By Anthony Ward Thuds and creaks of perplexing timber haunt the house, As I seek solitude against the grandfather clock Chiming down the hall, Staring at the radio in order to listen harder, As I rub my thumb across the dented desk Tracing scratches of a lifetimes endeavour. How I love to watch the weather … Continue reading Reminiscence
Human Tragedy and Other Poems
By Amirah Al Wassif Human Tragedy The holes that carved upon my forehead; Reveal how old am I My children had eaten their self From a very young age. I'm the mother Who peels the hours? With the patience's knife. Watching their severed heads Sparkling from upstairs Like stars. I am the mother, I shout … Continue reading Human Tragedy and Other Poems
Broken and Other Poems
By Andrew Scott Broken I feel you slithering around me as I lay here, shaking, broken. You only come around during these times when it is believed I am at the weakest. You and your other demons have been hoping for this moment. I should have expected you when the snap occurred and my bones … Continue reading Broken and Other Poems
Can’t
By Eric Bryant Can’t Think Can’t Process Can’t Solve Can’t Heal Can’t Stay Can’t Go Can’t Love Can’t Feel Can’t Start Can’t Stop Can’t Move Can’t Fly Can’t Think Can’t Cry Can’t Live Can’t Die Eric is a creative songwriter and poet. He’s attracted to the abstract, the off-the-wall, and the unexpected. He’s open to … Continue reading Can’t
Grudges and Like I Knew You Would Disappear Today
By Ritiksha Sharma Grudges My father’s book of spells was always one page short of discovery and miracles, for we caught it one day; scraping away its own skin; falling epidermis, sloughing and shedding, exhausted under the force of handwritten notes; poor thing was always heavier than the day before; that is even when we … Continue reading Grudges and Like I Knew You Would Disappear Today
Snapshots and Like Mother, Like Daughter
By Kavita Sarin Snapshots Deep within the recesses Of An old, decrepit, iron trunk Lie remnants of lives once lived. As I reach out To pluck with my bare, shaking fingers Memories of a past not yet faded, An odor of sadness permeates my being. A weak, antiquated, yellowing Manila Holds reminiscences of lives That … Continue reading Snapshots and Like Mother, Like Daughter
The Forbidden Home of the Ancestors
By Marzia Rahman Of all the people in the world, I least expected my brother to knock at my door. That too in the early hours of dawn. Why do I like dawn so much? I often ask myself. Is it because of the serenity? Or the quietness? The world has yet to wake up; … Continue reading The Forbidden Home of the Ancestors
Academy Classics: Thrice
By Thomas Page Everybody in town knew about the murders. You couldn’t walk down Washington Street without someone tapping you on the shoulder to confirm what they already knew. The Harrisons had lived in this little ordinary house on top of Rodham Hill about fifteen long steps away from their neighbors—the Tiffanys. Dan Tiffany was … Continue reading Academy Classics: Thrice
The Mirror
By John Page You wake up. You're thirsty and need to go to the bathroom. You get up to go to the bathroom. You remember that you had an upsetting dream but not the details. You reach the bathroom door and suddenly feel afraid. You can’t explain it so you ignore it. You open the … Continue reading The Mirror
Snake-Cell Dreams
By Sandeep Kumar Mishra In his dreams, Rajan searches for the ghosts. He hunts for them, tracing their footsteps in the dirt. He is back in his hometown— he knows these roads. The moonlight shivers on his skin. The crooked streets rattle around him. His heart burns in his chest. Baba, mama. Where are you? … Continue reading Snake-Cell Dreams
Academy of the Heart And Mind 