Having an Education Ever since I was six years old, I strived to emulate the teachers who inspired me to become the educator that I am today. Ironically, I did not like to read when I was a child. Nevertheless, I still went on to earn college degrees in English, and currently work as an … Continue reading Having an Education and Other Prose by Alex Andy Phuong
Derry Down
By Dorian J. Sinnott If I could remember the moment we met, I would ne’er consider each tear of regret-- Was once the ever-flowing pain of lost streams, Still shattered by the voice, the haunts of my dreams…? With violet reflections on fresh fallen snow, You sang her wonders once, so long ago-- My … Continue reading Derry Down
Anew, Hills and Births
By Jamiu Olayinka Olarinoye These hills and its bump are a stub of nature. Its lock of land, raised above peer culture stretches, and drags claims with the mountain; its inspiring hillbilly squats have and contain some ginger trees and lake-lines running miles. In these low-lying region lays life in man's embrace. The rural toils, … Continue reading Anew, Hills and Births
When You Are Gone, You Are Not Gone
By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein Those who say about thee with words of despair, Merely weave walls of words- You are not insane, Oh my love, Talk to me for a while and bless my heart at times, With your pain. Sit with me, feel the gentle breeze, Can you listen to the sound of … Continue reading When You Are Gone, You Are Not Gone
The Life-Blood of Poetry
By Lori Newbold I release my thoughts into the care of words So they can fly upon the wings of poetry. Soaring among clouds of creativity, And then gracefully landing To their home on my page. The life-blood of these emotions flows, Freely as ink from my pen, Forming sentences that give voice to … Continue reading The Life-Blood of Poetry
Self Control
By Abdul Hadi Haleemah Anger overpowers the soul, Fury blinds the eye Take a deep breath and inhale calmness, Control the self. When hurtful thoughts eat up the heart, and Ego rapes the mind, Throw away the wrath, Control the self. Create a life that's sweet, Creed with self control, Away from mire, and rage … Continue reading Self Control
Poetry by Steve Merson
Mrs. Browns Grave Once while visiting Mrs browns grave, a bird swooped down and tipped it's wing. It sang a song she used to sing. That's when I knew she was visiting me. Telescopes Through telescopes I see the scope of worlds so far away. I wonder, if theres someone out there, looking back at … Continue reading Poetry by Steve Merson
Five British Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Hard Centre Why chocolate box that so attracts - the honeyed stone, a cottage thatch, by packhorse bridge, pink pastel walls, with hollyhocks, delphiniums, wisteria, bunched purple grapes? Is it wanting outside latrine, ash to clear daily from the grate, the damp patch creeping up the walls, the gentle rot of window frames, or candle … Continue reading Five British Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Sweet Showers
By Thomas Page When the sticky air boils, sweet showers Pour down upon pilgrims making their way Somewhere as honored as Canterbury Looking for dissenting Thomases true As the horns of bulls parading in Spain. Every season turns as the graying clouds Baptize the pavement in its odor clean Of the pools they pull from—sower, … Continue reading Sweet Showers
Poems by DS Maolalai
Dog dad we don't want children – we've decided that. but we've gotten a dog, and I do understand. not that I'd ever call myself "dog dad" – jesus, I have some dignity. just this thing though; this small ball of dependence ambling the kitchen. walking around, whining and bothering, with eyes so big they … Continue reading Poems by DS Maolalai
