By Nancy Lou Henderson Sun, fluffy clouds, blue skies Night, full moon, bright stars Tree, brown branches, green leaves House, raised windows, opened doors. Grass, freshly cut, trimmed edges, Child, singing sweetly, doing circles. Butterfly, bright yellow, fluttering wings Squirrel, digging dirt, hiding pecans. Hummingbird, drinking fast, red flowers. Rainbow, touching ground, vibrant colors. Baby, … Continue reading Visions for the Mind
Crooked Grin and Other Poems
By Amrita Valan Crooked Grin The crooked moon flashes me a sidereal grin And ducks under cloud cover. Hinting all and sundry Leaving a trail of nothing. Every star in the sky chortles in silence Diamantine derision. Who trusts a wanton one-sided luminary? Who never reveals his dark side? I wrap my silver stole with … Continue reading Crooked Grin and Other Poems
The Great Gingerbread Rescue and Other Poems
By Ken Gosse The Great Gingerbread Rescue It happened in Maine at the Gingerbread Fest where the “World’s Best Cookie” is made. A deer got ensnared in the “Dough That’s The Best” when it wandered away from its glade. Though I wasn’t near, I did overhear what a lovely young lass told her beau: “Did … Continue reading The Great Gingerbread Rescue and Other Poems
Uncertainty and Other Poems
By Anthony Ward Uncertainty How can I be certain That I’m making my wife stronger Rather than making her weaker? How can I be certain That I’m raising my daughter’s self esteem Rather than lowering it? How can I be certain That my writing’s constructive As opposed to destructive? How can I be certain That … Continue reading Uncertainty and Other Poems
In Dreams
By Todd Matson in dreams she appears to me as bubbles blown by the billions each carrying bits of precious cargo adding up to the sum total of all she has seen all she has heard all she has smelled all she has tasted all she has felt all she has embraced all she has … Continue reading In Dreams
Sea Foam and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Sea Foam Waves crashing upon the sand Water naturally connected with land See the sea Sometimes sea foam green Hardly ever obscene And even as a tempest Becomes a test Of courage and endurance The ones who overcome Refuse to succumb To the mysterious power Of the supposedly final hour And … Continue reading Sea Foam and Other Poems
Since You Didn’t Ask and Other Poems
By Richard LeDue Since You Didn't Ask Don't ask me where this poem is going- I should probably bring a yellow crayon to the sun, not just add more clouds using a pencil, sharpened with a butter knife and found years later in an old shoebox, long after switching to a pen, and over 4000 … Continue reading Since You Didn’t Ask and Other Poems
I’m Made of Ice, My Ancestors are Made of Ice, and My Ice and Other Poems
By Ron Riekki I’m Made of Ice, My Ancestors are Made of Ice, and My Ice (Sonnet 1,865) is me. I look outside the window and see that we are pointing down, all of us icicles stalactite-ing, maxillary, Wed, married to winter, to wind, to winos at Mike’s Corner Store where we sit huddled, holding … Continue reading I’m Made of Ice, My Ancestors are Made of Ice, and My Ice and Other Poems
Uplifting a City with Each Stroke and Other Poems
By Douglas J. Lanzo Uplifting a City with Each Stroke Dedicated to Arshay Cooper, Preston Grandberry, Malcolm Hawkins, Ray “Pookie” Hawkins and Alvin Ross, members of the Manley High School Rowing Team and Chicago Sprint Silver Medalists Plying through the river, stroke by stroke they row, sleek above the surface, avoiding undertow; Four men reunited, … Continue reading Uplifting a City with Each Stroke and Other Poems
Of Ether and Earth and Love is Not Known
By Nolo Segundo Of Ether and Earth Of ether and earth we are made, not fully one or the other, and so we always feel untethered, ever restless, prone at times to coming apart… whole nations come apart, what chance then have you or I? Our souls seek the air, our bodies cling to earth. … Continue reading Of Ether and Earth and Love is Not Known
Academy of the Heart And Mind 