By Alex Andy Phuong Royal does not always mean loyal Regal relates to regalia Ostentatious display For friendship is much more powerful than a staff A staff can work together to create something new Teamwork really does pay off
Four Poems by Marianne Brems
Their Ritual Sparrows prance on slick rock where water bubbles down from a fountain. They primp and fluff and puff their dripping chests. They wet their heads and rub them clean with the undersides of wings. They peck and chase and squawk at each other, their energy focused like a spear as they jostle … Continue reading Four Poems by Marianne Brems
The Dance
By James Bates One day…not much is there. Mom's eyes are dim with memory faded, Words come hard and the spirit is flagging. Then, it is as if a song begins, And through the deep recesses of forgetfulness, There emerges a kind of light, Renewed energy and a plan. Conversation begins. Words once forgotten … Continue reading The Dance
Corona Virus Lockdown
By Sahaj Sabharwal The most necessary step taken in the whole town, To prevent Corona Virus, is the lockdown. It is for our own good, To stop Corona Virus, Governments of different countries took steps to the extent they could. Covid 19 emerges as a big threat, Having symptoms as dry cough, high fever and … Continue reading Corona Virus Lockdown
Two Poems by Laura Smichak
Antidote 37 on an Easter pandemic Sunday, Timid not triumphant, an ailing alleluia this year. All of us waiting ripe for resurrection of the holy personal calendar. In time, repentance. I recall only blankly baking cake on a lark, three layers and your three years. Darling dove. Earth is solid under … Continue reading Two Poems by Laura Smichak
What If?
By Nancy Lou Henderson What if a new Virus came to town, having no vaccine around? What if it threatened all humankind, making essentials hard to find? What if people had to stay at home, not allowed to roam? What if children were out of school, with parents becoming the new teaching tool? What if … Continue reading What If?
Four Poems by Alex Andy Phuong
Choose Choices Carefully and Cautiously The power of choice, A wide variety Of potential disarray Question the nature of existence Ask what it means to be alive Within a highly subjective reality Where truth could be false And false could be reality Understand that Everything really is A matter of selection Fight? … Continue reading Four Poems by Alex Andy Phuong
Poems by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
The Sound of Rain How strange and how familiar to hear the sound of rain falling outside my window. It is a good thing, this rain, when it is falling so gently. There are no more leaks in the roof. The sound of rain is soothing. I want to crawl back in bed and sleep … Continue reading Poems by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Ode to the Beach
By Dianne Moritz Oh, to walk on the beach these spring afternoons. To enjoy lapping waves, and slide down big dunes. To watch sea birds playing, hear loud seagulls' squawks. To spot pretty seashells, crabs, clams, osprey hawks. To exult in fresh air, feel mist on my face. Oh, to take a beach walk, … Continue reading Ode to the Beach
Three Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Sanga Wrap, face, skin reflecting pile pineapples, toothy sarong fruit vendors sentry corners, slow spiral screw to mountains drag-drawn from flatland haze. Lushed tier paddies, suspended tanks, glitter dun-lime battle grounds, side-step from trunked trunk haulers, gross chink-link necklaces, chained to logs and bored mahouts; noising in the jungle edge, pale emerging stolid heads, … Continue reading Three Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Academy of the Heart And Mind 