By: Samo Kreutz outside the cloud rehearsesa languageolder than asphalt whispers the sighs of housesand the breaths of streetcars reminding methat absence is only a breeze I carry in my ears river patienceflows with the river and itspolished stonessoftened into…

By: Eugen Oniscu From the stopped train, people of all kinds stepped down, scattering along the streets that stretched beside the station. Among the last to descend was a man moving with the aid of two crutches. He seemed utterly…

By: Goutam Roy Disquiet seas churn—turbulent ripples shimmer,dazzled with foam,a transient resilience,like a comet’s briefappearance in the sky. Within the seething heart,echoes of lightrise from within,from the gut’s core,layering themselves,yearning to becomeone with the ripplesof the sea—to submerge. In the…

By: James Aitchison Sometimes, when you feelthe quieting, do you seekits source?The eternal spirit in each manrequires the air and lightof goodness.With every redirection of your life,you have a witness.In the silence, listen.There is great art in living,for each day…

By: James Aitchison Live not on the surface.Rest within the self,in the fastness of the heartfind answers.Mortality is transient,cycles of good and evilrepeated.With thoughts andperspectives balanced,breathe free.Abandon the cloak ofearthly being.Follow the elevated pathwhich few havewalked before.

By: Bruce Levine Here’s to the fewWho catapulted out ofThe miasma of mediocritySeeking renownNot in the pond made for a goldfishBut striving for the brass ringPlaying with the big boysIn the big sandboxNever losing sight of the goalAs they rise…

By Bruce Levine In many ways this has been an odd year for me. Not odd in that I’ve subbed at DHS almost full time – but full time when I covered, long term, for a Social Studies teacher out…

By James Aitchison He is the role model for aspiring young authors: a writer who set himself a target of 1,200,000 words a year, typed with two fingers! Erle Stanley Gardner was the best-selling American author in the 1960s.  He…

By James Aitchison Bestsellers in their day, but forgotten now.  The pioneers of spy fiction, hundreds of them, produced thousands of stories between 1914 and 1939.  Some, like Somerset Maugham’s Ashenden, The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers, John…

By: Mitali Chakravarty Boimela At Boimela, youngguitars sing poetry.Gaiety fills the air. Boys and girlsare everywhere.Book lovers meetin pages: somefind true love:some dig deeper,mazed by magicmists or mantras. Here languagesgreet across thestreets. Writerslaunch words inrockets to explorethe skies, meetstars till…