By Mahathi The days of Kentish fire are over. Your whole body has hackles. No way you can hightail. Our newest friend Covid is too brobdingnag and in sanguinolency. She is roughhousing the whole human race. Before this tiniest new giant on earth you are just a Lilliput. Your intransigence and your mummery wont work. … Continue reading Don’t Try Anything
One More Chance
By Nancy Lou Henderson Did that fire happen, or am I dreaming? Now I need to check myself out. My back feels solid and straight, both of my arms feel attached, my seat not burned, all four legs are still there, but I only feel one foot. I feel blistered and scorched on one side, … Continue reading One More Chance
An Elegy to Barkeley
By John Goodie I had to witness death today No, not just any death, but that of my best friend, a selfless, comforting soul The soul of an Angel she had You could tell it by her tail and the licking of toes Or jumps to give a kiss Barkeley, a lab/pit mix I met … Continue reading An Elegy to Barkeley
Formatting and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Formatting Organization Transformation Formatting to fit Upon a page And also in real life Because of social Expectations Despite such standards, Challenging the status quo Helps people know How people truly are So format oneself By being oneself Unapologetically Residential Residing at home Sometimes by the sea Any land fairer than … Continue reading Formatting and Other Poems
A Small Haul
By Ranjit Kulkarni At 9.15 pm, Sub Inspector Satya got a phone call on his landline at home. "Sir, tonight," the sneaky voice at the other end said. Sub inspector Satya looked around to ensure no one was listening. His wife was not in the room. "When?" he asked. There was a slight disturbance in … Continue reading A Small Haul
Let Go
By C.T. Zaremba He set the pace. She walked the path beside him. It was grass covered, sometimes rocky. In order to get by the obstacles they held hands. Those hands held their world. She set the boundaries. He pushed the limits. It was the push and pull of a marriage. The highs and lows, … Continue reading Let Go
A Little Piece of Heaven and Other Poems
By Fabrice Poussin A Little Piece of Heaven Late by the dimming spark of an abandoned candle she stumbled upon pieces of other people’s memories buried deep at the foot of her forgotten attic celebrated by shrouds of ancestral dust. Soon she found herself outside of time sitting in her little girl’s summer dress as … Continue reading A Little Piece of Heaven and Other Poems
To the Path
By Damon Day “Tip-top, now, talk the talk! You must be the one they call Red!” The blonde greets her with all the pish and posh of a high-class noblewoman and the twirl of a mad one. “So, set the standard, and let us discuss our deal.” Words fail her, so Red simply shakes her … Continue reading To the Path
Weeping Melancholy
By Ta-Leah McMullen
The Step-Mother
By Ann Christine Tabaka Madalyn did not like having to be alone with her step-mother all the time. She was irked with her father for having to travel far away from home for work so often. Her step-mother was not mean or cruel like the evil step-mother in the stories that she read, like Cinderella. … Continue reading The Step-Mother
Academy of the Heart And Mind 