By Leslee Kahler I have had cats in my life since I was born, I can’t say I owned any of them as any cat owner knows the cat owns you , you don’t own the cat. Over the years I have learned much from my cats, but the greatest lessons I learned were patience, … Continue reading Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat
Why Fly High? And Other Poems
By Sultana Raza Why Fly High? Do you really need to fly? Touch the essence of the sky Why do you need to go so high? Enjoy the stream that passes by. For attention do you vie? Have you ever found out why? On your heart can you rely? Make florae your own ally. Will … Continue reading Why Fly High? And Other Poems
If I Had a Time Machine and The Fur of Golden Wheat
By Anjali Paruvu If I Had a Time Machine Every now and then The day will break And you open your eyes Thinking, not again And you push yourself out thinking, this is how it must be You're young and sweet and all of fourteen, but you look like you've been at it since sixteen … Continue reading If I Had a Time Machine and The Fur of Golden Wheat
Memory’s Quill and A Party With Solitude
By Cole Adeyosola Memory's Quill The heavens picked this day, In this cosy month of may, It's a pleasure to know you this day, You'll be mine and I'll be yours all the way, My mind never cease to picture us at a bay, My words a trick you say, In your touch my heart … Continue reading Memory’s Quill and A Party With Solitude
When Fearlessness Fades
By Cynthia Yancey Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! my oldest son texted me. Can I take you flying this afternoon? Yes! I immediately texted back, happy to be remembered. Happy to think of getting back up over these lovely, old mountains in one of those tiny, little planes like I used to fly myself. The day … Continue reading When Fearlessness Fades
September and Autumn
By Ellie Rose McKee September September is silence. Spiders creeping under doors in search of central heating. The start of school and people rushing about, meeting other new students. New schedules. Shifting off the old season. But underneath: quiet. A girl alone in her dorm room, miles from home. Her phone not ringing. Dark night … Continue reading September and Autumn
Include and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Include Include via inclusion. Embrace change And improve Surroundings As well as oneself. Help and assist While resisting Negativity, And strive to better The world, And that itself Is a choice. Let voices Vocalize To help realize The precious value Of accepting Acceptance Not Always Gone Forever Even when grieving, Never … Continue reading Include and Other Poems
Tan
By Kj Hannah Greenberg
Insomnia
By Sydney Clark I can’t sleep. Have you tried counting sheep? Yes, I’ve tried. I still can’t sleep. Have you tried sinking deep? Yes, I’ve tried. I know you have cried because I’m not by your side. I’m not asleep. Look on the bright side - put your worries aside. I won’t make a peep. … Continue reading Insomnia
The Handmaiden
By Mehreen Ahmed Eliza stood in front of her bathroom mirror and squeezed the end of a nearly empty tube of toothpaste. Between her thumb and her index finger, her fingernails turned an inconsistent color of white pink, the plumpness of the tip of her skin diminishing. Breathing short and tight, her lips were thinning … Continue reading The Handmaiden
Academy of the Heart And Mind 