By Frances Leitch The sea’s facea candle of dawnflickering in the sunlightAs strollers trek the shoreWheel in the sunLight uponstarfish and sand dollarsSpy porpoises darting in and out of the waveschasing the wind downLook to the skypelicans flySailing lightcaught the sunMerry Rovers Stroll on Growing up and living by the sea, Frances has spun poems … Continue reading Sea Stroll
To the one called home
By Oindrila Ghosal You surely do not have a label,Sticking to your neckOr a bunch of directionsLeading to where you may be found.You do not stand in the way of sun raysOr come rushing across the wild grasses,No song of wind blows through your hair,No broken fetters 'round your wrists.Often, I had seen you make … Continue reading To the one called home
In Their Various Aspects
By Laurinda Lind Cats as from the same spirit who brought monsters to mankind, dinosaurs, diamondbacks, yet they like to meditate,they like us to findwith our bare feetmice they've mauled. They don't mind asking for the moon, as if clawing werekindness. Thiscould be a dirething, keeping thoughts as dangerous as cats. Laurinda Lind lives in … Continue reading In Their Various Aspects
Tupelo Press 30/30 Poetry Marathon Commentary Days 1-5
By Thomas Page For the month of January, I will be writing one poem in a "poetry marathon." The poems will be posted here: https://tupelopress.org/the-3030-poets As part of the marathon, I will be providing commentary on each of the poems every five days. General Context: For this marathon, I'm writing poems for a proposed collection … Continue reading Tupelo Press 30/30 Poetry Marathon Commentary Days 1-5
William
By Maryam Khamesi Before you could speak,you listened to classical musicyour father playedon a vintage pianowhile your mothercradled her stomachand hummed along,whispering, William,this is for you.When you touched land,you learned the concept of time,how people age and die,how some die before they age.Your mother fought breast canceras you buried yourself in books,movies, music that made … Continue reading William
Tahoe
By Malisa Anne Blue lake hugged our naked legs a secret world everyone could seeI made my way into your sightand took you as hostage. You gave me as you wishI gave you as you must.We burnt down our thrift store fairy tale You locked my heart in an unappeasable boy my heart locked eyesthat … Continue reading Tahoe
New York State Thruway
By Claire L Frankel I want to make a paintingof the New York State Thruway.But you can’t stop and take a photounless you want a big crashand goodbye car, if not goodbye you.So it has to be from memoryThe full trees of Summer laden with millions of dark green leaves.The spectacular autumn red gold, orange … Continue reading New York State Thruway
How foreign, that the soul by which I breathe
By Scott Andrew Kass How foreign, that the soul by which I breathe,And have since, like the closing of a flower,To shield the bud, my flesh had made its sheath,Rejects its purpose; so Divine a power,Shriveled to waste, as if in refuse strewn,It shivered at the passing traffic's chill,At ends of alleys, deepened 'neath the … Continue reading How foreign, that the soul by which I breathe
Self-Assurance
By Andria Simmons Self- assurance Is an unbreakable Spirit. When you are self assured, you have confidence, you are loving, you are compassionate, and you care for others. Self assurance places no desire to hate, envy, compete, destroy, or sabotage another. When you know your own value you vibrate on a higher level. Other people’s … Continue reading Self-Assurance
12 Days of the Holidays: “New Year’s Resolution” by D.R. James
A cliché of sequins staccatosacross this first verse of sun, acrossundisturbed snow as white and composedas Styrofoam – till you can’t dismisswhat’s winking, what truly is twinkling,or then the burly squirrel bounding through,a cartoon ball bouncing out its tune.Granted, this should finally do you good.In fact, it should go on resoundingagainst the discordant rounds withoutand … Continue reading 12 Days of the Holidays: “New Year’s Resolution” by D.R. James
Academy of the Heart And Mind 