By Donald Guadagni The dog days of summer linger, hot languid air settles one more time. When a breeze arrives the leaves on the trees sluggishly wave as their colors become less vivid with each passing day. The equinox approaches and all of nature prepares for the transitions of the seasons, soon it will be … Continue reading The Last Leaf
Poetry
By Lynn Long Yellow butterflies on a spring breeze And the very real knowledge, I will never be- The summer wind navigating your ship upon love's tempestuous seas Eowyn to your Aragorn I fall with grace... Seeking shelter from the storm amid Autumn's reign- and finding solace in the winter... once again xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Winter blues One … Continue reading Poetry
Two Poems by Ahmad Al-Khata
Love Between the Seasons I see you in the blue sky, you became a dark cloud I dream of you in a rainbow, you dream of me in autumn Writing a Letter I will be writing a letter to nobody brave or I know I want to say I am sorry for … Continue reading Two Poems by Ahmad Al-Khata
Autumn
By Kimber Annie It peaked around the corner at me this morning then like a friendly ghost it hid. The friendly part is my favorite. The haunting part, not so much. I did feel it. It was there. I know it’s coming back and it’s coming back to stay, at least for a few months … Continue reading Autumn
“Full Bloom”
By Kelli J. Gavin Spring is in full bloom Vibrant colors and aromatic smells Have finally returned Like a long lost friend Warmly welcomed and embraced A time of renewal A season of growth Present every day Right before our astonished eyes Were the leaves always that beautiful? Was the grass always so green? Did … Continue reading “Full Bloom”
The Seasoned Moons
By Thomas Page Winter's first full moon Cloaked in two faced patronage Is and not the same. Spring's first full moon o'er Refreshed dusk welcoming dawn Is and not the same. Summer's first full moon Drenched in sunned atmosphere Is and not the same. Autumn's first full moon Watching the dusk … Continue reading The Seasoned Moons
“The Faces of the Seasons”
By Thomas Page If I were to spin a season from silk, Making human’d face out of spitting Image, who would we behold right there? Spring would probably be a young woman With flowers and orchids blooming from her Hair. She, like the softly-born breeze, would float ‘bove The groves and glens hued with forest … Continue reading “The Faces of the Seasons”
Songs for Four Seasons
By Joan McNerney Spring Equinox This is when we search for color to transform cold grey. Rainfall begins its magic high lighting sky blue. We see stacks of luminous clouds as plants pop out emerald buds and forsythia busts open with sparkling yellow stalks. Trees dressed up in chic green boogie through noon breezes. Aromatic … Continue reading Songs for Four Seasons
Haiku 290-299
By Thomas Page 290 Ebullient feelings, Like flambéd meringue, rest upon The base beneath it 291 Leaves hued with yellow Falling gently on parents Playing with their child 292 The cogs work beneath The face of a clock ticking Away on a wall 293 The bird feeder, prey Of those who fear … Continue reading Haiku 290-299
Haiku 257-267
By Thomas Page 257 Minutes morph into Hours as the students try To babble different sounds 258 Students, no matter Where they go to school, will talk ‘Bout anything but 259 Adulthood, like beams Made from cave-dripped water, Fuses without notice 260 A parking lot made Barren by the revolving Moonlight—glowing eyes … Continue reading Haiku 257-267
Academy of the Heart And Mind 