By Shereen Rana Bottle Green Resurrect. You think of what's more to history than just mouths. Fists, towers, weeds, edible roots. Running out of time. The holy rust on the nail. And you think the light falls between your shoulders, you beg to feel the first star a person ever saw in the earth, to … Continue reading Bottle Green and Shadow Warmth
The Barn
By Michael J. Barrington She was asleep now, her head leaning on his outstretched arm, her delicate, dainty fingers finally relaxing their grip on his huge, calloused hand. The musky scent of her beautiful, long hair, she was so proud of it, stirred up old memories of happier times. He knew every inch of her … Continue reading The Barn
The Evergreen Inn
By Alice Baburek The gloomy day was cold and blustery. Abbey Norton stood rigidly next to her elderly father, who dabbed at his runny nose. Age had finally caught up to the sixty-five-year-old man. His eyes filled with tears as the priest recited the Lord’s Prayer. Abbey never saw her father as a religious man. … Continue reading The Evergreen Inn
Tristan Clattery
By Ben Coppin “Tristan Clattery?” This was becoming infuriating. Tristan craned his neck but couldn’t see anyone in the crowd that he recognised. He made a last minute decision and left the auditorium. The keynote was about to begin, but he’d already heard everything the speaker had to say about noise pollution. Besides, he hadn’t … Continue reading Tristan Clattery
Work/Life (Un)Balance
By Tim Law Will 2022 be like 2023? If so, my hope is that it’s over swiftly 2022 coming to an end Everyone around me seemingly going around the bend Work weighing heavily upon my mind Home life is not much better, smiles are difficult to find Everything seems to be spiraling to the end … Continue reading Work/Life (Un)Balance
One Beautiful Heart
By Mike Turner "One beautiful heart is better than a thousand beautiful faces" - Shakespeare (provenance uncertain) Search all existence Land, sea, Earth, Heavens Seek not fame Fortune Power But the simplicity of comfort Compatibility Mutual respect Peace Love Looking past a thousand pretty faces To find one beautiful heart Upon which to hang Hopes, dreams And … Continue reading One Beautiful Heart
Haiku for Grandma
By Sun ShihMin Prunus* burns hard Await You come into her great—light—rustling arms *NotePrunus: Prunus taiwaniana Hayata :Endemic, in the central part of Taiwan. Also called Wusheh cherry. Dashing gurgling river Between the approaching dark and dawn A crane taking off Silent chime unfold: Dazzling home lanterns summer night Back home— Sun, Shih-Min ( H.S ) … Continue reading Haiku for Grandma
Tears
By Peace Tree Poetry Have you touched the rain and let its pearls tapdance on your skin? a reminder that salvation rests with those who see beauty in a storm like the eyes of a museum observer in love with art. how often the drifting winds toss droplets onto umbrellas, how often people fear water … Continue reading Tears
Better and Other Poems
By Chidozie Okonkwo Better I could do it better —teach you how to undo small things that take up big parts. —swim back to the land of origins, and become the ideal plot in the emotional narrative of the gods. We will dream dreams and take flights —of ecstasy and of glee. We will meditate … Continue reading Better and Other Poems
I Carry Their Dreams and Songs of Water
By Tajudeen Muadh Akanbi I Carry Their Dreams I carry them in my arms-the death of my blood, I carry them, as they dangled on my forsaken shoulders, after hugging with servitude and pain and neglect, that seems like an apparition of dead hopes. I saw arsenals knocking on my gates of peace, I saw … Continue reading I Carry Their Dreams and Songs of Water
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