By Taylor Rae Connor Angry Enough I look at you with eyes blinded By pain, sadness, hatred— And I see a guilty man. The future I dreamed of crumbles, Leaving gray ashes in my quivering hands. There will never be a romantic wedding To mark what should been the happiest day Of our wonderful life … Continue reading Angry Enough and Patriarchal Wedding
Moving
By Emme Oliver The frenzy of the early night haze is over. When you’re sitting content in the park, tasting the red in your lungs. It’s a feeling that I want to stop but never will. The burn in my chest isn’t comparable to the burn in my head, tasting the new atmosphere I’ve surrounded … Continue reading Moving
The tree spoke
By Dr. Harsimran Kaur What then if winter came, What then if my shade became chilly, What then if my worth aren't now, but remain, No one'll like to sit under my fallen branches. However my existence might be felt, When you walk on the road of breath, You can't never stop your journey, When … Continue reading The tree spoke
Udder and Other Poems
By Januário Esteves Udder In the silky light where the day dawns Crimson horizons to the south stretch And all the beauty the world magnifies In the solitude of the communion they harbor And in that simple connection that emerges Becomes the solicitous and obedient lover Careless in amazement cries For that rapture you lack … Continue reading Udder and Other Poems
I Want to Write a Poem
By Imam Sarafadeen I want to write a poem That sees the world and all In and out, to say it all, a poem That will touch and guide a life of short and tall I want to say what my mouth couldn't say What hurts and hurts yet it gives me a way To … Continue reading I Want to Write a Poem
On Living and Other Poems
By Lisa B. Friedland On Living I live next to a cemetery But who’s living, who’s dead? Our way in the world is not only catalyzed by sitting or lying down. Maybe there’s a party in there! Laughter beyond the Heights I wonder in my mind, what is quiet or still? Remember the flavor of … Continue reading On Living and Other Poems
You Are the Domestic Help
By Zary Fekete You get off the train at the northern end of Subway Line 5 in Beijing. You make your way through the crowd. You work in this city, but your hometown is Guilin, 16 hours away by train in the south of China. You get to visit your hometown once a year during … Continue reading You Are the Domestic Help
Cataract
By Inga Piotrowska The doctor told me that I have cataract and the world will always look blurry. I read somewhere that searching is not poetry. It is a bumpy road and dead-end coming home and instantly leaving sleeping 3 hours a night forgetting to clean the counter. Searching is not about finding. It is … Continue reading Cataract
Resiliency is What Happens
By J.T. Hassey Resiliency is what happens when you are tired, and you allow yourself to be tired, and you sleep, and you are rested, and the world allows – the world encourages – your rest and reawakening. J.T. Hassey is a clinician, an artist, a talker, and a listener, who writes about death, despair, … Continue reading Resiliency is What Happens
Quilt of Life and Other Poems
By Petrouchka Alexieva Quilt of Life (To Mom and Dad) “Please, stay. Let’s make this life together!” My father said to my mom in the morning. This is what life is, a colorful quilt – In size that we can make it by choice. Every piece has its story; every color is a season of … Continue reading Quilt of Life and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 