By Awodele Habeeb Panic days and nights, As fear roams and rumbles my land, Causing tough tears from helpless eyes, Grieved groans from thirsty gullets And craving clamour from hungry stomachs, When all is embattled, Of the infestation of cruel creatures ---- Wolves. Black wolves. They everywhere parade in packs, With styles of superiority; of … Continue reading Wolves on My Land
Black hole and Other Poems
By Janelle Finamore Black hole Rushing towards extinction on a Ferris wheel of doubt The heavy night air like an elephant thickens my heart with lust You look in the mirror at the unmasked moon and beg for its glow The wind clothed in desperation and desire striving to become a quiet monk You strangle … Continue reading Black hole and Other Poems
poem in two directions and Other Poems
By John Sweet poem in two directions 45 years and i’m still not sure if it’s hope or despair, these low flat roofs, this endless expanse of luminous blue sky anonymous buildings surrounded by well-manicured lawns and that i have these memories of you which do nothing but cause pain fields of clover and goldenrod … Continue reading poem in two directions and Other Poems
Cleaning the Office and Other Poems
By Daniel P. Barbare Cleaning the Office Making my way lightheartedly and joyfully I’m cleaning the office while writing a poem, harmoniously and ceremoniously with ear, mind, and hands. My Thoughts Happiness arrives when I’m just plain broke not a penny to spend just lean back with my thoughts. Peaches at the Market Soft and … Continue reading Cleaning the Office and Other Poems
A Nice Old Man
By Ian Copestick Where I walk my dog, every day, I see an old man. A nice old man. While the weather's good, he walks around the neighborhood, with a cane He waves at everyone he sees . Whether he knows them, or not, I have no idea. But, I always enjoy meeting him. He's … Continue reading A Nice Old Man
The Vultures Are Circling and Sorcerer of Death
By Andrew Scott The Vultures Are Circling a villanelle Their thirst is burning not waiting on the bodies of the dead The vultures are circling flesh is for the yearning will not stop until they are fed Their thirst is burning Weakness is where they are engaging control is how they are bred The vultures … Continue reading The Vultures Are Circling and Sorcerer of Death
Together
By Lamont A. Turner Together we shall reconstruct the universe from glimpses and whispers, chance encounters with our souls, we shall compose a dirge for our chains and shatter the cell of our existence, our canvas expanding to encompass the infinite. The flowing scarlet of screaming births! The wail of tumultuous origins! This life shall … Continue reading Together
Blue Mires
By Gabriella Garofalo The stars are irked with the rough sea, The nosey parker who always gossips About his neighbours, the dwellers in a dreary flat, The wannabe failing lady, the ratty freaky guy, The wilful rattle-brained girl Bit fed up with books and words- For Heaven's sake, aren’t you so lonely, You withered twig where … Continue reading Blue Mires
Borderland and Other Poems
By Veronica Ashenhurst Borderland —In memory of S.P., my grandfather You’ve been pebbled grey ash in a box for years, while I’m a recluse, ill. We’re a quiet pair: displaced from the land, far from its gold wheat sea. But now, if you knew, you’d quake: the enduring country is a slaughter bench. Men of … Continue reading Borderland and Other Poems
We’ve never met
By Lynn Long We’ve never met And I love you already I’ve always loved you And I know this now All the dreams The love songs The seeking You’ve always been How can it be For we’ve never met Yet, I see you in dream White hibiscus in a coral sea Butterfly kisses And the … Continue reading We’ve never met
Academy of the Heart And Mind 