By Alex Andy Phuong
Vivacity
Vivacious Stupendous Spirits high Defy thy sky More than I For the lively Live freely Lift oneself Be thyself No matter what city Or residence Where one resides For the world Is the home of all
Ritual
Sunrise sunset Sunrise sunset Cyclical cycle Begin again And again Darkness giving way To light And enigmatic life Life might appear meaningless But existence does have a reason Why else would human beings Come into the world For anyone can uphold Gandhi’s challenge Of looking in the mirror And changing for the better Dare to dream Rather than bind oneself to certainty Become certainty avoidant!
Suffice
Many would seek opulence Grandeur And majesty Yet wonder still lies all around Unless harsh realities Veil such beauty Nevertheless, If one could do more Than simply see with the eyes And open hearts Luminescent knowledge would Pour in And will those hearts To provide Contentment, Peace, And Tranquility For the brain that craves too much Loses its train of thought Unless it learns that Enough really is enough And sufficiency is sufficient
Estival
Estival Festival Fun in the Sun Twelfth Night or What You Will Feste playing along During this poetic song And it is another day of sun For the dreamers who seize the day Every day All and all
Materialize Reality
Time stretches Across the universe The world is diverse Read a poetic verse Celebrate the melting pot Of the world with no need to improvise Materialize reality
Alex Andy Phuong earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University-Los Angeles in 2015. He was a former Statement Magazine editor who currently writes about literature, film, and culture. He has written film reviews for more than one hundred motion pictures for MovieBoozer, and his writing has appeared both online and in print. Alex is a writer who dares to support the ones who pursue their dreams
Academy of the Heart And Mind 
My comment: The poem “Ritual” made an impression on me. The following lines, in fact, made me think a good deal: “Life might appear meaningless But existence does have a reason Why else would human beings Come into the world” I’ve often wondered why we are here, why the observable universe is so large, and whether the answer lies somewhere between God and Darwin. When I mention this to others, they tell me that they’ve thought about it as well. Scientists say that the universe is approximately 13 billion years old. The question then is, what was it like before those 13 billion years? It is indeed something to think about. Sincerely, Frank Kowal
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