By Tim Law Life looks a great deal different from 12,000 feet. Sure things are smaller, that’s obvious. Almost everyone knows that things get very tiny when they are so far away. No, what I mean is looking down from so far up in the air you can almost believe that everything is at peace. … Continue reading The Point of View
Lucien and Other Poems
By Megan Johnstone Lucien through the confusion flashing in the embers of his eyes one could see the madness of thrill rising like a slow burning flame starting at his iced toes that once was dipped in the sea of your existence rising up through every corner that is him and every turn taken to … Continue reading Lucien and Other Poems
Seasonal Shopping Syndrome and Other Poems
By Ken Gosse Seasonal Shopping Syndrome There’s a rumor potty humor snares the noblest consumer, ’cause what’s funny grabs our money like a landlord grabs a roomer. While we plot upon the pot to buy whatever we have not, sales events make so much sense our phones get blisteringly hot. As November nears December seasons’ … Continue reading Seasonal Shopping Syndrome and Other Poems
Esmerelda and Other Poems
By Alison Hurwitz Esmerelda Her door latch sticks and catches, swollen shut with many seasons’ rain. When she opens, it’s abrupt and all at once, wafting mildew like regret. The first grader curled there, reading, looks up, surprised to see her older self climb in, sit down on a musty seat. Esmerelda is a relic, … Continue reading Esmerelda and Other Poems
The Star’s Aligned
By Thembi Vuna Like withered leaves my dreams are fading away, like my desire to live, my passion is buried within me , but the groaning of my Spirit is like fire that can not be quenched, the hunger of my unveiling is to strong,’ my mind keeps drifting but the echoing of my destiny … Continue reading The Star’s Aligned
Henry Aaron and Other Poems
By Michael Ceraolo Henry Aaron I was too new to argue when a Braves PR guy decided to call me Hank; everyone who knew me called me Henry From what I've heard of Babe Ruth, he would have congratulated me for breaking his record, just as I later congratulated Barry Bonds But in April 1974 … Continue reading Henry Aaron and Other Poems
Hydrogen
By Jim Bates I remember hearing the song by Three Dog Night, “One Is the Loneliest Number,” and thinking, Yeah, that’s me. All by myself. No one cares. Now I see that thought for what it really was, a cry in the night from a frightened six-year-old kid whose parents abandoned him to the child … Continue reading Hydrogen
Decisions, Decisions
By Laura Stamps I’m thinking about Max. My imaginary dog. And this. This is the reason. Why. He’s a Chihuahua. It’s this page. The next page. In this dog magazine. It’s an article about the best brushes for each breed. How to choose the right one. My Max. Like I said. This is why he’s … Continue reading Decisions, Decisions
Old Glories and Other Poems
By Stephen Kingsnorth Old Glories Grand Pop would coat with calamine, a paler pink, war painting art, with blue tats, stark veins, printed back, tempura fresco, Plato’s cave. Unfocussed, waving, rising glare, that shimmer shared by eagle wings, though, sleeping on this surfer strand, a factor needed, real ale slump: I hang back now while … Continue reading Old Glories and Other Poems
Learning Like
By Earl Smith II As it happened Raccoon was foraging along the eastern bank of Brook That Wanders Through the Western Woods. The air was crisp this late fall day and the trees along both banks had already dropped some of their leaves, many of them onto the surface of Brook, only to be dutifully … Continue reading Learning Like
Academy of the Heart And Mind 