By Don Kingfisher Campbell Everyone can guess you put butterflies in my soul They've probably deduced I've felt a migration of feeling But do they know you are my Martin Luther King preacher for my poetic freedom I was once behind bars imposed by a closed-minded material marriage But my heart flamed inside through my … Continue reading Mariposas
I am
By Rajnish Mishra Rajnish Mishra is a poet, writer, translator and blogger born and brought up in Varanasi, India and now in exile from his city. His work originates at the point of intersection between his psyche and his city. His work has now started appearing in journals and websites. I play animatedly, happily for … Continue reading I am
I Guess I Will Turn Into a Cloud
By Don Kingfisher Campbell I guess I will turn into a cloud Maybe then you'll notice I float Over the present of your presence Or possibly a painting for sale Featuring the childlike colors Of elementary love I offer Even better I'll be a vase So I can live close to you Watch you go … Continue reading I Guess I Will Turn Into a Cloud
Illusion is our imagined separation from God
By Allison Grayhurst Bend down and savor the shallow water, stroking out praise like the wind strokes the skin on a gentle day. I was in the pit, closed across the journey, forming lines, lining up eagle eggs, pine cones and leashes. Breaking though irregular dreams that break the edges and expand in an … Continue reading Illusion is our imagined separation from God
Biology
By Don Kingfisher Campbell Before I met you I was just some hyperthermophile in a Morning Glory Pool When we did hook up we became a batch of sea lettuce harboring green algae Then we slept together and realized we turned red, produced a calcium carbonite cement As we committed we evolved into a mangrove swamp … Continue reading Biology
Poems By Sudeep Adhikari
Bio: Sudeep Adhikari is a structural engineer/Lecturer from Kathmandu, Nepal. His recent publications were with Beatnik Cowboys, Chiron Review, The Ekphrastic Review, Midnight Lane Boutique, Occulum, Silver Birch Press, Eunoia Review, Utt Poetry and Spilling Cocoa Over Martin Amis. His poetry volume "zen of tripping zeroes" was recently released through Alien Buddha Press, USA. By … Continue reading Poems By Sudeep Adhikari
Poems by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
By Ryan Quinn Flanagan Grandfather Clock Between the savage crags we dug him up with hands of earth and malice a grandfather clock pulled from the ground like annihilating flowers, peering through the shards of his broken glass face to know what the time was when he stopped. Simone and Sartre She was from the … Continue reading Poems by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Life is a Glass of Coke
By Sravani Singampalli Email id: srvscool@gmail.com Bio: Sravani Singampalli is a published writer and poet from India. She is presently pursuing doctor of pharmacy at JNTU KAKINADA university in Andhra Pradesh,India. I sit with a glass of coke I take small sips And enjoy its refreshing taste. Conversations with my friends press on And after sometime … Continue reading Life is a Glass of Coke
“Choice”
By Kelly-Marie Manning You don’t choose someone else if you love her You don’t choose someone else when you’ve seen her sacrifice it all For you You don’t make that choice Instead you choose to love You choose to fight You choose to accept I remember looking into your eyes I saw home But … Continue reading “Choice”
“E”
This awesome piece was entered in our January Challenge 2018! By Kelly-Marie Manning They say just because you love someone doesn’t mean you are supposed to be with them. I mean, are you sure? How can it be true when someone like him exists? Years and years have passed. Years that I have spent loving him. … Continue reading “E”
Academy of the Heart And Mind 