By Mike Turner "One beautiful heart is better than a thousand beautiful faces" - Shakespeare (provenance uncertain) Search all existence Land, sea, Earth, Heavens Seek not fame Fortune Power But the simplicity of comfort Compatibility Mutual respect Peace Love Looking past a thousand pretty faces To find one beautiful heart Upon which to hang Hopes, dreams And … Continue reading One Beautiful Heart
Poems by Alice-Catherine Jennings
How like a winter hath my absence been … Water witching my way to the river I unclasp the iron brackets of the clapboard gate— the smell of brown green. The estuary renews its force while the lichen pimples the slabs of stone at the water’s edge. Crescano crescano crescano églantier, ephedra & … Continue reading Poems by Alice-Catherine Jennings
“The Night Country”
By Laura Potts ‘The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveler returns’ – Hamlet. Old winter hour, gloam and the glow of this last evening fire, after the time of the cold and away from my last-gasp hourglass and this passing grey; after the far-cast dust of my day when the half- light fields breathe … Continue reading “The Night Country”
Tommy Golden Shovel #1
Golden Shovels: This is a relatively new form that uses a quote's words as the "end rhymes" of the new poem. Therefore. attributing the original author is very important when titling these poems. I will give proper credit / title for each. Thought without purpose by Thomas Page after William Shakespeare "It is a … Continue reading Tommy Golden Shovel #1
Academy of the Heart And Mind 