By Natasha Kafka 1. Day and night Is the Earth flat? Holographic picture of the moon in the billion years old sky Death and the knight playing poker at the seashore the missing joker slowly burns at the Earth`s inner core 2. Cockroach nonradioactive milk the poison … Continue reading Living On Earth
In My Old Neighborhood
By Alyssa Trivett The trains run every so often, jackhammering off and above the track and the sound effects are glass smashing in a silent movie ear shrill pounding nails into quicksand. Kids fish reel their bikes over different Tetris levels of sidewalks, an elderly man hula hoops in front of his work desk on his driveway in … Continue reading In My Old Neighborhood
High School Contest Winners
The winners of our first annual high school contest have all been posted. We got some really amazing posts from some really amazing young writers. It was an honor to read their submissions and we hope that each of them continue their writing and send more of their work for us to post. Have you … Continue reading High School Contest Winners
More Poems By Ben Nardolilli
To Governor’s Island On the way to Governor’s Island, We take the only transportation available, a ferry It’s a noisy vessel, but it rides smooth Over the gray waves of New York Harbor Which crash between Manhattan and Long Island At first, we sit together on a white metal bench, Surrounded by children and lost … Continue reading More Poems By Ben Nardolilli
Parking Lot Puddle
By Alyssa Trivett You seep, loosely filing into paper pavement and bleeding clear ink. Filled cavity. Flossing into charred broken bottle puzzle piece corners, an art project sifting in a parking lot this hungover evening. Alyssa Trivett is a wandering soul from the Midwest. She chirps down coffee while scrawling lines on the back of gas … Continue reading Parking Lot Puddle
Poems by Ben Nardolilli
Reconciliation and Distribution Why the referencing? I don’t want to get a zero Why the problem with citation language? because I want a net settlement Why the affirmation? because I want to pull the schedule. Why consent to the distribution? it’s the only way to merge with the field Keenly Developed Moral Bankruptcy I play … Continue reading Poems by Ben Nardolilli
Afternoon Jack
By Alyssa Trivett Afternoon Jack I dub thee, with the cigar hanging out of your mouth, a half-broken toothbrush tree branch lingering over the pool ledge. Old construction and computer equipment take up residence in the back of your mashed up boxcar, glued and gluten free with duct tape, as you glide over those scarred … Continue reading Afternoon Jack
Guns And More Guns
By Tim Clark For a time I worked as a construction laborer. It was taxing work, but it had some pleasant moments. Once we built a basement out by the river running past the town where I lived. It was a secluded beautiful spot. Surrounded by trees, and close enough you could hear the water … Continue reading Guns And More Guns
Terrible Weather for June
By Jennifer Holdich JUNE “Terrible weather for June,” he said, shuffling his feet nervously and glancing at the girl, then back at his feet. “June who?” she asked “June, the month June,” he replied. “Oh, yes, of course. How silly of me!” They stood in the drizzle for a moment, then she said. “My mother’s … Continue reading Terrible Weather for June
You
By Bob McNeil You get used to the sun laughing at your inability to rise. Your clock is jocular as well, chortling between bells at you. Each annoying tintinnabular sound is there to rouse you. All of the clock’s attempts are to no avail. Coffin-lid-rigid, you continue lying on your bed. Unconcerned with the alarm, … Continue reading You
Academy of the Heart And Mind 