By Robyn Braun Horses Cannot Swim I wander into meadow edged by forest. In the cool morning mist, five horses graze. In the river, swimmers. I think, yes. Once in the water, I see the swimmers are horses. My mother always told me horses cannot swim, told me their thrashing hooves … Continue reading Horses Cannot Swim and Tiny Footprints of Mice
House of Gold and Nothing But Smiles Over Here
By Sekani Johnson House of Gold So ashamed am I of being such an intolerable guest in people’s (now stranger’s?) lives Burrowing into portraits of fatigued specters cold vapors swaying like cacti hovering over chimneys buried in the loamy earth of a dark warren Their bodies shed the lighter gemini and shy into bramble patches … Continue reading House of Gold and Nothing But Smiles Over Here
Septic Shock and Other Poems
By Marie Menta Septic Shock Sitting on the edge of the hospital bed, your trembling hand in mine. Your pounding heart is quickening. blood pressure dropping. Septic shock. Again. I gently stroke your 13 years-old cheek, that nestled in my breast before becoming sick. Body weak. The chemo that destroyed the cancer in your blood, … Continue reading Septic Shock and Other Poems
Morning
By Mike Turner Dark night slowly lifts towards dawn Jet black skies shade to deep blue Gently, morning’s coming on Fleecy clouds reflect sun’s hue Sweet dew lies upon the grass Birdsong fills expanding air Sunlight grows as shadows pass Leaves rustle in breezes fair And as awakening from a dream You sense the world … Continue reading Morning
The Blues and Other Poems
By Aminath Neena The Blues I met my eyes last night in a dream and I saw it liquefied and streaming with blue tears “Stop! Please stop right now” I urged. “How can I? It’s your heart that provokes me. said my eyes, with downcast wet lashes. “Don’t you blame me now!” “How am I … Continue reading The Blues and Other Poems
Four Emptied Soles and Other Poems
By Stephen Kingsnorth Four Emptied Soles Wailing, she nestles four shoes, then lays them on poor brown earth, witness to total loss, for these the only graves for three. Rearranging the order, as if seeking for a match, but only one pair present - even shoes sustained a loss. A cloth scrap drapes unmoving, limp-hangs … Continue reading Four Emptied Soles and Other Poems
Sun Dancer
By Joe Sonnenblick I never picked a ripe piece of fruit in my life,Always biting into sour dreamscape.The greatest moments of us, fleetingThe vivid nature of the memory, dulled.I want to know why you were who you were?Fourteen years on,No prediction or summationsGentle hush over the arborsThen sirens blare,Breaking the autumn gazeStaring out into the … Continue reading Sun Dancer
New Beginnings and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong New Beginnings New Start New Life Start Over Rather than Game Over Life is not a game per se But rather a gift This very day is a new beginning For the day has begun Whether or not there is sun And hope can light the way To a better future … Continue reading New Beginnings and Other Poems
Two Poems by Pamela Tyree Griffin
Blind Date Stood in the rain and I debated to stay, to go and so I waited, 'til the day became the night and I realized with certain fright, that you would not come. I gripped my hands and I stifled thoughts that with my heart you'd trifled; that I the calm, the undemanding would … Continue reading Two Poems by Pamela Tyree Griffin
Rapid Eye and Other Poems
By Megan Mizanty Rapid Eye Originally published by Page and Spine The Undersweet takes sips of grace. The belly keeps warm, huddled in between Those longer Jonah days. Sometimes, when you’re five years old at 3 a.m., A hammerhead swims shadows across your bedroom wall. You jerk, reach for drops on fingertips. At night, in … Continue reading Rapid Eye and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 