Identity

By Oladasu Michael Emerald In his early twenties, Oladosu Michael Emerald writes from Ogun State, Nigeria. He is a poet, an artist, an actor and a worshipper of music , who gathers muse from personal experiences, happenings in society and nature. He has a silvery voice that etches in the heart of his audience. Say hi …

1st Place Springtime Contest: “A Flash of Blue” by Mike Turner

A flash of blue Just a hint In my peripheral vision As I gaze across my yard What have I seen If anything at all? Cobalt sky laced with white clouds? No, ‘twas more ephemeral Indigo cats-paw ripples Dappled with golden sunlight On the surface of the backyard pool? Nay, ‘twas more elusive There, again …

Art by Zita Vilutyte

Poems by Nardine Sanderson

Blue Heron. _______________   I had forgotten about the great blue heron, the strength of wings There gliding I had forgotten about the great day coming The sun so often providing I slept with dreams of unified stars And cradled features of the light And wept the longest Years thereafter Before the ending of the …

“The Would-Be Hibernatory Blues”

By Ian Copestick   It's dusk, a freezing, misty Winter"s evening. Snow in the Air, and remnants of it on the Ground, here and there, where The sun in the short daytime Hasn't reached. The daylight Lasts less than eight hours Before surrendering to Darkness once again. The Earth and the air feel tired, Waiting …

“Impressions”

By Sanjeev Sethi Heart learned early about issues of entanglement. Player of my pitfall indited on the quicksand between us. When awkwardness of first love entered, inly I knew cruelty of contours but I swam with the blues. Second time I was champing at the bit. It happened quicker than I could control it. In its …

Blue

  by Jeff Rodrigues   Blue is quiet. It is the simple melancholy of life. The silent moments that do not need reason or explanation. It is the simplicity of existence and its ebb and flow. Blue is a feeling. It can weigh you down and push you forward. It is the bright blue sky …