By Denis O'Sullivan What's Wrong With the World? What has Become of This sad And pathetic world A world We’re there Is no Empathy or compassion A world Of selfish people Who couldn't careless About anyone else But themselves And wouldn't Even help you If you Asked them What happened To the world That I … Continue reading A Reasonable Question: A Series of Poems
Arranged
By Rivka Shlesinger ‘Come out. You are going to meet him and you will like him.’ The bangs on the bathroom door increased. Jessica knew she’d have to open eventually, but for now she yelled, ‘No!’ The bangs stopped for a moment and she heard muffled voices. Her parents were out there discussing her future. … Continue reading Arranged
Why Fly High? And Other Poems
By Sultana Raza Why Fly High? Do you really need to fly? Touch the essence of the sky Why do you need to go so high? Enjoy the stream that passes by. For attention do you vie? Have you ever found out why? On your heart can you rely? Make florae your own ally. Will … Continue reading Why Fly High? And Other Poems
If I Had a Time Machine and The Fur of Golden Wheat
By Anjali Paruvu If I Had a Time Machine Every now and then The day will break And you open your eyes Thinking, not again And you push yourself out thinking, this is how it must be You're young and sweet and all of fourteen, but you look like you've been at it since sixteen … Continue reading If I Had a Time Machine and The Fur of Golden Wheat
Memory’s Quill and A Party With Solitude
By Cole Adeyosola Memory's Quill The heavens picked this day, In this cosy month of may, It's a pleasure to know you this day, You'll be mine and I'll be yours all the way, My mind never cease to picture us at a bay, My words a trick you say, In your touch my heart … Continue reading Memory’s Quill and A Party With Solitude
September and Autumn
By Ellie Rose McKee September September is silence. Spiders creeping under doors in search of central heating. The start of school and people rushing about, meeting other new students. New schedules. Shifting off the old season. But underneath: quiet. A girl alone in her dorm room, miles from home. Her phone not ringing. Dark night … Continue reading September and Autumn
Include and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Include Include via inclusion. Embrace change And improve Surroundings As well as oneself. Help and assist While resisting Negativity, And strive to better The world, And that itself Is a choice. Let voices Vocalize To help realize The precious value Of accepting Acceptance Not Always Gone Forever Even when grieving, Never … Continue reading Include and Other Poems
Insomnia
By Sydney Clark I can’t sleep. Have you tried counting sheep? Yes, I’ve tried. I still can’t sleep. Have you tried sinking deep? Yes, I’ve tried. I know you have cried because I’m not by your side. I’m not asleep. Look on the bright side - put your worries aside. I won’t make a peep. … Continue reading Insomnia
The Handmaiden
By Mehreen Ahmed Eliza stood in front of her bathroom mirror and squeezed the end of a nearly empty tube of toothpaste. Between her thumb and her index finger, her fingernails turned an inconsistent color of white pink, the plumpness of the tip of her skin diminishing. Breathing short and tight, her lips were thinning … Continue reading The Handmaiden
The Proposal and Other Poems
By Fernanda Poblete Gonzalez The Proposal Let's deceive time, so that you can look at me like the first time. Smile at me without wanting to, and kiss me like yesterday. Let's turn the world upside down, just one more time, to see the stars appear during bedtime. Let's forget fear and let's jump with … Continue reading The Proposal and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 