By H.L. Dowless It's been a long trail,Through towering oak woods,Across plowed fieldsAnd elegant meadow dales.We had loads of fun Neath a foreign sun,Now I think it's time I’ll fly a sail!Gosh,It's certainly been such a happy trail,Loads of smiles,Enchanting rides on life’s carousel,For many miles.My,Have we all such a cheer-filled story to tell!All around … Continue reading It’s Been a Happy Trail
The Mountain’s Promise
By Mohit Saini They told you to be small—to erode politely,to apologize for your weather,to let the clouds decide your silhouette.But rock remembers its volcanic tongue.Peel back your skin of topsoil:beneath lies a spine that refused the glacier,a throat that still hums with magma.Height is not arrogance.It’s the act of remainingwhile the wind tries to … Continue reading The Mountain’s Promise
a divine dinner tune
By Grace Lee when we gathered around the kitchen table,holding hands as my mother said grace,the clatter of plates rang like beating drumswhile the dumplings cracked like fireworkson the frying pan. our voices were keys of apiano. every conversation played in myears as a melodic tune. blinded by risingsteam and golden, glimmering sunlightpeeking through the … Continue reading a divine dinner tune
Your Lady from Afar
By Fatimah Akanbi I waved from afarLike every other dayAnd you tipped a hat to meAs to all other strangersBut I never knewI'd wake up to find youBidding the castle goodbye Saying adventure awaited outsideYou turned a new chapterAs you set sail on the seaWhile I'll forever beThat open book you'll never readBut I'll wave … Continue reading Your Lady from Afar
mercurial reverie
By Leonardo Chung in the blackened abyss i hear a voice: a harlequined peacock a fiery blaze of sequinsin echoes of notes like stars an orchestra ofsupernovas a sculptor of soundscapesa singer of requiems of rhapsodies now hold on to that cosmic tie and ignite the tail of that chameleon let’s soar on wings of … Continue reading mercurial reverie
Bearing South-West
By Paul Tristram Down through the edge of Devon,over the Tamar River…to needle the moorland mists,where you are nevermore than 16 miles from the Coast.You can feel Life’s Pace change as you pass by The Jamaica Inn… and head onwards to the Heart.I’ve roved these railways,and sped along the A30 road,nigh-on a quarter of a … Continue reading Bearing South-West
Joy
By Hossein Hakim Joy is like a kind bird, takes me to places I likenear a river with trout, a forest with animals ora beautiful waterfallJoy makes me happy that I am alive, can seethe dance of butterfliesjoy can take me to the places nearby or to thesky near the cloudsJoy enables me to love, … Continue reading Joy
A Dead March for a Funeral
By Mike DC Current The procession came through todayIt’s black and white and red all overThey said you looked amazingBut I just couldn’t lookNo, I couldn’t lookMe all in black, you all in whiteFeel as lucky as a two-leaf cloverAnd the clouds are telling meI should have stayed in bedBut my bed is dreadLaid down, … Continue reading A Dead March for a Funeral
river red gums
By James Aitchison grey sentinelsrising from forgotten creek bedsspreading lovetwisted rootstussling the rockholding storiesremembering old stormspraying water will againthis way come James Aitchison is an Australian author and poet, whose work has appeared in Australian Poetry, Quadrant, Aesthetica Review (UK), Poetry for Mental Health (UK), Stray Branch, Literary Yard, Black Poppy Review, and many more. … Continue reading river red gums
A Rhyme about Summertime
By Alex Andy Phuong Comparing a fair maidenTo a glorious summer dayCan complement a complimentIn a very beautiful way,And offering praiseAnd admiration Can definitely raiseAnd improveWhile inspiringOthers to move,And while living underneath A celestial sphere,There could be timeTo make the mostOut of summertime,And dare to do so much moreThan simply compare,And demonstrate the willingness To … Continue reading A Rhyme about Summertime
Academy of the Heart And Mind 