By Edith Gallagher Boyd The third floor balcony where we live is a sanctuary for me in many ways. Although it is in Florida, it has an “up north” feel to it, an expression I’ve heard countless times since we moved to the town of Jupiter. The balcony is surrounded with Florida maples, pine trees, … Continue reading Driving in Third Gear
New Zealand
By Sally Simon A crescent shaped kiwi singular flanked by Maori poles of totem, red and white tongues hang from painted faces Five cent silver fern black and white tick marks curve wave simplicity in motion Granite mountains green and blue collide Wool clings to wool reflections on Lake Coleridge ripple under scribbled … Continue reading New Zealand
The Globe
By William Baker It is noisy in the dark, stuffy house and hard to sleep. Momma has a lot of people over and they are loud. Paul looks at the globe on his nightstand and shakes it. The silver white snow swirls around the miniature figures on the bridge and they become obscure, hidden in … Continue reading The Globe
The Healing Garden and Other Poems
By Rachel Fenton The Healing Garden The healing garden is a circle within circles – raised flower beds surround a sculpture from the Rotary Club, gears worn smooth, a clockwork cog. An apology walks on two legs between the unturned earth; our PM lays out peach for the dead. Among all that is senseless, feathers … Continue reading The Healing Garden and Other Poems
Career and Other Poems
By James Croal Jackson Career After I axed past the tree-lined path, I turned the wrench that opened safes of gold with my own hand. And then I hired someone with wrists of a little more tension. I should have never slept in the bed of wealth. I should have known, in the night when … Continue reading Career and Other Poems
Two Poems
By Maureen Barron Why Don't You Ring? Phone call. "Why don't you ring? I could be ill or dead I might as well be It's like no one cares I always have to ring them. They never ring me." "Because I" "Hello, hello, are you there dear? As I was saying Why don't you ring … Continue reading Two Poems
She is the Man
By Thembi Vuma Yeah, she is the man alright She doesn't back down from any challenge It is almost like she has a study guide for this thing called life Every jab that life has throw at her Every knock out punch that was meant to keep her down Somehow she bounced back with her … Continue reading She is the Man
Hypocrites and Black Sun
By Chima Paschal Hypocrites painted masquerades the apparel of charade seductive lips of the pulpit pervade like a damp armpit they grab the front pew like they're the chosen few with their big and giant bible on which they noisily babble their "hallelujah" is the loudest mouths of prayer are the widest with flamboyant dresses … Continue reading Hypocrites and Black Sun
True Self and Other Prose Pieces
By Alex Andy Phuong True Self A person saw the people around. The world keeps on spinning around. The crowd was loud, yetproud. The man knows his own reflection. He is like Disney’s heroine Mulan. He knowshimself, and accepts himself. Historical Ballad This is a story about the history of the world. The Earth was … Continue reading True Self and Other Prose Pieces
The Straw Hat Seeker of Truth and Other Poems
By D. Marie Fitzgerald the straw hat seeker of truth alone I don the straw hat a Huckleberry seeking freedom under overhanging clouds always there obscuring vision I can’t even see the roses brought to me by someone who said he loved me offered me teacups of wild herbs holding prophecies could come true during … Continue reading The Straw Hat Seeker of Truth and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 