By Jessica Ricks The Beauty of the World I see the stars above, The rolling clouds, The colorful flowers, The bunnies and the deer, And I say, “Thank you.” The universe created This lovely grandeur, We are just observers Here to experience This beauty that is Not ours. And with that, I am … Continue reading The Beauty of the World
A Night So Beautiful We Had To Burn Down The Senator’s House 40-42
By Darren Demaree A NIGHT SO BEAUTIFUL WE HAD TO BURN DOWN THE SENATOR’S HOUSE #40 Ohio, do you love us? We know we do this in opposition to your leaking heart. A NIGHT SO BEAUTIFUL WE HAD TO BURN DOWN THE SENATOR’S HOUSE #41 The landscape an hour short of dawn … Continue reading A Night So Beautiful We Had To Burn Down The Senator’s House 40-42
The Morning Sun
By Thomas Page Whatever happened to the morning sun Asks the solitary, evening moon b ‘low The stars and the clouds framing a sky done. This time of year, I cough up my own lung Winter’s curse to the body that will know Whatever happened to the morning sun? Leather rancher coat … Continue reading The Morning Sun
Bloomsday
By Thomas Page If I had one day unrelentingly noted By an expatriate in some Romantic country Twenty or so years from now What would they say? How would they start? With rambling thoughts as I groggily wake up? What would be important? What I ate? Drank? What I did on my phone? … Continue reading Bloomsday
Bells
By Thomas Page Each high school seems to have a bell, Not a bell in the liturgical or civic sense, A bell of copper or metal Hung in its own tower Visible to the people underneath it. School bells hidden somewhere in the wall. Hundred odd bell towers in the concrete Like the hallways … Continue reading Bells
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
By Thomas Page I visited the place where I was born when I was ten-ish. Like most people my age it is a hospital. A place frozen in that January for my family However, many years ago you read this poem. It is beige-looking With a koi pond in the middle Water enclosed in … Continue reading Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Glassjawed
By Thomas Page What is the strongest point of your face? Trace the hallows of orbitals and nose, Blows made in boxing would fell anyone, Won by the impression that the face is His keystone. All faces become glassjaws ‘Cause a good southpaw to the mandible. Reasonable people know mixed-martial arts Parts anyone with … Continue reading Glassjawed
Oral Poets
By Thomas Page Rage Pantheons Man and war Midlife Deviled angels Overthrown gods Caribbean fishermen Seafarers Warriors Nation-founders connected with nature All rhapsodies by remembering voices Trained by generations Forging new dawns And kingdoms And harmonies And memories.
Honorable Mentions- Poetry
Horary of the Seasons On the appointed day dawn rises clear and golden, so warm as to deny that winter could ever come: like an horary of the seasons or of my lives, the ritual begins. I start to fold the clothes washed to cotton stiffness, the shirts and skirts I’ve worn for years, like … Continue reading Honorable Mentions- Poetry
Poetry Contest- 3rd Place
Dr.Imbesat Maheen Syed The Sound Of Music When a tune defines your mood, It actually complements it. Brings out the feel of the heart, That you could not do on your part. The tune is hidden in all sounds of nature, Holding all your emotions in a miniature. The rustling of the trees The … Continue reading Poetry Contest- 3rd Place
Academy of the Heart And Mind 