By Alex Andy Phuong Upheld Do more than uphold Have the head held up high, and Be honestly bold Angle Newfound perspective Relatively relative A new point of view The Good Choice Negative antagonists Will always go against Positive protagonists But there is no shame in being good Because sometimes good things Are truly evil … Continue reading Upheld and Other Works
I Wonder and Bread on Water
By Amrita Valan I Wonder If I had been a flower And you had picked the hue I wonder, if you'd let me be The brightest shade of blue? If I had been your hummingbird And you my song did choose I wonder, would you have picked a song That crooned my deepest blues? If … Continue reading I Wonder and Bread on Water
Learning from Strands and An Err to Hear
By Anila Pillai Learning from Strands To be civilised costs high And to be wild adds volume and waves. To remove strangled you cannot take the whole but Bits and sections small, revoke the tangles right. Stress or stretch on any matter will lead to break, Slow and caring touch will make it look Right. … Continue reading Learning from Strands and An Err to Hear
The Nuptial Dance in Xs and Ys
By Michael De Rosa Melete and I were in the same college math class. I would see her three times a week at 9 AM. Coming in early but not crowding around the prof's desk as the other early birds, I would always sit in the same place. Melete, with her auburn hair and a … Continue reading The Nuptial Dance in Xs and Ys
Blue She Was and Other Prose Poems
By Ennie Moe Blue She Was She was Blue; An azure River that flowed with the terms of the wind — aimless and lost in an ocean of pitch black.She was Blue, for melancholy had marred her soul with burning bruises of pale lilac.She was Blue, and she knew not any other color to feel than the one … Continue reading Blue She Was and Other Prose Poems
Missing and Other Poems
By Andrew Scott Missing Used to see pictures of the missing, everyday, everywhere. The persons were either gone for days or for yeas on end. Makes a person think how or why they went missing. For some, when it came time, did the person become lost, disoriented due to a condition? Not knowing where they … Continue reading Missing and Other Poems
Fearless of Death
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein I fear not Death. Death is the ultimate truth. Death is waiting. For the next life Where I will be judged. By the Almighty. Or there is no afterlife. But Death is the end. The curtains of the play called life Finally comes to close. Death is where are no … Continue reading Fearless of Death
Paths Not Taken
By Cathy Beaudoin You wouldn’t know it, but Nadine walked just fast enough to miss the little details in life. Today, like most other days, she walked in the early morning. Skippy, her white, shaggy-haired mutt, trotted alongside her. He panted heavily, not from being overweight, but because Nadine hustled to get in her five … Continue reading Paths Not Taken
Colonel Bauer’s Choice
By Lucas Zhou Fresh from the military academy, Colonel Bauer was a quiet young man whose bright, seafoam- green eyes captured the hearts of the high society ladies of Vienna. In normal times he spoke with a soft voice. When a flustered young servant ran into the parlor waving a telegram from Linz in his … Continue reading Colonel Bauer’s Choice
From the Water
By AJ Lyndon It was not enough that they had enslaved us. It was not enough that we toiled for them night and day. It was not enough that our men came home exhausted, shaking, sweating, their bodies torn, if they came home at all. It was not enough to keep us at death’s threshold. … Continue reading From the Water
