By Jasna Gugić Translated by Anita Vidakovic Ninkovic Poets Where are you, Poets, You, Wizards? Let us paint with our poem This sorrowful world And people with masks, For behind the mask Even eyes are lackluster And we no longer breathe. Let us raise voice And scrape the mud from our soles. Let us raise … Continue reading Poets and Other Poems
Our First Night in the Country
By Detlef W. Wieck I was five and a half, my sister Margaret, seven, when our father died. Our mother, Mary, at forty-four, was afraid of the prospects of raising two children without a husband to share the burden and to earn a living. After a proper mourning period, she set out to find another … Continue reading Our First Night in the Country
Pink Skates and Flashing Signs
By Nancy Machlis Rechtman Zoe parked near the back door of the thrift shop. The key felt like a burning coal against her chest, but she had made a promise. Her roommate Jenna had left it for her, pleading with her to run over to the store and grab the bag she had left in … Continue reading Pink Skates and Flashing Signs
Passing Through
By Reeve Chudd The dining room was filled with the familiar scents of roast turkey and Mrs. Carter’s heavy perfume as Blanche sat down for her monthly dinner at her parents’ home. The oversized chandelier bathed the dining room in almost blinding light, and the black marble inserts in the redwood dining table shimmered with … Continue reading Passing Through
Silence and Other Poems
By Jasna Gugić Translated by Anita Vidakovic Ninkovic Silence Silence in me strikes in lightnings of the sky, too gray and destroys my accumulated fear in the years of non-belonging. Silence in you does not know my fears and gets lost in the words of unknown people whose hands cannot touch the softness of our … Continue reading Silence and Other Poems
Life
By Carla Dias Everybody wonders, at some point in our lives, if we could turn back the clock, what we would change. Well, I would change some things because (and please, don’t say you have no regrets! Everyone has regrets!) I have made some questionable decisions. I’m human so it’s in my nature to make … Continue reading Life
Learning Like
By Earl Smith II As it happened Raccoon was foraging along the eastern bank of Brook That Wanders Through the Western Woods. The air was crisp this late fall day and the trees along both banks had already dropped some of their leaves, many of them onto the surface of Brook, only to be dutifully … Continue reading Learning Like
A Thousand Years
By Peace Nkeiruka Maduako "A Thousand Years" has been previously first published in a Sweetycat press anthology "Stories And Poems In The Song Of Life" by Steve Lester Carr. The melody rose to the ceiling, resounding as everyone keyed their best voices into the song. Mr. Peter smiled satisfactorily, "You all sounded almost perfect this … Continue reading A Thousand Years
A Safari Through My Closet
By Joan Mach Ladies and gentlemen, on your left you see the Joan Mach Clothing Wilderness. For your own safety, please keep your hands and heads inside the vehicle at all times. This wilderness was formed when the clothing rod in Joan’s spacious walk-in closet broke while she was on vacation. When she returned, the … Continue reading A Safari Through My Closet
Chain-smoker in Blue Jeans
By Mason Yates For Korbin Ratner, the rural Illinois town Oakdale Ferry could not end its day unless the cotton candy sky melted blue and pink together, or his girlfriend, Tiffany Earman, drove him to the small mom and pop gas station uptown, where he worked overnight as a cashier. On this particular evening, both … Continue reading Chain-smoker in Blue Jeans
Academy of the Heart And Mind 