By Thomas Page I am student teaching a senior level class in Washington, DC. They have to write some poems on these prompts. I decided to try all 30 of them. However, I will not say what the prompt was but what it number was. Prompt #11 I think that works The hymn of the … Continue reading “I Think That Works”
“Read My Wounds”
By Ahmad Al-Khatat I don't deserve to live in this world mainly, because my dreams are hidden from me as my bare feet are chained Maybe my time should have ended as every night, my eyes begin to cry, she disappeared from my cigarette smoke and was harder to drink just water My hopes … Continue reading “Read My Wounds”
Michelangelo: Painter and Poet (V2)
By Michael Lee Johnson Michelangelo with steel balls and a wire brush wishing he was wearing motorcycle leathers, going wild and crazy, stares cross-eyed at the Sistine Chapel ceiling- nose touching moist paint, body stretch out on a plank, bones held by ropes from falling- delirious, painting that face of Jesus and the Prophets … Continue reading Michelangelo: Painter and Poet (V2)
“The Invisible Spirit”
By Ahmad Al-Khatat The night is long, long as the stars are falling apart and so my tears are the rain on the child cheeks I thought that love would make us lucky, and happy until I realized that one of us must pretend that I'm dead Trust was the most beautiful word we have had … Continue reading “The Invisible Spirit”
“Pride”
By Thomas Page I am student teaching a senior level class in Washington, DC. They have to write some poems on these prompts. I decided to try all 30 of them. However, I will not say what the prompt was but what it number was. Prompt #10 The poet’s sin is pride because he believes … Continue reading “Pride”
Poems by Nardine Sanderson
Star Dust. _____________ Have you seen my soul I lost it in the night Falling from the heaven's Within God's guiding light A breath of air He did breathe Unto all in loving trust Becoming of a world anew Creating phenomenal star dust. Our endless love __________________ Yes my love, they are coming Like … Continue reading Poems by Nardine Sanderson
Poems by Nardine Sanderson
Untainted flowers. ___________________ Untainted flowers have come to rest Where love resides, within my chest A beating heart where once lacked light Beautifully grown, this garden in sight. Bright eye _____________ She may have wept his parted days, and sleepless nights a restless gaze Into starlight there above In countless mourning Of their love For … Continue reading Poems by Nardine Sanderson
“t”
By Thomas Page I am student teaching a senior level class in Washington, DC. They have to write some poems on these prompts. I decided to try all 30 of them. However, I will not say what the prompt was but what its number was. Prompt #9 I may be a little biased when I … Continue reading “t”
“ON A FISHING TRIP”
By John Grey Breezes rock the boat like the sea-mother's arms. Lines struggle to stretch out on all sides of the deck. They bounce on the waves, far from any fish. But the gulls, at least, are confident in our skills. They hover over the boat in expectation of at least one of us … Continue reading “ON A FISHING TRIP”
“AVOIDANCE”
By John Grey It's possible that, even now. you had nothing left to say. that I was wasting my time by pressing my finger to my lips or covering my ears with my hands. Could be that, as I rushed from the room, slammed the door, that I was leaving behind silence, that the drive … Continue reading “AVOIDANCE”
Academy of the Heart And Mind 