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
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
Hedge Funds and Fine Line
By Stephen Kingsnorth Hedge Funds Where pastures, crops were once enclosed - remember acts from history days - we hedged our bets with layered edge, a folded hem, first tacked, then sown with berried seeds, gin-runny sloes. That edging served as travel routes, safe paths to navigate through space, for isolate, connected ways, where open … Continue reading Hedge Funds and Fine Line
Bountiful Life and Other Poems
By Bhupesh Chandra Karmakar Bountiful Life There is happiness and sorrow in life, but life takes both rain and sunshine, and it creates a rainbow throughout. The people today lead a very hectic life, and work long hours and there is hardly any time left to spend with their family. Life is not just party … Continue reading Bountiful Life and Other Poems
The Forgotten Parcel and Other Poems
By Madhu Gangopadhyay The Forgotten Parcel He left with all things packed The last of his handkerchief His lighter and the half Full cigarette pack! She'd rummaged through the wardrobe Ensured nothing was left! Her nutty heart thought Nothing that belonged to him she'd kept! It was all over and done She could happily move … Continue reading The Forgotten Parcel and Other Poems
Are We Not All Spirits?
By Mike Turner Are we not all spirits? The essence of our lives separate From this corporeal existence? Do we not each feel the tug Of a connection to a more ethereal reality? Something beyond, something infinite More lasting, more meaningful than this transitory “now”? When we close our eyes and still our hearts Do … Continue reading Are We Not All Spirits?
Wounds Transcend
By Moola Veereswara Rao I know your wounds... but quit ye not the noble route. Remember how a silent reed became a flute. Don't kick them out, because they're all just lifeless stones. But how became a rock into a sculpture...moot. Ye don't concede to whetted darts of mean critique. Ye watch this road that … Continue reading Wounds Transcend
Let Go
By C.T. Zaremba He set the pace. She walked the path beside him. It was grass covered, sometimes rocky. In order to get by the obstacles they held hands. Those hands held their world. She set the boundaries. He pushed the limits. It was the push and pull of a marriage. The highs and lows, … Continue reading Let Go
A Little Piece of Heaven and Other Poems
By Fabrice Poussin A Little Piece of Heaven Late by the dimming spark of an abandoned candle she stumbled upon pieces of other people’s memories buried deep at the foot of her forgotten attic celebrated by shrouds of ancestral dust. Soon she found herself outside of time sitting in her little girl’s summer dress as … Continue reading A Little Piece of Heaven and Other Poems
Fives Ways to Ruin Bacon
By Richard LeDue I I was love starved, hungry for a touch without realizing at first that my hands can also burn bacon and still expect you to eat it. II These days, they say pigs are too smart to eat, yet that doesn't stop the grocery stores from selling bacon at half price to … Continue reading Fives Ways to Ruin Bacon
Academy of the Heart And Mind 