Meet up at the River With Chris, by reeds, before day heat, dawn song went down to the river. He, college man, middle ‘Yonges’, long gone, soul and body doctor, journal only google, atrial fibrillation access, leaving own sugar needle flask once on station platform, boarding panic. Assamese coffee shop, assumed hippy … Continue reading Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Low Key, Chilled Out
By Ian Copestick A foggy, freezing cold night At the start of the new year. After taking the dog out For her nightly exercise. We enter the nice, warm Heated house. Open a Couple of bottles of wine, Eat nice cheeses and Salamis with crackers. The popular, hyped days Of the season are gone. But, … Continue reading Low Key, Chilled Out
Poems by Kate LaDew
1. thessaly has no room for your bones so we dig them up, leaving the dirt for another grecian body it takes most of the day the little pins and screws that held you together glinting in the sun I pick up the breastbone that once held your heart turn it over and press … Continue reading Poems by Kate LaDew
The Untranslatable: Gurfa
By Thomas Page The Untranslatable This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. The waters are cool in the misting morning I get up before the sun and roll my neck The bones … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Gurfa
Resisting Arrest
By Alex Andy Phuong Uniting uniformed unity You and I defy the sky Team work and collaboration Up to personal discretion Civil Rights Civility Minorities against majorities Stick to the status quo But should we...? Really? Defy thy stars And seek new avenues Harness the power of creativity And merge sense with sensibility "Utopia" … Continue reading Resisting Arrest
Poems by Dan Gallagher
The Space You Left I never knew if you mowed in a way to intimidate me Always the same Doing it backwards, so you had to stand in the flower bed With the petals like sheets twisted up and away from your figure Looking out in secret to see if I’d lost interest My low … Continue reading Poems by Dan Gallagher
Poems by Nardine Sanderson
Land and sea when angels fall. ________________________________ I did not fall to call your pain, or break ones heart so soft again, I felt such love within no doubt Like heavens precious rain A magical voice I heard by ear, and eye to dwell a lonely tear, to touch the pages of your words Bought … Continue reading Poems by Nardine Sanderson
Poems by Paweł Markiewicz
The victory ode to the dreamy peace My poesy is for you - peace - invocation that enchanted peaceful birds at adoration. The peace as ghost needs also become a lily. My fire for the sake of the peace flies blissfully. I like valedictorians from Ivory coast, carrying a weird of peace such a druidic … Continue reading Poems by Paweł Markiewicz
Poems by Ann Christine Tabaka
Garment of Pain Trying to forget pain sewn into the hem of my life, with stitches straight and precise. No scissor can cut me free. Adamantine thread of dolor, pulled tight, knotted and tucked deftly. Perfect garment of malaise, worn without a thought of redemption. Cold truth filtrates through loose woven cloth. Frayed edges … Continue reading Poems by Ann Christine Tabaka
Two Poems by Wayne Russell
as i close the door candlelight flickering doused by silence 20 years and you etched in the throes of a lingering memory. moments are shards of glass shattered upon the shore seagulls carry my soul back to shore basking in the winter sun i find solace as i slowly close the door on what was … Continue reading Two Poems by Wayne Russell
Academy of the Heart And Mind 