By Jim Bates I really do see them, The souls of my dear loved ones, In the form of fluttering butterflies, Dancing across a sunny summer sky, Or in the colorful flowers blooming, Along the paths we walk, The roads less traveled. I see them dipping and diving, Like gulls and terns, Flying free and … Continue reading They Are Seen By Me
Capital Disappointment and Signs
By Arianna Sebo CAPITAL DISAPPOINTMENT Scissor Wizards hair whizzers extraordinaire buzzers and bleachers braiders and curlers lady with headphones greets me at the door she barely acknowledges I’m wearing no clothes she must be listening to a soap opera on those phones I watch her eyebrows flicker and twitch like a newly born caterpillar I … Continue reading Capital Disappointment and Signs
The Tourists of Sargasso Sea and Other Poems
By Thomas Page The Tourists of the Sargasso Sea Marine biologists have been baffled by the Sargasso Sea’s tubular tourists— The eel. The eel Seem to be the true Sexless Ageless Birthless Originless creature swimming along the warm streams. They have baffled the likes of philosophers and psychoanalysts With their knavish resistance … Continue reading The Tourists of Sargasso Sea and Other Poems
Soap Bubbles
By Michal Reiben Clouds drift on a gentle breeze in an Iris blue sky. Tree’s branches sway in the warm light wind and birds in the trees chatter. An old hag wearing a moth-eaten dress with a face like crumpled paper is sitting on a bench by the side of a playground. She’s enjoying the … Continue reading Soap Bubbles
The Beasts
By Thomas Page Behemoth Behold mighty Behemoth Howling in sounds arcane Making the world anemic To its power amain. Its teeth gnawed shade yellow With choleric humour The many souls made hollow In their mandated stupor. However can I portray The disasters before me? The ruins tossed anyway Like an old spent fusee? A spoken … Continue reading The Beasts
Funny and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Funny What is so funny? All that is joyous in life Enjoy life honey! Mountainous Hills rise above the ground Like how phoenixes rise above ashes Phoenixes are mystical, magical, and symbolize rebirth Leave your mark upon the world Because time flies and life is short One does not need … Continue reading Funny and Other Poems
The Trench Coat
By Nancy Lou Henderson Hanging on a new hook now, but what the existence I have had. My first owner was a man. After purchasing me, for some reason, the man took me to a tailor then instructed the tailor to add a secret pocket in my lining. At different times, strange items hid in … Continue reading The Trench Coat
Moonlight Over the Coconut Field
By George Keyes A PIECE OF LIFE It doesn’t matter how many times I come to Washington, District of Columbia, there’s always a thrill. Its old splendidly designed wide avenues lined with high-reaching trees and exquisite modernized buildings make it the most astonished city in the world. One observer can never forget the superb dome … Continue reading Moonlight Over the Coconut Field
On the Ruins and Other Poems
By Arti Rai on the ruins on the ruins of my grave strew those flowers that bloom in love season and lovers which crave forget not to lay a bunch of roses and carve my grave next to his lane by the side of the river in lover's premises midst the roses and roses and … Continue reading On the Ruins and Other Poems
Midges and Other Poems
By Ryan Quinn Flanagan Midges We are being good Canadians. Saving up all our recycling until it piles over and we have to drive out to the recycling place by the water treatment plant. And we have to drive deep into the woods. The windows rolled up because of the bugs. Swarms of midges that … Continue reading Midges and Other Poems
