By Amrita Valan I. The Beginning / Choddopurush Recalling names of forefathers Time travelling fourteen generations A rollcall of honors Bestowed by birth. For each prior generation Genetic heritage halved, Then quartered. Spliced again, till Beyond the fourteenth, The inheritance dwindles Below decimal percentage. This proves our common pool Of humanity shares One common genome. … Continue reading The Rollcall: A Dynastic Saga in Five Parts
Write Me A Letter
By Rachel Zweig Zev Wolf grabbed onto stacked boxes to steady himself from falling in the grocery store. The old man pointed at a tall woman with three young children in the dairy aisle. “Lady!” he rasped. The woman turned to see if he had spoken to her or the other customers who quickly walked … Continue reading Write Me A Letter
1929
By DC Diamondopolous Douglas Haines was not an impulsive man. He’d given it a lot of thought—his decision final. He stood atop the Savings and Exchange Bank in the financial district of Los Angeles. The wide box toes of his oxfords suspended over the roof’s ledge. Ten stories high, with no awning to catch a … Continue reading 1929
Hidden
By David R. Topper She’s hidden in a cavity of my car. If discovered, we’ll both die. Quickly “dispatched,” as a gangster would say. No questions asked. That’s the way it works with the thugs running this country. Her life is in my hands. How I look and act. My body language. If I elicit … Continue reading Hidden
Neath Shaded Trees
By Mike Turner Sun’s golden, setting rays Filter through verdant leaves Whilst a gentled, whispered wind Comforts with cooling breeze Arms’ strong, warm embrace On our hearts bestow their ease As a sweet and simple kiss Our passions lightly tease As twilight slowly fades And day’s memories we reprise Let us cross o’er yonder river … Continue reading Neath Shaded Trees
Pratt Street, Baltimore: A Nonfiction Story
By George Keyes There are several famous courses and stores along Pratt Street that seems to carry a common railroad myth to the Western Hemisphere. There is the link to the historical traffic at the Mount Clare Station near of Pratt and Poppleton Streets that was the first full-fledged railroad depot in the entire country … Continue reading Pratt Street, Baltimore: A Nonfiction Story
Moonlight Over the Coconut Field
By George Keyes A PIECE OF LIFE It doesn’t matter how many times I come to Washington, District of Columbia, there’s always a thrill. Its old splendidly designed wide avenues lined with high-reaching trees and exquisite modernized buildings make it the most astonished city in the world. One observer can never forget the superb dome … Continue reading Moonlight Over the Coconut Field
Resetting the Clock
By Bob Faszczewski This damned inventory count took two entire business weeks—would you believe it? Two whole weeks. I think I am totally surrounded by incompetent fools. I have a good mind to fire them all and start over from scratch. After extracting myself from this den of stupidity I have to claw my way … Continue reading Resetting the Clock
Poems by Ursula McCabe
We used to sing more We used to sing more- Mothers murmured refrains to babes, children danced in the forest, sticks waving, all master conductors, singing out from under bobbing hemlock branches. During world wars, the infantry would shout out bawdy tunes full of drink and women, their boots caked with mud and blood, but … Continue reading Poems by Ursula McCabe
A Key About History
By Alex Andy Phuong The past and present connect by The significance of recording history through writing. Manuscripts can save the past from obscurity. Because of the subjective nature of memory, recounting historical events could result in writing that contain fictional elements. Written work that authors compose could reflect a distorted perception of themselves … Continue reading A Key About History
Academy of the Heart And Mind 