By Glenn Marchand If a person could explain life in totality, one might dare to embark upon such a journey. Pieces and parcels, passions and karmas. And such a soothing exaggeration of sails, gods and goddesses, seas and souls. If a person could dispel all mysteries, one would suffer those discoveries. Whereto, science has enveloped … Continue reading Light Footed
Con te Partirò
By Kathleen Chamberlin In the cold January winters, when the darkness comes early And the nights last forever, I find myself another year older And I reflect on all that I once was, And all that I am, And all that I will never be. My thoughts linger on those I have loved,Yearning to once … Continue reading Con te Partirò
My nan as a butoh ghost.
By Matthew T Phillips Nan at 95White hairWhite faceRosacea cheeksPerpetually falling asleepUnable to finish a counter meal Emptying herself outAs if practicing for deathHer head gently tremoringAs if wearing an imaginary crownMade of tortoiseshell and precious stonesThat she is delicately shifting the weight ofPeople already speaking of herIn the third person, while she is still … Continue reading My nan as a butoh ghost.
Tupelo Press 30/30 Poetry Marathon Commentary Days 6-10
For the month of January, I will be writing one poem in a "poetry marathon." The poems will be posted here: https://tupelopress.org/the-3030-project You may also find out more about the poets and their fundraising campaigns here: https://tupelopress.org/the-3030-poets As part of the marathon, I will be providing commentary on each of the poems every five days. … Continue reading Tupelo Press 30/30 Poetry Marathon Commentary Days 6-10
The Botanist And The Politician
By John Grey Black ants on the march,Green darners in formation.Basket-tails snapping up invisible meals.A politician is seized by soldiers in the middle of the night.The meadow’s alive withgrayish-pink rabbit-foot clover,alfalfa’s short spears of dark blue-violet,bright yellow bird’s foot trefoil.He attacked the ruling party in print.There’s so much happeningwhere people seldom look.And also where they’re … Continue reading The Botanist And The Politician
A Masterful Performance
By Lucy Vivienne Martin A shape I wear at others will, A glove of pliant skin.A mould for minds, swallow the pills Forget myself, I and me.A fabric wrought of smiles and sighs, A shadow faint and meek, In my true form a secret lies But silent, dares not speak.They crave a gown of ruby hues, A gown of diamond brights, I … Continue reading A Masterful Performance
Sea Stroll
By Frances Leitch The sea’s facea candle of dawnflickering in the sunlightAs strollers trek the shoreWheel in the sunLight uponstarfish and sand dollarsSpy porpoises darting in and out of the waveschasing the wind downLook to the skypelicans flySailing lightcaught the sunMerry Rovers Stroll on Growing up and living by the sea, Frances has spun poems … Continue reading Sea Stroll
To the one called home
By Oindrila Ghosal You surely do not have a label,Sticking to your neckOr a bunch of directionsLeading to where you may be found.You do not stand in the way of sun raysOr come rushing across the wild grasses,No song of wind blows through your hair,No broken fetters 'round your wrists.Often, I had seen you make … Continue reading To the one called home
In Their Various Aspects
By Laurinda Lind Cats as from the same spirit who brought monsters to mankind, dinosaurs, diamondbacks, yet they like to meditate,they like us to findwith our bare feetmice they've mauled. They don't mind asking for the moon, as if clawing werekindness. Thiscould be a dirething, keeping thoughts as dangerous as cats. Laurinda Lind lives in … Continue reading In Their Various Aspects
Tupelo Press 30/30 Poetry Marathon Commentary Days 1-5
By Thomas Page For the month of January, I will be writing one poem in a "poetry marathon." The poems will be posted here: https://tupelopress.org/the-3030-project As part of the marathon, I will be providing commentary on each of the poems every five days. General Context: For this marathon, I'm writing poems for a proposed collection … Continue reading Tupelo Press 30/30 Poetry Marathon Commentary Days 1-5
Academy of the Heart And Mind 