By Bazilus Homb Originally published in All Poetry Everyday is a school day,Keep moving forward anyway,The process is trial and error,Each day you are one step closer,Stay strong when things go wrong,Never bowto the blowKeep on trying and do not lose heart,Even If everything seems to fall apart,Find a way throughwhat you go through'til your … Continue reading Everyday is a school day…
The Orange Was Once Ripe
By Alexander Polo The orange was once ripe,The one in your basket;You’ve left it for too long,No one wants to pick it.Its layers were once godly,Its juice is deprived, constrained;What was once sweet’s now acid,Nobody wants to be drained.There were days with chances to blend,There were ways to provide what’s prized;They could’ve meshed within your … Continue reading The Orange Was Once Ripe
Changing of the Leaves
By Spencer Gallup I stroll throughout the forest in the fallit is a chilly but a sunny dayI go to walk to achieve a clean slate after facing quite a few busy weeks. Spellbound by the fading, golden canvasI see it go on for miles like a realm I find myself and I resume my … Continue reading Changing of the Leaves
Bins and All
By Kelli J Gavin When she moved homeSo many bins came with herStuff crammed in every spaceBox after box of hodgepodge nonsenseShe wanted to be homeA place of comfort and restA place of solace and joyEverything needed to be sortedIncluding this amazing adult daughterWhere would this stuff go?Does she want to keep it? Would it … Continue reading Bins and All
A Viridian Love
By Amaryllis Loven I have never been in love with the grandioseDespite this I saturate our future home Hopeless eyes scan this glorious disguiseThe parties are for no one but you, my prize The music of the organ bores me immenselyNothing compared to a voice which captures intensely I pace upon meaningless adorned balconiesPerhaps they … Continue reading A Viridian Love
A Letter to My Past Self
By Leonie Moon it’s time to devour your time on Earth--to regain consciousnessso you can notice all the beautiful detailslife has to offer youin its flowers and tears and love---to look up with wonder at the starsand down with wonder at the earthand not, for another secondat your “doe eyes” that you wish were “siren … Continue reading A Letter to My Past Self
Daybreak
By Andrea Villarreal Yu Sunlight breaks through the night. Where it once wasburied under his fingernails when he tried to scrape it away.& I understand. If I were him I’d be scared of angels too.I bear the weight of wrongs & rights. Will someone come alongwith ever-listening ears so that I can craft the romantic … Continue reading Daybreak
Five Summer Haiku
By Jim Bates Summertime gardenFlowers so bright and cheerfulRefreshing the soul.Early morning dewDelightful dancing droplets Sparkling in the sun.Dragonflies dartingThrough lush gardens reflectingSunset's fading light.Deep blue turquoise skyBig white puffy clouds floatingSoothingly serene.Garden in full bloomBright scented flowers galoreSweet, sweet summertime. Jim lives in a small town in Minnesota. He loves to write! His stories … Continue reading Five Summer Haiku
A Jump.
By Yurii Tkachenko There's a canyon ahead.I’ll jump into the night.Flying to the stars.Fearing nothing.Flying or on the edge.Above the clouds and below.Somewhere far away into the cosmic void..Into the cold of the night.Into anxiety and peace.Earthly or unearthly.Summer and winter.Wings spread and full speed ahead.Flight without doubts and worries.Flight without fear and reproach.Like a … Continue reading A Jump.
As Baroque as I’ll Ever Get
By Richard LeDue Bach’s cello suites are precise emotion:the sort of mathematicsthat ruins wordsand the kind of feelingthat diminishes numbers,while a poem like this triesits damnedest to be musical,even though it has more in commonwith the silence in a librarythan any prelude. Richard LeDue (he/him) lives in Norway House, Manitoba, Canada. He writes poems. His … Continue reading As Baroque as I’ll Ever Get
