In the City of Angels and Other Poems

By Alex Andy Phuong In the City of Angels Angelic angels gather around Where hope and opportunity could be found “La La Land” might be idiomatic But nothing is truly automatic For the willpower of perseverance Can bring The City of Angels Into existence Because when gracious people gather Unification is what really matters Treat …

“The Man in White”

By Chinu James You painted my heart in Red Yet, I always see you in white Every time you cover my eyes in tears I close them and visit your smile I tried to run from you Yet, everywhere I went l found you I could never touch you Yet l felt I owned you …

Poems by Marc Carver

WATER The man behind me in lidl said something to me. "Sorry I didn't catch that ." I said "Can I ask you a question?" He said. "Sure." "Do you know that God loves you?" "I hope so." I said and realized why on this awful day I had come to lidl for water GRANDFATHER …

“Solitude”

By Reece Merrifield I Climb the stairway that moves with the seasons; a girl in a geometric dress weeps plastic tears for the plain people plagued by a banal bacterium. II Fairy-tale hullabaloo is heard at the end of an unlit hallway; adults stuck in cots peek through the bars and imagine mirror-balls lighting their …

A Poem by Marc Caver

I met the Australian man with the Russian wife again. Neither looked to pleased to see me almost straight away he asked me what I did. I have been waiting a long time for someone to ask I said and I was tempted to say I am retarded and when they ask again I would …