Strange love Whoever said the day was better than the night Had never met with the night face to face Before cursing the night Think of the moonlight that glitters like gold Think of the fireflies sparkling like stars Think of the stars themselves Dressing the firmament with a royal coat Children are afraid … Continue reading Poetry by Nelson Kamkuimo
Read it well
By Gary Porter What is a teardrop if you really think It could be our way of writing without the ink And why do they leave track's upon our skin Do tears appear when our heart is thin Where do they go when they have done fulfilling their task Do fairies really collect them in … Continue reading Read it well
A Vacancy
By Poppy Scarlett One insignificant white bench – wasted fragrant roses falling into the blankness of the oncoming darkness. You sit I lean - watching as the sun sinks further caressing all those sleepers who lie themselves warm in their imaginings. No ins – no outs other than to say here we are coming together albeit as two … Continue reading A Vacancy
“Scraper”
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 its number was. Prompt #29 I’m told within the next six months that … Continue reading “Scraper”
On Bodies
By Kristiane Weeks-Rogers Pre-Visit Questionnaire Is your tongue swollen? Can you rid this people, this land, of canker-hexes? Are you an ultraviolet or magenta warrior? Are you thermonuclear fission? Do your arms feel heavy? Are your linguistics based in nature? Where is funding lacking in your community? Does envisioning your obituary bring you closer … Continue reading On Bodies
“Xylotomy of a Sabbatical, Elongated Jonquil”
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 its number was. Prompt #28 The sciences, the onus of humanity, tries to … Continue reading “Xylotomy of a Sabbatical, Elongated Jonquil”
Poetry by David Dephy
When I Am Going Out in the Summertime When I am going out of the New York’s subway and especially in the summertime, through the Avenue H by the Q train in Brooklyn, I hear the sounds of ocean. Yet, I hear the sounds of ocean—the sounds of thoughts, the sounds of wishes and … Continue reading Poetry by David Dephy
Poems by Vivian Wagner
"In Defense of Cat Ladies" At a certain point you can no longer keep up with the decades: you didn’t see Shrek, have only a tenuous grasp on Pokémon, stopped listening past Smashing Pumpkins, still think of Nirvana as new. There’s only so much a body can take, only so much hype and excitement, … Continue reading Poems by Vivian Wagner
The Spider in the Closet
By Anthony Palma She didn’t move when I nudged her leg, she spinning, suspended from her own web. There are millions of spiders in the world, and her death was largely unnoticed, but to starve to death alone in a closet. I imagine her building her web and settling into the middle, waiting for … Continue reading The Spider in the Closet
“Walk”
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 #27 The clicker in my pockets, A sitting heart … Continue reading “Walk”
Academy of the Heart And Mind 