By Thomas Page I am student teaching a senior level class in Washington, DC. They have to write some poems on these prompts. I decided to try all 30 of them. However, I will not say what the prompt was but what its number was. Prompt #9 I may be a little biased when I … Continue reading “t”
“ON A FISHING TRIP”
By John Grey Breezes rock the boat like the sea-mother's arms. Lines struggle to stretch out on all sides of the deck. They bounce on the waves, far from any fish. But the gulls, at least, are confident in our skills. They hover over the boat in expectation of at least one of us … Continue reading “ON A FISHING TRIP”
“AVOIDANCE”
By John Grey It's possible that, even now. you had nothing left to say. that I was wasting my time by pressing my finger to my lips or covering my ears with my hands. Could be that, as I rushed from the room, slammed the door, that I was leaving behind silence, that the drive … Continue reading “AVOIDANCE”
“A LOVER OF ASTRONAUTS”
By John Grey Until now, she's only loved astronauts and, as I stare into her dark eyes, a jet stream of disappointment streaks behind her. She's listening for that countdown in my groping embarrassed silence, the explosion of takeoff in nervous, ground-hugging words. Here I am at the end of a long line of adventure … Continue reading “A LOVER OF ASTRONAUTS”
“THE GUY WHO THINKS HE’S HOT”
By John Grey Right when you think it's just your life that makes an impact, here comes .another summer. And this affair of yours, it's like a shadow unwilling to be burnt off by a sun that has come across great distances to be here, allows nothing to resist its flame. With one flash, it … Continue reading “THE GUY WHO THINKS HE’S HOT”
“BAD MAN” and “BAD MAN 2”
By Marc Carver "BAD MAN" You have to be a bad man to be a poet you have to be disturbed you don't even have to know why but know that is why you can and if you ever find out it doesn't really help you or make you a better poet if anything it … Continue reading “BAD MAN” and “BAD MAN 2”
“WHEN COWS FLEW”
By John Grey Tornado's been through. Time to make what from whatever. See what fell enough to need to be taken down. Or to admire the still standing structures. say hosannas to unknown architects. Once again it's hammered home that the earth has weather and we're left with the rest. And it's arbitrary. Maybe that's … Continue reading “WHEN COWS FLEW”
“An Inward Light”
By Jonathan Hine independent of the structures illumined shines through this real world location with multiple exposure stroboscopic time images lightly flowing towards sharper focus at 6 to 12 frames per second
“Dove”
By Thomas Page I am student teaching a senior level class in Washington, DC. They have to write some poems on these prompts. I decided to try all 30 of them. However, I will not say what the prompt was but what its number was. I It flew above us all White as a … Continue reading “Dove”
“The Man in White”
By Chinu James You painted my heart in Red Yet, I always see you in white Every time you cover my eyes in tears I close them and visit your smile I tried to run from you Yet, everywhere I went l found you I could never touch you Yet l felt I owned you … Continue reading “The Man in White”
Academy of the Heart And Mind 