May Flowers Contest Winners

We are proud to announce the winners of our May Flowers Contest: Art: "Red Flower Watercolor" by Eleanor Halpern Fiction: "The Phases of the Moon: One Sentence Story" by Mehreen Ahmed Poetry: "Wildflowers" by Stacie Eirich Each of their pieces will debut throughout the day starting at 11:00 am and ending at 1:00 p.m. EST. …

May Flowers Contest

It's time for our next contest! Our editors are looking for poems, short stories, and art pieces which celebrate flowers and other flora. They can be from any genre. The requirements: Entries must be submitted by APRIL 15, 2022They can be any length and you can turn in more than oneThey must be APPROPRIATE. This means …

The Tragic Indolence and Other Poems

By Shakti Pada Mukhopadhyay The Tragic Indolence Oh Hamlet! Why did you die? The Ghost had warned you not to delay and Horatio remained as a true friend. But you committed blunder to postpone your actions of killing Claudius at the first instance. You wished to send Claudius’ soul to hell instead of heaven. Fate …

Dazed: The Enslaved Mind and Other Poems

By P.A. Esangha Dazed: The Enslaved Mind His destiny in his own hand An easy trade without a brain-cap Ignorant, a man without a plan. A future he sold for a grain-cup Bottles, bottle in the house of bottles Imprisoned by his own greed Unable to solve life's puzzles He is nothing but a helot. …

Losing Friends

By Victor Schwartzman Earnest stood on the edge of a cliff. He hated losing friends. People came and went. He hated losing connections. He hated losing people. Casual friends dropped out as casually as they dropped in. Some were charming and he missed them. Those losses caused some pain. People he’d known for years was …

Death is Symphony of Life

By Dr. Imbesat Syed I saw beauty in death, I saw liberation in death. I felt breath in death, I saw vision in death. I heard symphonies in death, I touched life in death, For death completes life and births life. Death is the ultimate reward, Death is the ultimate destiny. Death gives life, meaning, …

Nostalgia, a Sweet Reminisce and Other Poems

By Nivedita Krishna Nostalgia, a Sweet Reminisce As I walked across that lonely desolate road, No it was not a hill station filled with eternal solitude of nature, It was the same crowded route that leaded to the same destination each day, Those familiar faces were strange acquaintances Who exchanged greetings everyday, With a warm …

The Hollow Heart of Pewabic Mountain

By Christopher C Tennant In the spring of ’87 she left me, so I packed up my things and went east. I wandered far from civilization, across ragged hills and barren deserts, across the open byways and empty ravines that mark the contours of the great and endless West. I was alone for a time, …

What Theory Alone Could Miss and In the Shade

By Sarah Bilodeau What Theory Alone Could Miss  Acrylic: 2011 I encountered a new theory that sailed me to this promising path; to a glistening shore of possibility. I started applying this new idea before it was time to think, assuming its utility more often than what was needed. The theory became a black box …

A Moment of Synchronicity

By Ruby Pressman Today, I was sitting outside a church with my friend Christina. "Do you think --" I paused. "Do I think that God really exists?" We both laughed. "No," I chuckled, "I meant -- do you think that life makes any sense?" "No, are you kidding me?! Of course not!" I thought she …

Hear Me and Other Flash Fiction

By Aviva Derenowski Hear Me "Why are you mad?" he pleaded mournfully. His pain finally penetrated the veil of her perception, Previously, she'd been focused only on her needs. But - Did she want that existence? No, She desired mutuality; she wanted to listen to his needs and yearnings. So she enriched her reality; One …

Nice Day For It

By Wendy Taylor Nice day For It ‘It was a nice day for it,’Anna said. Rob waited for her to continue. ‘I rode Roly over the back of the farm and down to the river today,’ said Anna. ‘That would have been fun,’  Rob replied. He shifted his position in the wipe clean chair and …