By Jean Baur The first night it rained I thought of you In the garden, Getting wet, And the mother in me Wanted to bring you in. Wrapped in the orange towel Paws tucked together–you are Just the way you slept on the couch Except now you’re silent In the raw earth. I will plant … Continue reading Poem for Henry
What Could Have Been?
By David L Painter It was not so much as to who he was but what he might have been. Somehow the time seemed to have slipped by until 30 years had passed. Years of rising each morning clenching a black lunch pail spending 10 hours down in the steel mill only to return at … Continue reading What Could Have Been?
Dust and Other Poems
By Frances Gaudiano Dust I found the champagne bottle in the garage, Under your worktable. It was covered in dust, but still intact. A gift to us when we moved here, Was it only last year? I should have wiped the bottle clean. Instead, I tore off the foil and unwired the cork. I freed … Continue reading Dust and Other Poems
I Cost $19.99 and Other Poems
By Travis Weis I Cost $19.99 A raincoat drowns In a never-ending sea. I wonder if it remembers The shoulders it once protected, Or the winds it once broke. Does it know That nobody Will ever touch it again. Then I remember, Raincoats aren’t supposed To think of these things. And so, I go to … Continue reading I Cost $19.99 and Other Poems
Bubble and Brew
By Vanaja Malathy Past sunrise winter chill. still ached to coil myself tight into the comfort of the warm quilt sheathing around like a carapace of a crustacean, tight encasing, hard to make the slightest move to disturb myself from those dreams that parade, swaying like in a show at fixed time of REM sleep … Continue reading Bubble and Brew
The Fanboy Ironists
By Colin James Chewy likes them unadorned. I wasn't doing anything until you called. There is a lake nearby and I'm still lathered up from bathing there. Did you say Tuesday week? Your accent is clipped as if letting off some steam. Colin James has a couple of chapbooks of poetry published. "Dreams Of The … Continue reading The Fanboy Ironists
The Memory of Mother and Other Poems
By Retta Lewis The Memory of Mother Will anything be said or done To ensure the memory of mother? The whole world witnessed her rise and fall, And now the rise again. Who will do as much As we know she did for us? Who will speak her truth, And not make lies of it? … Continue reading The Memory of Mother and Other Poems
Trapped and Other Poems
By Lefcothea-Maria Golgaki Trapped A faint mist hovered in the air that had a distinct feel of its own. She gathered her hair delicately into a round coil then leaned back in the reclining chair. Polaroid photos sprawled in every direction portrayed the essence of sheer bliss, yet the futility she was trapped inside conveyed … Continue reading Trapped and Other Poems
The Monster Within
By Alejandro Leopardi As Gabe lays there, the only thing on Laura’s mind is the doctors’ and nurses’ aversions to the presentation of a mirror. It’s a singular object that most people overlook daily, yet it receives such a negative reaction from the medical staff. Why? What could it possibly do to Gabe? He’s lifeless … Continue reading The Monster Within
Death: The Unsung Hero
By Gbenga Kajopaye I lost my mum when I was ten, barely four months from being eleven. I can still hear the spine-chilling, visceral scream when my dad found her body just outside the bathroom. It was a rude awakening for my brother and I as we both scampered out of bed, still half asleep. … Continue reading Death: The Unsung Hero
Academy of the Heart And Mind 