By Samantha Terrell Bloodroot Thoughts and feelings scrape Against each other – a barren Tree limb on a transparent Window pane. A roll of birch tree bark blows Around in the wind, showing Us time is short. Our own Raw skin will soon be exposed. When numbness sets in We ask ourselves Who taught us … Continue reading Bloodroot and Other Poems
The Outsider and Other Poems
By Mukut Borpujari The Outsider Memories are breathing down inside me now, everything slowing to the pace of a snail. Tiptoeing across the yard, the old cat watching— the pace too slow even for him. A crack in the earth opens, and roots rise up to trip me. Thirst lives in me, and the fear … Continue reading The Outsider and Other Poems
Poets and Other Poems
By Jasna Gugić Translated by Anita Vidakovic Ninkovic Poets Where are you, Poets, You, Wizards? Let us paint with our poem This sorrowful world And people with masks, For behind the mask Even eyes are lackluster And we no longer breathe. Let us raise voice And scrape the mud from our soles. Let us raise … Continue reading Poets and Other Poems
Alone and Other Poems
By Gary William Ramsey Alone Love, Entered my life with abandon, recklessly causing unwanted emotions, reviving the lost hope of happiness. Reason, Escaped the test of thought, and was buried by loves intensity, but continued to struggle to stay alive. Reality, Randomly dismissed and forgotten, having no part of love, joined reason in its isolation. … Continue reading Alone and Other Poems
Only Red Poems and The Desert
By Jean Edmunds Only Red© I can’t see anything in front of me, Only red. The rain clouds, the storms Cannot hide or undertake The dread I feel. In and out it passes, When it remains No other color I see instead, Only red. The clouds move in Over the tide As it rises and … Continue reading Only Red Poems and The Desert
Baseball in Lea and Washington Senators
By Peter Mladinic Baseball in Lea Some have not heard of a bunt. The slide is something on a guitar, the double play a cloud of mystery. You won’t find “I heart Ruth” in blue ink on a notebook’s face. Diamond takes a backseat to speedway. Gridiron and goalposts bring out the football in us. … Continue reading Baseball in Lea and Washington Senators
Little Ferns and Litote
By Hope Fa-Kaji Little Ferns There are little ferns of frozen condensation In the bottom of the oval frame Between us and the sky And there is a smoky haze Over the blackened tips of the mountains That ring the city In the distance, I had forgotten that The Outside is attacking After years of … Continue reading Little Ferns and Litote
A Memory
By NIGHTMAN I recall my early day In this moments so close To the upcoming era Of haunting creatures at bay. It was scent of a girl That trembled my daydream souvenir of the past— And I thought tales are true And young ones innocent flesh and smell be it in memory be it in … Continue reading A Memory
An Odyssey and Other Poems
By Paulette Calasibetta An Odyssey on a cold and blustery autumn day the sky is painted a steely gray, flocks of migrant birds take flight, a chartered course far from sight. lines of towering leafless trees bow and bend, submitting to the chilly breeze. Mosaics of Autumn Apple pickers gaily riding in wagons, sipping cider … Continue reading An Odyssey and Other Poems
Turns out I wasn’t really depressed, I was just lonely and bored
By Grace Sinkins I went off my meds that should’ve never been prescribed to me, Just a few weeks after I saw my dead grandpa in the gas station parking lot. Now I have clarity and I know what he thinks of me, But I can’t for the life of me remember any of my … Continue reading Turns out I wasn’t really depressed, I was just lonely and bored
Academy of the Heart And Mind 