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Poem: The Face of Africa

By: Yousef Elharrak Africa smiles at the face of the ocean With all its potential white teeth The waves get ashamed of the meaningless foam On the eyes of the tide Africa can take the lift to the forehead of…

Poem: A Lonely Body

By: Pijush Kanti Deb The softness of heart feels pity on its young but lonely body witnessing its bed-tumbling round and round in its deep slumber saying to its mirror ‘’ It needs a partner with anti- tumbling device’’ and…

Poem: A Sudden Slip

By: Pijush Kanti Deb A sudden slip of my dancing heart pushed me once down into a deep ditch- maybe, dug deliberately by a witch, making it rich in stinky mud and bones along with a crying skinny youth- and…

Poem: Reminders

By: JD DeHart Some people keep a string tied around a finger, Some people keep a running list on paper, While others keep a file in the back of their minds, wrong after wrong, moment after moment, a collection of…

Poem: Dominant Views

By: JD DeHart I pause, waiting for the moment to let my words drop in, funnel down, and channel through the table conversation The moment is still waiting because a few topics dance back and forth, flames of political or…

Poem: Defaulting

By: JD DeHart I default to my prior stance, coming straight back to the moment years ago I stand again on the old resolution after some travel and thought And that’s okay, because I have transformed in other ways, a…

Poem: The Wait Gate

By: JD DeHart Here we wait, for water, for mind, for a candidate that is real, Here we wait, for answers, for questions we do not know yet how to ask Here we wait, for the power of words, for…

Poem: Spinning Plates

By: Edgar Law Running a successful business, they tell me, is like spinning plates in the air, let them circle in the sun up there and be always ready for one or two to shatter so that you can pick up…

Poem: Technique

By: Edgar Law She knows how to run the meeting, how to show without telling, how to design a great presentation She knows how to manage a bow tie, make her way around a crowded table, but today it’s slipping She…