By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein Things fall apart When you don't know the people Once you used to know. Things fall apart When you don't know the people Stabbing you behind your back Things fall apart When you don't know What's happening behind the scenes Against you Things fall apart When you can clearly notice … Continue reading Things Fall Apart
Whose Time Is It, Anyway? and Other Poems
By Ken Gosse Whose Time Is It, Anyway? I stared at its face and I dared it to grace me an hour of time, either way; one before or one after, for sadness or laughter (as if time is under our sway). A move into the future means now would be past and an hour … Continue reading Whose Time Is It, Anyway? and Other Poems
Partially Still Here and Other Poems
By Akintoye Akinsola Partially Still Here It was on a quiet night And my jammed conscious state poured into a frozen canal Yes, we were told not to believe castles could be built in the sun But I wanted that to be untrue The speed boat flipped over, landing badly and my being was punctured … Continue reading Partially Still Here and Other Poems
A Testimony to a Life and Other Poems
By Marchell Dyon A Testimony to a Life Now you can recognize your treasures from heaven Soaring with tattered wings; a guardian you have been. On this day, together let us sing. Let us speak of you with velvet voices. Harmoniously, praise your life of few choices. So many ways to be a woman form … Continue reading A Testimony to a Life and Other Poems
The Rollcall: A Dynastic Saga in Five Parts
By Amrita Valan I. The Beginning / Choddopurush Recalling names of forefathers Time travelling fourteen generations A rollcall of honors Bestowed by birth. For each prior generation Genetic heritage halved, Then quartered. Spliced again, till Beyond the fourteenth, The inheritance dwindles Below decimal percentage. This proves our common pool Of humanity shares One common genome. … Continue reading The Rollcall: A Dynastic Saga in Five Parts
I Miss Hummingbirds in Winter and Other Poems
By Andrew Lafleche I Miss Hummingbirds in Winter I am in bed this evening when a sudden downpour violent enough to jar me from that place— between the hours waiting for tomorrow and the darkness which will deliver me there; the space where shapes escape their borders and the voices behind my brow escape my … Continue reading I Miss Hummingbirds in Winter and Other Poems
Amongst the Waves and Other Poems
By Stephen Kingsnorth Amongst the Waves I saw her in the Maundy aisle of steady stream, robed city life, my viewpoint from cathedral stall. So short beneath the vaulted heights, but stature tall as gazed about, an eye caught from amongst the crowd, as sight, finite, felt infinity. I have the invitation card, calligraphy in … Continue reading Amongst the Waves and Other Poems
Morning Bliss and Lament of Kharkiv
By Mardiosa Yañez Morning Bliss I partially stirred, reluctant to open my languid eyes as sunshine flooded generously, it bathe my face I surmise it’s another day for the mortals, and gods of Olympus to celebrate new beginnings, I better guess. Slowly I breathe and inhale the cool summer air passing through my nostrils, energizing … Continue reading Morning Bliss and Lament of Kharkiv
The Thousand Screams
By Robey D. Neeley It is fall. The sun sets. The rays of my existence abandon me. The breeze caresses my skin. It soothes even as it attempts to destroy. Soon I will succumb. My usefulness to the mother is at an end. No longer will I spend my days nourishing her. Once I was … Continue reading The Thousand Screams
State of Peace and Other Poems
By Kathryn Holeton State of Peace The masks hanging around stare down at my tired face. They are part of the lace that floats without a sound. A quiet heaven is out of reach That light place is not my goal though I would be happy with some sleep, and a state of peace. Time … Continue reading State of Peace and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 