By Gavin Kim Gavin Kim is a dedicated artist, currently attending Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Massachusetts. She is actively working on building her art portfolio and developing her skills in various mediums. In her free time, she indulges in her passion for ceramics, baking and playing golf.
Forgiveness and Other Poems
By Marc Carver Forgiveness I dream of corpses and lovers dream that another day is impossible dream that these grey skies will never leave the undecided snow falls to the ground leaves still won't come and birds in packs fly for their lives to warmer climes If only I could take a chance again surely … Continue reading Forgiveness and Other Poems
Facing Death: Fear and Gifts
By C. Graham Campbell, Ph.D As a Buddhist leaning spiritual student, I wish I could tell you that looking death in the eye was a choice motivated solely because that is an important part of the path. Unfortunately, that would be less than honest. An onslaught of health issues between 2015 and 2023 required it. … Continue reading Facing Death: Fear and Gifts
Isolation
By Haleema Dalhat I am me, just a normal human being, With lots of friends you everyday seeing. Go with the flow, some coming and leaving, Amidst of all problem that no one's believing. I am a person who's lacking of courage, Full of potential that is stucked on my storage. A lonely wanderer with … Continue reading Isolation
Four Pieces
By Edward Michael Supranowicz Up Looks Down 6b Cross Words The Tango of Life and Death The Pain Within Hearts 3 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 … Continue reading Four Pieces
Thank Hugh, Kate!
By Christina H. Janousek As I was passing Schönbrunn Palace one February morning on my way to work, I was confronted with a sight that I could not help but associate with the most unpalatable period in Austrian history. The one which we owe to a megalomaniac, yet small-minded landscape painter of the second class. … Continue reading Thank Hugh, Kate!
A Thousand Worlds Too Far
By Theodore Alexander Hall Spit flew against the plastic visor as a tear danced upon a slender cheek. The suit stuck firmly in the empty void, a ripple of grey in the endless black. He watched with anticipation as his palm closed, fingers gliding through the heavens. It was an odd sensation, no limit, no … Continue reading A Thousand Worlds Too Far
Deceptiveness
By Lefcothea-Maria Golgaki In the aftermath of the disaster I now recognize my inability to be divided from fire. How can I ever quench these flames? Painfully aware of the monsters that inhabit my wilderness. Vultures, devourers of my soul How can I ever seize control of you? And if the flame goes out And … Continue reading Deceptiveness
Self-Certainty
By Earl Smith As it happened, Racoon was resting on a sunny morning in a grassy area next to Brook that Wanders Through the Woods. Her morning foraging had yielded two crawfish, and a particularly nice young eel. She had fastidiously washed, then eaten, each. A satisfying ritual that, at least partially, lightened the burden … Continue reading Self-Certainty
Grave Robbers
By Wolfgang Wright “Why not trees?” the boy asked his father, who was just about to fire up the excavator. “What?” “Why not trees instead of bones?” They had just returned from lunch, where they had sat under a tree for shade, which was where the boy had gotten the idea from. The tree was … Continue reading Grave Robbers
Academy of the Heart And Mind 