Literary Yard

Search for meaning

Books Reviews

Poem: Wherever

By: Angelo McCabe She moves through space like a gentle sound and wherever she goes she glows. And the center of the world, and of Creation is wherever she is, wherever she is drawn wherever she stops to pause and rest…

Poem: The End

By: Kimberly Potter Kendrick Tumultuous mind Tumultuous life Ups Downs A chameleon Remove mask Hopeless Determined Persevered Life It’s just life Life on life’s terms Challenge after challenge Fought hard Lost my grip Pushed into a corner No exit Pressure’s…

Poem: The Orange Tree

By: JD DeHart Pelican mouths carrying whatever pelicans carry, perhaps microscopic fishes, floating in the air just beyond the dock Life keeps going carrying shopping bags into a set of sleepy mobile homes an orange tree offers no shadow Mad…

Poem: Lisa

By: John Grey  within the quote you’re irrespective of the meaning that wields it giving the finger to the history of English Literature as taught to you by Professor who-the-hell knows it says an object is a mere inkling of what…

Poem for the Bed

By: John Grey The bed beguiles even when not in action. Its very anticipation of bodies is an impression in itself. The blanket is turned down. The coil-springs of the mattress near-burst with latent energy. Even its very stillness is an…

Peace Chaplain

From the book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War By William T. Hathaway RADICAL PEACE is a collection of reports from antiwar activists, the true stories of their efforts to change our warrior culture. A seminarian contributed this chapter about learning…

Poem: Unyielding

By: Ian Castorillo I made a bracelet a pure white bracelet with a knot a knot that stands for eternity the bracelet is small small like my wrists or like my feelings but they both expand every morning I struggle to…