By: Sravani Singampalli Many feel that the traditional forms Of poetry are the best, A haiku must always follow A 5-7-5 syllable pattern And a poem must follow The specific meters. If you force a child To follow your notions He…
By: Terry Brix Day started with a hot coal ember sunrise wedged between trunk and limb of Lodgepole Pine, streaks and herds of black gray buffalo clouds trampling the blue making white cloud dust. All day snow, rain and hail playing…
By: Terry Brix Free womb rent from my mother—Val, genetic gift from my father—Art. Borrowed those passion-interlocked, semen-egg-woven DNA helixes never to give them back, only half-back to my wife mate in turn. Borrowed money from the banks, three plates full…
By: Adreyo Sen Are we to be loved in pieces? The smile you force out of us with some sudden strange act of sweetness, the red in our cheeks when we are fixed by your hawk-like eyes, the slenderness of our…
By: Adreyo Sen We are forever young until our smile first makes you smile and we know our heart is you and thus we know our heart to be frail, and maimed, and perhaps even broken. And so we slip into…
By: Aruna Subramanian Questions piled up as I hesitated to reply I dodged a few knowing or unknowing. When I embrace the unknowns, The knowns started to leave. Now, my path is filled with some familiar queries and a few new…
By: Aruna Subramanian Leaves that love in excess Of tree, closely cling Of soil, promptly fall Even so, a few dangle in disarray until a storm blasts…
By: Jacob Chung The mint chocolate chip ice cream carto that was once in the refrigerator is now in the trash The last scoop in my stomach I know you wanted me to share because you asked me for some I’m…
By: Israel Sajini Beneath the faces of Jasper lies some rough clay. Inside the darkest coal we find gold refined. Within each stormy phase, lies a sleeping node. Around every peaceful road, We hear chants of warfare. In every broken villa,…
By Yuan Hongri Translated by Manu Mangattu Ah! Of iridescent gems of time The heavenly road you paved light！ In a kingdom of stars, I found my home. In the golden cities, I opened the gates of the city to the sun,…