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
Editorial Correction
Dear Readers, The poem "The Garden" has the wrong name for its author. It should read Anne Brison.
It is not that important
By Ira Darmohrai it is not that important for me how old you are the length and colour of your hair the price of your sweater and how many pairs of shoes you have. tell me about the brightest moments of your life about bedtime rituals from childhood what gives you goosebumps and how … Continue reading It is not that important
Escape
By Ian Copestick As I walk there's a pleasant, green landscape full of young flowers, and trees so old. But it doesn't encapsulate the colours in my soul. There are dark, deep blues, purples and blacks Around the edges a crimson rage. Even now, I have to hold some of it back, or it would … Continue reading Escape
Poems by Robert L. Martin
Weavers of the Clay Fatherly fathers, potters of the clay, ambassadors of morality and knowledge, inheritors of obligations, relinquishing their self fulfilling desires, giving up their selfish dreams, molding their sons and daughters on the potter's wheel with sagacious hands and careful fingers, defining and representing moral integrity and providence, planting seeds in their minds, … Continue reading Poems by Robert L. Martin
Poems by Douglas Young
The Airport Intense faces all around: Black, white, yellow and brown; High expectations mixed with the mundane – No matter the motive, get to that plane. We fervently cling to the notion That the solution is in motion; So everyone’s in a hurry -- So focused, with no time to worry. If we just get … Continue reading Poems by Douglas Young
I Will
By Tammy Carter On this day I will marry you, I will take your hand today, and forever. I will be there for you from this day forward. I will treasure every moment. Your love your trust and your forgiveness. Not only will I stand beside you, but I will walk with you. When … Continue reading I Will
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