By: E. Martin Pedersen What is Happiness? I see two old people walk Our height and weight What is happiness? Will the radical ideas Of youth at least Provide comic relief If not solace In the third age As our…
By: Cynthia Pitman Not too long ago, the backyard had an old orange tree. Too tall and very spindly,it one day split a dry crack down its trunk, sealing its fate. After the tree was felled by hired men and…
By: Ron Ridenour Human is inhumane Greed is human Humanism is inhumane Exploitation is human Oppression is human Repression is human Torture is human Murder is human War is humane Love of humanity is inhuman There are no more cracks…
By: Yasmin Hemmat I’m drowning in the ocean of sorrow Going down and down beneath the cold, dark water I feel the Piranhas’ razor teeth in my skin My flesh is being eaten My body is being torn apart But…
Written by Chinese Poet Yuan Hongri Translated by Yuanbing Zhang God is Ourselves after Waking up You can’t catch worldly everything as if you can’t retain the days. You can’t see the truth of all things as if you can’t…
By: Courtney C. You were children once… You looked for magic in bottles and dreams you could touch… You waited for fairy tales to unfold, drinking them in as if they were water… You reached up, grasping at things you…
By: Anupama Mishra Life is what, I know not a search or a wandering loneliness or gathering dream is what I know not a fantasy or imagination a truth or a wonder success is what I know not the curse…
By: Amy Robles I am a blanket hugging you while you cry. I keep you warm, and tell you it’ll be alright. I sleep next to you and keep you in my arms from sunset to sunrise, providing comfort on…
By: Adriene Im Looking outside the eyes of my house, life just seemed too short and too bright. It was the sort of story swimming with glories I would find in books that line my shelves. I thought opening a…
By: Mark Tulin The Water Broke My wife’s water broke into a thousand tiny pieces, soaking the maternity bed. She apologized to the nurse for the mess she made and offered to clean it up and change the sheets. …