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Poem: The Invisible Girl

By: Mary P. Douglas  There is no rhyme or reason For the ups and downs For the swirling thoughts in my head Racing so fast Obsessing by day Waking at night Happy, sad, elated, depressed Anxiety, agitation, anger I hate them…

Poem: Demons

By: Mary P. Douglas  Incessant dark thoughts destroying the mind, Turbulent battles for demise, Sudden awareness, The voices are mine, Struggling to halt, Defenseless to control, Demons are winning the war.

Poem: Silent Treatment

By: April Mae M. Berza Once again, my father punished me with silence for lack of respect though what he fears most is lack of love. The silent wall disciplines me for an hour or two. It does not blame…

Poem: Voice

By: April Mae M. Berza Verses of paeans twined around my neck as the arrow of Eros knocked profound emotions, passion out of the depths, beyond bounds of men. Of all the most bewitching chants and spells, her song is…

Poem: i’ll expose you

By: Linda M Crate i know you’re the genius, and i’m just the mad hatter; you’re the white knight i am the blackest of nights— tell me something that i don’t know everything that falls from your lips is the…

Poem: Harbinger of light

By: Linda M Crate broken halos of light fall upon the darkness you left me in all i wanted was to hold your hand because you were the rainbow of my heart, but you stole away the light and stars…

Poem: An Odd Bird

By: Learnmore Edwin Zvada Bad and bad ’tis true of that old bloke In this neighborhood, he remained an estranged fella The November rains signaled his lengthy ordeal His memories they were tucked ashore Somewhere in Cashel valley they say Such…

Poem: Dispirited Soul

By: Learnmore Edwin Zvada You come down on me With an incessant inrush of fists that disables my jaw The lips you used to kiss, darling, you have bruised The body you used to caress is defaced and mottled Now you…

Poem: The Window is Shut For Ever

By: Pijush Kanti Deb She is going out witnessing a brighter heaven through her babbling friend– the open window of her kitchen, stepping her restless left foot out of my egalitarian door- leading to a hell for her, I believe,…

Poem: In a Golden Shinny Morning

By: Pijush Kanti Deb A dogmatic cloud carries on its lunatic falling cats and dogs on an innocuous dream maybe of yours or mine, for a shinny morning for the dormant to see and mould their days till it catches…