By Luke Beling The sea was a candle in his eyes. If he hoped to find what lay underneath it, he'd need to kiss her on the lips and promise to be back one day. Mary considered herself more than obtuse, undebated over like the choice of a holiday in the mountains or at the … Continue reading Leaving For Love
Conned
By James Dunn Second Lieutenant James Dawson made his way through the Happy Hour crowd at the Charleston Air Force Base Officer’s Club bar and ordered a glass of white wine. After he took a sip his friend and squadron mate, First Lieutenant John Tamkun came up from behind and nudged his arm. “Glad you … Continue reading Conned
Ms. Violet
By Danae Younge We ran through the dark, the bottoms of our shoes sinking into the sand with every step. Terry was too excited to allow that to slow her down, though, she raced towards the moving beam of light which rotated steadily from the lighthouse like a planet on orbit, illuminating little slivers of … Continue reading Ms. Violet
Peace Within
By Thembi Vuma As open as I am and as peaceful as my thoughts are now, I have been through the wilderness, At times felt like, I was climbing mountain Kilimanjaro and I couldn’t see the other side, My emotions roaring all day long couldn’t think straight, For my heart was not at rest, … Continue reading Peace Within
Wet With Tears
By Thomas R. Bates I cannot get out of my head, Nor do I necessarily want to, The image of the one time you Wept, eyes red, wet with tears, During those last weeks of your Painfully slow decline into death. You seemed to face it and accept it So stoically without any regrets, But … Continue reading Wet With Tears
Poems by John Sweet
some thoughts on the man she sees when she closes her eyes gives in to the incomplete shapes of the people from his past answers letters and emails, says i love you, says i loved you, watches snow blow past the windshield this is the world without color these moments are … Continue reading Poems by John Sweet
A Vacancy
By Poppy Scarlett One insignificant white bench – wasted fragrant roses falling into the blankness of the oncoming darkness. You sit I lean - watching as the sun sinks further caressing all those sleepers who lie themselves warm in their imaginings. No ins – no outs other than to say here we are coming together albeit as two … Continue reading A Vacancy
“Inside Out”
By Wayne Russell I am the dead inside out, more alone than you could possibly imagine. Underneath kaleidoscope skies, trees sway in the sorrowful breeze, loneliness has a hold on the stranglehold cool of day. I lit a match and the world imploded, sat outside and watched people passing by in subtle sway. She and me equaled = … Continue reading “Inside Out”
“Harmony”
By Lynn White We began so well, so in tune, catching the notes dropped by angels and playing with them before they fell, creating a perfect harmony. But then, we started to miss a few notes which fell, crashing into our rhythms, disrupting the flow of our music, upsetting our harmony. Just a few … Continue reading “Harmony”
Academy of the Heart And Mind 