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. My father bought us one of those fitness-watches— The ones with the app— To ensure that we would be walking every … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Poronkusema
Weird of Dreams
By Pawel Markiewicz Weird of the dreams there are finitely October-ides meek shooting stars – the friends of nighttime have fallen afore the visit of the morning star – the boon Venus I was able to feel their eyesome miraculous silence a dreamier eviternity belongs to me I can think of its waking dreams about the … Continue reading Weird of Dreams
Like Kant and Hölderlin Withal
The ontological new-Romantic period according to Paweł Markiewicz This is a philosophy, that Paweł Markiewicz has drafted. Proceeding from the Kant´s sentence: „The bestarred heaven above me, the moral law in me”. There are on earth: the human part down below and the starry section up there. One reaches for the stars, longs for them, … Continue reading Like Kant and Hölderlin Withal
As The Chrysalis Cracks
By Kimber Annie The blue has begun shifting to a different hue, and all I know is to hang on for dear life cause it’s gonna pulled me though, and then along with it. Out of the chrysalis into a new universe literally breaking the boundaries of my mind. The glassy liquid crystals once used to cocoon and grow me… are now being … Continue reading As The Chrysalis Cracks
Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Meet up at the River With Chris, by reeds, before day heat, dawn song went down to the river. He, college man, middle ‘Yonges’, long gone, soul and body doctor, journal only google, atrial fibrillation access, leaving own sugar needle flask once on station platform, boarding panic. Assamese coffee shop, assumed hippy … Continue reading Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Low Key, Chilled Out
By Ian Copestick A foggy, freezing cold night At the start of the new year. After taking the dog out For her nightly exercise. We enter the nice, warm Heated house. Open a Couple of bottles of wine, Eat nice cheeses and Salamis with crackers. The popular, hyped days Of the season are gone. But, … Continue reading Low Key, Chilled Out
Poems by Kate LaDew
1. thessaly has no room for your bones so we dig them up, leaving the dirt for another grecian body it takes most of the day the little pins and screws that held you together glinting in the sun I pick up the breastbone that once held your heart turn it over and press … Continue reading Poems by Kate LaDew
The Untranslatable: Gurfa
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 waters are cool in the misting morning I get up before the sun and roll my neck The bones … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Gurfa
Resisting Arrest
By Alex Andy Phuong Uniting uniformed unity You and I defy the sky Team work and collaboration Up to personal discretion Civil Rights Civility Minorities against majorities Stick to the status quo But should we...? Really? Defy thy stars And seek new avenues Harness the power of creativity And merge sense with sensibility "Utopia" … Continue reading Resisting Arrest
Poems by Dan Gallagher
The Space You Left I never knew if you mowed in a way to intimidate me Always the same Doing it backwards, so you had to stand in the flower bed With the petals like sheets twisted up and away from your figure Looking out in secret to see if I’d lost interest My low … Continue reading Poems by Dan Gallagher
Academy of the Heart And Mind 