By Ken Gosse Borborygmi [Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day for July 5th, 2022: “rumbling or gurgling sounds caused by the movement of gas in the intestines”] They’re called borborygmi (the word rhymes with pygmy); not merely a figmy of imaginigmy, and come from a natural cause. They’re powerful sources which our gut endorses as we … Continue reading Borborygmi and Other Poems
Karaoke and Horticulture
By Peter Mladinic Karaoke Backyard sun and shadows and birds chirping takes me back to one birthday winter night at the Texas Lounge. We took turns at karaoke. At the mic I was attempting “Bernadette” as sung by the Four Tops. Shots of courage I’d gotten from the bar didn’t prevent my voice’s faltering, uncertain … Continue reading Karaoke and Horticulture
as insignificant walks & waltz and Other Poems
By Jen Schneider as insignificance walks & waltzes i used to walk at night only after the weight of the day’s work had lifted now i walk at night because only the sky reminds me that none of that work matters Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/12/james-webb-space-telescope-photos-explanation/ a ___ reasons to wish upon a star a billion -- divided … Continue reading as insignificant walks & waltz and Other Poems
A Homeless Man and Other Poems
By Mike Neville A Homeless Man There is a homeless man just wandering the streets… You think this is no one that you care to meet… He walks up and down the streets all day… And you wonder where at night does he stay… He may live in a his car or in a camp … Continue reading A Homeless Man and Other Poems
Getting On and Other Poems
By Anthony Ward Getting On As we grow older, We become firmer. Rigid with responsibility- Making us brittle. When you’re young, You’re soft and ductile. You don’t feel hurt The way we do. Where we were once quite agile, We’re now quite fragile, Much stronger in mind, Than when we believed we were. A Fine … Continue reading Getting On and Other Poems
Emptied of Desire and Other Poems
By Richard LeDue Emptied of Desire The dark circles under my eyes are hallow, the pillow a sponge for my sweat, blankets too easily pulled away in the middle of the night, and the dream journal from my youth full of crooked words, describing eyelids that dared to take shape among the space between stars, … Continue reading Emptied of Desire and Other Poems
At Forlorn Days
By Ezekiel Angela Iyeh Birds sang porch songs no more when the earth swallowed a woman, a heart as sweet as melon. Stillness framed the hearts of her sons and daughter. Dawn came wobbling, like the rolling of pages in the wind, summoning the spirit of sorrow with dark clouds as light glowed away like … Continue reading At Forlorn Days
White Rains and Other Poems
By Lorraine Caputo White Rains I. Afternoons the heavens grey, layer upon thick layer of looming clouds, thunder crumpling then silenced by the rain that dampens lanes, streaks white-washed walls of Ciudad Blanca. II. Sometimes the thunder awaits the dusk to sweep the streets clean of another day. III. One late day, as the sun … Continue reading White Rains and Other Poems
The Pickle Jar and Other Poems
By John T. Walsh Jr. The Pickle Jar There was a jar without a label on a mantle on the wall Care was always taken to insure it didn’t fall…. Gramp said it held treasures that I couldn’t see at all That night he pulled the sofa out with a night-light in the hall “Lie … Continue reading The Pickle Jar and Other Poems
How to Make Happiness
By Amrita Valan Can you tell me? How to be bouncy old-fashioned Resilient? And so happy? Somewhere inside The springs got broken And now I fall so flat So very flat inside A cardboard cut out. Walking around Like the shadow of myself On bare non reflective walls. Tinkering with well being I polish the … Continue reading How to Make Happiness
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