Literary Yard

Search for meaning

Year: 2022

’15 minutes of Fame’ and other poems

By Karen Lee Stradford 15 minutes of Fame My dream came true.I finally got your attentionafter being unnoticedfor so long.I feel like a celebrity. I’m happy to bethe center of your attraction.But, I hope that my 15 minuteswill last. ###…

Janice and James

By: Bruce Levine Plan “C” Janice and James were spontaneous. They had many things they regularly enjoyed, but could easily take a detour and discover an adventure. When one plan failed, for whatever reason, a quick turn, physical or otherwise,…

Saudade

By: Arikewusola Abdul Awal What do you think the flowercarries in the dawn? Mist? No.It’s the tears it sheds at the fare-well of the moon. The gerbilnever strays the noon; she mournsin the burrow longing for the moon.My heart is…

‘Seize it’ and other poems

By: Anaya Seize it I can feel itIt’s hereI’m hereFinally Cut the ribbonOpen upSo I didEventually Is this how it feelsSomething newI’m newHopefully Like a dreamThis realI’m realFantastically ### The chair I’m a chair.Just wood and wicker.I don’t even have…

Good Morning

By: Alan Berger After a night of attempted slumberIn restless soul townI awoke staring at the same fucking numberThe one that might stop at anytime but will never go down I know I knowThe musings of a clown When I…

‘Argued into Existence’ and other poems

By: KJ Hannah Greenberg Argued into Existence Reality yardsticks, measurements acknowledging, cognizing,Integrating others’ attitudes & actions across personal views,Let citizens wrestle meaning. “Getting the gist” does matter.Flinging pixie dust can’t compete with shared values’ power. Hume, Kant, Voltaire, as well…

My Grandpa Betrayed Me Twice

By: Ismail Yusuf Olumoh when i was young, everything was cloudy; all i learnedbecame watery like melting shea butter. i thought itwill cascade, but it’s unclassified. it vaporised as usual.on friday, grandpa took me to the central mosque to takea…

Four Winter Haiku

By: Jim Bates Sunlit snow fallingTiny flakes frosting the groundSparkling and gleaming. InterconnectedFrigid cold and bright sunshineWinter’s Yin and Yang. Cold affecting brainSnowy visions of penguinsHappily dancing. Lonely owl callingEchoes a winter’s silenceDeeper than the night.