By Mike Turner Sun’s golden, setting rays Filter through verdant leaves Whilst a gentled, whispered wind Comforts with cooling breeze Arms’ strong, warm embrace On our hearts bestow their ease As a sweet and simple kiss Our passions lightly tease As twilight slowly fades And day’s memories we reprise Let us cross o’er yonder river … Continue reading Neath Shaded Trees
The Jack-O-Lantern Metaphor and Other Poems
By John Maurer The Jack-O-Lantern Metaphor As soon as I let myself in my head I tear it to pieces Gut my childhood memories Toss the liver of my birthdays Into a pan with coconut oil Harrow my hauntings with a hatchet Find my heart to be a puzzle short a piece Throw this into … Continue reading The Jack-O-Lantern Metaphor and Other Poems
Burnt Lace and Other Poems
By Christian Garduno Burnt Lace It wasn’t music to dance to, it was music to fall in love with someone in your room to, to figure out what you were going to wear for them tomorrow, music to spin to, to lie down to, to close your eyes to, to escape inside, it was music … Continue reading Burnt Lace and Other Poems
Limerosity and Other Poems
By Ken Gosse Limerosity: The Love of Light Verse There are those who think rhyming’s a curse and for poetry, nothing is worse. They’d bar patterns of rhythm which stow away with’m in lines which are simply adverse to the senses of those who converse in the hoity patois they rehearse, weaving nebulous phrases into … Continue reading Limerosity and Other Poems
Meteora and Other Poems
By Gail Nielsen Meteora Above a monastery between cross and sky she rose and took her place, sweeping arms the length of a stratus cloud lining and she was gone from me But not at Meteora Only the fringe of Zeus’s blue heaven below, olive groves softening cool moss under his feet of hot stone … Continue reading Meteora and Other Poems
Voodoo Doll and Other Poems
By Haley Hall Voodoo Doll A stringy smile and button eyes as cold as your own Every time I hurt, you can too. I stitched the mouth closed Silencing you like you did me The red pins give me the power I’ve been longing for The power you hold The power I deserve I place … Continue reading Voodoo Doll and Other Poems
Organizational and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Organizational Organizations organize Like origami folds To behold Mankind’s potential. A fundamental fact That involves more Than plain facts For intellect Allows for creation For the sake of Establishing As planners plan To improve and assist While also avoiding Pitfalls that would result in Disorganization Arial A font type Spirits rising … Continue reading Organizational and Other Poems
Ghost and Other Poems
By John Van Dreal Ghost At a divey place just off the sound, between Bellingham and Ferndale. A rich palette of neon lighting, booze advertisements, dozens of small TVs featuring sports and sitcom reruns filling the den—the bar owners have made the interior their canvas. A sign reads, Fancy Beer Not Found Here. The tap … Continue reading Ghost and Other Poems
Rara Avis
By Angela Acosta I am not some rare bird, a criticism masquerading as a compliment thanks to your private school Latin. Habito un universo plurilingüe de las lenguas romances. I inhabit a multilingual universe of romance languages. Am I still a bird for my wings were clipped and the songs I sing go unheard? Mírame … Continue reading Rara Avis
The Runaway and Other Poems
By Andrew Scott The Runaway Dear Father, I think it has finally happened. The circle of sins is closing in. The hair on my skin feels it. You may never see me again. The fear that you always had about the free spirit of my life taking over the path of bad decisions has come … Continue reading The Runaway and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 