By Justin Dingler The journey was long and silent, excluding the ship’s steady heartbeat and the occasional crackle of communication from distant command centers. Where would he go and what would he find? Barren rocks? Icy giants? Gas clouds? Whatever it was, it wasn’t Earth. War, greed, lost love, broken promises. All Earth had ever … Continue reading Among The Stars, He Found Home
A Far Corner
By T.R. Healy Catching himself starting to doze off, Griffin closed his right hand into a fist and stared at it for a moment in the brittle sunlight. At once, he thought of his Uncle Roy who used to raise a fist above his head when he got angry and bellow, “If I open my … Continue reading A Far Corner
Autumn Call
By Bert Barry What impelled him to abandonwarmth – comfortthe security of his househe would never knowbut on a chill October nighthe found himself peering--only aided bya single powerful flashlight—avidly – eagerlypoised to enterthe narrow path opening amongrows of dry – dusty cornlong past the time for harvesting.He had never noticedsuch a path beforenow it … Continue reading Autumn Call
The Yarikkaya Wind of Alexandria
By Hannah Katerina “Iskenderiye’nin Yarıkkaya Rüzgari” or “The Yarıkkaya wind of Alexandria.” Refers to a famous wind which sweeps through the town of Iskenderun, Türkiye. The ancient city of Alexandria. Not Alexandria of Egypt, that’s the new one. No, this all happened in the ancient city of Alexandria, in modern Türkiye. There’s almost nothing left … Continue reading The Yarikkaya Wind of Alexandria
Franklin Street 1957
By John Ziegler The rag man, in his broken shoes pushes his cart along the brick street, calls out with chafed voice,“Papers, magazines, rags.”.All afternoon the air is still and pale,the yellow leaves pasted to the wet street.Near dusk, Schmoyer’s farm truck clanks onto Franklin Street,loaded with cabbages, and carrots,potatoes with the mud still on.The … Continue reading Franklin Street 1957
Hungry Eyes
By Katie McCall Electricity cables stretch across the belly of the valley like old skin, crackling and hissing above our heads in the fading daylight. From up high, the last of the spring thaw drips down. You are here again on my part of the hillside, watching the sun drop behind the jagged peaks as … Continue reading Hungry Eyes
I Knew The Gray Sky and Other Poems
By Irma Kurti I Knew The Gray Sky I lived a severe winter of lovewith chilliness, rain, and snow; I didn’t know there were too other seasons in this world.Immersed every day in a profound abyss,I felt shivers and coldness.Above me—an endless gray sky;I lost the light, the music, the songs.This severe, everlasting period robbed … Continue reading I Knew The Gray Sky and Other Poems
The Whistling Trees
By Aihimegbe Samson The hunters laid siege on the forestThey thought the games would comeThey heard voices and couldn’t restFumbling at the gun turn by turnDid you hear that quirk and quackThe old hunter listened and saidThat could be a wild duck packThat missed their way insteadBut rhythm came from odd branchesFrom trees with the … Continue reading The Whistling Trees
Closure
By Sanchari Dasgupta There cannot be a full stop after every sentence, my familiarity of the English language asks me for closure but I haven't had closure for the past few years, the only full stop in my life was the bindi that I put in between my two eyebrows when I travelled 150 kms … Continue reading Closure
Sunday Morning in the Dutch Caribbean
By Claire Frankel Sunday morning only the roosters are crowing a few cars blaring blasphemous music then quiet again The most brilliant sunshine In the world flooding the mountain tops like a laser in the Pilot’s eye revealing every dry leaf Trees huddled for safety No rain for weeks Oh humans and your global warming! … Continue reading Sunday Morning in the Dutch Caribbean
Academy of the Heart And Mind 