By Tim Law Molly watched on from the front porch of her family’s beach house as her older brother Marcus chased a beautiful blue Ulysses butterfly. With each fruitless leap and swipe that Marcus made with his bug catching net, Molly’s smile grew all the broader. “You’ll never catch it!” Molly laughed. “That butterfly is … Continue reading Blue Ulysses
A Nice Old Man
By Ian Copestick Where I walk my dog, every day, I see an old man. A nice old man. While the weather's good, he walks around the neighborhood, with a cane He waves at everyone he sees . Whether he knows them, or not, I have no idea. But, I always enjoy meeting him. He's … Continue reading A Nice Old Man
The Vultures Are Circling and Sorcerer of Death
By Andrew Scott The Vultures Are Circling a villanelle Their thirst is burning not waiting on the bodies of the dead The vultures are circling flesh is for the yearning will not stop until they are fed Their thirst is burning Weakness is where they are engaging control is how they are bred The vultures … Continue reading The Vultures Are Circling and Sorcerer of Death
Write Me A Letter
By Rachel Zweig Zev Wolf grabbed onto stacked boxes to steady himself from falling in the grocery store. The old man pointed at a tall woman with three young children in the dairy aisle. “Lady!” he rasped. The woman turned to see if he had spoken to her or the other customers who quickly walked … Continue reading Write Me A Letter
Together
By Lamont A. Turner Together we shall reconstruct the universe from glimpses and whispers, chance encounters with our souls, we shall compose a dirge for our chains and shatter the cell of our existence, our canvas expanding to encompass the infinite. The flowing scarlet of screaming births! The wail of tumultuous origins! This life shall … Continue reading Together
The Loud Inside
By rani Jayakumar “Eduardo, close the door.” The assistant shut the heavy gray door with a nearly silent click behind Arturo, who shuffled in with a slump. The dentist, or as Arturo called him in his head, “El Doctor,” motioned to him to sit on the brown reclining chair. The room smelled of fresh paint … Continue reading The Loud Inside
House of Ghosts, Three Kids Burned Out
By Maid Corbic The streets have become more and more deserted, so that we do not see their beginning, nor the end itself. Everything we kept looking for seemed to be gone forever, because our feelings haven’t changed. Yes, we are just children ready to love the world around us, and, of course, as such, … Continue reading House of Ghosts, Three Kids Burned Out
Blue Mires
By Gabriella Garofalo The stars are irked with the rough sea, The nosey parker who always gossips About his neighbours, the dwellers in a dreary flat, The wannabe failing lady, the ratty freaky guy, The wilful rattle-brained girl Bit fed up with books and words- For Heaven's sake, aren’t you so lonely, You withered twig where … Continue reading Blue Mires
About Stars and Their Catchers
By Yoelena Tkebuchava Once upon a time, man learned to exist without oxygen; he developed more complex contraptions to take him to Venus, to Saturn, to planets hundreds of milky ways beyond ours. Through the natural processes of evolution, his body organically adapted to these new frontiers. Some settled in the neighboring solar systems on … Continue reading About Stars and Their Catchers
Borderland and Other Poems
By Veronica Ashenhurst Borderland —In memory of S.P., my grandfather You’ve been pebbled grey ash in a box for years, while I’m a recluse, ill. We’re a quiet pair: displaced from the land, far from its gold wheat sea. But now, if you knew, you’d quake: the enduring country is a slaughter bench. Men of … Continue reading Borderland and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 