Dog dad we don't want children – we've decided that. but we've gotten a dog, and I do understand. not that I'd ever call myself "dog dad" – jesus, I have some dignity. just this thing though; this small ball of dependence ambling the kitchen. walking around, whining and bothering, with eyes so big they … Continue reading Poems by DS Maolalai
Poems by Ken Allan Dronsfield
Waltz of the Scarecrow That which gives often...may receive nothing in return. Do not be deceived by the words etched in stones. Corn often grows taller than words; words often grow taller than deeds. The Scarecrow walks the fields at night through stalks of corn taller than tales told by the fire. We take our … Continue reading Poems by Ken Allan Dronsfield
Emotions of My Life
By Ted Griffin LIFE IS LIFE We all mess up in this roller-coaster called life We make plenty mistakes & may pay the price Life is full of great times & great memories we make So every now & then we allowed the odd mistake We make good decision at the time we think right … Continue reading Emotions of My Life
Dinner with Daddy
By Anna Villegas Fawn follows Tammy into the women’s restroom as soon as the hostess shows them to their table. Taking Daddy out to dinner for Father’s Day was the last-minute Saturday night thought of Earl, Fawn’s brother. But lately Fawn is more interested in Tammy, who has been sending elliptical e-mails about relationship distress … Continue reading Dinner with Daddy
Poems by Alex Andy Phuong
Food Forward Food and Drinks give Life Donating Food is a way To Save Someone’s Life Mean Mean is not exactly angry nor rude per se But simply An average of numbers In a massive population It is nice to be important And being nice is nice, too Original Song Original songs Are original … Continue reading Poems by Alex Andy Phuong
The Wrong Parcel
By Tavinder New I heard the rattle and tattle of the handle. Josephine the Bat must have delivered my package. I opened the door and ripped open the box to find a note saying: ‘I know what you are.’ It was just a plain piece of card. Damn it, I thought I had ordered my … Continue reading The Wrong Parcel
Poems by Umar YB
LIFEGUARD Armed with mask and hand glove, I take upon my formless foe; Heart filled with courage and love Wrapped in PPEs* top to toe.. Into the volatile sea of gasping men Suffocating yenning for breath, Plunge I to save the drowning when I, also, could be pulled beneath. A mission I have forever vowed … Continue reading Poems by Umar YB
A Fine Breakfast
By Nenad Kojic Hyde Park Corner, London, 2051. Mangled weather, bluff and blustery, yawned overhead like a sea without a shore. An urgent wind whistled its toothless tune to the swaying trees that surrounded the sleeping circus in its midst, driving sheets of rain against … Continue reading A Fine Breakfast
Poems by C.L. Warrington
MASQUERADE This Face I wear to show what the world expects to see, a carefully painted visage rendered in muscles strained and emotions held in check. These garments I don to match the Face with its painted smile, the eyes alight and the cheeks flushed with false vitality, are camouflage in all its manipulative forms. … Continue reading Poems by C.L. Warrington
The Song That Woke Me Up
By Alex Andy Phuong For the longest time, I viewed life with an existential perspective as I previously believed that life simply has no meaning. Lost and confused, I doubted the possibility that there is a reason for why I live. However, the simple act of curiosity helped me experience what I … Continue reading The Song That Woke Me Up
Academy of the Heart And Mind 