By Blue Carrisole In your eyes I exploit the warm barriers of pessimism Its my comfort place, My safe space And now, its glow rains on my face As I dance on the blades of its malice In your eyes I’m anointed the cold colours of truth Because I shriek at the touch Of the … Continue reading In Your Eyes
Become Transhuman and Other Poems
By Strider Marcus Jones Become Transhuman mop my stain of thoughts from their existence, before they grow too old and follow me, into disrepair and rigid ways- but leave one drop of luminous ribosome to feed its reason if i choose to let mortality become transhuman, then i, so acting shaped to mime and mummer … Continue reading Become Transhuman and Other Poems
Backyard Murder and Other Poems
By Eve Rifkah Backyard Murder though he knows he wants to fly see the world from the sky the pinpricks of life below no, it’s the voices, the way they call to each other the leader going ahead watching for those that follow making sure the rest keep up and the kids the yearlings the … Continue reading Backyard Murder and Other Poems
The Dog Days of January
By Cat Sole It was the dog days of January, and she was dreaming of the beach. She lay in a pool of humidsweat on the single mattress, in the sunless room that was too small - and thought of blue skies, and sea-salt air, and blank sheets of paper.She thought of well-intentioned words of … Continue reading The Dog Days of January
Honest Truth and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Honest Truth Somewhere some place Creation and destruction conflict Truth and lies Everywhere and nowhere Residents and visitors Weaving in and out Of time itself Like flowing water Within the river Of true stories Eligible Eligible eligibility Noble nobility Age of chivalry Permissible Acceptable Worthy of acclaim Holding merit Without being … Continue reading Honest Truth and Other Poems
Puzzling It Out
By Dianne Moritz You go along in life, putting the pieces together, one by one. Like a jigsaw puzzle, sometimes they fit snuggly: bird on a nest, sweet peas on a trellis. Then, just when you think you’re ready for the next piece, you lose it under the tablecloth or discover it’s all wrong...cloud cover … Continue reading Puzzling It Out
Why?
By Kulikani Nortey Is what I feel real or is it just a figment of my imagination? What is imagination? Is it just something we just imagined? Is it all man made because I have never met my ego? Does the soul really exist? Heaven and hell two opposites of the same fist. If all … Continue reading Why?
For $2.00 She Was Mine
By Debra J. White Maxine died in 2001. I miss her terribly even now. I can still remember that dayin September 1988 when I was a social worker in a crime ridden, gang infested and run-down Bronx neighborhood. I paid $2.00 to a crack dealer for a skinny, flea infested straydog. Since then, I’ve rescued … Continue reading For $2.00 She Was Mine
The Last Stop
By Angela Johnson When Alma Leblanc looked out the window of the office building at the shadows beginning to fall across the downtown street, she knew that she was late. She had been so busy organizing and hanging the paintings that the bank had commissioned that she didn’t realize it was after 7 o’clock. She … Continue reading The Last Stop
Hook for the Masterpiece and Other Poems
By Patricia Nelson Hook for the Masterpiece The weight of line and shade still hangs. A frame holds the glow they made of it: The kingdom of smoking fuels, the art with its light-craving dervish. Women made of shadow and the world. Brown rats that squeaked and bit them. Crowns of dead metal stamens. … Continue reading Hook for the Masterpiece and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 