By Alex Andy Phuong Sea Foam Waves crashing upon the sand Water naturally connected with land See the sea Sometimes sea foam green Hardly ever obscene And even as a tempest Becomes a test Of courage and endurance The ones who overcome Refuse to succumb To the mysterious power Of the supposedly final hour And … Continue reading Sea Foam and Other Poems
Catechism Lesson
By John Affleck When Monsignor Sweeney visits our fifth-grade classroom, everybody gets geeked up, even more than when we’re in Sister Madeline’s English class. Usually, we get about 30 minutes notice, like an air raid, before Sweeney shows up. Our homeroom teacher, Sister Noreen, announces the visit in a formal tone — we’re lucky enough … Continue reading Catechism Lesson
Three Poems by Nardine Sanderson
Corners of my soul. Inspired by his heart, this love to deep to comprehend , it stretches past the boundaries i once built, there truly is no end For all the victorious movements my eyes have made, I capture pictures of my love in timeless images , where he has laid In the corners of … Continue reading Three Poems by Nardine Sanderson
Black Soul Choir
By James D. Casey IV Swallowed whole, followed down a dream. Written under duress, at worms' command, behind dead eyes. Can you taste me? Between my teeth, I'm just like you. An ape in need of the bottom. In some form of an escape. The missing link. Digging through the ash. A chemical imbalance, never … Continue reading Black Soul Choir
Alphabets: Chi
By Thomas Page Sometimes but not always there is a chiasmus Between strangers as they pass And they just know that this was meant to happen Without a word to isolate them Or a gesture to consolidate them Just a moment to exist And share in something beyond what can be said In any tongue … Continue reading Alphabets: Chi
My Soul
By Ian Copestick In this life, there's not much that I can control But the most important is my soul Let it be open, let it be giving As my body withers and dies Let my soul keep living Let love, not hatred be my guide Let it grow to be beautiful inside No, there's … Continue reading My Soul
The Soul Mirror
By Ahmad Al-khatat You see me, you follow me slow as the night when it slaughters the sunset above the clear skies Golden danger that you hide appears sad from your eyes End me and allow me to die above the pool of my rusty blood I don’t want to be the soul mirror with a … Continue reading The Soul Mirror
Academy of the Heart And Mind 