By Alex Andy Phuong Beginning with nothingRight from the start,And choosing to have a soulWithin a world that is truly wholeReally does come from the heart,So strive to soar higherLike never beforeWhile never fearingWhat the future has in storeAll while trying to do so much moreThan one would ever dareWhile having an attitude of gratitude … Continue reading From Zero to Infinity
The Cellar
By John Ziegler Grandma sent me down the creaky wooden steps to fetch jars of dilly beans and pickled beets. Which aroused my anxiety because there was a monkey paw in the back corner.Not so menacing by daylightbut after dark, that’s when the thing came alive.It was a fuzzy hunk of brown insulationon a water … Continue reading The Cellar
Puzzle
By S. G. Dorrity Emptied out, Falling into each other, stumbling and grasping for something to hold,We were lost and missing a few,Struggling to make that complete picture advertised on the box. Coming together, grouped and joined, It all started to become more recognisable, A vague shape in the clouds, comparable to the animals of … Continue reading Puzzle
so i’m supposed to be writing a poem
By Joy Jia so I’m supposed to be writing a poem. I’m supposed to be writing a poem but what I’m actually doing is putting italics on words to pad out the line count, because that’s what I’m really good at, at the end of the day. Padding things out, I mean. Scraping by. Making … Continue reading so i’m supposed to be writing a poem
Love Song Competition Poetry Co-Winner: “Learning to Love in Another Language” by Haley DiRenzo
Once you’ve mastered introductions,directions, small talk conversations about family and weekend plansOnce certain sentences form themselves with ease, skipping the stop between head and mouth Then how do you describe your heartbeat in another country? Dreams that weave in and outtangled in two different tongues? How do you say, I want to trace the freckles … Continue reading Love Song Competition Poetry Co-Winner: “Learning to Love in Another Language” by Haley DiRenzo
Love Song Competition Poetry Co-Winner: “A Winter Love Poem” by James G. Piatt
“Peace, my heart, let the time for parting be sweet. Let it not be death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs.” Rabindranath Tagore Winter sneaked up on us this past year, warning us that our time was near. And, as a clock struck the late hour of the night, we … Continue reading Love Song Competition Poetry Co-Winner: “A Winter Love Poem” by James G. Piatt
Toy Soldiers
By Seungwoo Lee I remember; as a child, I quietly watched my older brother stationing a troop of toy soldiers on our new wooden floorshinin’ with luster. He had them all lined up, and I just wanted to knock ‘em down, with all my scanty might. And so, I came along with my hands filled, … Continue reading Toy Soldiers
Magical Touch to Autumn
By Vanaja Malathy rugged mountains pose still to the daub of golden paintas the aspens stain the rockies splash to smear yellow and gold, lace orange and red a canvas of spectacular view beautiful landscape turns into a dreamscapeI stand in ecstasy and elationlost in the mesmerizing, magical beauty of aspen’s artof awesome autumn. i … Continue reading Magical Touch to Autumn
To my Moon
By Josephine Rudolf The world only knows me when the sun is out,A select few have seen a cloudy day.But never night—I always hid that.Hiding in dark corners, almost freezing to death.Yet the second that corner was exposed,Something came back to life.It wasn’t me, but she looked the part,Which used to be enough. When we … Continue reading To my Moon
Winter
By Mae Gonzalez Long gone are the leaves of fallLong gone are the people outside,Hoping they would find a good pumpkin.But I’m here.Inside, Looking out the window covered in frost.And I’m waiting,To do everything I missed in the fall.To do everything I missed in every season.Summer, spring,Fall.I couldn’t do it in summer, it was just … Continue reading Winter
Academy of the Heart And Mind 