By Frances Gaudiano Dust I found the champagne bottle in the garage, Under your worktable. It was covered in dust, but still intact. A gift to us when we moved here, Was it only last year? I should have wiped the bottle clean. Instead, I tore off the foil and unwired the cork. I freed … Continue reading Dust and Other Poems
I Cost $19.99 and Other Poems
By Travis Weis I Cost $19.99 A raincoat drowns In a never-ending sea. I wonder if it remembers The shoulders it once protected, Or the winds it once broke. Does it know That nobody Will ever touch it again. Then I remember, Raincoats aren’t supposed To think of these things. And so, I go to … Continue reading I Cost $19.99 and Other Poems
Bubble and Brew
By Vanaja Malathy Past sunrise winter chill. still ached to coil myself tight into the comfort of the warm quilt sheathing around like a carapace of a crustacean, tight encasing, hard to make the slightest move to disturb myself from those dreams that parade, swaying like in a show at fixed time of REM sleep … Continue reading Bubble and Brew
The Fanboy Ironists
By Colin James Chewy likes them unadorned. I wasn't doing anything until you called. There is a lake nearby and I'm still lathered up from bathing there. Did you say Tuesday week? Your accent is clipped as if letting off some steam. Colin James has a couple of chapbooks of poetry published. "Dreams Of The … Continue reading The Fanboy Ironists
The Memory of Mother and Other Poems
By Retta Lewis The Memory of Mother Will anything be said or done To ensure the memory of mother? The whole world witnessed her rise and fall, And now the rise again. Who will do as much As we know she did for us? Who will speak her truth, And not make lies of it? … Continue reading The Memory of Mother and Other Poems
Trapped and Other Poems
By Lefcothea-Maria Golgaki Trapped A faint mist hovered in the air that had a distinct feel of its own. She gathered her hair delicately into a round coil then leaned back in the reclining chair. Polaroid photos sprawled in every direction portrayed the essence of sheer bliss, yet the futility she was trapped inside conveyed … Continue reading Trapped and Other Poems
Humor of Strangers and Other Poems
By Sharon Whitehill Humors of Strangers One smile begets another; one kind gesture invites another. –Kathleen Parker 1 In the grocery-store parking lot, road empty of traffic, a half-minute dash to the recycling bins with my car left to idle as a shiny Lincoln rolls up behind and waits rather than circling around. You’re blocking … Continue reading Humor of Strangers and Other Poems
In the Eyes of the Snowman and Other Poems
By Duane Anderson In the Eyes of a Snowman If you think I am cute, then you would be absolutely right. I, made of three round balls of packed snow, with button eyes and a carrot nose. I look even better if you put a top hat on my head and a scarf around my … Continue reading In the Eyes of the Snowman and Other Poems
Governance and Other Poems
By Matthew Edeh Sunday Governance If we go back to the street Where Nnamdi Azikiwe was the King How hundred naira would have made our heart merry and sing Nigeria would be a better place to be. If we go back to the street Where Alvan Ikoku was the King Education would have been the … Continue reading Governance and Other Poems
The Language of the Heart (Trapped in an Algorithm)
By Angie Andriot A whisper lost in a din Words spilling over Nonsense [Fill-in-the-blank] Is it profound? I want to let it out I don’t know how C:\>_ Angie Andriot is a Research Analyst who occasionally writes things that aren't dry and full of numbers, and even more occasionally publishes them. Her first fiction piece was recently published … Continue reading The Language of the Heart (Trapped in an Algorithm)
Academy of the Heart And Mind 