By Deepika Singh Pave the Way The bunker life was blissful. Cuddling with mother, tight stock and good sleep, Calm nature, chirpy birds, so serene Nature burst with joy. This limited life made us Pollyanna. This adverse life taught us to be resilient. Giving an aid to needy, doting towards animals. Morning sunbeam made us … Continue reading Pave the Way and Other Poems
Spring & Liguria
By Gordana Karakashevska Liguria Spring Tonight under the stars while I wait to hear your sweet voice winter goes quietly, quietly on your toes Oh! how much i love you! My eyes glow with passion dream of your hands dear it warms my youth the blood in my veins. Spring darling lures the buds there … Continue reading Spring & Liguria
Lockdown Walk Through Memory Lane
By Maureen Barron The path starts at the fields given over to money making whooping windmills. They say the blades kill the flying birds in the dark! I hope they don't. Why do I have to worry? It spoils things. Don't think! Dog daisies and Hawthorn hedges glimmering from sun's rays. On through the meadows … Continue reading Lockdown Walk Through Memory Lane
Converge and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Converge Resist the urge To inflict harm Yet do not conform Either Simply merge And unite For we are all In this together Take the Break When there are times Where one must cope No need to struggle Overpower and overcome For being free Involves Breaking free From negativity And being … Continue reading Converge and Other Poems
Snow and Ice Cream
By Ian Copestick Earlier today, I left the house to do a bit of shopping. It was bitterly cold, on the weather forecast they'd said we should get ready for snow. It looked as if they were going to be right. Now, at 4:30 in the afternoon, I've come out wearing the biggest, thickest, winter … Continue reading Snow and Ice Cream
My Friends
By Abe Margel The sun came out just as the football game ended. Dan stood up; he turned and retrieved from the back of his seat his number 31 “Pinball” Clemons jersey. He had brought this same lucky jersey to every Argonauts game he had attended for the past nine years. “Pinball” had been the … Continue reading My Friends
Tuna Tortellini with Cream
By John Goodie Eli, the main chef in the kitchen at his family-owned Jewish Ghetto restaurant near Rome’s Trastevere neighborhood, heard a ruckus outside when the sous-chef, Jacob, opened the back door to step out for a cigarette. Eli grew up in that Italian-Jewish kitchen, learning to cook with his grandfather and father, easily mastering … Continue reading Tuna Tortellini with Cream
Fresh Morning and Other Poems
By Andrew Scott Fresh Morning Every night, rain or clear sky, I think about the day just passed. The news headlines that came in with the tragedies of the new world. Missing neighbours from for away that may never be found while friends and family wonder where the missing are alive or buried. Nature's flames … Continue reading Fresh Morning and Other Poems
Ecology
By Mike Turner Flora and fauna Earth and sky Fire and water And here stand I Are we all separate Or part of one? Planets and star dust Empty space, Sun? Each of its own Yet parts of the same As a portrait on canvas All its colors contains Thus bound together In relation are … Continue reading Ecology
Requiem at the Churchyard Across Our Elementary School and Other Poems
By Pax Maghacot Requiem at the Churchyard Across Our Elementary School Many occasions during recess our games were interrupted by the blessing of the dead at the churchyard just across the street from our elementary school. We stopped playing, rushed to the low wall and watched the spooky scene time and again – A wooden … Continue reading Requiem at the Churchyard Across Our Elementary School and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 