By Kenneth Purscell Ball Field and Stream For just a moment Pause and smell the popcorn, Chocolates, gum, chips, The hot dogs in their coats Of bread and chili and cheese. The last remaining breaths Of winter hang in the shadow Of the wall. The first Promises of spring fruit Are only wisps in the … Continue reading Four Poems from Appalachia, Virginia
“Inside Out”
By Wayne Russell I am the dead inside out, more alone than you could possibly imagine. Underneath kaleidoscope skies, trees sway in the sorrowful breeze, loneliness has a hold on the stranglehold cool of day. I lit a match and the world imploded, sat outside and watched people passing by in subtle sway. She and me equaled = … Continue reading “Inside Out”
5 Hour Window
By Ryan Quinn Flanagan I cannot imagine my windows only being there for 5 hours. What happens then? An open air intrusion of bugs and bird? Open concept to the masses? But that is the present humanitarian reality. I can’t imagine what I would do without my windows. A … Continue reading 5 Hour Window
Academy of the Heart And Mind 