By Eva Marie Ann Cagley The Pillow Top Bed During the first week while my late husband Bob lay in a hospital bed in the ICU at the University Hospital in Iowa City, we were camped out on coaches in a cubical that we had taken over for the family and ourselves. My brother had … Continue reading The Pillow Top Bed and Pop’s Pillow Top Bed
The Briefest of Relationships and Other Poems
By John Grey The Briefest of Relationships Traffic crawled, head-lamps swam in exhaust cloud for block after interminable block. The road itself idled. Six hundred cars followed suit. The driver ahead of me crawled to a stop. My foot pressed down hard on the much-reviled brake. She leaned out of the window. Featureless back of … Continue reading The Briefest of Relationships and Other Poems
The Clock and Other Poems
By Stephen Kingsnorth The Clock A classical pastiche: corner cherubs, putti poorly cast which now corrode, Tempus Fugit plate, commanding serif comment overall, arranged on brittle face, metallic square, crude cut. Encased in wood pretending plastic, even hardboard, glue, mis-stained, this poor-imagined age and quality are what money buys for the undiscerning, those who own … Continue reading The Clock and Other Poems
A Delicate Balance and 11 P.M. Saturday
By Ian Copestick A Delicate Balance I was just looking through my note book. In the last 4 months, since everything in my life went horribly wrong. Since my beloved woman of 18 years, and then my father died, I've had 10 new poems published. Before I used to get that many published in 1 … Continue reading A Delicate Balance and 11 P.M. Saturday
Travels and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Travels Life as a journey Is an Odyssey Full of twists and turns And full of mystery For the future is unknown Nevertheless People can discover Meaning within their lives And why they were born By continuing traveling On the figurative road And by venturing Into the Unknown Until they realize … Continue reading Travels and Other Poems
What Have I Become?
By Soham Bhattacharya It's hard to define what's left inside. The tears shed off the skin, my sorrows won't lean. I've missed myself for the very first time. I killed a soulless man last night. Don't overwhelm me, I can't even speak. What have I become? It's not more than a brick. My eyes don't … Continue reading What Have I Become?
On Grandma’s Knee
By Steve Carr When I was just a small boy and sitting on my grandmother’s knee, she told me this story so often of when she was a young girl, that I sometimes forget it was an incident in her life, and not mine. Grandma was born on a farm in upstate New York in … Continue reading On Grandma’s Knee
Life’s Colors
By Mike Turner We run through the colors of our lives The yellows of bright possibilities Lives begun, opportunities offered The greens of early success Chances taken, hopes promised The reds of passions stoked Loves encountered, yearnings ignited The blues of loss Dreams unfulfilled, accomplishments unrewarding Oranges and purples and scarlets and indigo Once viewed … Continue reading Life’s Colors
I Will Write Peace on Your Wings and You Will Fly
By George Rosas The men watch the horizon of the plains of nothingness to the northeast and trample through the dry clots of dirt that crumble beneath their cracked feet as if hiding fragile fossils in the deep that witness the birth and the death of day. The men walk with the protruding peaks of … Continue reading I Will Write Peace on Your Wings and You Will Fly
Motion Picture
By Anthony Ward We watch movies for magic to escape reality, Turning in on ourselves instead of looking out to the earth Where miracles are happening all around, In a world of wonder, Illuminated by a single golden glare Amidst billions of stars borne of millions of galaxies In an infinite space of swathing darkness. … Continue reading Motion Picture
Academy of the Heart And Mind 