By Ellie Rose McKee September September is silence. Spiders creeping under doors in search of central heating. The start of school and people rushing about, meeting other new students. New schedules. Shifting off the old season. But underneath: quiet. A girl alone in her dorm room, miles from home. Her phone not ringing. Dark night … Continue reading September and Autumn
Include and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Include Include via inclusion. Embrace change And improve Surroundings As well as oneself. Help and assist While resisting Negativity, And strive to better The world, And that itself Is a choice. Let voices Vocalize To help realize The precious value Of accepting Acceptance Not Always Gone Forever Even when grieving, Never … Continue reading Include and Other Poems
Tan
By Kj Hannah Greenberg
Insomnia
By Sydney Clark I can’t sleep. Have you tried counting sheep? Yes, I’ve tried. I still can’t sleep. Have you tried sinking deep? Yes, I’ve tried. I know you have cried because I’m not by your side. I’m not asleep. Look on the bright side - put your worries aside. I won’t make a peep. … Continue reading Insomnia
The Handmaiden
By Mehreen Ahmed Eliza stood in front of her bathroom mirror and squeezed the end of a nearly empty tube of toothpaste. Between her thumb and her index finger, her fingernails turned an inconsistent color of white pink, the plumpness of the tip of her skin diminishing. Breathing short and tight, her lips were thinning … Continue reading The Handmaiden
Our Weeping Willow
By Dianne Moritz Mother carefully snipped a small, green cutting from her friend’s lush yard, set it to root in an old jam jar. We kids marveled, as fragile shoots spouted, buds of leaves unfurled, like baby fists, in sunlight. Sometime later, Mother planted the tiny sapling in the fertile Iowa soil by our backyard … Continue reading Our Weeping Willow
The Proposal and Other Poems
By Fernanda Poblete Gonzalez The Proposal Let's deceive time, so that you can look at me like the first time. Smile at me without wanting to, and kiss me like yesterday. Let's turn the world upside down, just one more time, to see the stars appear during bedtime. Let's forget fear and let's jump with … Continue reading The Proposal and Other Poems
Tails, You Lose
By Leslie Knibbs He maintains stiletto like eye contact with each of those playing the game. Never looking down, his sharp eyes dart from one player to the next in staccato-like movements. Under a crude canvas canopy, the crowd gathers eagerly, all placing coins on the table. Standing…... Like some shifty sleight of hand artist … Continue reading Tails, You Lose
With Hands Tied
By Fernanda Poblete Gonzalez The door opened, and he entered quickly. He had a coffee cup and a few papers in his hand. He stood in front of me as he adjusted his crooked black tie. "Miss Martinez?" He addressed me. "Yes," I replied, with my hands wet from my anxiety. “I am Detective Patricio … Continue reading With Hands Tied
1973 Laundromat
By Carl Scharwath There are so many happy times and memories in a young person’s life. A first love, first kiss, first car, high school, and college graduations and the most transformative-your very own home. Your first place represents freedom, now you can do whatever you love with no parental restrictions and even perhaps get … Continue reading 1973 Laundromat
Academy of the Heart And Mind 