By Isabella Dunsby ROC, NY and so the ducks glide in the direction of The Mushroom House. There’s a Man living there who picks them up by their bellies and kisses ‘em as they wander by. The Man visits a fish hatchery on days he thinks of his children in the city, watching speckled brown … Continue reading ROC, NY and Other Poems
Weekends with Katrina / From the Diary of Zoey Angelina S. Reye
By John Paul Lama The following entries are excerpts from the diary of a girl who lives in the Philippines named Zoey. The entries cover a span of about five years, and deal specifically with Zoey’s friendship with a girl named Katrina in the same martial arts class. August 19, 2017 Today was my first … Continue reading Weekends with Katrina / From the Diary of Zoey Angelina S. Reye
11/11 and Other Poems
By Junseo Lee 11/11 11 AM—Armistice To be remembered in remembrance A dirty pool of evacuees Defy the Four Horsemen of D-Day In earnest To discover our origins the Mendelian factor the paradox of L’Hopital’s Rule Seemingly noncancerous But the preconviction yields Discovery is a maladapted fool In a private first class wins the Pulitzer … Continue reading 11/11 and Other Poems
Songdo and Other poems
By Karen Lee Songdo There stands the tittered fence of my school, Covered in leaves and wires, now only coming up to my shoulders, Still low enough for us to toss our bag and jump over after the bell rings. I take a few steps and reach the old Korean snack bar, With the same … Continue reading Songdo and Other poems
Bugs and Other Poems
By Sigrid Kim Bugs Rolling green hills looking like pillows, On a Sunday morning, keep looking like something you’d see on a postcard only for so long. You’re not from the North-East if you’ve never gone on a road trip up the 87. She tapped the worn down sink as her kid sat outside on … Continue reading Bugs and Other Poems
A Blur and Other Poems
By Alex Lee A Blur Buildings caught his throne forever, Like a glance half-forgotten, they lingered on. The frozen memory, a photo carried in his eyes, Of a past shade in the meadow, now forever gone. The buildings had faded, scraps tearing and falling within, The tiles, like a mouth, full and red to see. … Continue reading A Blur and Other Poems
As Love Goes and Other Poems
By Peter Mladinic As Love Goes I loved a basketball player, Shay, I called her, she called herself. Shalonda. An unremarkable student in my classes, an unremarkable player, her team less than stellar. In a room with computers hulked along walls, a girl said, You come to our games, we go to your classes, started … Continue reading As Love Goes and Other Poems
I Tap The Chopsticks Continuously and Other Poems
By JK Kim I Tap The Chopsticks Continuously Warm steam tides around the dining table, the scent of olive oil and garlic fills our noses. The sound of country pop from the speaker fills the room. My mom asks about my day. “It was fine,” I responded in my exhausted voice. With some anger, she … Continue reading I Tap The Chopsticks Continuously and Other Poems
Melancholy’s Song and Other Poems
By Michael Shoemaker Melancholy’s Song Previously published in Front Porch Review and Fresh Words-An International Literary Magazine It’s Friday and drizzling again while you drive home listening to the radio with me by your side and the song comes on. It’s the one that sometimes thrills, brings moods or something too hard to describe, but … Continue reading Melancholy’s Song and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 