By Leigh-Anne Burley Does a bird balancing on a blowing branch get seasick like a green sailor on a gray-rolling sea? Does a tightrope walker get dizzy on a breezy day? Who ties and unties the knots in your stomach? Who unites a divided mind or mends a broken heart. Is it left to chance, … Continue reading Balancing Act
Cracks and Other Poems
By Endya “Sage” Goliday Cracks For you to see the cracks and still call me beautiful makes me want to kiss every scar on your body. Allow me to learn each one. Wall Writing I write the walls because I do not know how to live in them or between. Scorched Time and time again … Continue reading Cracks and Other Poems
Hijacked
By Carol E. Anderson The plane bounces once on the tarmac then screeches to a halt. The flight attendant opens the steel door and the heat blows through the aircraft causing my already pretzeled stomach to twist once again. I snatch my tattered backpack, sling it over my shoulder and step out. Thoughts whip through … Continue reading Hijacked
And Then You Blinked
By Marisa Cimbal You miss her. You brushed her hair and pulled it back. You gave her a hat and made sure she wore gloves. You bandaged her cuts and bruises and removed grass from the skin torn by cleats. You waved to her from the bleachers, shorts so long and socks so high, you … Continue reading And Then You Blinked
Living in the Dark
By Matthew McAyeal Previously published in DM du Jour, cc&d, Scarlet Leaf Review, and Necro Magazine Comrade Song Jin-Kyong awoke with a start. Her eyes were open, but there was nothing to see. It was pitch black. Jin-Kyong lay wide awake on her floor mat, not feeling tired at all. But there was no point … Continue reading Living in the Dark
Mixed Media Artworks
By Chad M. Horn Chad M. Horn is a beat poeta and mixed media artist from Central Kentucky. He is the emcee of numerous performance-poetry events including the annual Kentucky Writers Day.
Songbird Sway and Other Photographs
By Jordyn-Elizabeth Songbird Sway Halfway to the Peak Northern Mockingbird Wave Gush Garden Bunny Raven Trail Jordyn-Elizabeth is an honors college student studying Environmental Science in coastal Massachusetts. When she is not listening to the nearby Atlantic while paddleboarding or crafting stories while writing it is almost a guarantee she is taking pictures of birds … Continue reading Songbird Sway and Other Photographs
My Entire World Is Shaking
By James Moran What is happening right now? My entire world is shaking My pen is the seismograph My words are the jagged lines that are the cracks in the egg- shaped world that is birthing forth these images as I write James Moran is a professional astrologer who regularly publishes articles, fiction, and poetry. … Continue reading My Entire World Is Shaking
The Diner
By Mark Mitchell Nobody knew who the boy belonged to. No one had noticed who he walked in with or what he was doing there - besides creating a disturbance that is. The diner was the only restaurant open late at night on a Sunday. The rest of the town had closed shop and rolled … Continue reading The Diner
A Tail of Loyalty
By Pedro Ramirez In the quiet town of Willowbrook, which was between rolling hills and fields of golden wheat, there lived a dog named Max. Max was no ordinary dog; he was a golden retriever with eyes that sparkled like two drops of sunshine and a heart full of love. Max's days were filled with … Continue reading A Tail of Loyalty
Academy of the Heart And Mind 