Safe From the World and Other Poems

By Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal Safe From the World Under a somber cloud I hear a distant echo from the waves at sea. Deep in the ocean or just half the way, a whole new world exists. Great giant fish thrive there. The sun is just a white speck in the sky. The waters are cool …

Ramble and Other Poems

By Alex Andy Phuong Ramble Rather than ramble, Remember that Babel Is more than a city. In fact, it is a place That encourages diversity Despite barriers, And there is no need To feel inferior Without consent. Revel in wonderment! Complement Primary and secondary colors Complement one another And are just as vibrant As pleasant …

Five Merida Poems

By Doug Tanoury  Arches In Merida there are arches everywhere, Grand openings to fine vistas and Simple entryways of more mundane places, Some monolithic apertures in stone walls, Others flying entrances, lifted aloft by columns: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Mexicano. An arch is the softest of openings and The most perfect portal for moving Through …

A Senryutaph and Other Poems

By Ken Gosse A Senryutaph Practically perfect, sans faux pas, narcissism was his only flaw. Lessons from my Knuckles Kittens are riddles: mysteries in enigmas, snuggly and snaggly. Changing of the Pants Whatever he said pales, in matrimony, to whatever she said. Petrifying Poetry A terrordactyl may be hidden, unbidden, in unruly verse. Why Try …

The Lonely Highway and Other Poems

By Andrew Scott The Lonely Highway Change is a long, lonely highway. No one is beside you for your own personal evolution. There will be people that support that have their own highway. Paths will cross between all. Only you will know what turn in life made the walk toward change. A new, necessary step. …

Three-Two and Other Poems

By Dave Maze Three-Two Negativity oozes discomfort Leeching on like suction cups Gnawing like jagged teeth A miasma surrounds this energy Shatter it. Break free. --- An escape plan I must Portal to positivity Cosmic dust emblazons on the ocean Sparking your wanderlust. Break the Walls Face your fears Flutter & flicker Do you hear, …

I must have done something right and Other Poems

By Ursula McCabe I must have done something right never was I bored at the Michigan farm that held me clapboard tight in the old house’s arms every June grandpa drove his silver blue mercury down to Illinois to pick me up grandma gritting her teeth as he sped past all the flat land with …

The Cave and Other Poems

By Nichole Davies The Cave There is a cave. A cave full of paintings of old. They ripple through the water as memories written on walls; sharp like the pointed minerals, echoing with the deep pool in the blackness; Dark, desolate, with them she awaits. There among the stale air and weeping ceilings, a remnant …

Four Poems About Turning 40

By Richard LeDue I. We believe we're safe, sealed away behind walls, white as snow because we were told to repaint every five years, while memories of artificial trees (always green), appear immutable, but just long enough to fool us, like the angel on top until the lights burned out, and our eyes have become …

The Pillow Top Bed and Pop’s Pillow Top Bed

By Eva Marie Ann Cagley The Pillow Top Bed During the first week while my late husband Bob lay in a hospital bed in the ICU at the University Hospital in Iowa City, we were camped out on coaches in a cubical that we had taken over for the family and ourselves. My brother had …