By Anthony Ward Snowdrops droop Steeped in sentiment Like perched memories Appearing forlorn and frail Wearing winters fleece Blending with their harsh climate They could be so easily trampled Yet stand resilient Braced against brute force Slugging it against the odds Hardy and robust Modestly opposed to the bountiful beauty Of springs bloom Bearing just … Continue reading The Labouring Flower
A Haunting Voice and Other Poems
By Doug J. Lanzo A Haunting Voice Her face was clad in blue and yellow, with kobza played quite musically, her voice rang out across the courtyard, to tender ears of school-age children, all gathered round attentively, piercing their souls with haunting refrain: “All we are is dust in the wind…” It echoed through the … Continue reading A Haunting Voice and Other Poems
Surrender
By Caroline Reddy I want to see serenity in our eyes as we explore our souls so that I don’t have to retreat when the amber leaves fall… the Eastward wind is swift lifting up the hems of a purple bohemian skirt and I remembered all the losses the stairs and the smell of death— … Continue reading Surrender
Sydney’s Missing Eye
By Luke Beling Sydney had one eye. I used to ask him, when he’d drive me to school, what happened to the other one. He'd tell me a different story every day then laugh through a set of crooked, stained teeth. I marveled at how he'd reverse our big car down the steep driveway. It … Continue reading Sydney’s Missing Eye
Ajar & Of Love Poems
By Casey Shelley Ajar Entwined, a bond you cannot break: maternal. Together, she would say there’s always a way. There wasn’t. I knew, at nineteen, nothing but latex and IV’s. The smell of it: spreading. Appointed to watch while light decayed to dark. It happened and I held my life in a jar of ashes. … Continue reading Ajar & Of Love Poems
Danae Younge’s Chapbook “Melanin Sun (–) Blind Spots” Awarded the Florence Kahn Memorial Award
Former contributor Danae Younge's poetry chapbook, Melanin Sun (–) Blind Spots, was given the Florence Kahn Memorial Award by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies and will be published as a print book on July 1st! NFSPS is a conglomerate of the state poetry societies involved in the institution of Poet Laureate, and they host what are considered … Continue reading Danae Younge’s Chapbook “Melanin Sun (–) Blind Spots” Awarded the Florence Kahn Memorial Award
My Brother’s Books
By Mary Kathleen Felice my brother’s books are old with dusty jackets and torn covers yellow edged and sepia toned pages many dangling from broken spines as are we worn and aged through time as was he until his passing on the most recent of Mothers’ Days the heavenly reunion of which I’m sure brought … Continue reading My Brother’s Books
For Stephanie
By Lamont A. Turner My darling Stephanie, you were so young And possessed with a grace unmatched in all The poet’s lore and songs of love once sung By kind Euterpe who would enthrall The lost and lonely in unending nights Of tempestuous, impassioned delights. I belonged to you from the moment you Kissed my … Continue reading For Stephanie
Carnival 2020 and Other Poems
By Fabrice Poussin Carnival 2020 Mardi-Gras in April extending those days of glee when revelers saunter the avenues seeking another merry melody. Yet they lack the luster of old hiding in shame behind blue fabric they wish they might breathe inhale forgiveness in the shadows. Stumbling in fear of the unseen they stare at their … Continue reading Carnival 2020 and Other Poems
Dante’s Circles
By Marc Carver It scares me how much life goes around and around in a circle. You live it once then years later the exact same thing happens again. And you react to it in exactly the same way. It is almost as if you are powerless against yourself. Who you are never goes away. … Continue reading Dante’s Circles
Academy of the Heart And Mind 