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

What's your favourite month of the year? Leave your answer in the comment section. That said, Have you ever read an ode poem? And what are odes anyway? An ode is a formal, often ceremonial lyric poem that praises, glorifies, or celebrates a person, place, object, or idea Take the poem below as a...Read more

ello'! How you doin??? Given below is a poem by Gregory Orr. Please read it for inspiration. How Lucky We Are —Gregory Orr How lucky we are That you can't sell A poem, that it has No value. Might As well Give it away. That poem you love, That saved your life, Wasn't it given to you...Read more

Dozen babies line the halls, all so sweet as Summer's day. Time their wingman, they will play, toil in the seasoned soil with their ragged, cherished dolls. Dozen children line the desks, bursting at society's seams, incubated, stubborn dreams giddy to see golden dawn, blindingly so picturesque. D...Read more

Your eyes watered like the falls of Victoria I almost fell in, I almost swam Disbelief left you speechless, yet the speech of inevitable accolades hung in the air. I bet you saw it coming, yet chose idleness— perched in the tree, hoping it would tire and leave without a piece of you Whisker of sun...Read more

I failed again Will this always happen? I'm tired of everything I always keep failing I tried so hard to do my best Will I always feel this sadness and stress? If failing was a contest I guess I'll win the test I've always been happy for others Envying such great winners But I'll keep on Thrivin...Read more

       The Story of a Spider                      Or        A Greek Myth Retold Oh! Spinner, were you not the Lydian maid Who, in arrogance, a wager laid To surpass Athene in  a contest spinning, But ended up sore without winning. What a fine web you've woven, Spinning a thread of strength proven...Read more

       The Story of a Spider                      Or        A Greek Myth Retold Oh! Spinner, were you not the Lydian maid Who, in arrogance, a wager laid To surpass Athene in  a contest spinning, But ended up sore without winning. What a fine web you've woven, Spinning a thread of strength proven...Read more

So protected from evil, you dare to declare while clenching the knife to cut the tongues that speak you bare. Desolation you can’t prepare— as the one who advertises to you that peace and shelter are near repeats these words and plants your soul in fear. But keep your body motionless. It’ll tell y...Read more

"A child opens eyes in this mystic world, Why tears at the dawn? Isn't he joyful to arrive here,in this life to be born? He grows young and pure,unaware of life's design, Happy amidst family and friends,in love's warm divine. He matures, entangled in threats of deceit,passion,sorrow,delight... A lad...Read more

As a kid With my best friend We challenged each other To a pizza eating contest 7 pieces later I felt funny 4th of July fireworks in Boston And you can only guess What happened next I didn't make it to the bathroom That day How embarrassing for me...Read more

A slow burn first, a simmering unrest, A whispered wrong, a deeply felt contest. It coils within, a serpent in the breast, A gathering storm, denying inner rest. A flicker then, a sudden, sharp ignite, As reason yields to shadows of the night. A rush of heat, obscuring what is right, A blinding r...Read more

A flash of green the setting sun beget The unforgiving waters sings a lullaby to their fiery king Atop it's menacing waves, stands she—tamer of seas—The Witching Dauntless She, who was said, first to sail untracked waters She, who stood in a locked contest with the goddess—Calypso It was said— Seven...Read more

what makes someone an owner of land what determines a land boundary, and what makes a native and non-native. who decides citizen and immigrant. are we not all inhabitants of this earth? why have we put limits and laws on the place we were gifted to walk freely. is a citizen one that trashes the pla...Read more