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
Alphabets: Tau
By Thomas Page There’s something comfortable in what the Modernist hated— The risk of routine settling fauve motions into mechanics-- That define the human part of the spirit The need for consistency in each experienced sunrise That sets the stage for the actions most desired by the critics The permanent fourth wall that looks at … Continue reading Alphabets: Tau
Loon Call at Owl-light
By Carrie Connel-Gripp He was glad of his freedom, but the events of the past year left him brooding. Contemplating what he should do and where he should go only brought a swamping uncertainty. He could drown here just as well as somewhere else. There was nowhere he called home. He had gravitated to the … Continue reading Loon Call at Owl-light
Poetry
By Lynn Long As I wander in dream Searching for you Often I'm lost Between real and truth For there lies a space in which my heart resides... A place of longing- deep inside And, I wonder as I wander- who will be found- The soul ever seeking or the heart ever bound... Lynn … Continue reading Poetry
Rose Petals in a Dark Room (V3)
By Michael Lee Johnson I walk through this poem one step at a time. I walk in a mastery of this night and light my money changers walk behind me they’re fools like clowns in a shadow of sin, they’re busy as bees as drunken lovers, Sodom and Gomorrah before this salt pillar falls. In … Continue reading Rose Petals in a Dark Room (V3)
“Rooves of Dreams”
By Ahmad Al-Khatat The rooves of memories are dusty as much as the rooves of my dreams even when my heart beats like a wild animal and never dies in my mind My mother’s first cookie tasted of strong grief, since then I understood the reasons why my baby was endlessly crying as he … Continue reading “Rooves of Dreams”
“Read My Wounds”
By Ahmad Al-Khatat I don't deserve to live in this world mainly, because my dreams are hidden from me as my bare feet are chained Maybe my time should have ended as every night, my eyes begin to cry, she disappeared from my cigarette smoke and was harder to drink just water My hopes … Continue reading “Read My Wounds”
“dying of the light.”
By Nardine Sanderson Be not afraid ( for I am the darkness ) the black sheet upon nightfall that wrap's around your soul Take rest within my care painting your heart with stars of shining light Capturing those dreams vulnerable in flight placing kisses upon those eyes closed tight No weep nor fear I am … Continue reading “dying of the light.”
“gathering for one last ride”
By J.J. Campbell one last hurrah before the final nap of our lives bruised neon souls gathering for one last ride may we dance naked under the acid rain tripping daisies, waxing poetic tasting the sweat of the beautiful ones one line for god, one line for family one … Continue reading “gathering for one last ride”
“Jane Doe #503”
By Laura Potts Yes. Back then, I was child of a garden and pavement end. When homestead old was forest and fire, and high were the gold robes of fields which rose to my run, some say I tore up the moors. On that cold morning and grey, before day burst down a valley … Continue reading “Jane Doe #503”
Academy of the Heart And Mind 