Sleep II by Feby Joseph I knew… Somehow - Somehow, I knew. that this slumber was an intermezzo of waiting. Like the newest of leaves that stretch out to gold Somehow, I knew - …knew That there was someone… beyond the bend. My repose wasn’t unpleasant – It wasn’t a cage – yet I knew … Continue reading Poetry Contest Winner
Story contest winner – Faint of Heart
By Susanne Thomas Holly sat down in the booth of the hospital lab and took a deep breath. She placed her hands neatly in her lap and prepared to wait. The lemon scented disinfectant singed her nostrils some but reassured her that all was clean. She glanced around the room, noting posters she didn’t want to … Continue reading Story contest winner – Faint of Heart
A HALF-FORMED LOVER
By Marvel Chukwudi Pephel I dreamed you last night. You. You were wearing a purple robe, tiara and all. Your lips were red, they looked hungry. Famished. I loved everything about the lips. Full lips! I dreamed you sitting with my head on your thick thighs. I dreamed you to be different from the others, And … Continue reading A HALF-FORMED LOVER
He IS
By Gabriele McPeek He is the warm blanket you reach for The steady breathing of perfect sleep The smell of summer after the rain The crunch of dry leaves And the bite of mountain air The slow constant of a sunrise The infiniteness of the stars He is the feeling you get when you know everything … Continue reading He IS
Space Facts
By Don Kingfisher Campbell Our love is like lightning on Venus --35 miles high This relationship is floating like ions in Titan’s atmosphere The discovery of us began as teenage galaxies light years away It’s that dark energy made us realize the force with which we oppose gravity So, like Voyager 2, I believe we … Continue reading Space Facts
Homeward Bound
By Scott Thomas Outlar I sang to my Father on his deathbed. He had not spoken a word in days, cancer-ridden, organs collapsing, high on morphine, but I knew he could still hear me. I sang a song from a book I’d written years earlier during a particularly good time in my life, and this, being … Continue reading Homeward Bound
Mariposas
By Don Kingfisher Campbell Everyone can guess you put butterflies in my soul They've probably deduced I've felt a migration of feeling But do they know you are my Martin Luther King preacher for my poetic freedom I was once behind bars imposed by a closed-minded material marriage But my heart flamed inside through my … Continue reading Mariposas
I Guess I Will Turn Into a Cloud
By Don Kingfisher Campbell I guess I will turn into a cloud Maybe then you'll notice I float Over the present of your presence Or possibly a painting for sale Featuring the childlike colors Of elementary love I offer Even better I'll be a vase So I can live close to you Watch you go … Continue reading I Guess I Will Turn Into a Cloud
Illusion is our imagined separation from God
By Allison Grayhurst Bend down and savor the shallow water, stroking out praise like the wind strokes the skin on a gentle day. I was in the pit, closed across the journey, forming lines, lining up eagle eggs, pine cones and leashes. Breaking though irregular dreams that break the edges and expand in an … Continue reading Illusion is our imagined separation from God
Biology
By Don Kingfisher Campbell Before I met you I was just some hyperthermophile in a Morning Glory Pool When we did hook up we became a batch of sea lettuce harboring green algae Then we slept together and realized we turned red, produced a calcium carbonite cement As we committed we evolved into a mangrove swamp … Continue reading Biology
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