By Pauline Olthof-Youn Love grows When at first love appears like the sun behind the clouds bright and beautiful, bringing warm sunshine to life, smile brightly. When later, love blooms like a rose among weeds, vibrant and full of colour, bringing happiness to life be grateful. When love branches out, like leaves on a limb … Continue reading Love grows and Other Poems
Flowers and Teddy Bears or Deborah and the Mother of Sisera
By Joan Leotta Journal Entries July 15, 2024 The analyst we saw when they released my precious eight-year-old granddaughter, Jenna, from the hospital said that keeping a journal would help us both. I am not sure what she is writing in hers, but here is mine. And it is helping. Yesterday, Jenna went to the … Continue reading Flowers and Teddy Bears or Deborah and the Mother of Sisera
The Untranslatable: Weltschmerz
By Thomas Page The Untranslatable 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. The masks of tragedy hang in the halls of the fortunate Hoping to mimic the tears of some far-gone person in some … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Weltschmerz
“But then parts of you”
By Laura Potts But then parts of you are dead. I sent the world a postcard from a fusty window that said I am wearing my grief. Sling clothes into the bin: your socks, your skirts, the … Continue reading “But then parts of you”
Two Poems by Tommy
By Thomas Page “Constellations” The night painted sky showcases Many sparkling unique lights. You can draw anything from these Dots flanked by moons and bright planets- Warriors, animals, and gods. You can try to foresee future Events under timeless, twinkling star That were, are, and ever will be “Like Flies” At the end of … Continue reading Two Poems by Tommy
Kissing Butterfly
By Maria Lagdameo I am here breathing still, pinning; Reminisce of a must have been. I saw you often only in my dreams, Your supple lips kissing me; ...whispering elegy We had a love, that we never get to say; Afraid, held back, forbidden in this world, Where hearts were used to barter for gains, With … Continue reading Kissing Butterfly
Academy of the Heart And Mind 