lone Wolf by James Goi Jr
Lookin’ Out the Window by James Goi Jr
The Man in the Moon by James Goi Jr
My Eyes by James Goi Jr
My Jeans Are Torn by James Goi Jr
Nighttime Can’t Last Forever by James Goi Jr
Lone Wolf by James Goi Jr
Lookin’ Out the Window by James Goi Jr
The Man in the Moon by James Goi Jr
My Eyes by James Goi Jr
My Jeans Are Torn by James Goi Jr
Nighttime Can’t Last Forever by James Goi Jr
“There will be a dawning someday, sunshine and skies of blue”
~ James Goi Jr, Nighttime Can’t Last Forever
26
Nine-Fifteen by James Goi Jr
Now and Then by James Goi Jr
An Outlaw’s Life by James Goi Jr
Out in Californee by James Goi Jr
The Paperboy by James Goi Jr
People I Don’t Even Know by James Goi Jr
Nine-Fifteen by James Goi Jr
Now and Then by James Goi Jr
An Outlaw’s Life by James Goi Jr
Out in Californee by James Goi Jr
The Paperboy by James Goi Jr
People I Don’t Even Know by James Goi Jr
“The waves are crashing in from a crying sea”
~ James Goi Jr, People I Don’t Even Know
27
Racin’ Down the Highway by James Goi Jr
Sonya by James Goi Jr
That Feelin’ by James Goi Jr
This Road by James Goi Jr
Tryin’ to Find My Way by James Goi Jr
A Way by James Goi Jr
Racin’ Down the Highway by James Goi Jr
Sonya by James Goi Jr
That Feelin’ by James Goi Jr
This Road by James Goi Jr
Tryin’ to Find My Way by James Goi Jr
A Way by James Goi Jr
“‘Loneliness’ is just another name for ‘she ain’t here no more’”
~ James Goi Jr, Tryin’ to Find My Way
28
What I’ll Find by James Goi Jr
When You Are Down by James Goi Jr
A Woman in Love by James Goi Jr
The World Spins Around by James Goi Jr
Your Song by James Goi Jr
Poplar Trees by Janay Blakely
What I’ll Find by James Goi Jr
When You Are Down by James Goi Jr
A Woman in Love by James Goi Jr
The World Spins Around by James Goi Jr
Your Song by James Goi Jr
Poplar Trees by Janay Blakely
“The radio is savin’ my soul from a day that’s gone black”
~ James Goi Jr, Your Song
29
My Grandfather’s Hands by Janay Blakley
Gemini by Janay Blakley
No Monsters Under the Bed by Janay Blakley
Pick One by Janay Blakley
Speaking in Tongues by Janay Blakley
The Marvels of Ancestry by Janay Blakley
My Grandfather’s Hands by Janay Blakley
Gemini by Janay Blakley
No Monsters Under the Bed by Janay Blakley
Pick One by Janay Blakley
Speaking in Tongues by Janay Blakley
The Marvels of Ancestry by Janay Blakley
“I refuse to birth a prince and have his crown turned to a shackle”
~ Janay Blakley, No Monsters Under the Bed
30
Brown by Janay Blakley
Dear Little Black Girl by Janay Blakley
Colors by Janay Blakley
Mango Season by Janay Blakley
Drink Up by Janay Blakley
Bodies by Janay Blakley
Brown by Janay Blakley
Dear Little Black Girl by Janay Blakley
Colors by Janay Blakley
Mango Season by Janay Blakley
Drink Up by Janay Blakley
Bodies by Janay Blakley
“Tree trunks become confessionals
Supposed true love having long since etched its initials into the wood”
~ Janay Blakley, Mango Season