By Spencer Gallup I stroll throughout the forest in the fallit is a chilly but a sunny dayI go to walk to achieve a clean slate after facing quite a few busy weeks. Spellbound by the fading, golden canvasI see it go on for miles like a realm I find myself and I resume my … Continue reading Changing of the Leaves
Lapis Lazuli
By Keely O'Brien lapis lazuliindigo depthmy desires and attachments on the altarwill I be remiss?my judgement clouded by the blissto exhaleand let gowe have heaven within uswe can access what that means to us individuallyexhaleand let goeyes closednot blackvisualizing lapis lazuliindigo depthmy desires and attachments on the altarseeing my humanity on the altarletting remain my … Continue reading Lapis Lazuli
Bins and All
By Kelli J Gavin When she moved homeSo many bins came with herStuff crammed in every spaceBox after box of hodgepodge nonsenseShe wanted to be homeA place of comfort and restA place of solace and joyEverything needed to be sortedIncluding this amazing adult daughterWhere would this stuff go?Does she want to keep it? Would it … Continue reading Bins and All
A Viridian Love
By Amaryllis Loven I have never been in love with the grandioseDespite this I saturate our future home Hopeless eyes scan this glorious disguiseThe parties are for no one but you, my prize The music of the organ bores me immenselyNothing compared to a voice which captures intensely I pace upon meaningless adorned balconiesPerhaps they … Continue reading A Viridian Love
The Abyss, Where I Fought
By Akshat Pathak I want to be seen.But I'm afraid...How will they see me?Will they accept my past?What if they discover my true self?The scared and afraid.The lost and betrayed.How will they react?How will they understand?Will they punish me?Will they bury me?In the pit, where I lost.In the abyss, where I fought.I wish to know … Continue reading The Abyss, Where I Fought
A Letter to My Past Self
By Leonie Moon it’s time to devour your time on Earth--to regain consciousnessso you can notice all the beautiful detailslife has to offer youin its flowers and tears and love---to look up with wonder at the starsand down with wonder at the earthand not, for another secondat your “doe eyes” that you wish were “siren … Continue reading A Letter to My Past Self
Daybreak
By Andrea Villarreal Yu Sunlight breaks through the night. Where it once wasburied under his fingernails when he tried to scrape it away.& I understand. If I were him I’d be scared of angels too.I bear the weight of wrongs & rights. Will someone come alongwith ever-listening ears so that I can craft the romantic … Continue reading Daybreak
A Jump.
By Yurii Tkachenko There's a canyon ahead.I’ll jump into the night.Flying to the stars.Fearing nothing.Flying or on the edge.Above the clouds and below.Somewhere far away into the cosmic void..Into the cold of the night.Into anxiety and peace.Earthly or unearthly.Summer and winter.Wings spread and full speed ahead.Flight without doubts and worries.Flight without fear and reproach.Like a … Continue reading A Jump.
As Baroque as I’ll Ever Get
By Richard LeDue Bach’s cello suites are precise emotion:the sort of mathematicsthat ruins wordsand the kind of feelingthat diminishes numbers,while a poem like this triesits damnedest to be musical,even though it has more in commonwith the silence in a librarythan any prelude. Richard LeDue (he/him) lives in Norway House, Manitoba, Canada. He writes poems. His … Continue reading As Baroque as I’ll Ever Get
Birthday
By Evelyn Kwak I wake up just like any other dayThis used to bea special dayI get envious of thosewho carries the warmth of their birthdayWhen I step outside the roomI smell the sizzle of the miyeok-gukand I see my beautiful momwho reminds me howpeople utter that we are too much alikeI remember reading a … Continue reading Birthday
