By Vaishnavi Kolluru The secret to joy Lies in a river that flows forward, making you believe its truth, until you reach the end The secret to joy Controls the waves of the ocean You indulge in a small cold wave getting your feet wet The rush is nice so you further cloud the air … Continue reading The Path to Joy
Wildflowers
By Ian Copestick As today has been an idyllic summer 's day, when I took my dog for a walk, I thought I'd get off the main path. Explore the nearby countryside. I walked through fields, or meadows, I don't know what the difference is, full of knee high grass, and wildflowers. It's the most … Continue reading Wildflowers
Maybe That’s Why
By John Best Maybe that’s why when your car scraped into the rutted driveway and you emerged like a pharaoh seeking your resurrection with gold-leafed ferocity in your eyes, I was not your Isis. Maybe that’s why when your greedy fingers slid through the valleys between each rib counting coup, my soul flew like a … Continue reading Maybe That’s Why
Little bird, flying high
By Tim Law Little bird, flying high I see you above me and wonder why? Why is it that you don’t go above? To the place beyond the clouds, filled with people we love Little bird, I pray you do Fly down to me, hear my message for you The words which I need desperately … Continue reading Little bird, flying high
13 Halloween Tales: Diaphanous Spirit by Mary Steinberg
Diaphanous Spirit Ethereal Sprite Dancing on moonbeams Glossy and bright. Floating by freely Uplifting unwound Drifting and wafting Not making a sound. Spiritual Being Spun-silver delight Diaphanous Spirit Spectacular sight! Vaporous Mystic Incantations surround Swirling and swaying And turning around. Gossamer Traveler Translucence alight Releasing Your magic On Hallow’s Eve Night.
13 Halloween Tales: The Cemetery by Kirsty Duncan
I always liked old graveyards, peaceful and quiet, familiar places, their histories of families, communities, until that fateful day, when I failed to heed the sentries’ warnings to grave robbers and all who dared walk among the dead, as I descended down the lichen covered steps of the blackened churchyard, read each darkened headstone, walked … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: The Cemetery by Kirsty Duncan
13 Halloween Tales: Wisps in the Wind by Dale Hensarling
This is a tale most frightening and unholy, A tale of scared girls in face-paint and curls, A tale of little boys with capes and sword toys, A tale of hobgoblins, of black cats crossing the road, A tale of spells, elixirs, and warty toads, Of twisted vines and spiderwebs gnarly. Yes! A tale most … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: Wisps in the Wind by Dale Hensarling
13 Halloween Tales: Show and Tell a Halloween Spell by Alex Andy Phuong
Brewing and conjuring Concentrate and focus While dealing with Hocus Pocus Spelling out ideas And jotting down thoughts Utilizing language To cope with memories That people might have forgot, And now that the new world Is nothing like it was before, Hope is still possible To prepare for what lies in store, While also remembering … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: Show and Tell a Halloween Spell by Alex Andy Phuong
13 Halloween Tales: Edgar Allan Poe and the Telemarketer by Maureen Mancini Amaturo
Once upon a midnight dreary, my cell phone rang, the number leery. Unwanted pest, this unknown caller, broke my thoughts, with breach uncalled for– I was hard at work, though nearly napping, when this man commenced kidnapping all my focus, which now is flapping, flapping from my present chore. “‘Tis some marketer,” I muttered, “flapping … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: Edgar Allan Poe and the Telemarketer by Maureen Mancini Amaturo
13 Halloween Tales: The Unkindness of Ravens by Regina M. Elliott
This is a tribute poem to Edgar Allan Poe Through shadowy veils of my mournful mind is the vastness of iridescent stars, their hopeful light does not comfort me. The very thought of not being in the treasure of your presence awakens the dulling grief of my heart's loneliness. The unkind ravens have alighted on … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: The Unkindness of Ravens by Regina M. Elliott
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