Ansel Adams with Cameras for Hands Civil disobedience on Saturn again. Mommy’s ring finger is getting rather sore. When I walk with my feet we are someone else’s entourage. Bright lights in the sky like never blinking. Plum icebox Willie Carlos and broken pail Conrad. This vile archeology of hairballs. The Chrysler Building with wheels … Continue reading Poems by Ryan Flanagan
Various Poems
By Marc Carver I walked down Congress I wrote a poem at every bench I came to and left it there. Must have been ten or so I even left one in a bush I can't remember all the words but I can remember the soul of them LOST As I … Continue reading Various Poems
The World I Want To Live In
By Jessica Ricks I don’t want to live in a world Without creativity, love, peace, And happiness. But if I had to live with Pain at my core, At least it’s something I Already know...
Breathe In, Breathe Out
By Jessica Ricks Everything stops. Shaking hands, heart palpitations Throat tightens, Someone standing on my chest Weighing me down. Falling through space, accelerating, The world is a haze. Breath stuck, oxygen deprived Concentration gone. Breathe in, breathe out. Time freezes. Suddenly a ghost no longer part of myself, On the outside. Nothing … Continue reading Breathe In, Breathe Out
Us
By Jessica Ricks I want you by my side. As I embark on this crazy whirlwind … Continue reading Us
Ice Dancers
By Linda Imbler In the dead of winter, teach them to bob up-and-down, to wobble from side to side to protect their roots from the push of icy winds. Before they wither, do not let too much ice settle on them. do not let then become weighted down, oppressed. Teach the tender shoots the faith … Continue reading Ice Dancers
Dreams Have Breathed a New Dawn
By Dr. Imbesat There is that beautiful mountain I can climb, See and feel the air moving the pine, I know all that I see is mine. Have to be strong, Keep moving on, The dreams have breathed a new dawn.
A Night So Beautiful We Had To Burn Down The Senator’s House 40-42
By Darren Demaree A NIGHT SO BEAUTIFUL WE HAD TO BURN DOWN THE SENATOR’S HOUSE #40 Ohio, do you love us? We know we do this in opposition to your leaking heart. A NIGHT SO BEAUTIFUL WE HAD TO BURN DOWN THE SENATOR’S HOUSE #41 The landscape an hour short of dawn … Continue reading A Night So Beautiful We Had To Burn Down The Senator’s House 40-42
The Morning Sun
By Thomas Page Whatever happened to the morning sun Asks the solitary, evening moon b ‘low The stars and the clouds framing a sky done. This time of year, I cough up my own lung Winter’s curse to the body that will know Whatever happened to the morning sun? Leather rancher coat … Continue reading The Morning Sun
Bloomsday
By Thomas Page If I had one day unrelentingly noted By an expatriate in some Romantic country Twenty or so years from now What would they say? How would they start? With rambling thoughts as I groggily wake up? What would be important? What I ate? Drank? What I did on my phone? … Continue reading Bloomsday
Academy of the Heart And Mind 