By Isabelle Autumn it’s a warm pei evening and i am seven every pine that lines the road drips with honey yellow, the last shreds of sunlight spilling off their branches before the sun is swallowed whole my lungs flood with red gasps of dust as the car flys down the dirt path, and i … Continue reading Pink Pillows
Memoirs of a Rhodesian Bush War
By Temba Magorimbo Excerpts from a fiction novel, Off The Eagle’s Claws by Temba Magorimbo © Jack Von Sidels always remembered a fellow pilot he had been jostling and jockeying with at New Serum Airbase in Salisbury. They had flown out in formation, two Dakotas and two Canberra aircraft. Troops and equipment had been lined … Continue reading Memoirs of a Rhodesian Bush War
Black Forest
By Yurii Tkachenko I approached the black forest.It is a burnt forest.Black forest closer becomes gray.I entered into their forest.I walked and thought about what ahead.It’s still the same burnt forest.But I saw a flowering tree inside.I came closer.I saw a blue fish on it.I walked around.And I was surprised.But I didn't dare to take … Continue reading Black Forest
The Watcher of Kaimana
By Meerub Tariq Originally published in The Synecouth Gazette I have stood here for a century,Humming the ocean’s endless riff.I pass each day in a new reverie—I’m a lighthouse on a rocky cliff.The waves whisper me their arcana,From mighty mountains of Montana,To the endless heat of Savanna—They call me The Watcher of Kaimana.My coat has … Continue reading The Watcher of Kaimana
Everyday is a school day…
By Bazilus Homb Originally published in All Poetry Everyday is a school day,Keep moving forward anyway,The process is trial and error,Each day you are one step closer,Stay strong when things go wrong,Never bowto the blowKeep on trying and do not lose heart,Even If everything seems to fall apart,Find a way throughwhat you go through'til your … Continue reading Everyday is a school day…
Time Merchants
By Alan S. Kolok Alex tried to walk home via a different route nearly every night. He liked to amble along the little side streets of the city, window shopping. This evening was no different. At the corner of Merchant and Vine, a small sign caught his attention. The door to the small office was … Continue reading Time Merchants
Teachings of the Gemstone Woman, or, “A Telegram from Outer Space”
By CC Tennant When empires rise, order is created. The stars are held in place, and laws and logic dictate the actions of man. But when empires fall, that order is lost, and a certain force takes over, not one dictated by laws or logic but superstition, horror, and the mind unimaginable. These forces are … Continue reading Teachings of the Gemstone Woman, or, “A Telegram from Outer Space”
The Orange Was Once Ripe
By Alexander Polo The orange was once ripe,The one in your basket;You’ve left it for too long,No one wants to pick it.Its layers were once godly,Its juice is deprived, constrained;What was once sweet’s now acid,Nobody wants to be drained.There were days with chances to blend,There were ways to provide what’s prized;They could’ve meshed within your … Continue reading The Orange Was Once Ripe
Changing of the Leaves
By Spencer Gallup I stroll throughout the forest in the fallit is a chilly but a sunny dayI go to walk to achieve a clean slate after facing quite a few busy weeks. Spellbound by the fading, golden canvasI see it go on for miles like a realm I find myself and I resume my … Continue reading Changing of the Leaves
Bins and All
By Kelli J Gavin When she moved homeSo many bins came with herStuff crammed in every spaceBox after box of hodgepodge nonsenseShe wanted to be homeA place of comfort and restA place of solace and joyEverything needed to be sortedIncluding this amazing adult daughterWhere would this stuff go?Does she want to keep it? Would it … Continue reading Bins and All
