By James Bates Auntie Gertie spent more time that summer teaching me how to make pancakes than was probably necessary but I was just a ten year old kid who'd rather have been playing baseball or video games than fooling around in the kitchen learning to cook; that didn't matter to Auntie. She had a … Continue reading Pancakes
Moirae and Transcendental Idealism
Moirae and transcendental idealism: How can dreams be categorised as transcendental idealism? An essay on my book Moirae, based on Kant’s doctrine of transcendental idealism vs transcendental realism. By Mehreen Ahmed This paper focuses on my published book, Moirae. In this, I discuss dreams in the light of Kant’s doctrine of transcendental idealism. From the outset, … Continue reading Moirae and Transcendental Idealism
My Tears, Dreams and Songs
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein Your dream resides in my tears. Your dream lives silently, Softly in solitude. Do you know that? My tears mirror you. And I only see you in my tears As a reflection. How can I feel you? Silently, he lives in my fathomless heart, As a song and sings. … Continue reading My Tears, Dreams and Songs
Poems by Linda Imbler
When All Looks Dim, You Keep Shining Do not give up the fight to keep love from growing dark. Your endeavors to light up the world do matter. It will seem that those who hate do not slow their efforts, but nothing changes quickly, and all hearts can find truth. When it seems like fear … Continue reading Poems by Linda Imbler
Life is Brief
By Nancy Lou Henderson Budding and growing in early Spring, shaping, then becoming colors of green. Rustling and holding tight, cooling, then shading in the sunlight. Changing and turning brown in the Fall, floating, then bouncing like a ball. Rolling and sailing in the wind, rising, then gliding once again. Twirling and dancing in … Continue reading Life is Brief
Self
By Alex Andy Phuong Individuality is one element Of Reality Since there are many People That populate the world Think of Others Abandon selfishness and improve yourself By thinking, “I can do this myself” Short Bio: Alex Andy Phuong earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University-Los Angeles in 2015. He … Continue reading Self
Poems by Kelli J. Gavin
The Road Home I have walked one too many roads A few stray paths have distracted me Not always sure where I was going Or why I was called away Home should be where the heart is But sometimes my heart would fail A faulty human with a messy soul At least I thought I … Continue reading Poems by Kelli J. Gavin
Poems by Michael T. Smith
Chinchilla A little guy scurried in the patched grass to climb a mountain as tall as his will. His stomach steered him up the damned pass to heights that greedily starve the air thin so that the heat could not follow his chasse. In the tight grasp of the Year of the … Continue reading Poems by Michael T. Smith
End of Days
By Jay M. Love is fluid, Flows by bliss, Ends at will, May the songs herald, Raging against the light, Was a knight so called, A maidens call - Into the night we go, Armed and calling, To perish, In a stumble, Oh! For the truth should have, Set us free! Fair betrayal, A … Continue reading End of Days
Passage as Time Passes
By Alex Andy Phuong Odes to beauty that fade throughout The passage of time Progression via maturation Does time ever stop ticking? Coping with the challenges that Life has to offer Yet life is the ultimate gift because the world is our only home “what sustains” is the present moment Pave the path of … Continue reading Passage as Time Passes
Academy of the Heart And Mind 