By Casper Orr Cycles encapsulate a multitude of things;the seasons, circles of the lives of monarchs,and my unstable self-image,ever-changing with the yellow leaves in autumn.Cycles bring change.If the whisper of it from past my shoulder did not paralyze me,I’d be in several different places at once, scattered in winter squalls.Change surges waves of intrusions into … Continue reading Seasons of Change
Ben Alone
By Detlef Wieck Ben stood in the middle of the floor, looking at the layers of newspaper he had put there to block the cold drafts that were coming up through the cracks between the rough, worn, boards of the floor. Although the majestic cook range was burning with the draft all the way open, … Continue reading Ben Alone
Dawn
By Kal Stein Soft light under gray skiesA gentle rain fallingThe quiet sound of waterWashing the grass and stonesSoothing my soulThey are all asleepWarm under the coversStill dreaming, wrapped in memoriesAs the morning beginsWaiting for no onePossibilities aboundTo be seizedThis day will not happen again Kal Stein resumed writing poetry after retiring from a lifetime … Continue reading Dawn
My mind is like the ocean
By Angie Matthew endless crashes gallons and gallons of my own conceptions and convictions slam against the shore feeling no mercy as rocks and shells are unwillingly bombarded tumbled through the wave they find peace among the sand. feeling no mercy as dread and shame unwillingly surface tumbled through my spirit I find peace among … Continue reading My mind is like the ocean
the shining and Other Poems
By Jacqueline McAleer the shining I can see your hands from across the cemetery(I always knew we were similar Wandering insomniacs in the moonlight Not upset, just disturbed)But what I can’t reason Is how they came to be so red, so bright I’d kill for hands that proud Even among all these dead things, lives … Continue reading the shining and Other Poems
We, the Inns
By Sahar Imteyaz History—she is partial.She remembers the travellers,The roads they walked,Their journeys’ beginnings And their journeys’ ends.But, we, the Inns—Are forgotten.You find us on every road—On plain, smooth roadsAnd dusty, broken roads.Travellers cross their thresholdsAssured in their heartsOf finding us on the way—The balm of vigour for wearied limbs.Yes, we, the Inns,Forgotten as we … Continue reading We, the Inns
Beneath the Gingko Tree
By Kazumi Hayashi When I say Tokyo, what do you see? The crosswalk stop light turns green, the stagnant crowd suddenly engulfs you in motion, from one step-a-second to five. The LCD screens with loud advertisements, you don’t need another brightening cream, but after those few seconds, maybe you do need a brightening cream. Move … Continue reading Beneath the Gingko Tree
Boxcar Poet
By Alan Ford Riding the rails in a freight traina steel door slides back.But love doesn’t.Just the pendulum of the pastsliding to behind him.He’s a boxcar poet.His life is like an unwritten verse,a truth never told.Invisible to historyhe’s an elegy to a life still lived.A landscape caked with dirt and dustrushes past him.But there is … Continue reading Boxcar Poet
Selflessness Shows Love
By Michaela Dimitrov Work ends, and Michaela walks a quick 20 minutes to her boyfriend, LJ’s, house. She hates walking alone in the dark, so she decides to stay on a call with LJ to keep her company. It’s not the same, but it’s better than nothing. They begin talking about each other's days. She … Continue reading Selflessness Shows Love
Isolation
By Diana Becket Silence is heavy in the living space. She speaks aloud and jumps to hear her voice in an empty room lit by sunlight filtered through blinds thick with dust and grease. Mottled shadows merge the outline of the stairwell and throw patterns over photos of people she once knew, no longer remembers … Continue reading Isolation
Academy of the Heart And Mind 