By Mary Walsh Foley Stella rose at six. Walking through the dewy fields, she keenly felt her parents’ presence. The sky was streaked mauve and grey. She heard a bird rustling in the brambles and a snipe flew up from the long grass. The horizon was shrouded in a thin veil of fog. Running in … Continue reading The Heart of the Matter
Blue
By Rachel Wilson Bobby McKenna says I can’t like blue because I’m a girl so I tell him blue’s my favorite color. He tells me girls are supposed to like pink and I ask him why and he says because it’s a girl color and I tell him that’s silly I don’t like pink. I … Continue reading Blue
Fox and Other Poems
By Leda Nichole Fox clever little trickster unconcerned with gods or monsters or Mortals she does what she wants with no conscience to hold her back Regret the little flower does not care if today really is today or yesterday or tomorrow it doesn’t care if its leaves are uneven or the stem grows crooked … Continue reading Fox and Other Poems
Sylvia’s Lullaby
By Jillian Flexner They were down to their last three dollars. They had sold everything they conceivably could live without from their little cottage – even their tin silverware. Well, they called it a cottage but it was really more of a hovel, left to only nature’s defenses. Now, they were desperate. Sylvia stared into … Continue reading Sylvia’s Lullaby
One Africa
By Langa Moore My fellow brothers and sistersPlease have mercyAren't we all AfricansWe were cradled in the same continentI know life is hardI know jobs are scarceI came here to look for helpNot to be a problem Not to steal your jobsMy fellow brothers and sistersPlease spare my lifeAt least let me goto the land … Continue reading One Africa
Little One and Two-Faced
By Ebisike Chinedum Kenneth Little One Two-Faced Ebisike Chinedum Kenneth is a Nigerian creative writer and artist. He currently lives in Nigeria where he works as a Pharmacist. He is also a lover of classical music and nature.
Bagatelle In A-Major
By Zary Fekete When I was ten my mother drove me to piano lessons every Wednesday. My piano teacher was an elderly lady who lived in a large, Victorian house at the end of the street. By the time the car reached her driveway I felt like I lost control of time. The hour ahead … Continue reading Bagatelle In A-Major
Bovids
By Channie Greenberg
An Old Goldfield
By James Aitchison The bush is old and dark and full of slopes, The trees grow ragged here, forlorn and still, And bracken too conspires to blur the hill And mask the shafts where men clung to their hopes. And when evening's light begins to wane, And secrets darken in this crooked ground, I often … Continue reading An Old Goldfield
She Breathes Gales
By Elizabeth Brown She wanders for a living Donating play dates to the ocean Dilly dallying with the waves Chasing after those meandered seashells But she can tear apart cities Bustle through towns Seize buildings from their soil And shatter glass ceilings She purses her lips together to stir Whistling a warning To remind you … Continue reading She Breathes Gales
Academy of the Heart And Mind 