By: Rehanul Hoque Dedicated to Taslima Akter Rima Unruly clouds wading through the vast though rendered thrillTo a distant heart, were enough to cut an insane darkness into piecesFalling sharp over a city, followed byVery aggressive flame spurted out on…
By: Bruce Levine Thinking about tomorrow Focused on prospects Waiting in the stillness of inertia Projects and process Held in the hand of external forces Glimmers on the horizon Reinforcing the momentum of the future Pathways defined with hope As…
By: Bruce Levine Every government, large or small, foreign, or domestic; every university or school district, urban, suburban, or rural; every business, corporation or mom-&-pop have one thing in common – departments. Defense, transportation, or social services; theatre, science, or…
By: Daniel de Culla GAZA, MARITIME CITY OF PALESTINE There is no more blood in Gaza hospitalsBecause all the blood has reached the sea.There are no more sick peopleNot even health personnelBecause some, health personnelHas tried to escapeOnly managing to…
By: Paweł Markiewicz The pattern of each dazzling pyramid-poem name 1 word: ………….term 2 words ……… …………term 3 words ……… ………. …………..term 4 words ……….. ………… ………. ………..what he/she does make 5 words ……… …… …….. ………… ………what he/she does…
By: Douglas Cole Building a House on the River It’s amazing he thought of it at all, believing the possibility,the outrageous engineering involved: stanchions downinto the muddy river bottom. How to get them inin the first place and how to…
By: Audrey Lauryn Clara: Lifeless entities mill around Callum Square. A group of initiates drape crimson fabric from various light posts. Others sweep the pristine cobblestone streets. Finn and I hunker down under the shade of a Sycamore tree and…
By: James Aitchison In every soul, there is a quiet core.It is immune to fear, hunger,strife and conflict, and theimpermanence of life cannotpenetrate it unless permitted.The essence of your soullistens to the quiet Voicethat speaks with detachment.Like thousands of seedsscattered…
By Christopher Johnson In 1909, the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung had a dream that was destined to become famous. The dream came upon him while he was traveling with Sigmund Freud to deliver lectures at Clark College in Worcester, Massachusetts….
By: Don I ran into Chicago Union Station about 10 minutes before my train was set to depart for St. Louis. I’d overslept. Two months into retirement, I still hadn’t gotten into a new sleep rhythm. I was one of…