Literary Yard

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Month: December 2021

‘Let me and you’ and other poems

By: Obadia Laizer Let me and you Let me and you,be genuine lovers,good example to others,who pays attention to our love,and surely be influenced,by its persistence. Let me and you,embrace unity,and perpetuate harmony,nice words from our tongues,be part of our…

The Answer

By: James Aitchison You have been given a physical shellto house the inner being which is you.In the earthly web and mesh,each man walks his path.If you are truly placed in me,there can no longer be fear.Have courage which lifts…

World Sobbed in Pain

(Commemorating the Bengali language movement day, February 21, 1952) Dr. Gulshan Ara The day was bright and sunny, pulsating in festive moodEarth beaming with life in a vibrant spring day, music playing in the airBaby green leaves peeping through skinny…

Poems by Simon Perchik

By: Simon Perchik From just dampness, nourishmentand rust seals the boltin place –the carriage already there and nearby, it rainsthough you take hold a single spokeas if the enchanted palace stopped moving –why is ita parent favors the weak oneand…

An Actor Prepares

By: Elaine Lennon V There was nobody to blame. Everyone just did the best they could. The haze had settled over Catalina. The early morning azure sky was dotted with sunlight and the fishing boat was cutting through the waters…

The Invisible Force

By: The Self is Unknown”(David Hume) But I believe I shape sensibilities, invisiblebut able to visualize through tunnels withoutbeginning or end, to catch the salty essenceinside a planet’s breeze and these other-world palms that brush the clouds with aqua-tinted fronds…

Passively watching you leave

By: Matthew Birch IDrippingfrom my lipsthey form a pool LeavingI’m not ready in timeYou’re shoutingnot that loud it’s funnynow I can open the door Dried eyes and silenceI want to dive in again III put on my coatwhen the cold…

A Safe Place

By: Dawn DeBraal Deep in thought, I was walking through the field when I came up to the log cabin my great grandfather built in the high meadow. Pa turned it into a barn after building the new house when…