By Chidozie Okonkwo Better I could do it better —teach you how to undo small things that take up big parts. —swim back to the land of origins, and become the ideal plot in the emotional narrative of the gods. We will dream dreams and take flights —of ecstasy and of glee. We will meditate … Continue reading Better and Other Poems
Road Closed Ahead
By Divya Manikandan “I’ve never seen them shut like this,” Meena said, bending her head away from the scorching Indian sun. Her forehead burrowed into a frown as she twisted her sandals into the gravel. A small pebble entered her chappal and she pressed down on it. “I didn’t even know they could close,” Sid … Continue reading Road Closed Ahead
The Reunion
By John Page I walk through the graveyard of St. Imes. It is late at night but I prefer the dark. It makes the loss seem less real. I have not come here in a long time--the pain was too raw. I reflect on how I desperately miss her. It is not fair how she … Continue reading The Reunion
Poems by Fabrice Poussin
Thoughts He described it as a warm day in winter end of times for the abandoned shell upon a beach in the sand of a broken glass. She was resting beneath the waves her eyes seared with a star’s mockery a slow pulse mimicking what remained of her memories. No longer did … Continue reading Poems by Fabrice Poussin
Academy of the Heart And Mind 