By Karlie Taylor My high school is on fire. I saw it before I heard the news on the radio in Dad’s shed, constantly playing to ward off birds, or through the screeching of the scanner whose sharp tones could pull even dad out of a deep sleep. My bedroom, still covered in the posters … Continue reading Heathens
Not Unlike a Tūī
By Marie-Eve Bernier We made the decision on a windy day. Walking around our local park to discuss this, as we always did with important matters. After many failed opportunities to move to New Zealand, the fourth time was a go. This time it was calling loudly and there were no more excuses. Exchanging my … Continue reading Not Unlike a Tūī
Winter Drowsiness and Other Poems
By Robin Locke Winter Drowsiness Inside heavy limbs tucked beneath blankets Outside heavy limbs tucked beneath snow Cup of tea in hand I wait in warmth with the sleeping earth to wake up again and bloom Crying Out to Blue Bird spreads its wings, Flies high in the sky, lifts its head, Cries out to … Continue reading Winter Drowsiness and Other Poems
Ocean Poems
By James G. Piatt The Seashore “For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it's always ourselves we find in the sea." e.e. cummings The soft sandy shore, spreading like a dusty yellow carpet reflected the sun’s warm rays onto my bare shoulders as the morning melted into the balminess of noon, causing … Continue reading Ocean Poems
Plath’s Spring and Other Poems
By Madeleine Ringer Plath's Spring the birds are chirping this eve the sky is light and the trees lean in to whisper "spring has sprung" I know it is true the ash on my tongue has dissolved into dew my nose runs bloody but i smile through, luck is in my pocket, with a four … Continue reading Plath’s Spring and Other Poems
Premature Spring and Other Poems
By Michael Ansara Premature Spring Inexcusable, given the lush conditions of my life, joy has too often been a stranger. Now the sun seems stronger. Mud sucks at my shoes. My body still moving is a blessing. This year, winter was two days when the earth Cracked from the cold. That our bodies still move … Continue reading Premature Spring and Other Poems
The Sun and Other Poems
By Anthony Ward The Sun (Life) The provider of life, Powering our planet. An engine of energy. Lighting our world, With its radiant countenance Expressed in the ocean of air. It’s intriguing sentience, Blinded beneath its intensity. Mercury (Communication) The atmosphere, desolate- Yet light-hearted Volatile in its eloquence, Its igneous desert both searing and cold, … Continue reading The Sun and Other Poems
Somnath and Other Poems
By Pulkita Anand Somnath The shrine enshrines Somnath The sea sees Somnath Waves wave Somnath People pray at Somnath Mincing mantras of Somnath Super splendour at Somnath The moon marks Somnath Wide vast waves of Somnath Speaks splendour of Somnath Immeasurable, immense, is Somnath, Somnath, Somnath…. Sudama A friend in need is a friend indeed … Continue reading Somnath and Other Poems
Barcelona Red
By Maryanne DeLeo It’s been in my life eight years, its color long ago used up, hints of it along the walls of its gold, shiny black expensive case. Every day I dip my slender lip brush inside to get a speck of color onto my unpainted lips. Selected by a painter, “which lipstick would … Continue reading Barcelona Red
Outpouring and Other Artwork
By Aislinn Feldberg Aislinn Feldberg is a writer and visual artist from Queens, New York. She enjoys experimenting and creating art with a dark, bizarre flair in order to develop awareness of social issues, including reproductive and women's rights. Her work interweaves with prior dreams and demonstrates conflicting natures of human nature or of materials (flowing … Continue reading Outpouring and Other Artwork
Academy of the Heart And Mind 