By Ken Gosse A Rough Gem I’d be a diamond in the rough if I were made of firmer stuff, but, in fact, I’m rather mellow, somewhat jigglier than Jell-O, therefore pressure doesn’t bake me, there’s no way that it can make me sharper than a razor’s edge (for you can’t hone a French brie … Continue reading A Rough Gem and Other Poems
Colleague and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Colleague Intrigue Conspire Confer Entice Entrance Hypnotic Ensnare the mind Arrest the heart And even when apart Colleagues who Become true friends Remain in touch For close acquaintanceships Are true friendships Three Trinity Combined To form unity Unify Soar high By & by All in all Avoid the fall And stand … Continue reading Colleague and Other Poems
The Basket Weavers
By Steve Carr Mrs. Chattam’s tendency toward exaggerated worries and anxieties led her to view the man outside the cottage on the other side of the pond with a great deal of apprehension. The only things she saw him take out of the back of his car were several fishing poles and a shiny red … Continue reading The Basket Weavers
Moonstar
By Lynn Long A tiny star The scent of Jasmine Warm winds from afar And my heart remembers What once it longed In the melancholy feelings Of a love wished upon... Lynn Long is poet, writer, and dreamer. She is a believer in the impossible and resides somewhere in time. Her work can be found … Continue reading Moonstar
Liminal Dream Reality
By J.D. Doley Liminal Dream Reality Opening my wings and flying into a liminal reality, deconstructing my whole self, while entering into an infinite nothing, a nothing I can build in my own terms, a nothing that opens doors to my greatest resolutions, giving me hope that tomorrow will be better than today, for anything … Continue reading Liminal Dream Reality
Sunset in December and Other Poems
By Donovan Westjohn Sunset in December Scurry of squirrels with mouthfuls ran towards aboriginal trees; Piqued tasteful of moonlit mystery entwine outside hatched tread, midnight blue peacock feathers flung- on scarlet macaw volcanic colored sky like a fan morph to gel wax. West coast ocean sputtered a washing machine dial set high seething against queens … Continue reading Sunset in December and Other Poems
Just Pay a Visit and Other Poems
By Umar YB Just Pay a Visit When the tide comes in To quickly go, And without delay I get to row My narrow boat Into the sea, Seek oh no To oar with me... Such voyage is solo! But if you want to listen Or see my face Just pay a visit To the … Continue reading Just Pay a Visit and Other Poems
Only But You
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein The colourful mind wants to give you. So much! How can I persuade you? In return, I don’t want anything! Your hesitant eyes, I don’t want to look at them. I hold the edge of the watch in your hands, Let me see your hands. But my luck holds the … Continue reading Only But You
Aluminum
By Jim Bates I pulled the aluminum canoe up on shore and looked around. We were on a rocky island covered in pine trees on a small lake in the boundary waters of northern Minnesota. We were also lost. Next to me, Harry, my younger brother cupped his hands into the lake and took a … Continue reading Aluminum
My Friend Vishal
By Ranjit Kulkarni I don’t know who I should call a friend. Friendships happen out of nowhere when doing things together. And once they happen, I often find myself keeping them going whether I like it or not. I have made friends when I chanced upon someone who read a common book. I have made … Continue reading My Friend Vishal
Academy of the Heart And Mind 