By Leigh-Anne Burley My Grandmas Ride Their Blue and Gold Tandem Bike My grandmas ride their blue and gold tandem bike and take us grandkids for Saturday picnics in the park. Collecting figurines from Red Rose tea boxes and trading IGA green stamps for dishes is their interest.. These lovely ladies enjoy neighborhood lilac-scented tea … Continue reading My Grandmas Ride Their Blue And Gold Tandem Bike And Other Poems
Soul Train and Other Poems
By Madeira Miller Soul Train Previously published in Abstract Literary Magazine The ambulance was two cars ahead and my windows were down in the heat of rush hour traffic on a Monday evening. The children bickered in the backseat, exhausted from the school day. They were silenced by the piercing scream of the sirens and … Continue reading Soul Train and Other Poems
Vampires And Other Poems
By Sean Eaton Vampires Those night-hunters, vampires, unable to go out in the sun, arrange moonlit picnics for themselves on scenic hillsides during the warmer months, on the young and supple or ancient craggy hills of their grandmother Earth. They plant tall torches in the dry dirt in perimeter around antique Persian carpets, smaller candelabra … Continue reading Vampires And Other Poems
The Tambourine Man and Other Poems
By John Grey The Tambourine Man Stringy gray hair grew long enough to tickle his belt loops, but the top of his head was as bald as rock. Rough sideburns extinguished half his cheeks. He sang backup on the chorus, in a voice like a young rooster learning to crow. And if he tried to … Continue reading The Tambourine Man and Other Poems
My Dream of Flying And Other Poems
By Phil Flott My Dream of Flying Anymore I don’t tell many how I want to bypass the coffin, wake when birds shake trees, breathe the spring of fresh rains. I had almost settled for trees, their archaic crowns greening loess, justifying clay. A crick in my neck held me to that smallness, made me … Continue reading My Dream of Flying And Other Poems
The Emperor Penguin Dreaming of Flight And Other Poems
By Pedro Moranchel Jr. The Emperor Penguin Dreaming of Flight sliding off the thousand feet high iceberg into the Southern Ocean near a flying wandering albatross they were both just specks Far Future Fear realizing I chose money over me stuck saying words like "scope" wanting hope that for me it is not yet too … Continue reading The Emperor Penguin Dreaming of Flight And Other Poems
Suncakes and Other Poems
By Joan McNerney Suncakes Do you know how to make them? They’re supposed to be light bright and full of vitamin C. Everyone says you just glow after eating one. My friend had a shining recipe I kept asking for. Suncakes stop you from being cold and lost in avalanches. I remember something about filling … Continue reading Suncakes and Other Poems
Arthritis And Other Poems
By Kushal Poddar Arthritis You will realise - sleeper agents from both sides jog with you every morning. They try to solve you, dissolve your front, sleep with and convert you. One sun has set; another has crossed the sea. The other day your daughter called from the hem of the towers' periphery. Silence. Gossips. … Continue reading Arthritis And Other Poems
The Tangled Web And Other Poems
By Mary Bone All of the poems in this post were originally published in Literary Yard The Tangled Web The tangled web was woven with care, intricate secrets were stored inside. The spider knew how to entice wary visitors inside for a cup of tea. His house was so cozy within. Entertainment was the key, … Continue reading The Tangled Web And Other Poems
Moonrise at Sunset And Other Poems
By Sally Boyington Moonrise at Sunset moonrise behind a screen of silhouetted trees a warm creamy yellow globe vanished sun tied round the horizon a pink belt holding the fabric of a nighttime world as all the glow slowly deepens to indigo Linger Still To be the star to steer by and the house upon … Continue reading Moonrise at Sunset And Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 