By Eduardo Jáuregui Martínez Situated in the lush hill countryside of northern Guanajuato, hidden in the peripheries of the peripheral municipality of Xichu, there stood Matusalén de Jiménez. It was not much bigger than your average small town, centered around the towering red-brick walls of the church, a bronze bell, paid by the remittances from … Continue reading Entre Familia
Forget the wind! Let’s Wage War
By Sircharlesthepoet An ant crawls under a crack I had forgotten below my window. The wind blows suspensefully so the curtains wake, bothered they sweep their skirts to get up reassemble their limbs and wrinkles to keep warmth. Sunlight intrudes into my faulty sight how blind could the blind be made? What’s an alert, emergency … Continue reading Forget the wind! Let’s Wage War
Four Roses
By Neil Brosnan ‘You’ll be more comfortable down here; in your favourite room.’ So typical of Lillie: ever the pragmatist. She is right, of course. This has always been my favourite room, and I will be more comfortable here. Not only does the bay window offer a triptych view of my flower garden, but I … Continue reading Four Roses
Listen…
By Mike Turner Listen… As stars gently brush the sky Spun-sugar clouds whispering your name While murmuring zephyrs Tell their secrets to the autumn leaves And cool rays of moonlight Kiss resting daffodils Sleeping in dew-moistened glade Do you hear the music? Lyrics, melody, mystery Of the turning of night? Singing of days past Tomorrows … Continue reading Listen…
Dear Amar Singh
By Tristan Fernandes Dear Amar Singh I 1916 Boots seeped in muck. Rain from above. The scream of shells piercing the sky. Tiny soldiers hovering in their mud holes. No man’s land is a sea of barbed wires and pockmarked shell holes. Sunrays peaked from the misty sky and dawn was yet to arrive. For … Continue reading Dear Amar Singh
My Grandmas Ride Their Blue And Gold Tandem Bike And Other Poems
By Leigh-Anne Burley My Grandmas Ride Their Blue and Gold Tandem Bike My grandmas ride their blue and gold tandem bike and take us grandkids for Saturday picnics in the park. Collecting figurines from Red Rose tea boxes and trading IGA green stamps for dishes is their interest.. These lovely ladies enjoy neighborhood lilac-scented tea … Continue reading My Grandmas Ride Their Blue And Gold Tandem Bike And Other Poems
Soul Train and Other Poems
By Madeira Miller Soul Train Previously published in Abstract Literary Magazine The ambulance was two cars ahead and my windows were down in the heat of rush hour traffic on a Monday evening. The children bickered in the backseat, exhausted from the school day. They were silenced by the piercing scream of the sirens and … Continue reading Soul Train and Other Poems
Vampires And Other Poems
By Sean Eaton Vampires Those night-hunters, vampires, unable to go out in the sun, arrange moonlit picnics for themselves on scenic hillsides during the warmer months, on the young and supple or ancient craggy hills of their grandmother Earth. They plant tall torches in the dry dirt in perimeter around antique Persian carpets, smaller candelabra … Continue reading Vampires And Other Poems
Heights
By Channie Greenberg
Meine Leibe / My Love
By NIGHTMAN Hi everyone this is my first poem written in German with a little correction by a friend and I translated it to English myself. I tried very hard to be fully correct and I hope dear German speakers enjoy it particularly. Meine Leibe kannst du mich fühlen? Meine Liebe, kannst du mich hören? … Continue reading Meine Leibe / My Love
Academy of the Heart And Mind 