By Stephen Kingsnorth Resurrection I hear praise, awe the redwoods win, and oaks, withstood near battle scars, but my gem, acorn, palmed, admired, a prospect stored, squirrel ignored. I see them bury, gnaw, forget, a sapling fighting undergrowth, then filtered light through canopy calls for the greenman cambium. And it finds how to rise again, … Continue reading Resurrection 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
Poems by Bruce McRae
"Dreams Are For Dreamers" This old bed has seen better days and told different stories. This old bed resembles a sack of broken clothes hangers. As far as portals into sleep go this bed has went. I’m on the rack. It’s the iron maiden. This old bed is an early grave, but death won’t sleep … Continue reading Poems by Bruce McRae
Perceived Reality
By Lynn Long Perception is reality, yet, a deception within itself... For can one ever truly be aware- of worlds beyond their own, if we're unwilling to open our eyes, to truths unknown? Life is a continuous cycle, on the road to self-awareness, repeated lessons of moments forever eternal Striving, we can only move forward knowing what we know Learning, ever learning as we go... Lynn Long- … Continue reading Perceived Reality
