By Kazumi Hayashi When I say Tokyo, what do you see? The crosswalk stop light turns green, the stagnant crowd suddenly engulfs you in motion, from one step-a-second to five. The LCD screens with loud advertisements, you don’t need another brightening cream, but after those few seconds, maybe you do need a brightening cream. Move … Continue reading Beneath the Gingko Tree
The Cottage
By Michael Rawlings Light flutters in the just-dusted window, shimmering on the maroon sofa and warming the plump cushions. An orange cat stretches in the heat and lies down, purring slightly. Dirt-dusted paws. Soil trickling on the windowsill. Five potted plants soaking in the sun’s rays. A whirring sound comes from the kitchen. Someone’s using … Continue reading The Cottage
The Unique Tale of Love
By Anwesha Topdar No laws retain the status of theirs,In the bittersweet strain of love and wars.In your perspective, you might be the affected one,But maybe on the other hand, you have made someone so.Each mellifluous lullaby of love is idiosyncratic,One or the other has got to deal with pain and woe.In the effable game … Continue reading The Unique Tale of Love
Dream Times
By Jim Hanson My present is filledwith my dream of timeswhen young with no pastI dreamed of the futurenow old with no futureI dream of the past.Though having no choiceI prefer the pastto accept what waslike an old storywhen the end was sureto begin again. Jim Hanson is a sociologist and retired Senior Researcher at … Continue reading Dream Times
An Evening on the Drava River and Other Poems
By Zachary Isrow An Evening on the Drava River Drifting – on the water flows,Pacing – walking along the banks,Racing – the mind wanders,On what does ponder?What time is there to reflect?There is nothing left to contemplate,save the very condition of the soul. Swans Brilliantly emulating, majestically aesthetic.The Swans sail away and bask in the … Continue reading An Evening on the Drava River and Other Poems
Existence
By Riley Kinsey mountains like chiseled metalspushing through earthly latexthat pierce the oil-slicked galaxy above,a night swollen with unblinking eyesglittering with thousands of years beyondtwisting through an endless tealthat swirls through millions of milesburning with possibilities,while streaks paint themselves on black canvasencircled with the rings ofdark rainbowed oceansof polluted ozone.there i amthrough the massive desert … Continue reading Existence
Ode to Black Holes
By E Kraft My dear black holes,Mysterious creatures from large starsNuclear fusions from crushing hydrogens into heliumsDelicately balancing between radiation and gravity Until their supernova explosion Just a fraction of a second Pity no one can seeMy dear black holesThough misconstrued like dull vacuumsA new generation will look to youAnd will one day uncover the … Continue reading Ode to Black Holes
Sun Tzu and Entertainment: Evan Almighty’s Flood
By Andrew Nickerson When it comes to endurance, only a handful of classics can boast of having truly stood the test of time. One of those is Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, which has stood as the tactics/strategy manual by which others are measured by for 2,000 years, namely because of its commonsense approach … Continue reading Sun Tzu and Entertainment: Evan Almighty’s Flood
Before the Fleet
By Jesse Hamilton Somewhere in the ever-expanding Alpha Centauri, in a void boundless, coasted the freighter known as the Harpy. In the eyes of a primitive civilization, it may have been perceived as mystical in its appearance and ascent—a bird with alloy lungs and carbon fiber skin, its feathers polished chrome. Floating, seemingly still, the … Continue reading Before the Fleet
Flying First Class on an Plane
By John Grey Cashed in pointsso I could do it once in my life.Lots of leg room.Comfortable back.Room at the sides.And attendant alwaysat the ready.Hid my face when the economy passengers trudged slowlythrough the first-class cabinon their wayto the cramped seats in the back.Couldn’t find the right expressionfor someone who was taking a couple of … Continue reading Flying First Class on an Plane
Academy of the Heart And Mind 