Literary Yard

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Year: 2017

Story: Falling Down

By: JP Miller The first time I noticed the Tickle was almost three years after I had left the Army. Without notice, as I stepped across that magical line into Capitalism’s greatest accomplishment—into Wal-Mart World— my ears start ringing. Tinnitus?…

Poem: i’m not inferior

By: Linda M Crate i’m a woman, but that doesn’t mean that i will be weak or docile succumbing to the will of those who are wicked; i am not inferior to any man more than well aware of my…

Poem: Set free by truth

By: Linda M Crate i am not inferior nor superior to anyone all i wish to do is bloom every day into a more beautiful me, and i will never back down from the challenge of bettering myself; or from…

Poem: Monsters and Miracles

By: Linda M Crate a single dream can free one from the world, and i have millions and billions maybe even zillions; i am a dreamer who will set the world free from the nightmares give wings to those who…

Peace Chaplain

From the book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War By William T. Hathaway RADICAL PEACE is a collection of reports from antiwar activists, the true stories of their efforts to change our warrior culture. A seminarian contributed this chapter about learning…

Poem: Drought

By: Debasis Tripathy It feels so helpless and bad, I don’t know why! Something’s in me made me sad, And answers I seek from the sky. I am unquiet, full of doubts, Nothing seems certain, all uncalm, Lots of water…

Poem: Scenes of summer

By: Debasis Tripathy Summer smoking breeze shows no forgiveness, The dogs have since long refused to bark, They lie lifeless, drowsy with the heat Hoping to breathe, only when it’s little dark. Rivers, ponds and canals have run dry, barren…

Poem: Unyielding

By: Ian Castorillo I made a bracelet a pure white bracelet with a knot a knot that stands for eternity the bracelet is small small like my wrists or like my feelings but they both expand every morning I struggle to…

Poem: Unheard

By: Jonathan Perez Nothing is what I get to say, but why would I talk if no one is listening? It’s like I’m the outlet and they’re the charger, but I can’t let them see what their excessive plugging does to…