By Douglas J. Lanzo Uncommon Valor “Uncommon valor was a common virtue.” Admiral Chester Nimitz of our men who fought on Iwo Jima Standing before the flagraised atop Mount Suribachia marine did ask mewhether I had any questions:I nodded, and heard sounds, saw scenes,of men and carnage, primal screams,of death and valor, heroes downed,marines cut … Continue reading Uncommon Valor and Song from Heaven, Piercing Hell
The Deluge
By Brenda Mox Dark skies full of lightningflashing like a strobeas clouds blinkand rain runs in sheetsagainst window panesthen drips to puddles that sinkin sandy loamwhere grass blades holdthe deluge.Gale force winds,strong and unwavering,wield bent lances clashing like thunderthrough strobe blinking cloudsdropping blankets of rainin a banshee danceover hills and plains. Brenda Mox is a … Continue reading The Deluge
Lost Footage
By Hannah Andrews In the summer that followed the summer of loveSweet Chicago smoldered, Ensconced in ashesLeft dreamless over a lost KingHopeless after another lost KennedyAnd yet, amidst a seeming apocalypseIn that slow-broiling chaos of ‘68Boy met girl as they are prone to do And together Tumbled intoSomething akin to, in the neighborhood, of love. … Continue reading Lost Footage
Loneliness
By Liz Sorora As the wind blows the leaves awayI left with it go a silent prayA day to come that you will be missingAnd your silent ghost won't be reminiscingAlone to be as out and withinYour haunting voice no longer echoingYet if that happens, what would I beWithout your soul resting in meEmpty with … Continue reading Loneliness
Well-Water
By Lauren Goulette Now wringing up well-water where we brushed ourold mouse’s ashes across. He wasthere and we loved himwhen he still lapped it up. Black-tail on his bloated body slushedwhen we found him. We drinkgallons of well-water and leavean orange-ring around ourmouths when it’s dryand can’t bother to fillanother bucket. This houseis eaten alive … Continue reading Well-Water
Infinite Blue and Other Poems
By T.F. Jennings Infinite Blue I don’t understand any of it.The moon, the ocean, this spinning rock. You name it. We sit overlooking the coastline high up on a knoll that was made seemingly just for us.The sun hangs in its usual mooringslike an ornate figurehead spilling its soupy light into the water below. A … Continue reading Infinite Blue and Other Poems
Beaches
By Rita McDermott Kicking back on a brightly colored, oversized beach towel Feeling the warmth of the sun and salt water residue on my skin Looking skyward at clear, blue skies and white wispy clouds Grey colored waves with white frothy tips pound the shore A colony of seagulls cry and swoop, like kamikazee pilots, … Continue reading Beaches
Don’t Fill Your Sky With Too Many Birds and A Love Letter to My Lake
By Leigh-Anne Burley Don't Fill Your Sky With Too Many Birds and A Love Letter to My Lake Don’t fill the sky with too many birdswings touching wings leave no room for flightDon’t fill your sky with too many dreamsDreams need time to be bathed and soakedDon’t fill your sky with too many promisesPromises have … Continue reading Don’t Fill Your Sky With Too Many Birds and A Love Letter to My Lake
The Sky is God’s House and Other Poems
By Bhupesh Chandra Karmakar The Sky is God's House I could see the curly white clouds in the sky that is so high. The clouds are proud, as they can wander all over the sky. Far below the sky, several tall trees are standing on earth. The trees are swaying beautifully, when breeze is flowing. … Continue reading The Sky is God’s House and Other Poems
My Heart Skips a Beat and Other Poems
By Ken Gosse My Heart Skips a Beat With resources replete but reserved for the youngwe would touch the ground just for a moment’s rebound,then zoom upward, inhaling the sky as our tongueat its zenith would taste every star to be found.Never bound by directions displayed on a map,in our flow we would go where … Continue reading My Heart Skips a Beat and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 