By Ellie Stewart Vertigo The Earth turns too fast for the world to catch up The seasons shift leaving lovers, allies, neighbors, strangers, swiveling apart What were we? My head turns too fast for me to remember I spin, you stay. You’re there lingering and then I’m gone. Evanescence You were there, We were here. … Continue reading Two Poems in a Haze
Overrated and Other Poems
By Anthony Ward Overrated Summer is the time of year most find relaxing. But I find it tiring. Too much buzzing and busying around. Too many bodies sprawled across the ground. While the heat’s too hot to warm to. Pride is the peace of mind most of us hope for. Yet I find it induces … Continue reading Overrated and Other Poems
Industrial Fruit
By Michael Theroux In our food, in our bodies our clothes, our buildings in the Air, Water, Earth all come from the Fire We unmake our home and make the Machine and making, create this deadly residue Splinters so fine no needle will serve in competent hands to come to the rescue What have we … Continue reading Industrial Fruit
Helium
By Jim Bates I’ll never forget my first helium balloon. I got two of them for my second birthday. Two red ones, my favorite color. My grandpa gave them to me. “Here you go, Lonny,” he said, smiling. “Enjoy.” I did. My grandpa loved helium-filled balloons. Not those mylar ones with sayings on them like … Continue reading Helium
The Miserable
By Tammy B. Tsonis I was born to be miserable like my mother and her mother before her. I was five when I discovered my destiny. I ran toward the kitchen for my favorite snack– a hostess twinkie - and saw my mother crying, tears rolling down her cheeks as she held a dirty mop … Continue reading The Miserable
Death Doesn’t Kiss Back
By Ben Cromwell I saw a cartoon, once, in some magazine, or maybe it was online. It said life was in love with death, and that over the years, life had sent gifts to death. A little cartoon turtle walked across the frame, going from young to old as it went. A dark robed figure … Continue reading Death Doesn’t Kiss Back
She Pretends Not to Speak
By Victoria Hewitt Her hair is grayed at the temples now. Her bones are more brittle and her voice cracks when she speaks to her cat. Her children live across the country with families of their own and her husband of 40 years passed away from the impact of the car that struck him while … Continue reading She Pretends Not to Speak
Burning Blue
By Ellie Stewart A pair of eyes, bluer than the midday sky, gleamed in the black dungeon. It had worked. The master’s invention had finally come to life as expected. As soon as the news was broken to the rest of the town, the old tinker on the outskirts of civilization would no longer live … Continue reading Burning Blue
The Lucky Ones and Other Poems
By Manuel Matei The Lucky Ones How did they knew when to disappear and make the best use of their life? In true Edison style, disaster led directly to innovation: the obstacle became the path. The art of turning adversity into triumph. In order to do great things we have to endure tragedies, to love … Continue reading The Lucky Ones and Other Poems
What Else Can I Say? and Other Poems
By Esha Sury What Else Can I Say? This bone-tiredness to speak ended as pure reprieve. I dispose of my last pen and a surrendered dove, as remittance, gave its’ awareness to me in a dawn of non-talk. I wish plainly to cradle wordless breath, to unashamedly swallow the verse I could’ve written on a … Continue reading What Else Can I Say? and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 