By Stephen Kingsnorth Sacrosanct A lower middle class affair, though I knew nothing else; a serviette bound napkin ring, unrealised it taut. The cloth for granted taken ironed spread of shining white - swept after, brush and crumb pan, Edwardian no doubt. Place mats were blossoms blooming, japonica was mine, botanic chaenomeles - aka unknown … Continue reading Sacrosanct and Other Poems
Not The Time Or Place and Other Poems
By Andrew Scott Not The Time Or Place Crashing through the doors like a rabid animal trying to spread its infliction. Glazed eyes of hate seeing nothing but blurred red, anger leading the sight. The wrong place you have been lead with your tunneled thoughts. Feeling unexpectedly persecuted, ready to lash out. Not … Continue reading Not The Time Or Place and Other Poems
Laugh and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Laugh Laugh, But not out loud Chuckle But do not choke Satirize Yet also harmonize Employ humor Cautiously For the sake of Uniformity Unite Us! Intel Intellectual intelligence Much more than brilliance Employing the mind And sensation To offer profound perception And empathetic perspectives Upon collective collectives That define more than … Continue reading Laugh and Other Poems
Horses Cannot Swim and Tiny Footprints of Mice
By Robyn Braun Horses Cannot Swim I wander into meadow edged by forest. In the cool morning mist, five horses graze. In the river, swimmers. I think, yes. Once in the water, I see the swimmers are horses. My mother always told me horses cannot swim, told me their thrashing hooves … Continue reading Horses Cannot Swim and Tiny Footprints of Mice
House of Gold and Nothing But Smiles Over Here
By Sekani Johnson House of Gold So ashamed am I of being such an intolerable guest in people’s (now stranger’s?) lives Burrowing into portraits of fatigued specters cold vapors swaying like cacti hovering over chimneys buried in the loamy earth of a dark warren Their bodies shed the lighter gemini and shy into bramble patches … Continue reading House of Gold and Nothing But Smiles Over Here
Septic Shock and Other Poems
By Marie Menta Septic Shock Sitting on the edge of the hospital bed, your trembling hand in mine. Your pounding heart is quickening. blood pressure dropping. Septic shock. Again. I gently stroke your 13 years-old cheek, that nestled in my breast before becoming sick. Body weak. The chemo that destroyed the cancer in your blood, … Continue reading Septic Shock and Other Poems
Morning
By Mike Turner Dark night slowly lifts towards dawn Jet black skies shade to deep blue Gently, morning’s coming on Fleecy clouds reflect sun’s hue Sweet dew lies upon the grass Birdsong fills expanding air Sunlight grows as shadows pass Leaves rustle in breezes fair And as awakening from a dream You sense the world … Continue reading Morning
The Blues and Other Poems
By Aminath Neena The Blues I met my eyes last night in a dream and I saw it liquefied and streaming with blue tears “Stop! Please stop right now” I urged. “How can I? It’s your heart that provokes me. said my eyes, with downcast wet lashes. “Don’t you blame me now!” “How am I … Continue reading The Blues and Other Poems
Sun Dancer
By Joe Sonnenblick I never picked a ripe piece of fruit in my life,Always biting into sour dreamscape.The greatest moments of us, fleetingThe vivid nature of the memory, dulled.I want to know why you were who you were?Fourteen years on,No prediction or summationsGentle hush over the arborsThen sirens blare,Breaking the autumn gazeStaring out into the … Continue reading Sun Dancer
New Beginnings and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong New Beginnings New Start New Life Start Over Rather than Game Over Life is not a game per se But rather a gift This very day is a new beginning For the day has begun Whether or not there is sun And hope can light the way To a better future … Continue reading New Beginnings and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 