By Eric Burbridge “Larry, let me solve your financial difficulties…for five million dollars let me murder you?” Rocmon asked. Larry Herman laughed, but the seriousness in those dark eyes made […]
A Question of Money
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‘A Faith Community gathers, Conwy Hill, Wales’ and other poems
By: Stephen Kingsnorth A Faith Community gathers, Conwy Hill, Wales A ruby line, massed silver birch,the purple-plumed ice stalagmites,the russet bracken canvas backed,warm signs, green-bottle conifers,the cold winds ever interrupt. Atop near […]
To: Lisa, Re: The Firing
By: WB Riggs I ski the steeps all day long and arrive at your storeroom in the afternoon for the evening delivery. You step out of your office with a roll of […]
‘Mummifying’ and other poems
By: Stephen Mead Mummifying Orchids will preserve the nectar,lilacs, the ointments of sachets layering wrappingsas I ripen more sweetly that I ever did in life.That was my charade then, a bouquet in […]
Taking
By William Higgs III A man and woman wait impatiently for the check in a busy cafe. Downtown Chicago, a sunny afternoon, the man taps his shoes on the faux hardwood floors. […]
A poem can change winter
By: James Aitchison Sleet-bleak days,Nights like black lakes,Storms stoop low,Scraping hilltops.All the world is brittle now,And all the peopleStick figures in the snow.Such is winter:The colourless chillAwaiting the warmth ofWords and love.
‘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 […]
‘The Ideal Form of Government’ and ‘Between Me and Beauty’
By: David Dumouriez THE IDEAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT BETWEEN ME AND BEAUTY
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 […]
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 […]
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