By Alex Andy Phuong 2020 New Decade New Beginning Years after graduation But learning forevermore Expressing gratitude for acquiring knowledge Yet never forgetting what was taught in kindergarten Play nice Be nice Do not judge books by their covers (not to mention people) Because a cover really is not always the book Open eyes … Continue reading New Life
Five Poems by Pete Mladinic
Destitute in Eunice In Eunice no trees grow There are sand hills And as in Jal and Hobbs mistakes As in Jal and Hobbs families mourn Where we were five One says now we are four In Eunice wind shifts sand But the hills do not leave Mistakes are made people grieve … Continue reading Five Poems by Pete Mladinic
Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Draughty Winds Those minor things of no report - but I first found them there - make mark more than bedpost notch, and vivid, forty on. The old bus they drove us touring though southern states at war - grandiose white churches, some black guy cutting lawn. Between gigs we slept coach seats, … Continue reading Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Poems by Ahmad Al-Khatat
Be Stronger Stronger than before I’m here under rainfall Getting stronger than before, because of you Stronger than feelings I’m wiser, and faster than the curious heart breaker We’re stronger than love You once made me happy I melted my heart into steel Just to always remember you Harder, better than memories Your friendship … Continue reading Poems by Ahmad Al-Khatat
Poems by Nardine Sanderson
When the wild bird sings. When the wild bird sings a domesticated song; you know in your heart, he belongs to the sound And in his presence your heart beats faster, having had him around He may sit idle by, on a fence or in a tree; rejoicing in the brevity of your open door … Continue reading Poems by Nardine Sanderson
Poems by Alex Andy Phuong
Underrepresentation Minorities Combined with Congruence Parallelism Iridescence Colors Reflecting Diversity Trapped & bound, but still bursting with freedom Bold Be audacious Independent Iridescent Color the world And paint over What is dark Nestled Lives Security vs. Simplicity vs. Audacity (but not recklessness) Some might say That they do not have … Continue reading Poems by Alex Andy Phuong
Poems by Kate LaDew
1. thessaly has no room for your bones so we dig them up, leaving the dirt for another grecian body it takes most of the day the little pins and screws that held you together glinting in the sun I pick up the breastbone that once held your heart turn it over and press … Continue reading Poems by Kate LaDew
Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Inhibitors When they die I truly live, inhibitors put in their place, reveal the well wrapped, buttoned me. The sunshine strip has sloughed the outer layers off, factor eight, nine or ten cannot protect from running blood. Your distress, your unease, is at honesty, not my disease. What a dangerous globe it is when … Continue reading Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Poems by Phoebe Marrall
THE SAME PRIVACY These I saw: small onions laid with their root discs punctuating the longitude poles. Polar caps, yes, navels to the earth where their buried unions still hold. That space along the stalls, unpeopled on this damp morning, stops me (for it insists), with the white parking lines leaping to the … Continue reading Poems by Phoebe Marrall
Life Mystery
By John Goodie Can you hear the trees as they grow Or see the bees make combs of honey? Can you touch the thunder of a cloud Or smell the wonder in a child’s fresh mind Can you see when death might visit Or taste the beast when he gets near? Can you smell the … Continue reading Life Mystery
Academy of the Heart And Mind 