By Ritiksha Sharma Grudges My father’s book of spells was always one page short of discovery and miracles, for we caught it one day; scraping away its own skin; falling epidermis, sloughing and shedding, exhausted under the force of handwritten notes; poor thing was always heavier than the day before; that is even when we … Continue reading Grudges and Like I Knew You Would Disappear Today
Snapshots and Like Mother, Like Daughter
By Kavita Sarin Snapshots Deep within the recesses Of An old, decrepit, iron trunk Lie remnants of lives once lived. As I reach out To pluck with my bare, shaking fingers Memories of a past not yet faded, An odor of sadness permeates my being. A weak, antiquated, yellowing Manila Holds reminiscences of lives That … Continue reading Snapshots and Like Mother, Like Daughter
Stern and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Stern Serious Unrelenting Sometimes using whips. Offer a new quip, And practice pleasantry, And at least try To try To live life Not so seriously, For even though Challenges do make life Challenging, Remember that All human beings Are fundamentally Being human Island Surrounded by sea Alone is not loneliness Simply … Continue reading Stern and Other Poems
A Reasonable Question: A Series of Poems
By Denis O'Sullivan What's Wrong With the World? What has Become of This sad And pathetic world A world We’re there Is no Empathy or compassion A world Of selfish people Who couldn't careless About anyone else But themselves And wouldn't Even help you If you Asked them What happened To the world That I … Continue reading A Reasonable Question: A Series of Poems
Why Fly High? And Other Poems
By Sultana Raza Why Fly High? Do you really need to fly? Touch the essence of the sky Why do you need to go so high? Enjoy the stream that passes by. For attention do you vie? Have you ever found out why? On your heart can you rely? Make florae your own ally. Will … Continue reading Why Fly High? And Other Poems
If I Had a Time Machine and The Fur of Golden Wheat
By Anjali Paruvu If I Had a Time Machine Every now and then The day will break And you open your eyes Thinking, not again And you push yourself out thinking, this is how it must be You're young and sweet and all of fourteen, but you look like you've been at it since sixteen … Continue reading If I Had a Time Machine and The Fur of Golden Wheat
Memory’s Quill and A Party With Solitude
By Cole Adeyosola Memory's Quill The heavens picked this day, In this cosy month of may, It's a pleasure to know you this day, You'll be mine and I'll be yours all the way, My mind never cease to picture us at a bay, My words a trick you say, In your touch my heart … Continue reading Memory’s Quill and A Party With Solitude
September and Autumn
By Ellie Rose McKee September September is silence. Spiders creeping under doors in search of central heating. The start of school and people rushing about, meeting other new students. New schedules. Shifting off the old season. But underneath: quiet. A girl alone in her dorm room, miles from home. Her phone not ringing. Dark night … Continue reading September and Autumn
Include and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Include Include via inclusion. Embrace change And improve Surroundings As well as oneself. Help and assist While resisting Negativity, And strive to better The world, And that itself Is a choice. Let voices Vocalize To help realize The precious value Of accepting Acceptance Not Always Gone Forever Even when grieving, Never … Continue reading Include and Other Poems
Insomnia
By Sydney Clark I can’t sleep. Have you tried counting sheep? Yes, I’ve tried. I still can’t sleep. Have you tried sinking deep? Yes, I’ve tried. I know you have cried because I’m not by your side. I’m not asleep. Look on the bright side - put your worries aside. I won’t make a peep. … Continue reading Insomnia
Academy of the Heart And Mind 