SPLENDOR, THE NATURAL VARIETY I'm enamored of splendor. Especially the natural variety. Like this lake smooth as glass but for the ripple of a loon passing. And mountains, though I've no wish to climb them, make a perfect backdrop. As do the deer nibbling at the forest edge. My current mood is rare but … Continue reading Poems by John Grey
“Winter Watch”
By Joan McNerney Tangled…one ragged leaf clings to the bough. Stopping to see the shape of a snowflake. Winter storm warning… headlights beam at noon. Came home just in time for the first dizzy dance of December flurries. More amazing than redwood forests... your ice blue eyes. Simmering soup fills … Continue reading “Winter Watch”
The Hemisphere of Earthly Sorrow
By Peter Magliocco The inclement weather strikes a key of terror in your bones strafing heavens jet-lagged in awesome cumulus dimensions. Light smears a buttery hue on the faces of grounded angels, for few flyers return from the hemisphere of earthly sorrow. Children play in a portal of dreams they will forget when wakening. Taken … Continue reading The Hemisphere of Earthly Sorrow
Succour, natural
By Sunil Sharma A rose or two, on a dump, sway in the Mumbai wind the light plays on the blood-red hues ---an aberration by nature, or so it seems--- to some cynics. The tender flowers can turn that smelly stretch into a colourful spot of brown earth. The solid waste generated by the urban folks running into … Continue reading Succour, natural
Academy of the Heart And Mind 