By Thomas Page I am student teaching a senior level class in Washington, DC. They have to write some poems on these prompts. I decided to try all 30 of them. However, I will not say what the prompt was but what it number was. Prompt #21 I listen to the whole thing as I … Continue reading “album”
Poems by John Anthony Fingleton
Through a Rain Covered Window in Saint Petersburg The sky is clouding over, The wind is building up, I think a lot of rain is going to fall, The little birds that know these things, Are singing in the trees, A warning to all creatures, great and small. Outside the cars are speeding up; People … Continue reading Poems by John Anthony Fingleton
“Piedmont”
By Thomas Page I am student teaching a senior level class in Washington, DC. They have to write some poems on these prompts. I decided to try all 30 of them. However, I will not say what the prompt was but what it number was. Prompt #20 It’s hard to find shoes in a men’s … Continue reading “Piedmont”
Stardust
By Zita Vilutyte stardust and the ever-lost star books live in a luminous spirit of the mountain and you're leading in unspeakable ways and the thoughts written in the wind can read in a rainbow light let me hear your pulsating sound in the dark and emitting light which plays in your branches … Continue reading Stardust
Poems by Scott Thomas Outlar
Cradling Whispers fingers glide gently slow, smooth a caress upon keys that transcend what music used to mean before I felt your touch a sound more symphonic than any that flows from the lips of God I am made holy in your presence but I truly become whole when your song repeats so sweet so … Continue reading Poems by Scott Thomas Outlar
The Untranslatable: Yuputka
By Thomas Page This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. Walking barefoot in a glen ruled by the moon When the equinox is closer than the solstice was far The ground is alive … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Yuputka
Peps
By Marc Carver People never disappoint you I don't know why now after all this time it upsets me the way it does you know what they will do before even they do it. Perhaps my thoughts make them do it but I don't think so it is their nature that is what makes … Continue reading Peps
Florets of Fancy
By Welkin Siskin Imagination does want to swing In the undercroft of things, And needless to mention does it constantly flow To uncover what’s called a glow. To lay hands on and hang onto fancy, To fancy for whatever could truly be, Perchance to smooch the light in darkness Or conceal you from sadness, … Continue reading Florets of Fancy
Academy of the Heart And Mind 