By Veronica Ashenhurst Borderland —In memory of S.P., my grandfather You’ve been pebbled grey ash in a box for years, while I’m a recluse, ill. We’re a quiet pair: displaced from the land, far from its gold wheat sea. But now, if you knew, you’d quake: the enduring country is a slaughter bench. Men of … Continue reading Borderland and Other Poems
We’ve never met
By Lynn Long We’ve never met And I love you already I’ve always loved you And I know this now All the dreams The love songs The seeking You’ve always been How can it be For we’ve never met Yet, I see you in dream White hibiscus in a coral sea Butterfly kisses And the … Continue reading We’ve never met
Choice and Other Poems
By Allison Grayhurst Choice I swayed and found fire on my backside, in my insides, quaking, cracking the edges and the surfaces, melting the dream that sustained me. Down the slide, there can be no laws but the law of commitment to love, to making up for winter by honouring the snow and days of … Continue reading Choice and Other Poems
Cat on a Mat and Other Poems
By Ken Gosse Cat on a Mat Have you ever had that kind of a cat who leaves a dead bird on your welcome mat and sometimes, perhaps, a nasty dead rat? He’s trying to tell you, wherever you’re at, “I love you, and though I may be a bit fat, I hope you love … Continue reading Cat on a Mat and Other Poems
The Shooting Star and Other Poems
By Muskan Kaur The Shooting Star Once upon a time afar In the twinkle family of stars The fixed and fire chose to rebel Afraid and tired of burning within I sought to seek the distant planet Blue and green; land and oceanic Unimpressed by how my light The way they say could breach through … Continue reading The Shooting Star and Other Poems
chocolate milk and Other Poems
By Camille Castro chocolate milk grabbing my giraffe themed backpack i headed out the door before giving Moma a kiss grasping the edge of my school tag it was time for me to board the bus ‘don’t forget your chocolate milk, Mille!’ Moma exclaimed and rushed to give it to me i hurriedly stuffed the … Continue reading chocolate milk and Other Poems
Perspectives
By Lynn Hughes She says she misses it, sitting on the back porch, Husking corn, plucking peas from their pods, I knew she snuck into the garden To pick the baby carrots and eat the tender beans. She reminisces about the posthole digger and the sawbuck for peeling logs. She longs for the horses and … Continue reading Perspectives
Petticoat in Mafeking and Other Poems
By Julia Vaughan Petticoat in Mafeking Fourteenth of October, Eighteen Ninety Nine Ada wrote to her sister, Emily The great Siege of Mafeking had begun Four children, under twelve, to keep safely Fifty-seven letters detail the horror Dug outs under wagons, surrounded by Sandbags, the new, safe-home in a hollow Ninety-six pound shells, dynamite craters … Continue reading Petticoat in Mafeking and Other Poems
Tears and Fears
By Mike Neville You can sit all alone and shed many tears… Sit in the dark and have some fears… Life isn’t always what it seems to be… It’s not always pain, rain, and misery… Sunshine of the day is meant for you… Darkness isn’t what it seems to be… Sunshine, blue skies brings out … Continue reading Tears and Fears
Next and Other Poems
By Maria A. Arana Next Life is about changes Work is one place this is felt Either you get better and move up Or you are decimated and move out could be better things could be things look down and the pit keeps deepening and widening until the rain comes and drowns you out things … Continue reading Next and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 