COMPEL Let your voice wrap me in the cool compress of wonderment. It damps my brow, washes fever into runoff traps. It is what you ask, and what, for you, I do. HOW MANY HEARTS HAVE YOU BROKEN? Leather on the tongue, luggage strap whose taste masks the herbs beneath. Roasted, … Continue reading Poems by Robert Beveridge
Four Poems by James Croal Jackson
Sonoran my skin carries the radiation of phone glow the radio. Of something static O Arizona. Azure eyes & sandy cries just an echo. I want to say I am hallowed. That I carried your branches with me too as extra arms but I am night and limb- … Continue reading Four Poems by James Croal Jackson
Conversation
By Chris Zaremba I watched you fall asleep last night.. I watched you slip away as darkness slipped his arm around my shoulder, in your place. The beating of your heart kept time with the ticking of the clock as minutes turned into hours, awaiting my time to clock out. Instead, I listened to … Continue reading Conversation
Poetry by David Dephy
When I Am Going Out in the Summertime When I am going out of the New York’s subway and especially in the summertime, through the Avenue H by the Q train in Brooklyn, I hear the sounds of ocean. Yet, I hear the sounds of ocean—the sounds of thoughts, the sounds of wishes and … Continue reading Poetry by David Dephy
Poem by Lynn Long
By Lynn Long Dear broken heart Guiding with each beat Thank you for your strength In loving endlessly Dear broken heart Bleeding in vain I admire your courage In loving through pain Dear broken heart Brave and free So beautiful are you In loving me Dear broken heart The time has come to mend For … Continue reading Poem by Lynn Long
Academy of the Heart And Mind 