Literary Yard

Search for meaning

Year: 2025

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‘Fathoms of the Mind’ and other poems

By: Tasmia Islam Aurin Fathoms of the Mind Splintered light—a glimmer, a ghost—flickering between reason and ruin. Echoes of laughter,fractured, hollow,carving tunnels in the marrow of thought. Desire—a hand reaching through fog, grasping shadows,mistaking them for home. Memory drifts—salt-stung, half-erased,names…

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Five Moon Haiku

By: Jim Bates Hunter Moon risingFloating above the tree lineSublime cosmic gift. Above midnight landSilver sliver moon risingSoft serenity. Big bright Harvest MoonNorthern Lights shimmering greenNight sky full of joy. Full moon bright and boldShadows dance across the landLike a…

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Stay

By: Debbie Tunstall I am the earth, wind and fire.I am the soft swishing water over minds.I know that’s impossible for you to believe, but I think you’ll know when it’s time.I remember when there was nothing to feel inside,I…

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The longing – The Pindaric Ode

By: Pawel Markiewicz You – such a dreamery born from Dionysian odeslike tender day in Your winds – enchanted butterflies as the Golden Fleece – bewitched in my meek fantasy august paradise lost is thus found and so dreamy You…

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Bakery Window

By: Stefan Sofiski The grey hour… I wait for her at the square. Behind me is a bronze statue of a priest, hand raised at his invisible congregation. Trams’ iron wheels screech around me. Hers is late. I draw from…

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‘Kairos’ and other poems

By: Jim Murdoch Kairos Who lets slip Fortune, her shall never find.Occasion once pass’d by, is bald behind.– Abraham Cowley, Pyramus and Thisbe There is only now.There is no unnow or antinow.There are past nowsand the nows to come(the so-called…

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The Turning Point

By: Dr. Gulshan Ara It was a small island in the middle of the Pacific OceanVacationing tourists came from afarColorful flood light painted the canvas of the moonlightFull moon in the sky and music in the air cast a magical…