By Sierra Annabelle the burden of memory you are on my mind as much as i breathe, a single intake of breath similar to the shake of a hand and there you come, all sick and spent, but do not worry for i will take care of you, even if you think the apple is … Continue reading the burden of memory and Other Poems
The Cat Who Edits
By Claudia Wysocky The cat who edits what isn't loved is motivated by its own greed for the spotlight. It's been asleep, dreaming of the red pen it'd paw at when it heard a new poem in the hall. Without even asking, it pounces and takes over, removing any trace of what was there before. … Continue reading The Cat Who Edits
Fairy Lanterns and Wings
By Petrouchka Alexieva Riding a Unicorn I am riding my crispy-white unicorn With sparkling star on his horn. Where am I going? Silver moonlight from above Is painting a path Among blossoming meadows Of my dreams and desires. I am riding my unicorn Through the mist; Barefooted, with veil on my hips, Softly wearing my … Continue reading Fairy Lanterns and Wings
Kintsugi and Other Poems
By Paula M. Rodriguez Kintsugi (The Japanese art of gluing broken pottery pieces back together with gold, a process that embraces the beauty of imperfections.) In the old yellowed photograph, I’m posing in a pale sundress by a small table that holds the Satsuma vase gifted to my parents for their wedding. I must be … Continue reading Kintsugi and Other Poems
Where is This Thing Going? and A Seat Beyond the Sounds
By Deidre Sullivan Where is This Thing Going? Are you the subject? Am I the verb? Who’s the object? Let’s slur our words. Let’s spill our drinks And fall on the floor. Let’s open the windows And slam a door. Are you mixed up? I’m so confused. Is it time for quiet? Is it time … Continue reading Where is This Thing Going? and A Seat Beyond the Sounds
Dog Dreams
By Devane Clarke What do dogs dream about? Muffled whimpers in the night Restless legs thrash the sheet Before rolling over next to your feet Dogs are dreaming it has been said About drinking from the toilet And the lid falls on their head Anxiety dreams perhaps But I think not Anthropomorphize with me instead … Continue reading Dog Dreams
The Deer Leg and The Hard Times Are Over
By Abigail Hagler The Deer Leg The taupe was the color of any branch So I thought it was. But more beautiful than bark. And then, the black and perfect hoof And then, the broken bone Clean and white. Even this small fraction Held the beauty of the whole. Coyote, I think. One lives in … Continue reading The Deer Leg and The Hard Times Are Over
How You Work and Other Poems
By Kait Quinn How You Work after Joan Osborne The way snow lands in an unflourished hush. Tea kettle screams, hazes kitchen tile like fog tucks shore to sleep. Such a normal thing: clean sheets pulled womb warm from the drier; the house sparrow's warble; the way a lung bloats, deflates, distends again. Moon works … Continue reading How You Work and Other Poems
Cuticles Like Chestnuts and Other Poems
By CLS Sandoval Cuticles Like Chestnuts I’ve bitten my cuticles at least since the fourth grade when my teacher told us everyone has a bad habit, and I took it as a directive to start one not knowing that I had plenty others to come in my future I’m just glad that I can’t grow … Continue reading Cuticles Like Chestnuts and Other Poems
Heaven and Home
By Paige Adams Heaven Inside my heart is a longing for home beyond this world where spirits reside between gates of fire a path paved with gold. My soul longs— to the place where eternal love was endless. Home Moments ago, I saw your face. Now I see myself far away. I lie in bed, … Continue reading Heaven and Home
Academy of the Heart And Mind 