By Thomas Page The Untranslatable This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. Light escaping through trees In a dreamlike forest of pinks and greens Of eternal dusks and dawns queueing up shadow puppets … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Komorebi
Broken
By Alessandra Salisbury I never knew the reason or even if you ever had one I remember the last time when you were tormented affected by something bigger than us But ‘What could ever be bigger than us’ We had it all The world was small for us The streets were narrow when we … Continue reading Broken
The Thought Police
By Marc Carver I sometimes wonder where all these thoughts in my head come from the good ones as well as the bad. Whether there is someone up there throwing them through the clouds like bolts of lightning. Dreaming up craziness then sitting back and laughing while I decide to take them up or … Continue reading The Thought Police
Poem by Ian Copestick
By Ian Copestick God, at this time of year, these Sub-zero nights can really Get you down. I wonder what It must be like to live somewhere Like L.A. where it's Sunny all year round and They've never seen snow. Except in the excruciating Xmas movies that they churn Out each year. Right now, … Continue reading Poem by Ian Copestick
The Untranslatable: Sobremesa
By Thomas Page The Untranslatable This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. The clinking of glasses full of wine, The clanging of devoured plates taken away, The ringing of phones as hours hasten … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Sobremesa
Haiku by Sahaj Sabharwal
The grass shining bright Like the glittering diamond. Due to moist morning!
The Untranslatable: Goya
By Thomas Page The Untranslatable This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. I was standing on a dock overlooking the Pacific when I was fishing. The air waltzed with the waves of the … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Goya
An urgent call in the second life
By Amirah Al Wassif red rays of the unknown sun came down to my new window warmly shiver touched me, made me laugh as a fresh baby I decided to think about the source of these unknown rays but, suddenly a kind of musical sound covered my ears the sound did not seem like any … Continue reading An urgent call in the second life
leans into you and whispers
By J.J. Campbell a lonely saxophone plays a hopeful tune the love of your life has never looked better than she does tonight she leans into you and whispers into your ear i can't think of anyone else on earth i'd rather spend the rest of my life with you … Continue reading leans into you and whispers
Eyeball Abacus
By James D. Casey IV writing on the mad notes all across the bottle . . . made of crystal ball chains and algebra . . . skipping beats on a dead rain cloud . . . counted on an eyeball abacus . . . when a god speaks I will … Continue reading Eyeball Abacus
Academy of the Heart And Mind 