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
Heartache And Other Poems
By Julia Vaughan Heartache Victorian rivers flooding as far as you can see Lodden, Ovens, Broken, Maribyrnong, and Campapse Sandbags fail at the substation Centres open for evacuation Sodden kangaroos, SES rescues at Seven Creeks Victorian rivers flooding as far as you can see Third la Nina in a row, the ground's saturated completely Seething … Continue reading Heartache And Other Poems
Sand Stroll
By Frances Leitch In strolling and viewing its person, one reflects upon a sunshine land of many faces – and changing faces. The desert’s land has a voice of challenge, wonder, and beauty. Sand Stroll Quiet it be Strolling the land of shifting sand But for the chirp of a cactus wren winging to needles … Continue reading Sand Stroll
1981 And Other Poems
By Richard LeDue 1981 Always thought I was a Gen Xer, but I'm actually a Millennial, meaning I'm no different except on a graph somewhere that might as well be faces on Mars photoshopped into rocks, or was it the rocks that did a person impression? It doesn't change the interest rate on my credit … Continue reading 1981 And Other Poems
The little things we say to get us through the hurricane And Other Poems
By Oliver Kleyer The little things we say to get us through the hurricane Fear not, my love, it will be over soon,, the howling has become much lower & the loose roof tiles have already stopped their banging. Don’t be afraid, we’re safe in this house, it’s solid. My greatgrandfather built it with his … Continue reading The little things we say to get us through the hurricane And Other Poems
the old man’s opus And Other Poems
By Terry Jude Miller the old man’s opus darkness at my window so frequent the visit its presence almost disregarded the perfect light by which to set pencil to the endpoint of infinity—everything moves on from here I place the slippered foot upon that path only after looking back—only after turning into a pillar of … Continue reading the old man’s opus And Other Poems
The Old Abbey and Other Poems
By Joan Lerman The Old Abbey The bells were rung so energetically by the young novice after vespers but I could no longer see the white-robed figures who’d filed past the stained-glass windows and wooden doors. The brothers and priests prayed aloud as they stood outside in line; I caught a glimpse of their long … Continue reading The Old Abbey and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 