By Douglas J. Lanzo Uplifting a City with Each Stroke Dedicated to Arshay Cooper, Preston Grandberry, Malcolm Hawkins, Ray “Pookie” Hawkins and Alvin Ross, members of the Manley High School Rowing Team and Chicago Sprint Silver Medalists Plying through the river, stroke by stroke they row, sleek above the surface, avoiding undertow; Four men reunited, … Continue reading Uplifting a City with Each Stroke and Other Poems
Sunday Son
By Derrick Galloway Julius always seems to find himself in a dangerous and crazy situation every time I visit him and it seems to me that I constantly have to help him. Being his father, there is nothing that I love more than my son and I will always be ready and willing to do … Continue reading Sunday Son
Of Ether and Earth and Love is Not Known
By Nolo Segundo Of Ether and Earth Of ether and earth we are made, not fully one or the other, and so we always feel untethered, ever restless, prone at times to coming apart… whole nations come apart, what chance then have you or I? Our souls seek the air, our bodies cling to earth. … Continue reading Of Ether and Earth and Love is Not Known
Full Circle
By Nancy Lou Henderson Grace walked into her bedroom, then sat down on the stool in front of her antique dressing table. She loved the dressing table with an attached mirror which had been her Grandma’s. It was her favorite place to brush her hair. As Grace looked at her image in the mirror, she … Continue reading Full Circle
Guiltless
By Farumbo Time's with me today May not be with me tomorrow It's come to dawn on me lately Time's hard to borrow My evenings come to a pause I have chance to stall Demanding's gone to a stop I don't no longer need to crawl I see movement hustling Through my nocturnal eyes A … Continue reading Guiltless
Time and Other Poems
By Eugenia Fain Time A fibonnaci poem Time Fades Into Eternal Waves cascading in Pools in which we are a pebble. A Rondel Poem When I do spy your lovely face, My heart leaps with joy, At your antics that are so coy. My pain leaves me without a trace. This world bestowed upon me … Continue reading Time and Other Poems
Not That Important and Other Poems
By Alexa Renner Not That Important Not that important. That’s what she says to me. As if the beat of her heart Isn’t keeping me on earth, As if the breath in her lungs Isn’t my life, As if her smile Isn’t my soul. Not that important, They say to me As if she isn’t … Continue reading Not That Important and Other Poems
The Accountant and Other Poems
By Michelle Fulkerson The Accountant You have traded in your confidence for a scale and a preconceived notion. An accountant is what you have become. Counting calories are your new ABC’s. I'm watching you waste away your veins transforming into Braille your skin transparent as tracing paper clothes hanging from your skeletal frame. Your school … Continue reading The Accountant and Other Poems
When I Knew It Was Over
By Ron Pickett No, I’m not talking about a relationship, I’m not talking about the end of the world or even a movie. I’m not talking about Trump or riots or racism. I’m not talking about dessert or dinner or a nap. I’m not even talking about a book or story or football game. It … Continue reading When I Knew It Was Over
2nd Hour and Other Poems
By Januário Esteves 2nd Hour By the secret path What night does he carry I saw life alone And what matters most to us This boldness that is altar Where the tears remain Because I can not cry The senses that please To the heavens praised In prayer we watched The broken hearts To survive, … Continue reading 2nd Hour and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 