By Leah Brodsky California Dreams I dream of a time where I can go back to California, Where I can see the surfers on the Waves in wetsuits protecting them from sorrow, Where the food trucks have men Offering napkins to wipe away pain. California is full of strangers, Of park rangers, And Avengers. I … Continue reading California Dreams and Waves of Time
Where My Spine Got in Shape and Other Poems
By Doerthe Huth Where My Spine Got in Shape recently I found my way back to my own beginning on which the backbone of my life got in shape and hardened like liquid steel under river water A Industrial City - of all places? you asked. Why not Berlin, Syney or New York? Later I … Continue reading Where My Spine Got in Shape and Other Poems
Curl and Other Poems
By Stephen Kingsnorth Curl The rising shave of chiselled wood, the great wave off Kanagawa, the calligraphic curve of grace, or ringlet hair around the ear. The sabre swipe of crescent moon, the dancing turn of treble clef, the cosmic turn gyrating spheres, or circling cornet ice-cream filled. Plantagenet pods' twisting spring, turning water past … Continue reading Curl and Other Poems
Sincerely Natural and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Sincerely Natural Natural Wonder Wondrous indeed Encompassing the sublime Sometimes fading with time Preserve such beauty Through environmental advocacy And take a stand To defend the land Through lending a hand Founding Founding Fathers Helped establish America Finding oneself Is part of the dream No matter how rough Life might seem, … Continue reading Sincerely Natural and Other Poems
Just One Spark and Other Poems
By Andrew Scott Just One Spark For change, sometimes all it takes is just one spark to see the light of what is right and what is wrong and the right path for change. The fires start out of frustration in the chaos of the land from watching flames of anger burn from broken ditches. … Continue reading Just One Spark and Other Poems
The Only Angel
By Vahid Husen Sayyad You are the only angel who come to my dream. With long brown curly hair and pink lips like rose. With the fragrance of purity you flow like a mild stream. I can feel myself alive again when you are close. With your smile, you give life to thousands of butterflies. … Continue reading The Only Angel
How We Leave and Other Poems
By Donna L. Emerson How We Leave Aunt Betty, my mother’s older sister, of the flaming red hair, fancy makeup, resembled a magazine model. Her clothing dramatic, stylish, often green or modern waves of pink and orange. In my school, girls with red hair never wore orange and said this was a rule that lasts … Continue reading How We Leave and Other Poems
Neath Shaded Trees
By Mike Turner Sun’s golden, setting rays Filter through verdant leaves Whilst a gentled, whispered wind Comforts with cooling breeze Arms’ strong, warm embrace On our hearts bestow their ease As a sweet and simple kiss Our passions lightly tease As twilight slowly fades And day’s memories we reprise Let us cross o’er yonder river … Continue reading Neath Shaded Trees
The Jack-O-Lantern Metaphor and Other Poems
By John Maurer The Jack-O-Lantern Metaphor As soon as I let myself in my head I tear it to pieces Gut my childhood memories Toss the liver of my birthdays Into a pan with coconut oil Harrow my hauntings with a hatchet Find my heart to be a puzzle short a piece Throw this into … Continue reading The Jack-O-Lantern Metaphor and Other Poems
Burnt Lace and Other Poems
By Christian Garduno Burnt Lace It wasn’t music to dance to, it was music to fall in love with someone in your room to, to figure out what you were going to wear for them tomorrow, music to spin to, to lie down to, to close your eyes to, to escape inside, it was music … Continue reading Burnt Lace and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 