By Mike Turner Dark night slowly lifts towards dawn Jet black skies shade to deep blue Gently, morning’s coming on Fleecy clouds reflect sun’s hue Sweet dew lies upon the grass Birdsong fills expanding air Sunlight grows as shadows pass Leaves rustle in breezes fair And as awakening from a dream You sense the world … Continue reading Morning
The Blues and Other Poems
By Aminath Neena The Blues I met my eyes last night in a dream and I saw it liquefied and streaming with blue tears “Stop! Please stop right now” I urged. “How can I? It’s your heart that provokes me. said my eyes, with downcast wet lashes. “Don’t you blame me now!” “How am I … Continue reading The Blues and Other Poems
Four Emptied Soles and Other Poems
By Stephen Kingsnorth Four Emptied Soles Wailing, she nestles four shoes, then lays them on poor brown earth, witness to total loss, for these the only graves for three. Rearranging the order, as if seeking for a match, but only one pair present - even shoes sustained a loss. A cloth scrap drapes unmoving, limp-hangs … Continue reading Four Emptied Soles and Other Poems
New Beginnings and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong New Beginnings New Start New Life Start Over Rather than Game Over Life is not a game per se But rather a gift This very day is a new beginning For the day has begun Whether or not there is sun And hope can light the way To a better future … Continue reading New Beginnings and Other Poems
Rapid Eye and Other Poems
By Megan Mizanty Rapid Eye Originally published by Page and Spine The Undersweet takes sips of grace. The belly keeps warm, huddled in between Those longer Jonah days. Sometimes, when you’re five years old at 3 a.m., A hammerhead swims shadows across your bedroom wall. You jerk, reach for drops on fingertips. At night, in … Continue reading Rapid Eye and Other Poems
A Dream Within a Dream
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein Each pore of my skin longs for you. You look, gaze and stare. But still, there is silence. You walk by sometimes pretending to overlook me, Yet, you come to my desk with excuses. But again, you are too formal. You make me stay long hours for work. It is … Continue reading A Dream Within a Dream
Alley Cat and Other Poems
By Fabrice Poussin Alley Cat I have heard of those great pachyderms finding their way home in the dark a great resting place for their kind. I saw the little girl cry on the curb Mr. Mumps the kitty was lost once more but this time it was different. They say the domestic feline can … Continue reading Alley Cat and Other Poems
The Forest Awakens
By Jan McCullough The dawn creeps sofly through the forest, sprinkling crystal stars of dew. Birds awaken, ruffling feathers to shake away the night. A swirling haze of sun-kissed mist, rose tinted purple hue Caresses the tiny flowers, drawing them into the light. Mother Nature weaves her magic, casting spells of early spring Sweet honeysuckle, … Continue reading The Forest Awakens
To Want? and Other Poems
By Ivan Bekaren To Want? To want the temporal easement of person, place, thing or feeling? many a riddle come to question many a riddle lay one impression what is it to want? what is it to hold? what is it to have? Is it the consistent bloom of the earthling who … Continue reading To Want? and Other Poems
An Ode to Myself and Other Poems
By Mohsina Dadu An Ode to Myself Don't know how it fleet by, And don't know how nourished with dexterity. Many things and souls to come and go by All Fortified for better version, And today that I turned forty. In course piled through tangled net, This trivial but Thy fond pet. Your Sky, Earth … Continue reading An Ode to Myself and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 