By Corey Villas Previously published in The San Antonio Review It’s usually a three-hour drive back home from Chapel Hill, but today it feels even longer. Bright rays of morning sun beam through my car door window, the heat warm on my face despite the cold November weather outside. I try to focus on the … Continue reading My Friend, Booger Bill
The Origins of Day and Night
By Mac Lee In the realm of gods, Swain, the youthful and sole offspring of Zeus, harbored a fervent desire: to bring warmth and illumination to the frigid lands below. Earth lay ensconced in perpetual chill, its skies bereft of the sun's radiance, shrouded instead by the dominion of Selene, the frosty moon goddess. Lux, … Continue reading The Origins of Day and Night
&&& (anchor) And and tire of it
By Grace Yoon &&& (anchor) after WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS if that were to be so,that the current current didn’t expect much, how would the waves dodge its depends? or will it always be fate&destiny it rests upon?the promise of the next tide shall bring a-nother share of tomorrow’s peace and the redthat bleeds will turn … Continue reading &&& (anchor) And and tire of it
Decom Posit
By Christopher C Tennant I walked out to pastureBut the chief’s horse was missingSo I searched for herAnd I found her lying on the groundA gray mare in a brown fieldFruiting upon salted earthHer hair was glossyAnd her mane still silver-greyBut her eye sockets were emptyAnd her stomach rescinded into a grapeAnd so I weptAs … Continue reading Decom Posit
A Sneaky Way to Deprive the World of Rain
By Steve Grogan Starting to get sick of this:myself, my attempts to survive.I will regress, I will rebel,stomping my way to a heart attack.This is all I need.This is all I forget.In the mirror you can measure how quickly I fall.Mirrors reveal everything.Mirrors indicate if Earth really revolves.Tongues unmask the truth as well.Does your skin … Continue reading A Sneaky Way to Deprive the World of Rain
Does the Flower Know Its Beauty?
By Mike Turner Does the flower know its beauty?Or the skies the joy of flight?Do birds know their sweet melodiesBring us out from dark of night?Is our worth not that internalOur love not held in heartBut rather that which we each giveTo others, thus impart?Let loose those things we hold most dearThat they may fly, … Continue reading Does the Flower Know Its Beauty?
Who’s at the Door?
By Abe Margel There was someone outside her door. First she’d heard the footsteps, now someone was knocking. She was scared. Only a month earlier there’d been a home invasion just down the street from her so she wasn’t going to take chances. The knocking persisted. She pressed her age spotted hands against her ears. … Continue reading Who’s at the Door?
Delicate Blossoms
By emurence The skies are low and cloudy Accompanied by a friendly breeze Painting our universe with shades Of dust like we’re celebrating a carnival while I was drifting far away in my thoughts So drunk in love we were practically floating off the ground My heart jumps out and dances in jubilance to the … Continue reading Delicate Blossoms
Go Home, Holden Caulfield
By Jackie Chou Leave the sleazy lights of the city,and do your homework.Forget the rye fields.The children on the cliffswill be chaperoned by their parents,and the ones who do fallwill more likely be missedthan being caught.For every hero offering his arms,there will be a crowdstanding around watching,doing nothing.Knowing you,you would not likethe phoniness of it … Continue reading Go Home, Holden Caulfield
Life Goes On, Your Memory Still Lives
By Jordan Aguiar The tide still comes in, crashing on our favorite beachI remember when we used to watch it together, holding hands, breathing in the ocean airWhen I want to remember you, I go and watch the tide come in.The leaves still fall, making a big mess covering the ground you lay I remember … Continue reading Life Goes On, Your Memory Still Lives
Academy of the Heart And Mind 