By Mehreen Ahmed Late afternoon drizzles blighted the lights. Layered clouds, hung over in translucent folds. Dusky shadows fell upon a gully’s end. Next to this, a cinnamon farm lay stretched to the horizon. Tia Magnolia stood on this farm, under a cinnamon tree. Her red sari wavered in the moody winds. She stripped off … Continue reading Sweet Wood
Two Poems by Ursula McCabe
GOOSE BUMPS Goose bumps- miniature primal humps. If we had more hair, we would never notice you. But it’s not just the chill that elevates these tiny nodes. For me it was the misty fall walk near a brackish coastal stream. Suede like cattail heads buoyant with slight wind, reed foliage set the stage, … Continue reading Two Poems by Ursula McCabe
The Untranslatable: Waldeinsamkeit
By Thomas Page The Untranslatable This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. The trees’ canopies hover above And the sounds of humanity fade into the clouds obscured by pines and firs As the babbling … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Waldeinsamkeit