By Catherine A. Coundjeris Scratching on the Walls My Mom has since passed away, but she was with us when I wrote this poem. Cheyanne stayed up with me that night, watching as we heard scratching on the walls. I turned on the light, set the table, and poured the drinks and heard scratching. … Continue reading Scratching on the Walls and Other Poems
Gegenrasse and Other Poems by Okpeta, Gideon Iching
Gegenrasse A Song for Our Hue The living space birthed beautiful flowers, rivalry enhanced her colour, rose from obscurity to power in the land of the living. Prisoners boarded a taxi, drove unwillingly to serve the light gray suit for wearing natives in pink― able-bodied sapiens messed over in mercy of their colour. Then it … Continue reading Gegenrasse and Other Poems by Okpeta, Gideon Iching
Introducing Me and Other Poems
By Alexis Garcia Introducing Me I’m an unfinished thought A mosaic of melancholic memories A misplaced comma The unintentional pauses between Phrases riddled with double meanings A semi-functioning vessel on the surface Covering up the frequent malfunctions In desperate need of repair. A questioned answer An impenetrable equation A hopeful variable seeking to Become a … Continue reading Introducing Me and Other Poems
This Human Experience Equals Delirium
By Jerry Salcedo This human experience equals delirium A little bit more may take me towards searching for millenniums in this livin’ stint I ain’t wish for this Just a concept that evolved into a creator Looking for what's greater Can't take an elevator Livid pacin' Achin' for the sun to absorb my essence … Continue reading This Human Experience Equals Delirium
A Celtic Knot of Genetic Memories and Other Poems
By Catherine A. Coundjeris A Celtic Knot of Genetic Memories I have flown through black night into bright day— a glistening comet, streaking through space. I have breathed the rains of Chesapeake Bay. I have hugged the green coast from Dublin place All the way to the heart of Roscommon. I have mapped a … Continue reading A Celtic Knot of Genetic Memories and Other Poems
Ya Dara, Fly Tadorna
By Ruth Ticktin Most days before she went off to school, Dara was home alone with Matu, her grandmother. Matu was busy cooking for her husband and grandchildren, doing laundry, cleaning, mending clothes and sheets. Matu took Dara shopping with her, they walked to the market daily, and she made sure Dara was bathed, fed … Continue reading Ya Dara, Fly Tadorna
God Give Me Forever and Other Poems
By Alise Versella God Give Me Forever The cold break of day The burst of chlorine—ice-sting against just-shaved legs I have never been one to jump into things I wonder if I will always let every option weigh heavily against me that I simply throw every option away Drown beneath the deep. An ocean is … Continue reading God Give Me Forever and Other Poems
Sold-out Dreams and Other Poems
By Richard LeDue Sold-out Dreams Past tense, meaning they're already gone, just barren shelves, pretending to feed desires we believe more in than any god, translated into every language, but we need to understand the translator has to eat too. And when there's nothing left inside the cardboard boxes, we'll still reach in, asking where … Continue reading Sold-out Dreams and Other Poems
The Eden Project
By Stephen Kingsnorth As a tourist board inspector, the closing hour approaching fast, pottering in the garden centre, I saw another in the crowd - God wandering amongst the shades. At gate closure, the lock-up time, I saw her in the coffee shop, chatting with the sweat-cooking staff, those table-waiting, poorly paid, dependant on … Continue reading The Eden Project
Patriotic and Other Photographs
By Pat St. Pierre
Academy of the Heart And Mind 