By Aihimegbe Samson The hunters laid siege on the forestThey thought the games would comeThey heard voices and couldn’t restFumbling at the gun turn by turnDid you hear that quirk and quackThe old hunter listened and saidThat could be a wild duck packThat missed their way insteadBut rhythm came from odd branchesFrom trees with the … Continue reading The Whistling Trees
Closure
By Sanchari Dasgupta There cannot be a full stop after every sentence, my familiarity of the English language asks me for closure but I haven't had closure for the past few years, the only full stop in my life was the bindi that I put in between my two eyebrows when I travelled 150 kms … Continue reading Closure
Sunday Morning in the Dutch Caribbean
By Claire Frankel Sunday morning only the roosters are crowing a few cars blaring blasphemous music then quiet again The most brilliant sunshine In the world flooding the mountain tops like a laser in the Pilot’s eye revealing every dry leaf Trees huddled for safety No rain for weeks Oh humans and your global warming! … Continue reading Sunday Morning in the Dutch Caribbean
Shopping Haiku and Doggie Date Haiku
By Laura Stamps Shopping Haiku Going to Marshalls to buy a gift. Find lipstick for me. Buy that too. At Marshalls my phone rings. It’s the vet. Really? “What’s up?” I say. Clueless. Oh. It’s the cute vet tech I saw there. And now he’s asking me out. Yikes! How do I tell him I … Continue reading Shopping Haiku and Doggie Date Haiku
Fox and Other Poems
By Leda Nichole Fox clever little trickster unconcerned with gods or monsters or Mortals she does what she wants with no conscience to hold her back Regret the little flower does not care if today really is today or yesterday or tomorrow it doesn’t care if its leaves are uneven or the stem grows crooked … Continue reading Fox and Other Poems
One Africa
By Langa Moore My fellow brothers and sistersPlease have mercyAren't we all AfricansWe were cradled in the same continentI know life is hardI know jobs are scarceI came here to look for helpNot to be a problem Not to steal your jobsMy fellow brothers and sistersPlease spare my lifeAt least let me goto the land … Continue reading One Africa
An Old Goldfield
By James Aitchison The bush is old and dark and full of slopes, The trees grow ragged here, forlorn and still, And bracken too conspires to blur the hill And mask the shafts where men clung to their hopes. And when evening's light begins to wane, And secrets darken in this crooked ground, I often … Continue reading An Old Goldfield
She Breathes Gales
By Elizabeth Brown She wanders for a living Donating play dates to the ocean Dilly dallying with the waves Chasing after those meandered seashells But she can tear apart cities Bustle through towns Seize buildings from their soil And shatter glass ceilings She purses her lips together to stir Whistling a warning To remind you … Continue reading She Breathes Gales
Morning Bird
By David L. Painter Most mornings I take my coffee out on the veranda. There high up on a branch in one of the stately Magnolia trees sits the most magnificent bird with bright wings and a throat that glistens, as he lifts his head and sings his sweet and wondrous song. This is a … Continue reading Morning Bird
Unexpected Marvelous Places and Other Poems
By Dana Zullo Unexpected Marvelous Places There were days when the world was available before us. We found ourselves in unexpected yet marvelous places. It seemed all doors were open to us. Climbed a mountain just because the opportunity presented itself. Explored and accepted the California air (in days before wildfires and smog) in the … Continue reading Unexpected Marvelous Places and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 