Author is an umbrella name given to the contributors of the Literary Yard
By: Dorie LaRue It is spring and the blind beggar is separatefrom the deluge of blossoms and those dazedby soundless eloquent branches that celebrate all those things which do not hesitateto call […]
By: Bill Kamen Killin’ time sippin’ whiskeyAt a bar on the boardwalk by the seathe jukebox keeps on playin’ visions of loveand it takes me back to when I first saw youswayin’ […]
By: Rachel Chitofu I’m bewraying the head at the backof my neck. 360 degree rotation.The human door mat, skull sculptedbut unhued—thread of pointers. Redalarms. Beach shells. footprints—racially unspecific; lead tothe local store.An […]
By: Sherzod Artikov The existence of other seasons is a lie There is only autumn in this world,darling. (Shukhrat Arif) I was late for “Le Procope” restaurant. Maftuna had already arrived […]
As the world celebrates Book Lover’s Day on the 9th of August, the online language learning provider Preply released a report on The Most Translated Books in the World. Preply has compared […]
By: Kusumita Kanango KISSING YOU // KISSING THE MOON Kissing you, I thinkwould be like kissing the moonTouching my lipsTo the dusky horizonAs you come upAnd lingeringTill dawnSteals u away. Kissing youTasting […]
By: KJ Hannah Greenberg Lost Sagacity By sounding smooth or inviting, sagacity often vanishesAmong words, turns of phrase, weird little expressions. Consider; a surfeit of depression, weight gain, glandularTrouble, fatigue can be […]
By: Bruce Levine They all gathered after the storm to assess the damage. Only once before, as far back as anyone could remember, and probably in all of recorded weather history, was […]
By: Duane L Herrmann PHOTOGRAPH TRUTH Young woman lookingutterly uninterestedat the tiny formsucklingat her breast.No emotional connectionor responseto her first born.What is she thinking,impassive face,towards this childof her womb?There is no joy,no […]
By: Carl Papa Palmer Army Buddies He starts in on one of his“that reminds me of when”war stories he’s repeatednumerous times over timeto us fellow retirees at his table, but this particular […]
