By Esther Yeh-Rynn Chae Esther Yeh-Rynn Chae is a talented student who attends The Elizabeth Morrow School. Born with a passion for the arts, she enjoys spending her free time reading, drawing, and writing. Music is also a big part of Esther's life, and she plays both the piano and flute with great skill. When … Continue reading My Essentials and Other Paintings
Turning points and Other Poems
By Kashiana Singh Turning points silverfish darning holes in language doppelganger the caesura between death and I repotting I dig deep into dirt standing atop a disemboweled earth many limbed durga moon shapes remaking of old habits sleeping town a window lights up at dusk Menopausal the insect inside its amber, a womb sharpness of … Continue reading Turning points and Other Poems
Lost and Found
By Karen Court Patricia Barker hugged her bony knees to her chest as she sat on the sidewalk amidst all the rubble. She coughed. A steady rain was still falling and her hair dribbled cold water down her hunched back and shoulders. Oblivious to the rain, Patty sobbed quietly to herself. Rain drops joined her … Continue reading Lost and Found
The Albino African Clawed Frog and Other Poems
By Robert Beveridge The Albino African Clawed Frog The machinery thumps, cracks, presses a thousand thousand plates into a thousand thousand —what else?—other plates. Cannibals are rumored to live on the valley floor, but what if, just this once, a longpig really is just the opposite of the litter's runt? We carry it on its … Continue reading The Albino African Clawed Frog and Other Poems
D/L/T/B/B
By Leonardo Chung D/L/T/B/B let the bedbugs bite / and the pain won’t melt into discomfort / hopefully / because ignorance / isn’t bliss over here / turn a blind eye / and tempt yourself / now hurry before / those five words / snake into that / deeply nestled mind and say / who … Continue reading D/L/T/B/B
Santiago and Other Poems
By David Kim Santiago I hop off the bus, Hailed a hero for bringing my Nintendo DS The Autumn wind The smell of the mountain snow The pastel orange sky shimmers I face the buildings, The mountain peaks still shimmer behind A long march ensues The sidewalk trickles people Construction workers, helmets covered with stickers … Continue reading Santiago and Other Poems
The Best Day for Folding Clothes and Other Poems
By Yoon Park The Best Day for Folding Clothes is on a second Wednesday when the radio plays its 1 p.m. classics mother’s favorite dvorak and when the window is open, so that the room can breathe as I do. I first separate father’s socks, match them at the end before a turn inside out … Continue reading The Best Day for Folding Clothes and Other Poems
Light and Other Poems
By Andrew Chung Light Once upon a time, every texture was important I’d follow the beat of my soul creativity without limits, that was my life one day, it diminished the possibility of everything became intangible dreams now a distant memory and reduced to ashes no matter how blue the sky is, just a picture … Continue reading Light and Other Poems
Water Lilies and Other Photographs
By Michael Shoemaker Michael Shoemaker is a poet, writer, and photographer. His photography has appeared in Front Porch Review, Writers on the Range, Yahoo.com. and elsewhere. He lives in Utah near the Great Salt Lake with his wife and son. Michael enjoys pickleball and gardening.
Snack and Other Poems
By Andrew Ban Snack It's dark out It’s cold out Any moment now the sun might come out But i can still hear the sounds of people moving people struggling people trying their best to live I thought I wasn't getting much sleep these days These people don't sleep at all I lay in my … Continue reading Snack and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 