You have a mind like no one else. You have a perspective and collection of experiences that no other human can claim. You have insight that we need and others can offer you the same. And remember, reading makes you a better writer. On this page you will find a fraction of the wisdom and knowledge of humanity. Exercise your mind and explore the collective thoughts of our human experience. Read, learn, grow and Think.


The Written Word.

Poetry is powerful both on the stage and on the page. The Written Word is testament to the power of the page. Explore and enjoy the poems below - and take your time with these pieces of creative wisdom. Then maybe, write one of your own.


Featured Poems:

I Want To Marry The Sheriff of Mayberry
Tammy Robacker


I want to marry the Sheriff of Mayberry
on account of I need to start a family
and good, honest, workin’ men are
too hard to find in this city.
I’ve plum run out of ideas.
So I want to marry Andy.
I want the fantasy. . .

Read the full poem here:

More poems by Tammy


Featured Poems:

Hilo Quake
Tomas Belsky



In the year of nineteen
and seventy-five
the house gave a shake
a rock and a roll

It was my first experience
with earthquakes . . .

Read the full poem here:

More poems by Tomas


Directory of Poems:

By Hand
      by Vanilla Soul
Coffee?
      by Mailie Ngirmidol
Father's Day Thoughts
      by Tomas Belsky
Hilo Quake
      by Tomas Belsky
I Want This Poem to Be
      by Tammy Robacker


I Want to Marry the Sheriff of Mayberry
      by Tammy Robacker
My Secret Life
      by Mailie Ngirmidol
On the Bureau, Bullets
      by Tammy Robacker
Pono Is
      by Tomas Belsky
Windward & Leeward
      by Mailie Ngirmidol



“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created
by the individual who can labor in freedom.”
- Albert Einstein

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say,
and what you do are in harmony.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“The most common way people give up their power
is by thinking they don't have any.”
- Alice Walker