By Anthony Ward Getting On As we grow older, We become firmer. Rigid with responsibility- Making us brittle. When you’re young, You’re soft and ductile. You don’t feel hurt The way we do. Where we were once quite agile, We’re now quite fragile, Much stronger in mind, Than when we believed we were. A Fine … Continue reading Getting On and Other Poems
Emptied of Desire and Other Poems
By Richard LeDue Emptied of Desire The dark circles under my eyes are hallow, the pillow a sponge for my sweat, blankets too easily pulled away in the middle of the night, and the dream journal from my youth full of crooked words, describing eyelids that dared to take shape among the space between stars, … Continue reading Emptied of Desire and Other Poems
At Forlorn Days
By Ezekiel Angela Iyeh Birds sang porch songs no more when the earth swallowed a woman, a heart as sweet as melon. Stillness framed the hearts of her sons and daughter. Dawn came wobbling, like the rolling of pages in the wind, summoning the spirit of sorrow with dark clouds as light glowed away like … Continue reading At Forlorn Days
White Rains and Other Poems
By Lorraine Caputo White Rains I. Afternoons the heavens grey, layer upon thick layer of looming clouds, thunder crumpling then silenced by the rain that dampens lanes, streaks white-washed walls of Ciudad Blanca. II. Sometimes the thunder awaits the dusk to sweep the streets clean of another day. III. One late day, as the sun … Continue reading White Rains and Other Poems
The Pickle Jar and Other Poems
By John T. Walsh Jr. The Pickle Jar There was a jar without a label on a mantle on the wall Care was always taken to insure it didn’t fall…. Gramp said it held treasures that I couldn’t see at all That night he pulled the sofa out with a night-light in the hall “Lie … Continue reading The Pickle Jar and Other Poems
How to Make Happiness
By Amrita Valan Can you tell me? How to be bouncy old-fashioned Resilient? And so happy? Somewhere inside The springs got broken And now I fall so flat So very flat inside A cardboard cut out. Walking around Like the shadow of myself On bare non reflective walls. Tinkering with well being I polish the … Continue reading How to Make Happiness
One Ninety One and Other Poems
By Peter Mladinic One Ninety One The road between Cutler and Lubec is gnarly. You’re the only traveler on it, that’s how you feel, solitary, like the road does and doesn’t want you there. On both sides, thin, sturdy, twisted dim thickets. You don’t want to stop on the roadside and go in. The thickets … Continue reading One Ninety One and Other Poems
The language of leaving
By Jahnavi Gogoi Sometimes a woman leaves She gets up and walks, a wailing child in tow Or perhaps a ginger cat, a Maine coon, or a Bengal It could be a parrot or a hamster for all you know From porches and cars, sliding down a drainpipe Through the fire exit and Emergency doors … Continue reading The language of leaving
Yes and Other Poems
By Thomas Cannon Yes Yes I want you back in my life Yes I’ve got questions that Yes I know you don’t want to talk about Yes I know that is my fault Yes I want things back to normal Yes I want things to be like they were, but Yes, its seems like a … Continue reading Yes and Other Poems
The nocturnal rain
By Midhlaj Padoli Yesternight, far upon the hill, one lone tree did rain. Droplets oozing off every single leaf. Incessant downpour. And the waters were carried by its own roots To far-off lands, Where the crows mewed, cats crowed, elephants hummed and snails did run. From where, one little rose swam to see the tree … Continue reading The nocturnal rain
Academy of the Heart And Mind 