By Mike Turner Does the flower know its beauty?Or the skies the joy of flight?Do birds know their sweet melodiesBring us out from dark of night?Is our worth not that internalOur love not held in heartBut rather that which we each giveTo others, thus impart?Let loose those things we hold most dearThat they may fly, … Continue reading Does the Flower Know Its Beauty?
Delicate Blossoms
By emurence The skies are low and cloudy Accompanied by a friendly breeze Painting our universe with shades Of dust like we’re celebrating a carnival while I was drifting far away in my thoughts So drunk in love we were practically floating off the ground My heart jumps out and dances in jubilance to the … Continue reading Delicate Blossoms
Go Home, Holden Caulfield
By Jackie Chou Leave the sleazy lights of the city,and do your homework.Forget the rye fields.The children on the cliffswill be chaperoned by their parents,and the ones who do fallwill more likely be missedthan being caught.For every hero offering his arms,there will be a crowdstanding around watching,doing nothing.Knowing you,you would not likethe phoniness of it … Continue reading Go Home, Holden Caulfield
Life Goes On, Your Memory Still Lives
By Jordan Aguiar The tide still comes in, crashing on our favorite beachI remember when we used to watch it together, holding hands, breathing in the ocean airWhen I want to remember you, I go and watch the tide come in.The leaves still fall, making a big mess covering the ground you lay I remember … Continue reading Life Goes On, Your Memory Still Lives
Limb and Language and Other Poems
By Miree Antar Limb and Language Turning hands back and forth, elbow arches and the little purple marks from years gone— what more is there to grab onto?Like cats posted by the window, what’s worth absorbing? When every idea and structure is half made and out of reach?I’ve learned more from burning fingers than anything … Continue reading Limb and Language and Other Poems
Something So Elementary
By Joely Ramo If energy (you) can not be created Than energy (you) can not be destroyed because energy (you) are atoms and atoms (you) are the basic units of chemical elements you are gasses you are liquids you are solids sounds simple almost basic… yet, this law of nature is the most significant affirmation … Continue reading Something So Elementary
Friday Morning Pickup
By Anna DeVizia As I’m leaving in the morning, I notice that my neighbor has haphazardly placed an old television on their curb, the kind that resembles a big shoebox, weathered gray plastic encasing a dull glass mirror that likely once reflected the smiling, pink faces of children on a chilly Christmas morning.I think of … Continue reading Friday Morning Pickup
The Echo
By Dennis Williams The Echo The echo travels to the end of the woods Disturbing the peace of my dog and I Suddenly I saw shaggy covering his ears The trees beside me shaking Leaves drooping Water whirling.My peace was disturbed My skin frizzle And my tooth was set on edge.My heart weptEspecially for the … Continue reading The Echo
The youngest, only child
By Meghan Goss I am my dad’s youngest and my mom’s only. But I feel like both sometimes. Never really at the same time. Both the youngest and the only are spoiled. I am spoiled. But what are physical things if I don’t have my siblings to enjoy those things with. The youngest has older … Continue reading The youngest, only child
The Unique Tale of Love
By Anwesha Topdar No laws retain the status of theirs,In the bittersweet strain of love and wars.In your perspective, you might be the affected one,But maybe on the other hand, you have made someone so.Each mellifluous lullaby of love is idiosyncratic,One or the other has got to deal with pain and woe.In the effable game … Continue reading The Unique Tale of Love
Academy of the Heart And Mind 