By Riccardo Corrado Your eyes are so dark and sad, Pitch black like the darkest night; Who are you? Why so much pain in your eyes? Why are you suffering? I would like to help you, my dear, But what…
By: Chris Luu It all started in 1949, on a bright and sunny day. A man walked in town, feeling fresh, feeling fine, feeling ready to slay. He grabbed his Luger and went uber; he made some people pray. Shot…
By: Monica Bravo I am a tornado that wrecks I am a destroyer of obstacles I am dangerous and powerful Watch your back Such a disaster, Said the news broadcaster Taking you by surprise Tearing up trouble Never go near…
By: Mary Shay McGuire Osborne Street, Fall River, Massachusetts Of the men that flirted, winked and laughed Of the men that teased that she was a woman at four Of the boy who wanted to touch Of the boy who…
By: Ian C Smith At the football, always a reminder of innocent joy, a stranger asked if he could sit next to me. Our talk meandered to a famous team of the past. I can’t remember what prompted me to…
By: Keona Nguyen It’s a heart, it’s a train. The shape of the clouds, she saw in her young eyes, but now it fades away. Looking up she sees nothing but plain white clouds. Barbie and Ken. Their sound used…
By: Abigail Kipp Boys Loneliness is a worm gnawing at my gut, so I cling to boys who don’t care (flowers promised but never given). It wiggles its way through me so I can’t ignore it making me cry. Loneliness…
By: Edmund Weisberg Unsettling. Unfathomable. Shocking. Surreal. To be sitting there eating As the bridegroom lay dying. Of course, we had no clue at the time. There had been an accident, we were told. The ceremony, it was hoped, Would…
By: Liza Jessica Marie What do you do when the answer doesn’t make any sense? When A doesn’t equal B and the answer is Z? Does it makes sense to everybody but, me? When asked a question you expect an…
By: J. Sheeba Tell the story, The storms and the whirls, Keep repeating twirls and twirls. Along life’s rugged roads, Tempest and thunder, But I tread, still I wonder! The river of trails, For darkness gathers, Me never hide not,…