By Stephen Mead Shine Taken Hole where you were, hole where smell & sweat was a well of warmth. To sip from there was having parchment abruptly become leaves growing right out of the page: The book of you, the riddle in a face so unconsciously itself, so innately expressive yet almost totally mute, summoned … Continue reading Shine Taken and Other Poems
tatters and Other Poems
By RC deWinter tatters for all my years lived-in many universes of this many-colored world i’m sometimes an innocent more than aware of evil but often unable to comprehend its perpetration i would no more slander someone than try to fly without wings and being no angel surely have none though my tongue wags loud … Continue reading tatters and Other Poems
Observation and Other Poems
By Anne Mikusinski Observation In the balcony I sit Watching As below Grounded but in full flight You soar Carried by passion's currents And unchecked inhibition You meet me where I am And usher inspiration in. Third Interlude Your voice fills up this space Like smoke Seeping into corners And entering each room With or … Continue reading Observation and Other Poems
The Heart’s Reflection
By Adegboyega Kayowa Beauty is not in clothes, not in figure or hair. Beauty must be seen from within, in her eyes, the doorway to her heart. Love resides there. Adegboyega Kayowa is an emerging Nigerian Writer. They write from Anambra, where they also study. They play chess and read romance novels when they are not … Continue reading The Heart’s Reflection
Nine Nature Photographs
By NIGHTMAN
Waking Flowers
By Sally Boyington Sun paints the sky from beneath the horizon in streaky hues stolen from petals of flowers still sleeping, wrapped up securely against the wearisome night. This light will soon strengthen creep forward slip across their shy and gentle faces and startle into wakefulness the bright unfolding bliss of morning. Wrapped in a … Continue reading Waking Flowers
Flowers and Butterflies and Other Artwork
By Taeyeon Kim Taeyeon Kim is a talented 13-year-old artist currently studying in Seoul, South Korea. She has a natural gift for capturing emotions and telling stories through her artwork, and she aspires to become a renowned artist in the future. Despite her young age, Taeyeon has already shown her potential as an artist, creating … Continue reading Flowers and Butterflies and Other Artwork
The Protagonist
By Ivan S. Asanovic Separated from myself, Looking back on my past, Separated, seeing it all at once, As everything starts to unfold. Witnessing it all, As a distant spectator with no stakes at all, Previous shame, disgrace and wrongs are disappearing in distance, With no weight or meaning anymore. But all the good moments … Continue reading The Protagonist
This is my Last Serenade and Other Poems
By Alex Guffey This is My Last Serenade Floating in the span of space, hearing the hymn of my swan song. This is the infinite sadness of song, sung on a moment’s notice, sealed on a permanent staccato. I feel you as you fall away. I hear you say you want to stay. This is … Continue reading This is my Last Serenade and Other Poems
Seagulls from the Other Woods and The Body of One’s Day and Night
By Hua Ai Seagulls from the Other Woods In the woods, my leaves have tapped on many people’s heads during their yellowed seasons. The fallen woods and the wind towards the west, two glasses of a historic yesterday, cut through Sava River, and they asking about how hungry I must have been to be aboard. … Continue reading Seagulls from the Other Woods and The Body of One’s Day and Night
Academy of the Heart And Mind 