Only But You

By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein The colourful mind wants to give you. So much! How can I persuade you? In return, I don’t want anything! Your hesitant eyes, I don’t want to look at them. I hold the edge of the watch in your hands, Let me see your hands. But my luck holds the …

Selecting Among Possibilities and Other Art

By KJ Hannah Greenberg EmergentDuring Allegorical SurveysCatalystBlind AlleysSelecting Among Possibilities

Aluminum

By Jim Bates I pulled the aluminum canoe up on shore and looked around. We were on a rocky island covered in pine trees on a small lake in the boundary waters of northern Minnesota. We were also lost. Next to me, Harry, my younger brother cupped his hands into the lake and took a …

My Friend Vishal

By Ranjit Kulkarni I don’t know who I should call a friend. Friendships happen out of nowhere when doing things together. And once they happen, I often find myself keeping them going whether I like it or not. I have made friends when I chanced upon someone who read a common book. I have made …

Railway Station and Other Poems

By Alan Ford Railway Station A platform littered with blurred faces of half-remembered news of departed days, like an old newspaper left on an empty train. There’s a waiting-room of forgotten names of make-believe commuters leaving imaginary footsteps where unreal spirits tread. On the dust ridden floor lies the outline of a hobo. Above it …

Pave the Way and Other Poems

By Deepika Singh Pave the Way The bunker life was blissful. Cuddling with mother, tight stock and good sleep, Calm nature, chirpy birds, so serene Nature burst with joy. This limited life made us Pollyanna. This adverse life taught us to be resilient. Giving an aid to needy, doting towards animals. Morning sunbeam made us …

Spring & Liguria

By Gordana Karakashevska Liguria Spring Tonight under the stars while I wait to hear your sweet voice winter goes quietly, quietly on your toes Oh! how much i love you! My eyes glow with passion dream of your hands dear it warms my youth the blood in my veins. Spring darling lures the buds there …

Lockdown Walk Through Memory Lane

By Maureen Barron The path starts at the fields given over to money making whooping windmills. They say the blades kill the flying birds in the dark! I hope they don't. Why do I have to worry? It spoils things. Don't think! Dog daisies and Hawthorn hedges glimmering from sun's rays. On through the meadows …

Converge and Other Poems

By Alex Andy Phuong Converge Resist the urge To inflict harm Yet do not conform Either Simply merge And unite For we are all In this together Take the Break When there are times Where one must cope No need to struggle Overpower and overcome For being free Involves Breaking free From negativity And being …

Snow and Ice Cream

By Ian Copestick Earlier today, I left the house to do a bit of shopping. It was bitterly cold, on the weather forecast they'd said we should get ready for snow. It looked as if they were going to be right. Now, at 4:30 in the afternoon, I've come out wearing the biggest, thickest, winter …