By Debra J. White Home can be a studio apartment with leaky plumbing, a cracked ceiling and pesky cockroaches or a spacious mansion with a neatly manicured lawn and a four-car garage. For cats and dogs, home can be with an owner who lives in a lakeside cabin or with a senior citizen in a … Continue reading Home, What Happens When You Don’t Have One
The Invisible Speaks and Other Poems by Erika Kamlert
The Invisible speaks You said you wanted to hear all of the grotesquely fascinating details and clichés Like the bright red inside of the earliest morning, so early it’s almost still night And the abysmal bed of wet and dirt, so dirty it’s almost hard and then her pure cunning, so bad it’s almost good … Continue reading The Invisible Speaks and Other Poems by Erika Kamlert
Mrs. Pearce
By Thomas Page In the eight houses I have lived in we have always lived with Mrs. Pearce. Now, Mrs. Pearce doesn’t say much but she always sits behind us at Thanksgiving Or listen to us as we opened gifts on Christmas. No one asked where Mrs. Pearce came from Or whether she would be … Continue reading Mrs. Pearce
Poems by Kelli J. Gavin
The Road Home I have walked one too many roads A few stray paths have distracted me Not always sure where I was going Or why I was called away Home should be where the heart is But sometimes my heart would fail A faulty human with a messy soul At least I thought I … Continue reading Poems by Kelli J. Gavin
Poems by Kelli J. Gavin
The Road Home I have walked one too many roads. A few stray paths have distracted me. Not always sure where I was going Or why I was called away Home should be where the heart is But sometimes my heart would fail A faulty human with a messy soul At least I thought I … Continue reading Poems by Kelli J. Gavin
Art by KJ Williams
(Courtesy of the Artist) KJ Williams is an Abstract Expressionist. She has studied art at Newbury College of Massachusetts, and the Art Institute of Boston, before moving to New Hampshire. Through her work, KJ expresses her physical pain from an accident in 1993, to the depression from trying to work while in … Continue reading Art by KJ Williams
Anyone Home?
By Fabrice Poussin Fabrice Poussin teaches French and English at Shorter University. Author of novels and poetry, his work has appeared in Kestrel, Symposium, The Chimes, and many other magazines. His photography has been published in The Front Porch Review, the San Pedro River Review as well as other publications.
Apartment 10 C
By Dianne Moritz Mosaic tiled bath, Oak mantle carved With twining vines, The warm fire, And my fear. Always My cloud of fear, dark And full of doubting. We wavered like children Wading near ocean shores. We shied from leases, From license. Who, I wonder Who couples Unafraid and unsure In our fire lit room? … Continue reading Apartment 10 C
“Walking Home”
By Andrew Scott Sorry Momma, this may be the last time you hear from me. Something happened while walking home that I cannot change, even if I tried. I was strolling around just as the sun was going down through one of the parts of town you always told us to stay away from but … Continue reading “Walking Home”
The Untranslatable: Depaysment
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. A salty breeze cannot be replaced Like a jacob to an esau grabbing at the heels In the mind of a … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Depaysment
Academy of the Heart And Mind 