By Thomas Page I like to play the same songs over and over while working To hear the same lyric again while I try to find my own answers To a soulless prompt before me Requiring me to extract hope from despair And graded on the power of ex nihilo of an e re world. … Continue reading Alphabets: Xi
Two Poems by Ahmad Al-Khata
Love Between the Seasons I see you in the blue sky, you became a dark cloud I dream of you in a rainbow, you dream of me in autumn Writing a Letter I will be writing a letter to nobody brave or I know I want to say I am sorry for … Continue reading Two Poems by Ahmad Al-Khata
The Untranslatable: Shemomedjamo
By Thomas Page The Untranslatable This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. We often order appetizers and bread baskets before the meal Along with bowls of butter and whatever dip comes with it In … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Shemomedjamo
Messing with the Ball
By Fabrice Poussin Neon, like a felt pen, round and fast it flies just to be swatted like a vile bug unwanted. Broken, unable to perfect its spherical soul the laces, like stars, keep it one, against the odds. This one almost died of the angry kick of sharp cleats spotted … Continue reading Messing with the Ball
Alphabets: Nu
By Thomas Page I can’t seem to truly relax Like sink deeply into an armchair and ponder tea cookies relaxed Because of the access I have to everything I have to do Like a white rabbit burdened with a pocket watch Always late for something and early for nothing The muscles in my neck Tenses … Continue reading Alphabets: Nu
Art by KJ Williams
(Courtesy of the Artist) KJ Williams is an Abstract Expressionist. She has studied art at Newbury College of Massachusetts, and the Art Institute of Boston, before moving to New Hampshire. Through her work, KJ expresses her physical pain from an accident in 1993, to the depression from trying to work while in … Continue reading Art by KJ Williams
Alphabets: Mu
By Thomas Page I played the saxophone in the eighth grade Which in hindsight Is the worst time to play the saxophone. I had an alto Which would blister in my teeth As I tried to move my hands along the brass keys Mimicking the basic songs of yore. I remember seating awkwardly Like the … Continue reading Alphabets: Mu
Poetry by Damion Hamilton
Digital World Living the digital world, staring for hours on the computer screens, Instagram that, Facebook, Twitter this, Quora that, writing on a Word Doc, you gotta snap back into the real world bang, it hits you it’s real and overwhelming, to see a real eye, and a real nose, teeth, you stagger like a … Continue reading Poetry by Damion Hamilton
Our Winning Season
By Mark Kodama 1. The nice thing about a small town is that its people always take care of you. So when my big brother Pete was injured in the football game, he did not have to worry. God is always teaching you something. My parents are local lawyers. My mom only works part time … Continue reading Our Winning Season
The Untranslatable: Litost
By Thomas Page The Untranslatable This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. In the pit of the stomachs mixing acids like cocktails In some melancholic bar sitting across a snowy window There is a … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Litost
Academy of the Heart And Mind 