By John Page “Your mission is to kill everyone on that island.” My commander says with no emotion. This war has been brutal and the Atigonia army has been struggling to push the Tallern army back until fairly recently. The war has swung back and forth across the islands of the Nimbus Ocean. We … Continue reading Immortal on the Island
The Untranslatable: Goya
By Thomas Page The Untranslatable This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. I was standing on a dock overlooking the Pacific when I was fishing. The air waltzed with the waves of the … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Goya
An urgent call in the second life
By Amirah Al Wassif red rays of the unknown sun came down to my new window warmly shiver touched me, made me laugh as a fresh baby I decided to think about the source of these unknown rays but, suddenly a kind of musical sound covered my ears the sound did not seem like any … Continue reading An urgent call in the second life
leans into you and whispers
By J.J. Campbell a lonely saxophone plays a hopeful tune the love of your life has never looked better than she does tonight she leans into you and whispers into your ear i can't think of anyone else on earth i'd rather spend the rest of my life with you … Continue reading leans into you and whispers
Eyeball Abacus
By James D. Casey IV writing on the mad notes all across the bottle . . . made of crystal ball chains and algebra . . . skipping beats on a dead rain cloud . . . counted on an eyeball abacus . . . when a god speaks I will … Continue reading Eyeball Abacus
The Untranslatable: Mångata
By Thomas Page The Untranslatable This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. The ocean, despite our efforts, is a structureless plane Open to the refracted light on the lunar surface Casting a reflection … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Mångata
Live Forever Blues
By James D. Casey IV Thrill seekers at the end of the world. Driven down paths of Mad Max dreams. Underneath long beards protecting their necks from vampires underneath a different spell. I won't know until tomorrow, behind a different addiction, if I have the live forever blues. Have you seen the perfect life? … Continue reading Live Forever Blues
DONKEY
By Marc Craver When I got on the train the man was talking and I knew he would still be talking when I got off in fifty minutes. He was mostly talking about Bob. "Yea he is okay but you know". He said in a way that only people who are used to talking, talk. … Continue reading DONKEY
The Untranslatable: Saudade
By Thomas Page The Untranslatable This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. One, in Aristophanes’ model, is two And two is one So they say The human animal is the political And the social … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Saudade
The Same Beast
By James D. Casey IV speaking through keyholes I know what it's like to not be alone not be in love something else takes shape when shadows lose their faces obscured in the mirror I have a twin I know he's me but I know he's not who is who blindfolded conversations with the same … Continue reading The Same Beast
Academy of the Heart And Mind 