By Marc Carver I keep looking at her. I can't take my eyes off of her and she is looking straight at me as if I was the only man in the world. How I wish I could touch her or speak to her but I can't. So I just keep looking and breathing in … Continue reading I Keep Looking at Her
The Call
By Satabdi Saha It was time to go. The car was scheduled to arrive after an hour or so. He sat, ruminating, heart heavy and torn, to leave the house where he and Anjali lived for more than fifty years. The quiet little garden where they planted roses and her favourite Kamini tree beneath the … Continue reading The Call
Guiding Guidance and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Guiding Guidance Poetic twists and turns Sometimes driving off course Yet still Moving forward And onwards Towards the journey To Self-Discovery To Formulate One’s Own Identity Watches Watches tell time Measurements of an enigma Something truly sublime Watching a life Fade away Is sad But not as bad As wasting a … Continue reading Guiding Guidance and Other Poems
Two Lies and a Truth
By Taruni Tangirala two lies and a truth i slurp on the vanity of superior beings in the lounge of contemplation; a trifold of mirrors reflects three different aspersions back at me. i see a centaur; dressed in battle gear and a dunce cap, ready to run away as soon as the battle horn sounds. … Continue reading Two Lies and a Truth
The Globe
By William Baker It is noisy in the dark, stuffy house and hard to sleep. Momma has a lot of people over and they are loud. Paul looks at the globe on his nightstand and shakes it. The silver white snow swirls around the miniature figures on the bridge and they become obscure, hidden in … Continue reading The Globe
The Healing Garden and Other Poems
By Rachel Fenton The Healing Garden The healing garden is a circle within circles – raised flower beds surround a sculpture from the Rotary Club, gears worn smooth, a clockwork cog. An apology walks on two legs between the unturned earth; our PM lays out peach for the dead. Among all that is senseless, feathers … Continue reading The Healing Garden and Other Poems
Butterflies and On an Unknown Road Just Before Dark
By Andre Swanepoel Butterflies They break upon us unrelenting As the dawn breaks like a rainbow Refracting our dewdrop-eyes That settle at once upon our love Like condescending dust confounded In beauty that fuels these monarchs that flit As thoughts between sun and shade Gathering potency On an Unknown Road Just Before Dark The sun … Continue reading Butterflies and On an Unknown Road Just Before Dark
Laugh and Other Poems
By Alex Andy Phuong Laugh Laugh, But not out loud Chuckle But do not choke Satirize Yet also harmonize Employ humor Cautiously For the sake of Uniformity Unite Us! Intel Intellectual intelligence Much more than brilliance Employing the mind And sensation To offer profound perception And empathetic perspectives Upon collective collectives That define more than … Continue reading Laugh and Other Poems
Sliced Tomatoes
By Diane Gillespie Newly married, my husband Mike and I drove along Boskeydell Road through the hills of Southern Illinois on our way to a small farm. It was a warm summer day in 1970. Car windows open, our breaths became deeper and our bodies more relaxed as we observed the countryside, its woods and … Continue reading Sliced Tomatoes
Four Emptied Soles and Other Poems
By Stephen Kingsnorth Four Emptied Soles Wailing, she nestles four shoes, then lays them on poor brown earth, witness to total loss, for these the only graves for three. Rearranging the order, as if seeking for a match, but only one pair present - even shoes sustained a loss. A cloth scrap drapes unmoving, limp-hangs … Continue reading Four Emptied Soles and Other Poems