By Rowan Moskowitz During one summer night in the year of 1970, a young man was camping out in the woods, an activity he often did when needing a break from the stress and fears of the world around him. The blonde haired boy with soft green eyes, known as Jackson Talroy, always found a … Continue reading The Light to My Darkness
Don’t Fill Your Sky With Too Many Birds and A Love Letter to My Lake
By Leigh-Anne Burley Don't Fill Your Sky With Too Many Birds and A Love Letter to My Lake Don’t fill the sky with too many birdswings touching wings leave no room for flightDon’t fill your sky with too many dreamsDreams need time to be bathed and soakedDon’t fill your sky with too many promisesPromises have … Continue reading Don’t Fill Your Sky With Too Many Birds and A Love Letter to My Lake
House With No Windows
By Tegan Anders The Girl is alone in her House without windows, and it swallows her whole. She is alone in her House without windows, and this room is too bright. The next room is too dark. The Girl and the House live here together, within one another. She haunts this House, and this House … Continue reading House With No Windows
The Sky is God’s House and Other Poems
By Bhupesh Chandra Karmakar The Sky is God's House I could see the curly white clouds in the sky that is so high. The clouds are proud, as they can wander all over the sky. Far below the sky, several tall trees are standing on earth. The trees are swaying beautifully, when breeze is flowing. … Continue reading The Sky is God’s House and Other Poems
My Heart Skips a Beat and Other Poems
By Ken Gosse My Heart Skips a Beat With resources replete but reserved for the youngwe would touch the ground just for a moment’s rebound,then zoom upward, inhaling the sky as our tongueat its zenith would taste every star to be found.Never bound by directions displayed on a map,in our flow we would go where … Continue reading My Heart Skips a Beat and Other Poems
Leaning Into the Notes
By Kelli J Gavin When she sings, it isn’t just something to be heardBut something to be experiencedElongating her neck, her mouth forming each new soundEyes squinting shut, feeling every noteThe rise and the fallWanting to communicate what she is experiencingHow the music is changing herTrained breaths accentuating the melodyThe music becoming her act of … Continue reading Leaning Into the Notes
The Ritterson School for Psychic Powers
By David William Jurgenson Frankenstein, Missouri Headmaster McGovern squeezed a crimson stress ball in his ancient, liver-spotted hand that looked like a heart. “Miss Vallow, after careful consideration by the Ritterson board, we've made the unanimous decision to expel you from school.” He locked his eyes with hers. “Unless you’ve got anything to say that … Continue reading The Ritterson School for Psychic Powers
A Perfect Apple
By Ethan Houldsworth My greatest fear in life will always be the end of it, the blistering uncertainty of what comes after, will I ever be in a position where I can accept nothingness? Will I ever feel comfortable with my death? Should I ever feel comfortable with my death? I’m really not sure. I … Continue reading A Perfect Apple
The Lonely Beach
By Winter Burress I sit by the seaOn a lonely beachBut the beach and I Can’t truly be lonely,Because now we’re together.I keep the beach companyAs I talk to it,As I tell it storiesEven in the pausesOf my breath.The beach stays silentAnd it listensTo my every wordAs I pour my heartInto the cold ocean.As the … Continue reading The Lonely Beach
Five Pieces
By Edward Michael Supranowicz Boxed In 11h Facing Yourself Foolhardy Just Plain Monstrous A Change of Perspective 1c Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a grad background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently or will … Continue reading Five Pieces
Academy of the Heart And Mind 