By Pat St. Pierre
Then I Left
By Rajnish Mishra, I come home after years and carry bribes along: bribes for minds to remember, to remind me the forgotten me. I carry chocolates for all. Death is of two kinds: permanent or temporary removal from a world. In my world of past I’m dead. I’m dead, nearly, for many. I’m dead … Continue reading Then I Left
Liberty at Watch
By John Page
Half a Year Later
By Thomas Page John has just told me we’ve been running Academy of the Heart and Mind for six months. Wow, that’s kind of a long time. How do you celebrate a website milestone? Is it like a birthday? Do I need to buy it a present? Do we get cake? I would definitely like … Continue reading Half a Year Later
“Cheating Death 20 Times
By Jake Aller In my 62 trips around the sun, I cheated death 20 times. These are the true stories. If I ever meet the grim reaper I’d like to ask him why he spared me all these times. Five Childhood Illnesses Hit me at age Six I was a preemie. Born two months early. … Continue reading “Cheating Death 20 Times
Acts of God and Mom
by Wanda Morrow Clevenger a quake hit at the housing way back when shaking Mom’s aluminum glasses on top the fridge I heard them rattle briefly upstairs in my bedroom before the floor moved it was the only quake to memory in all our years there Mom gave the glasses to the kids in Kansas … Continue reading Acts of God and Mom
Ghost of Pumpkins Past
By John Page
“Songbird”
By Thomas Page Songbird, songbird outside my window now How is the world out there? Are there cool days, Ways for you to get seed or other things? Wings unfurled and no longer young fledging Edging along the window's glass it flies Wise to our questions that it needn't know. Grow like a hatchling, without … Continue reading “Songbird”
“Her Little Irishman”
by Thomas Page My mother would praise me her Irishman. "Can you see his auburn hair and rosy, Cozy complexion. He's a giant and Grand in a room of others. An Irishman, Helmsman of the Emerald Isle today." Lay your Shepherd's Cap on my head, parade, Serenade on St. Patrick's Day old song Long held … Continue reading “Her Little Irishman”
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