By Kristen Strmel I was 6 during my first spar. Mother had wanted it later, Father earlier. I used to hear them at night arguing over it. They were always quiet, but I tended to overhear things I shouldn’t have, for better or worse. I was a child, thin as a stick, but my partner … Continue reading This Side of the World
Four Poems by Alex Andy Phuong
Choose Choices Carefully and Cautiously The power of choice, A wide variety Of potential disarray Question the nature of existence Ask what it means to be alive Within a highly subjective reality Where truth could be false And false could be reality Understand that Everything really is A matter of selection Fight? … Continue reading Four Poems by Alex Andy Phuong
SMALL FRY
By John Grey I've long since given up on history. From the beginning, it never liked me. My revenge will have to wait until the sun burns out, the earth implodes, and Shakespeare and the jerk who cut me off on Reservoir Avenue are on equal footing. History was just a comfort zone for … Continue reading SMALL FRY
“FIGHT IT”
By David Chukwudi Njoku Fight it, Stop it, Let it out, Don't give in to its thoughts, is a killer of destiny, don't allow hold water, no matter its package, it can give you eternal joy only but a short time relief. Stop it, how dare you! TRAMADOL, is a death trap filled with ephemerals, no … Continue reading “FIGHT IT”
Glassjawed
By Thomas Page What is the strongest point of your face? Trace the hallows of orbitals and nose, Blows made in boxing would fell anyone, Won by the impression that the face is His keystone. All faces become glassjaws ‘Cause a good southpaw to the mandible. Reasonable people know mixed-martial arts Parts anyone with … Continue reading Glassjawed
Academy of the Heart And Mind 