By John Page
Rain on You
By Rizwan Saleem Of all the ways that lovers do Dreams and thoughts of touching you How I could turn into rain And pour myself onto you My gray clouds float to your presence Steal sunlight from the sky, and prickle your skin with a frosty breeze Ignite Goosebumps on your slender arms A premonition … Continue reading Rain on You
Succour, natural
By Sunil Sharma A rose or two, on a dump, sway in the Mumbai wind the light plays on the blood-red hues ---an aberration by nature, or so it seems--- to some cynics. The tender flowers can turn that smelly stretch into a colourful spot of brown earth. The solid waste generated by the urban folks running into … Continue reading Succour, natural
Soul Searching
By Lynn White Will I find you shining still among the sharp pinpoint stars gleaming gold and silver? Or shall I search the ocean and find your spirit buried down there amongst the sand and pebbles? Perhaps I should comb the beach raking through it’s silver grains and broken shells. Only your restless soul could … Continue reading Soul Searching
The island of shattered dreams
By Rizwan Saleem The ebbs and flows Cold winter winds blow Across the oceanic world No land to see, nor harbors to call The loud silence of doomed souls Black gulls take to air Round and round they fly in evil circumambulations No sound through truculent clouds Of promised rain and storms And what is … Continue reading The island of shattered dreams
Once the Migrants Came
By Rob Schackne They looked around unimaginably so miserable really those refugee detectives who tricked them they stared at you ten minutes to find out if you're from your hometown they answered till they misremembered the street names why they took their kids to run for their lives the blood and bandages these very languages … Continue reading Once the Migrants Came
Summers Prayer
By Antony King Summer rain it cleanses Streaming down upon her face Removing all the hopeless thoughts At least for just one day. She looks toward the heavens With eyes that once shown bright Seeking what was once a dream In hope she finds the light. She prays to god in silence Please fill my … Continue reading Summers Prayer
Water of Life
By Rob Schackne Water of life where sometimes life cannot go two sides of spirit no argument of deep things the outlaws talk the single malt satori tomorrow the rent is due all the rivers next stop no stop
Guidance
By Gary Glauber It troubles me to hear this talented young woman has been gotten to by those who preach compromise & the safety of practicality. I need to tell her to ignore the long odds, to take her youthful beauty, her singing, dancing, & infectious charisma, & pursue the impossible. I don’t even know … Continue reading Guidance
The Chook Raffle
By Rob Schackne The chook raffle lotteries won who needs a feed this week gets one a crescent moon don't get excited jokers everywhere your turn is next how do we miss it placed in a landscape waiting to be born
Academy of the Heart And Mind 