By Anonymous The butterfly around the flame Ashes of hope everywhere In a room locked in my heart In a room in my mind sealed away These along a rainbow waving its colors on the wall Were all of me in the past days Since I heard from the wind That you were still breathing … Continue reading The bittersweet whisper of hope
Crash
By Michael Barrington There were bodies everywhere. Both platforms at the London underground station were littered with injured people, screaming, bleeding, pleading for help. Some had scrambled out of the wreckage crying, dazed, in shock and disorientated. Doctors, police, firefighters, and emergency crews were engaged in dealing with the largest disaster to ever occur on … Continue reading Crash
Ripples and Other Poems
By Sam Barbee Ripples I bait a hook, dunk it like a kiss. Plunk disperses a concentric splash. Each surge of the lake reminds any visitor the loch measures each splay or lap. What creature will break its water next? Frog hop or ducks’ paddle? Mallards glide confident, and rebuke the clouded origin of turtles … Continue reading Ripples and Other Poems
Derelict – A Timeslip Tale
By Andrew Evans "Don't go past the fence Jerry, you know what happens." Said Kirsty pensively. They were sat again outside the old vinyl shop, sipping lemonade from stripey cans. "I won't, I just want to see the 'Planes going over. I saw one from Saudia Arabia the other day and one from 'Olland. You … Continue reading Derelict – A Timeslip Tale
A Chip Off
By Craig Dobson Fiona is sitting with her back to the window, a semi-silhouette against the village’s winding main street. The weather has been hot for days. Farm machinery blunders along the narrow lanes, great round bales balanced precariously on splayed trailers. Wisps of straw litter the hedgerows and pavements. In the warm evenings, check-shirted … Continue reading A Chip Off
The Power of Faith
By Timothy Law Grandpa sowed the winter wheat in between family visiting for Easter, even though it had been a dry and hot summer. “You’re wasting your time and your money, dad,” my father had argued. I overheard them talking in the kitchen when I got up in the night. Grandma had complained over dinner … Continue reading The Power of Faith
The Grocery Store
By Olivia Brochu I am holding two boxes of cereal, letting my three-year-old pick his favorite, while my one-year-old throws his pacifier to the ground and my five-year-old has already moved ahead to the granola bars and pop tarts. My white T-shirt is French tucked into my high waisted, light wash jeans. My unreasonably long … Continue reading The Grocery Store
Griffin’s Lecture
By Andrew Nickerson The lecture hall of Meade Academy of Magic buzzed with anticipation as students settled behind the room’s many layered desks. As the smells of various cafeteria lunch/drink specials floated all around, merging with the antiquated orders of wood and stone, everyone anxiously awaited the arrival of their special guest: Professor G. Griffin, … Continue reading Griffin’s Lecture
The Puma That She Met One Day
By Frances Gaudiano Lucy was standing at the edge of the field. It hadn’t been tilled recently and there was still stalks of growth left from previous years, dry and battered in the morning breeze. She began to walk along a narrow footpath between the weeds. After a bit, she felt a presence behind her … Continue reading The Puma That She Met One Day
Academy of the Heart And Mind 