By Thomas Page I can’t seem to truly relax Like sink deeply into an armchair and ponder tea cookies relaxed Because of the access I have to everything I have to do Like a white rabbit burdened with a pocket watch Always late for something and early for nothing The muscles in my neck Tenses … Continue reading Alphabets: Nu
Alphabets: Mu
By Thomas Page I played the saxophone in the eighth grade Which in hindsight Is the worst time to play the saxophone. I had an alto Which would blister in my teeth As I tried to move my hands along the brass keys Mimicking the basic songs of yore. I remember seating awkwardly Like the … Continue reading Alphabets: Mu
Poetry by Damion Hamilton
Digital World Living the digital world, staring for hours on the computer screens, Instagram that, Facebook, Twitter this, Quora that, writing on a Word Doc, you gotta snap back into the real world bang, it hits you it’s real and overwhelming, to see a real eye, and a real nose, teeth, you stagger like a … Continue reading Poetry by Damion Hamilton
The Untranslatable: Litost
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. In the pit of the stomachs mixing acids like cocktails In some melancholic bar sitting across a snowy window There is a … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Litost
Prelude
By Marc Carver There is no passion no joy no soft music in the night. It has all gone I have no idea where it went perhaps it was never there all an illusion a trick. The air tastes of ash and I thought I had a Wordsworth poem right where they had it … Continue reading Prelude
Three Micro Poems by Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein
Coronation of Despair My love, I will make you the Empress of my heart under the greenwood tree. I will decorate your neck with the garland of wild flowers. Before you sit in the throne, I will spread the Longing of my heart in the path. I shall coronation you with tears of my despair. … Continue reading Three Micro Poems by Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein
Will of a marginal writer
By Sunil Sharma When I die, erase all the memories as I do not wish to linger on in few digital pictures stored in a Smartphone moments, moods, posed smiles of no immediate or historical worth, social value or public relevance to family or friend or foes; I wish to be forgotten and obliterated … Continue reading Will of a marginal writer
The Untranslatable: Shouganai
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. My grandfather has a rule about running late That when you are in the car You are in the car And can’t … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Shouganai
Poems by Michael Lee Johnson
Cracker Jack Box Poem I don’t wear my pocket watch anymore it reminds me of my age, 73, soon more, outdated gadget, time hanging where moving parts below don’t belong nor work anymore. I don’t like to think about endings. Age is a Cracker Jack box with no face, modern speed dial, no toy inside, … Continue reading Poems by Michael Lee Johnson
“album”
By Thomas Page I am student teaching a senior level class in Washington, DC. They have to write some poems on these prompts. I decided to try all 30 of them. However, I will not say what the prompt was but what it number was. Prompt #21 I listen to the whole thing as I … Continue reading “album”
Academy of the Heart And Mind 