By Mike Turner The sun’s warm crimson rays Signal the end of day Cool dusk is gaining way At eventide Eventide Lay down your woes and cares And with a loved one share The calm and stilling air At eventide Eventide No longer need we toil To make our loose ends meet The simple needs … Continue reading Eventide
Your Will and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Your Will Think what you think Do what you will No one will wait until What has already been Achieved By the dreamers Pursuing their passions Because doing anything That one wants Characterizes Lack of character While nobility Makes characters Own their own Narratives Narrate, if you will Only in Name … Continue reading Your Will and Other Poems
When He Was Three
By C. Toto Zaremba We build princess castles Made of sand or of clay. Magic on the kitchen table As grandson and nonni play. Imagination sets the background, Laughter fills the stage, Nothing else matters, Its such a wonderful age.
Not Here
By C. Toto Zaremba We used to walk here together. We wondered who the people were And who they left behind. We knew them only as names on stones. We knew they were no longer here. Your name is not on a stone. You would never sit here quietly. I don't come here to visit … Continue reading Not Here
Speech Acts: Another Lesson in Chinese Characters and Other Poems
By Yuan Changming Speech Acts: Another Lesson in Chinese Characters 说 /shuo/: to say is to make an exchange in words 语 /yu/: language is defined in terms of what I say 课 /ke/: a lesson should be learned by talking about the result 谎 /huang/: to lie is to throw a remark from … Continue reading Speech Acts: Another Lesson in Chinese Characters and Other Poems
In the City of Angels and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong In the City of Angels Angelic angels gather around Where hope and opportunity could be found “La La Land” might be idiomatic But nothing is truly automatic For the willpower of perseverance Can bring The City of Angels Into existence Because when gracious people gather Unification is what really matters Treat … Continue reading In the City of Angels and Other Poems
Academy Classics: Halloween Songs
By John Page "Something at the Door" There was a lady getting ready for bed A-hoo a-hoo a-hoo She went and bumped her head A-hoo a-hoo a-hoo She heard a knock upon the door A-hoo a-hoo a-hoo Then she went across the floor A-hoo a-hoo a-hoo Then she went to open the door A-hoo a-hoo … Continue reading Academy Classics: Halloween Songs
The Broken Door List and Ghost Stories with My Grandpa
By Riley Winchester The Broken Door List I was in the kitchen filling an ice cube tray with water when I heard the front door being ripped apart. I went to the front door and saw it coming undone from the bottom up. On the other side I could see the undoers. There was a … Continue reading The Broken Door List and Ghost Stories with My Grandpa
Vivacity and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Vivacity Vivacious Stupendous Spirits high Defy thy sky More than I For the lively Live freely Lift oneself Be thyself No matter what city Or residence Where one resides For the world Is the home of all Ritual Sunrise sunset Sunrise sunset Cyclical cycle Begin again And again Darkness giving way … Continue reading Vivacity and Other Poems
The Dragon
By John Page The cave shakes The dragon wakes Into the sky it flies Tomorrow someone shall die The dragon seeks it’s foe Where it is, it does not know In it’s heart is a burning need To avenge a most foul deed The sky races by as the dragon looks It will get back … Continue reading The Dragon
Academy of the Heart And Mind 