By Tryniti Thresher The real world says I don't know how to be a "real girl". That I own no purpose beyond escaping narcissistic hands dangling me about, and the twisted tiara of servitude laced with a taste of Stockholm Syndrome. Pulling at strings I jerk myself through life one wooden step at a time. … Continue reading Proverbial Puppet
Wabi-Sabi
By Timothy Resau Previously published in The Sparrow's Trombone on November 22, 2021 I am alone. I’m in a most unique hotel room. It’s very modern and sparsely furnished. I believe it’s a hotel room. I assume it’s a room. I assume it’s a hotel. It’s fun to assume. I’m watching a TV program. I … Continue reading Wabi-Sabi
Paint me by numbers, I’ll paint you too and To You
By Rachel Fillar Paint me by numbers, I'll paint you too Paint me by numbers, I'll paint you too All of the shades, tones and hues Put them down on paper The ones that make up me & you. From a boy in a Red hat Reaching over, leaning closer to help Pull the broken … Continue reading Paint me by numbers, I’ll paint you too and To You
keep out and Other Poems
By Dane Lyn keep out after Olga Rozanova’s “Abstract Composition (Color-painting)” please keep your hands and arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times please keep your thoughts and insights inside your pretty little head please keep tabs on your sensuality please keep your story straight please keep up appearances please keep please keep … Continue reading keep out and Other Poems
Bliss Street
By Cerys Harrison I was nearly thirty. That is to say, I was twenty-nine. I was growing lonely more and more. Many of my friends had given up their dreams of becoming professional actors. Collectively, we lost our enthusiasm, our optimism. A few of us had gotten small parts here and there over the years. … Continue reading Bliss Street
Thank You and Other Poems
By Elizabeth Galewski Thank You “Emotional interaction advances brain development, and lack of it does the reverse – dendrites don’t branch out; the tendrils that relay signals are fewer and stunted, and messenger chemicals are in shorter supply.” Dr. Sue Johnson, "Love Sense" To you, the perfect balance: Stay. But don’t move! Come no closer. … Continue reading Thank You and Other Poems
Transpacific Correspondence and Other Poems
By Gemma White Transpacific Correspondence Across the pond our letters flew yours on fluoro yellow, lined, margined fool scrap mine on cartoon cat-themed writing paper that I’d somehow kept since I was 12. We’d used all methods of correspondence. Chatting over the net, email and recently that surreal international phone call so unexpected after 5 … Continue reading Transpacific Correspondence and Other Poems
War Must Forever Cease
By Sangita Kansal The world is bleeding Don’t wound it anymore It needs love and healing Not bombs, not war Man kills man Annihilates its own kind Can’t we see what we are doing? Are we so blind? Babies are dying Mothers are crying Politicians are lying Devoid is our humanity To view someone as … Continue reading War Must Forever Cease
South Carolina Blues, and Greens
By Mord McGhee Tony Hutchins opened the door to the shed. Old hinges creaked from rust and the smell of wood washed over him. Wet wood. Freshly cut wood. It was summer. Sticky hot, and the stockpile he’d brought in from trimmings of neighborhood trees stood like soldiers against one wall. He flicked on the … Continue reading South Carolina Blues, and Greens
Activities of a vast ocean and Other Poems
Activities of vast ocean Three quarters of the earth's surface is covered by water. The ocean conceals billions of creatures interacting in ways One of things about the ocean is that we cannot build on it. It will remain a vast open space perfect for contemplation. The ocean contains many creatures large and small, As … Continue reading Activities of a vast ocean and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 