2019-10-26 02:08
By Bill Outlaw ©
You had me at hello
how was I to know
your warm smile told me it was so
Now, I Read More
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2019-10-25 05:52
By Letters-from-AlexDear friend, I know it’s been a while. I can’t stress the amount of guilt I feel Read More
2019-10-22 12:49
By 3aminternalmonologueThere’s a door in the forest.
I guess that, by itself, isn’t so strange Read More
2019-10-21 02:12
By Cosupremedangerously beautiful, they called him…he dressed her in his finest light, bringing out Read More
2019-10-19 00:46
By Tom Squitieri
Espresso and red lipstickYou like to sayYou are basic sometimeOh but that is Read More
2019-10-17 06:49
By Sean Lause
In the back of my grandmother’s antique storeI overhear my grandfather chanting: :“I Read More
2019-10-04 19:08
By crescentsleepl
I am a snail
leaf’s of paper
Hermit queen
cherry glow
Valentina Read More
2019-10-04 09:38
By zoralewizit’s the end of the worldmother earth is dyingshe cries and cries in agony in regretshe Read More
2019-09-11 04:32
By Fallofgracehonestly,who the hell do i think i am?no really. who the hell am i?no word feels Read More
2019-09-01 13:39
By
Brandley SimmsRich brown And golden yellowLike honey and grizzly bear furOr sunlight dancing on Read More
2019-08-18 02:11
By
Adam R. MintzIf your arms were a nest,then I’d be the albatrossgliding over the bluest Read More
2019-08-16 18:47
By
Andrew Talbot
The returning summer sun
on some early July morning
scatters light across our Read More
2019-08-16 09:10
By Library-lesbian.tumblr.comthe experience ofhaving half a bodyor less thanhalf ora body that Read More
2019-08-16 03:30
By
Taylor SutfinRemember the timeless stepswinding around every stonenever left unturnedAs we Read More
2019-08-15 08:01
By One Sad PoetA blizzard,It’s cold outside.Stay in the cold,Don’t try to be warm,Warmness Read More
2019-08-11 06:15
By Ahmi Okoro I am neutral as well as achromaticI feel no emotion yet my face tells a different Read More
2019-08-10 03:30
are you in lovei wait in silence for your responseI’ve waited so long i’ve watched the hands of the Read More
2019-08-09 06:52
By Joseph AltamoreI am cringing while I think of our last conversation,how you said, “Nothing is Read More
2019-08-07 09:10
By JudyIf I couldTake a vow of silence for the remainder of my lifeOn this god forsaken earthOh god Read More
2019-08-05 09:20
By Chika Mormah
Pinterest Image submitted by Chika MormahYou’re unhappy and it shows.Your pain Read More
2019-08-04 12:36
i’m going to a placewhere the memory of itdoesn’t creep around every corner, where the writing on Read More
2019-08-03 07:49
wordsonacidd:
Tired of grey areas, but what can I do? I just returned from a world with ashy skies Read More
2019-07-26 12:52
Hi Guys!I’d love to publish your writings. So, if you have some poems, essays, short stories, flash Read More
2019-07-25 14:13
By Greg Moglia I ask her if we could see two different movies
in two different places on two Read More
2019-06-28 04:58
The Griffin’s Inkpot accepts poems, essays, flash fiction, and experimental writing all year Read More
2019-06-16 09:42
By Tom SquitieriI did not mean to wake youAs I tasted my morning loverThat coffeeThe gurgling of the Read More
2019-06-16 08:32
By Greg Moglia I got lost in Venice onceIn the labyrinth of sides and sides of streetsWith shop Read More
2019-06-16 06:51
By Dwayne David Hayes
Mister Smeegler likes to travel. He is a true citizen of the world though his Read More
2019-05-25 16:17
By Stephanie De HavenYou went out with a bang
in the spring of our senior year.
Shotgun in your Read More
2019-05-23 11:08
By Nicole McCallSo here’s the thing about love,And I mean true, deep, passionate love,Love don’t Read More
2019-05-22 10:46
By Greg Moglia Mention Amy and he stops - looks away saysDo you think I should call herYou know just Read More
2019-05-04 13:23
Well hello there, Everyone!The Griffin’s Inkpot is accepting submissions, so send✴poems✴essays Read More
2019-05-03 21:17
Hi Guys,I’m still accepting submissions, so send✴poems✴essays (nonfiction and creative Read More
2019-04-20 19:24
By Tom SquitieriThe ears rise and the nose turnsIt’s out there somewherePaws forwardBody stillAs the Read More
2019-04-18 17:08
By Eileen WinnWe did not deny the abundance in the scarcity
I used to hate being called cuteBut Read More
2019-04-10 17:01
By MariShow me your sea;You can’t fix me because i’m not broken;Fall on your knee;My tongue is sharp Read More
2019-04-08 10:39
By Stephanie De HavenI wasn’t bleeding by the end of March.
Not a single drop through that long Read More
2019-04-08 10:37
By Nicole McCallYour heart will heal.I know it sounds unreal, but it will.Just because he put you Read More
2019-04-07 16:42
By Enis PekicI write to you one last time;I write to you as if you were I.This I write to say Read More
2019-04-07 15:54
By Anita SmithHe couldn’t hold her loveIn his hands.It burned himBecause he was not used to a loveSo Read More
2019-04-07 14:12
By Kajsa SchubelerI still open the windowsin a room where the clock has stoppedand I still Read More
2019-03-09 18:43
By
Stephanie De Haven
I met you at your funeral.
A fresh-faced girl, in a plain cotton Read More
2019-03-09 17:25
By Kathryn Hummel Two disconcerting weeks of newness/ streets and dust and humidity/ everything Read More
2019-01-31 21:07
By Rachtious Palmer
(for a suicided friend)Your gun made us talk; haven’t spoke to those folk in Read More
2019-01-31 20:12
By MariTwo point zero;A girl in the middle; Skinny as a mosquito;Drinking in a limo.Baby, will you Read More
2019-01-07 20:04
Sometimes friends and brief encounters disappear from our radar without warning. And then we are Read More
2019-01-01 00:34
Right. 2018 ends today, and as I sit at my window, sipping Carribean rum and listening to jazz noir Read More
2018-12-25 16:28
By Ntaoleng Mokotini we love in fragments because the idea, of falling completely,head-first into Read More
2018-12-19 23:55
By Nicole McCall There’s a constant battle within me,Light vs. Dark,And on some days, light Read More
2018-12-13 18:55
Hi Everyone!I’m making one more call for submissions before publishing the pieces we’ve received so Read More
2018-12-07 13:44
Words are their own magic.We love reading your poems, essays, stories, and experimental writings. We Read More
2018-11-30 21:49
We end November today with a heartfelt thank you to all writers who shared their insightful voices and words with The Griffin’s Inkpot this month!Contributing Writers for November 2018… Read More
2018-11-30 18:01
By Ntaoleng Mokotinii would have sacrificed myself for yougiven my sanity in exchange for yours used Read More
2018-11-30 17:25
By AkaizaHeadlights were her lighthouse in that sea of trees, and when their brightness seeped Read More
2018-11-29 19:16
By NoctumsolisI just want to say something about “the rainbow” (or spectrum or whatever).The basis Read More
2018-11-29 15:38
By Anita SmithThe field of flowers Welcomed her into their presence. Her gentle and benevolent Read More
2018-11-28 17:06
By R.L. Stanley The fountain pen lies there, innocently nestled in the pale tissue paper. The warm Read More
2018-11-28 12:30
By Hopegarbledto think this body was a source of magic;an elixir fingers could dip into greedily Read More
2018-11-23 18:04
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By Ash Lee Jay
the sound of trash pulls me away from the stairwell. one of our Read More
2018-11-23 14:02
By Ash Lee Jay the sound of trash pulls me away from the stairwell. one of our recycling boxes Read More
2018-11-22 15:12
By ObscurantikWe see what is meant for us to seeThe sky grows light and then dark, the stars Read More
2018-11-22 11:19
By 4lornly Sometimes, I think there are two kinds of people:There are those who are happy, who Read More
2018-11-21 17:42
By SunflowerSunny sunny Sunflower, roots too deep in smoldering concrete, she used to love her black Read More
2018-11-20 16:49
By FlaviaThe illusive ice petals of my opaline eyes are melting under the heat of an adamantine Read More
2018-11-11 19:08
Check our submission guidelines for details. Deadline: November 25th, 2018 Read More
2018-10-20 16:32
Contributing Writers - October 2018Lita Doolan - JAMES A GAMENatalie - RECORDS FROM THE ASYLUM | THE WEIGHT OF EMPTINESSLiam John Matika - LAVENDER’S CROWSPei Koroye - -POWER/PLAYEnis… Read More
2018-10-19 16:46
By Ntaoleng Mokotinii swallow the nonchalance after each apology, heaving through the dryness of the Read More
2018-10-19 06:15
By Isabella Ortiz Heaven help the fool who falls in love
Who’s loved player after player
And cries Read More
2018-10-17 15:21
By NatalieIt isn’t easier, and it will never be,To hold this emptiness inside of me.
My thoughts are Read More
2018-10-17 10:43
By Logan RitcheyOnce I was shoplifting the hands
off mall mannequins with my friends.
I liked the Read More
2018-10-13 04:01
By Lynda Hutchinson Please keep this secret close to your chests -
I don’t understand most things Read More
2018-10-12 06:02
By Ntaoleng Mokotinithe sky is pink.in an existentialistic sense,it represents the dire straits that Read More
2018-10-11 03:10
By CosupremeMy roots stay soaked in the ashes of your embrace. My branches grow strong, and my Read More
2018-10-09 05:44
By Enis Pekic There’s this feeling inside of me,tearing me apart.Demanding to be freed,not wanting Read More
2018-10-07 04:18
By Pei Koroye…An ant crawls up your arm. You put a cigarette out on its little ant body when it Read More
2018-10-03 10:18
By Liam John Matika The crows gather closer as my mind loses its grasp,
Starting with one, now they Read More
2018-10-02 03:58
By NatalieNo life, no death,No space, no weight.
Floating, or is it called sailing? You know, light Read More
2018-10-01 15:37
By Lita DoolanWhat I need is a boyfriend The tablets are making me sickI could stopBut I will lose Read More
2018-09-29 17:14
Submissions are now open for October. The Griffin’s Inkpot is acceptingMore Prose Poems (other Read More
2018-09-28 14:08
Contributing Writers - September 2018 💗 Joséphine Sourgnes - The Attic DoorNatalie - The Prize | Pain: Another Name for Love | Ordinary + AngelSairaem Is… Read More
2018-09-26 02:05
By Kajsa SchubelerOutside, autumn slowly replaces summer. The leaves shed their green garments and Read More
2018-09-24 06:17
ORDINARYI will never fit into the “ordinary” of anything.I don’t know how people even do that Read More
2018-09-20 08:43
By Anita Holloway Smith Lonely.
Confusing.
Uncertain.
Shaky.
Secretive.
Unhappy.
The loneliness is Read More
2018-09-18 08:33
By Pei KoroyeYour legs knock together. Somebody yells at you to get off the roof. You don’t. Dawn Read More
2018-09-18 06:14
By Tom Squitieri The capture of the morning is yours when you look. It settles my uncertainty. It Read More
2018-09-15 03:53
By a. c. m.Your blood is made from old Pepsi cans,but it has somehow made the daisies in my heart Read More
2018-09-13 00:40
By Karina BushTalk to me
In night talk
We have different feelers
In the dark
An open
Space to Read More
2018-09-11 03:01
By JanaIt’s that distant feeling you get during early mornings when the sky is just barely tinged Read More
2018-09-10 13:50
By NatalieAll my life, I have dealt with pain.
When your soul is at peace, pain becomes your Read More
2018-09-09 05:58
By Pei Koroye And when the night came, I saw girls just beneath the film of my fever, many as Read More
2018-09-07 13:46
By Frio Moraa Two weeks ago, I received the one call that no survivor ever wants to get. I answered Read More
2018-09-06 13:23
By AbbyFrom what I’ve read about love, it hurts. From from what I’ve read about love, it is not for Read More
2018-09-05 16:40
By Ahn
The parking lot is quiet except for the sound of crickets filling up the air. In the Read More
2018-09-05 12:20
By Flo GottiLucid dreams of him loving her Making love to her mind was the best presentShe could Read More
2018-09-04 13:00
By Dannielle PendzichWhat he’ll never tell her, is that he used to sing me lullabies, and I loved Read More
2018-09-04 12:42
By Sairaem Israr It was one of thoseunforgettable nights.
A clear night,Turned thunderous.Out came Read More
2018-09-02 15:03
By NatalieviewsSaturday morning … in bed, lying still, Trying to understand these thoughts Read More
2018-09-01 14:00
By Joséphine Sourgnes As a child, you walked up and down those old creaky stairs.You skipped and Read More
2018-08-31 04:15
The Griffin’s Inkpot is accepting prose poetry and poetic stories this September. Share a story, an Read More
2018-08-28 16:14
By AJ Claussen
I find myself grieving for something
I had thought to be written in ink.
But to my Read More
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