By Chloe Alfieri "I talk to god but the sky is empty" Sylvia Plath I love the breeze through my window at midnight, the stars and the clouds and the moon, full, embraces me in light. I love, love, love her. Shouting into the void: Is all of this love going somewhere? In her absence … Continue reading Absent Questions
A Day in the Life… And Other Poems
By Ann Christine Tabaka A Day in the Life… dishes piled high in the sink. dirty laundry strewn over the back of a chair. all life in chaos and disarray. nothing seems as it should. twisted visions of dreams from the past. crumbs on the kitchen floor. thinking I need a day off. life running … Continue reading A Day in the Life… And Other Poems
My Imaginerie
By Ken Gosse A Goosey Gander a quip What’s good for the gander is often a good gander at a goose. Pig, Pig, Duck! a senryu Don’t raise either eye looking for pie in the sky once pigs learn to fly. Boo Who! a quatrain A hippo doesn’t need to hide. When watching them, you … Continue reading My Imaginerie
A lot to think about over oatmeal, yogurt, and banana slices And Other Poems
By Peter A. Witt A lot to think about over oatmeal, yogurt, and banana slices In the zuihitsu form Old dog lies on the carpet legs running in place, perhaps trying to futility chase that cantankerous cat who pounced him from the bushes during our late evening walk. Paper person came early today, slung paper … Continue reading A lot to think about over oatmeal, yogurt, and banana slices And Other Poems
The Dance
By Jamie Johnson The words square dance around in my head, unfixed, and unable to tumble down my tongue with ease. I try to talk but only stutter; the weight of those words; the allemandes and do si dos keep it stuck. Then you appear and the frequency in my brain calms; no more, swing … Continue reading The Dance
The scent of home and Other Poems
By Domina Petric The scent of home Heaven at night is full of stars. The candle on my table burns all night. The scent of purity fills my room. I am drawing the Perspective While the street lamps shine. Heavy rain clouds frown above the town. Heavenly Night can be felt only once. Rain, like … Continue reading The scent of home and Other Poems
The Tranquility of Life
By Muhammed Sinan After a long time, I arrived at my heaven. No one uses or minds it. No one stays or comes. No one takes care of or builds up I can see a lot of rusty doors and windows. Pictures of scholars, gods, and historians were hanging on the sore wall. I looked … Continue reading The Tranquility of Life
Memory and Other Poems
By Dominik Slusarczyk Memory This light is Disguised as night. I watch it weave Its way through the Undergrowth like A snake slithering Over a pedantic lawn. I do not call out And beg it for Aid even though I Need light like I Need love: That light will not Help a dying star like … Continue reading Memory and Other Poems
Poem on Kindness
By Sangita Kansal By lighting the path of another You light your own Seeds of love and compassion Not hatred be sown Give spiritual light to the blind And voice to the downtrodden Leave no poor man behind Radiating warmth like the sun Sangita Kansal is a poet from England.
To those who see me
By Kaitlyn Byer Layers of my ghostly flesh Cremated by the tones of My culture I am no longer a who But a what What are you? A gringo showing up to our parranda With her colonizer blood Mami bears the weight Of marrying a white man Of failing to teach me her mother tongue … Continue reading To those who see me
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