FLOTSAM by Paula Knight
Caught fast on the littoral Sessile on the beach Entangled in the flotsam Close to land that's out of reach A hermit crab approaches To...
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Aug 3, 2021
IMAGINE VIRGINIA HAPPY by Rob Colgate
After Nicole Sealey After the break and the pill I was told we were all going forward. This is not the case. I am still here and nobody...
Aug 3, 2021
WHAT HAPPENED IN YOGA CLASS by Ona Gritz
In the dark, this body breathes into itself, the half with less sensation, the half that feels it all. I exhale the word hemiplegia, my...
Aug 1, 2021
PATIENT HISTORY by Travis Chi Wing Lau
you learn to track the tremors of hurt in passing, as you urge them to pass in peace like the sutra reminds on wooden beads...
Feb 21, 2021
"BROKEN CAN BE BEAUTIFUL" - Fadlul-Hakeem Ariyo
Titles can be heavy as a burden As all are not meant to be heroes And some who are, could have been broken But, broken can also be...
Feb 21, 2021
"THE ACCOUNT OF MY LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP" and more - Ariyo Ahmad
THE ACCOUNT OF MY LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP The night descends again and I am still wrapped in your cogitation like a bouncing baby boy...
Feb 21, 2021
"Rings of Saturn" - Kristen Mitchell
I wish I could tell you, the rings around Saturn are disappearing, and there is a mysterious light on Mars right now. Your love for...
Feb 21, 2021
"Impaired! Not dead" - Salam Bhai
Impaired! Not dead! This is to thee that I call father, Mother, sister, or, shall I call thee son? Thou art alive, not mourned Not...
Jan 19, 2021
"Of Fires I Detested Burning My Flesh" - Aderohunmu abdulrokeeb Adedayo
There are places life burnt into ashes in my heart And I was told to stare up to see through the passage of light To see through the...
Jan 6, 2021
"A Flickering Light" - Yuu Ikeda
In the thick smoke, I found a flickering light In the thick smoke, I found a light That has the transience like a firefly And the sure...
Jan 1, 2021
"We Are Over Comers" - Christy Chris
We have come From over the years, Bearing sheaves of history History that was for us, a reality Reality, that remains more than a...
Jan 1, 2021
"Spirits and Shadows" - Christy Chris
The birds have forgotten to fly And our shadows stand resolute, Unwilling to go with the night. Our children have long forgotten the...
Nov 28, 2020
"Vision" - Lucia Larsen
Peeling damp layers away from that speck of breeze Moulting so, I first discovered vision Parsing my shredded lining from this other...
Nov 28, 2020
"The Memory Window" - Juliet Wilson
All that colour, perhaps it's green Memories of a me I once was Maybe I can't remember. Those small things, are they petals? But...
Nov 28, 2020
"Noah's Poem" - Noah Aster
I wake up in the hospital after eye surgery My eyes bandaged Only seeing darkness My heart starts beating My body tenses up I start to...
Nov 28, 2020
"2 Haikus" - Juliet Wilson
The aura of cataracts - broken moon Click for Juliet Wilson's Recording Waiting for cataract surgery - clouds pass slowly Click for...
Nov 28, 2020
"Cataracts" - Juliet Wilson
The now dangerous sun- Light glares my misted eyes. Everything is soft focus Even the deluge Threatening to destroy us. Our way of life...
Oct 3, 2020
"Undiscovered" - Stephen Pisani
She opts to close her eyes and Explore the golf course. She wants to sit in The forest off the third fairway and let Pine needles scratch...
Oct 3, 2020
"Loving Me" - Aaryana Sharma
Hands with heavy wrinkles And bruised fingertips With toes too short And feet one size too large Eyes dark brown and lips like leaves Why...
Sep 6, 2020
"Twin Sparks" - J. Archer Avary
It must’ve been unseasonably cold, That late spring evening, when My grandfather and his brother sat Side-by-side before the fireplace;...
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