By Samantha Kennedy Thump, thump, thump, Sadie heard someone walking up the front steps. “Who could it be?” she thought. Suddenly she felt very scared. She always worried that someone would break into her house. She ran over to the bedroom and hid behind the door. She could feel her legs shaking. “It’s all in … Continue reading As the Door Opens
Road Closed Ahead
By Divya Manikandan “I’ve never seen them shut like this,” Meena said, bending her head away from the scorching Indian sun. Her forehead burrowed into a frown as she twisted her sandals into the gravel. A small pebble entered her chappal and she pressed down on it. “I didn’t even know they could close,” Sid … Continue reading Road Closed Ahead
Signs of Spring
By Jim Bates Heard today a sign of spring, The cooing of a mourning dove, A call of memories to bring, A song of gentle love. This bright and sunny springtime day, Soft warm breezes blowing, Peaceful time spent in the garden patch, Planting seeds and happily hoeing. A sense of patience is in the … Continue reading Signs of Spring
The Tragic Indolence and Other Poems
By Shakti Pada Mukhopadhyay The Tragic Indolence Oh Hamlet! Why did you die? The Ghost had warned you not to delay and Horatio remained as a true friend. But you committed blunder to postpone your actions of killing Claudius at the first instance. You wished to send Claudius’ soul to hell instead of heaven. Fate … Continue reading The Tragic Indolence and Other Poems
Dazed: The Enslaved Mind and Other Poems
By P.A. Esangha Dazed: The Enslaved Mind His destiny in his own hand An easy trade without a brain-cap Ignorant, a man without a plan. A future he sold for a grain-cup Bottles, bottle in the house of bottles Imprisoned by his own greed Unable to solve life's puzzles He is nothing but a helot. … Continue reading Dazed: The Enslaved Mind and Other Poems
Losing Friends
By Victor Schwartzman Earnest stood on the edge of a cliff. He hated losing friends. People came and went. He hated losing connections. He hated losing people. Casual friends dropped out as casually as they dropped in. Some were charming and he missed them. Those losses caused some pain. People he’d known for years was … Continue reading Losing Friends
Death is Symphony of Life
By Dr. Imbesat Syed I saw beauty in death, I saw liberation in death. I felt breath in death, I saw vision in death. I heard symphonies in death, I touched life in death, For death completes life and births life. Death is the ultimate reward, Death is the ultimate destiny. Death gives life, meaning, … Continue reading Death is Symphony of Life
Nostalgia, a Sweet Reminisce and Other Poems
By Nivedita Krishna Nostalgia, a Sweet Reminisce As I walked across that lonely desolate road, No it was not a hill station filled with eternal solitude of nature, It was the same crowded route that leaded to the same destination each day, Those familiar faces were strange acquaintances Who exchanged greetings everyday, With a warm … Continue reading Nostalgia, a Sweet Reminisce and Other Poems
The Hollow Heart of Pewabic Mountain
By Christopher C Tennant In the spring of ’87 she left me, so I packed up my things and went east. I wandered far from civilization, across ragged hills and barren deserts, across the open byways and empty ravines that mark the contours of the great and endless West. I was alone for a time, … Continue reading The Hollow Heart of Pewabic Mountain
What Theory Alone Could Miss and In the Shade
By Sarah Bilodeau What Theory Alone Could Miss Acrylic: 2011 I encountered a new theory that sailed me to this promising path; to a glistening shore of possibility. I started applying this new idea before it was time to think, assuming its utility more often than what was needed. The theory became a black box … Continue reading What Theory Alone Could Miss and In the Shade
Academy of the Heart And Mind 