By Angie Andriot A whisper lost in a din Words spilling over Nonsense [Fill-in-the-blank] Is it profound? I want to let it out I don’t know how C:\>_ Angie Andriot is a Research Analyst who occasionally writes things that aren't dry and full of numbers, and even more occasionally publishes them. Her first fiction piece was recently published … Continue reading The Language of the Heart (Trapped in an Algorithm)
No Skin is Too Thick and Other Poems
By Fadrian Bartley No Skin is Too Thick Let us hold men in our hands to feel their rough edges between our fingers, and massages their temper before we misunderstand. let us have them sit on balconies and submit to our attention and call that moment the vibes, so their inner voice will speak through … Continue reading No Skin is Too Thick and Other Poems
A.I. Imitates Life and Other Poems
By Robert Eugene Perry A.I. Imitates Life I can no longer tell if I am jacked into a real time simulation or a simulation of real time. Pulled into technology’s orbit cellular satellite of my soul, image enhanced beyond measure – attempting a play at real life, I pause my AI music stream – silence … Continue reading A.I. Imitates Life and Other Poems
Angry Enough and Patriarchal Wedding
By Taylor Rae Connor Angry Enough I look at you with eyes blinded By pain, sadness, hatred— And I see a guilty man. The future I dreamed of crumbles, Leaving gray ashes in my quivering hands. There will never be a romantic wedding To mark what should been the happiest day Of our wonderful life … Continue reading Angry Enough and Patriarchal Wedding
The tree spoke
By Dr. Harsimran Kaur What then if winter came, What then if my shade became chilly, What then if my worth aren't now, but remain, No one'll like to sit under my fallen branches. However my existence might be felt, When you walk on the road of breath, You can't never stop your journey, When … Continue reading The tree spoke
Udder and Other Poems
By Januário Esteves Udder In the silky light where the day dawns Crimson horizons to the south stretch And all the beauty the world magnifies In the solitude of the communion they harbor And in that simple connection that emerges Becomes the solicitous and obedient lover Careless in amazement cries For that rapture you lack … Continue reading Udder and Other Poems
I Want to Write a Poem
By Imam Sarafadeen I want to write a poem That sees the world and all In and out, to say it all, a poem That will touch and guide a life of short and tall I want to say what my mouth couldn't say What hurts and hurts yet it gives me a way To … Continue reading I Want to Write a Poem
On Living and Other Poems
By Lisa B. Friedland On Living I live next to a cemetery But who’s living, who’s dead? Our way in the world is not only catalyzed by sitting or lying down. Maybe there’s a party in there! Laughter beyond the Heights I wonder in my mind, what is quiet or still? Remember the flavor of … Continue reading On Living and Other Poems
Cataract
By Inga Piotrowska The doctor told me that I have cataract and the world will always look blurry. I read somewhere that searching is not poetry. It is a bumpy road and dead-end coming home and instantly leaving sleeping 3 hours a night forgetting to clean the counter. Searching is not about finding. It is … Continue reading Cataract
Resiliency is What Happens
By J.T. Hassey Resiliency is what happens when you are tired, and you allow yourself to be tired, and you sleep, and you are rested, and the world allows – the world encourages – your rest and reawakening. J.T. Hassey is a clinician, an artist, a talker, and a listener, who writes about death, despair, … Continue reading Resiliency is What Happens
