By Gabriele McPeek He is the warm blanket you reach for The steady breathing of perfect sleep The smell of summer after the rain The crunch of dry leaves And the bite of mountain air The slow constant of a sunrise The infiniteness of the stars He is the feeling you get when you know everything … Continue reading He IS
Space Facts
By Don Kingfisher Campbell Our love is like lightning on Venus --35 miles high This relationship is floating like ions in Titan’s atmosphere The discovery of us began as teenage galaxies light years away It’s that dark energy made us realize the force with which we oppose gravity So, like Voyager 2, I believe we … Continue reading Space Facts
Homeward Bound
By Scott Thomas Outlar I sang to my Father on his deathbed. He had not spoken a word in days, cancer-ridden, organs collapsing, high on morphine, but I knew he could still hear me. I sang a song from a book I’d written years earlier during a particularly good time in my life, and this, being … Continue reading Homeward Bound
Tommy Haiku #141-145
By Thomas Page White on blacktop, stark Declarations of commands To obey the known law. Facades of stone and Wood with white paneling o’er Vivid colored signs Shivering sun ignited With the frigid air Of new winter Frosted glass, white panels, Sleigh bells on leather straps ‘round A ring on doorknob. Slow as molasses Time … Continue reading Tommy Haiku #141-145
Mariposas
By Don Kingfisher Campbell Everyone can guess you put butterflies in my soul They've probably deduced I've felt a migration of feeling But do they know you are my Martin Luther King preacher for my poetic freedom I was once behind bars imposed by a closed-minded material marriage But my heart flamed inside through my … Continue reading Mariposas
Tommy Haiku #146-151
By Thomas Page I count, once again, The fifteen ornaments that Hang from the garlands I am the guard of The door marked “Elves only.” Kids Love to make for it. The river frozen, Labored frigid breaths escape From chilled lungs and tongues The trees dead jutting Out of graying, cold hillsides. The year is … Continue reading Tommy Haiku #146-151
I am
By Rajnish Mishra Rajnish Mishra is a poet, writer, translator and blogger born and brought up in Varanasi, India and now in exile from his city. His work originates at the point of intersection between his psyche and his city. His work has now started appearing in journals and websites. I play animatedly, happily for … Continue reading I am
I Guess I Will Turn Into a Cloud
By Don Kingfisher Campbell I guess I will turn into a cloud Maybe then you'll notice I float Over the present of your presence Or possibly a painting for sale Featuring the childlike colors Of elementary love I offer Even better I'll be a vase So I can live close to you Watch you go … Continue reading I Guess I Will Turn Into a Cloud
Death came visiting
By Rajnish Mishra Rajnish Mishra is a poet, writer, translator and blogger born and brought up in Varanasi, India and now in exile from his city. His work originates at the point of intersection between his psyche and his city. His work has now started appearing in journals and websites. Death came visiting: far away. Death … Continue reading Death came visiting
Step Outside
By Don Kingfisher Campbell open door walk on water reflects pools around shoes feel grass blades between fingers grasp tree texture rough to stroking hand sense air flow over skin see clouds with moist eyes sky towers above buildings
Academy of the Heart And Mind 