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Haiku: Family

By: Pushkar Bawa Mom She loves her children She cannot live without them- She hates Chinese food Dad Working seven days Number one goal was to provide for his family Sister She is the fourth slice Without her it is uneven-…

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: Golden People

By: Lynn White We were the golden people then, flying high above the rest, shimmering like the arrogant angels we saw playing way above the clouds. We could almost touch them with our arms outstretched as we danced our way through…

Poem: Invisible

By: Lynn White For a long time, such a long time, invisibility has ironed out the creases in my soul, so I can hide, so I can decide if I want to be seen. I was always hiding. But now invisibility…

Poem: Hidden Secrets

By: Kimberly Potter Kendrick A dusty attic is my mind Filled with cobwebs, boxes, and trunk after trunk after trunk Boxes of memories Time capsules of hope filled days There hangs the wedding dress worn at 21 years of age…

Poem: A Home Momentarily

By: Kimberly Potter Kendrick Viewing destruction Disbelief 13 weeks Comfort Security Contentment Stolen away A thief in the day A thief in the night Spinning tornado Destroying all that was precious; all that was valuable Destructive path missed no space…

Poem: God Words I Given Forth

By: Ency Bearis One normal night, at the time before I sleep To Lord God Almighty I pray, to let me be in a peaceful sleep and do not let my soul wander out of me My prayer solemnly But…

Poem: Separated By A Curtain

By: Kimberly Potter Kendrick She was in the next bed Only separated by a curtain Awakened early by a nurse Briefly checking on the woman Four appeared I could hear them Listening for breath Feeling for the woman’s pulse On…

I Divorced My Family Today

By: Kimberly Potter Kendrick I divorced my family today. I didn’t start the day with divorce as my plan. It wasn’t even a thought in my brain. I realized not; tonight the final event would be. I am who I…

Poem: In the Dark

By: Allia Koo At the end of the darkness I stare at a good samaritan’s figure helping the unwanted Deep into the darkness I dream Wishing to approach, between the stone cold walls I imagine an angelic view on the…