By Ivan Bekaren To Want? To want the temporal easement of person, place, thing or feeling? many a riddle come to question many a riddle lay one impression what is it to want? what is it to hold? what is it to have? Is it the consistent bloom of the earthling who … Continue reading To Want? and Other Poems
An Ode to Myself and Other Poems
By Mohsina Dadu An Ode to Myself Don't know how it fleet by, And don't know how nourished with dexterity. Many things and souls to come and go by All Fortified for better version, And today that I turned forty. In course piled through tangled net, This trivial but Thy fond pet. Your Sky, Earth … Continue reading An Ode to Myself and Other Poems
*** and Other Poems
By Tali Cohen Shabtai *** I planted you, my love, I planted you And how come what flowered was not what was planted/and the bearing dod not yet give birth What was born How come what did not wane could be weakened And on the other hand, the trouble is. And only into my life … Continue reading *** and Other Poems
The Midnight Ride
By John Page I awaken from my tomb. My minions bow to me and present my possessions. I take them and announce that I shall visit the dark moon. They look surprised but taken me to my mount. I approach my mount. It is the raised corpse of the eldest dragon king. Only he can … Continue reading The Midnight Ride
Symphony of Revolution and Other Poems
By Althea Jimison Symphony of Revolution When you believe that you are too insignificant to change the world, your belief becomes a reality. You will end up living a life you believe you deserve; most people choose to live in fearful neutrality. Some people are content to be minor players in the symphony of life. … Continue reading Symphony of Revolution and Other Poems
The Way of Honor
By John Page I look down at my foe. They march through the woods with a grim look. They look around for any opponents to slay. The horde is thirsty for blood but will not get it. They do not see me up in the trees. I wait until they are right under me and … Continue reading The Way of Honor
Technicality and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Technicality Technically Life can be technical Yet people are not machines Human beings have brains With the gift of intelligence But only the ones willing to think Can change the world for the better Especially since the mind Is more powerful than any computer Serving Service Help heal the helpless Do … Continue reading Technicality and Other Poems
Manhole
By Alan Ford When Jamie went out he usually felt bored. Like some people he couldn’t put his brain on hold. He needed something to think about. One day he was looking down at his cell phone, sending a text message to a friend, when he fell down a sewage manhole. He ricocheted off the … Continue reading Manhole
The Purple Blossoms of Late Summer and Other Poems
By Thomas Page The Purple Blossoms of Late Summer In the plot by my porch purple flowers have bloomed During the Roman’s esteemed month To speckle the onions and the leeks Looking as clean as the weeds In the summer’s rains and shines. How pleasant are these surprises of nature Which see the green … Continue reading The Purple Blossoms of Late Summer and Other Poems
Adamantine Redux September 2020
By Jim Dodds The lost conceits we all maintain grow weary as the seasons turn all the strategies we use collapse, and mirrors do our pleading spurn. These adamantine phantoms fade, all pretense, smoke and mirrors just like dramas set on Shakespeare's stage, the ghosts of anger, fear and lust. Do fame and love and … Continue reading Adamantine Redux September 2020
Academy of the Heart And Mind 