By: Debbie Tunstall I hear the snapping of mother’s slippersIcy gems guarded by the looming goblin king. All we wanted was sugar, not the Kingdom or its money Bare bottoms banishedbefore being tossed outside to play, It watches – full…
By Tabussum Sumaiya Am I forgetting your voice?The melody once etched in my soul,A song that held my heart so closeNow it drifts away,A whisper lost to time. I close my eyes,Straining to hear the gentle echoOf you calling my…
By: Bruce Mundhenke Truth Now See all that is before you as it is,Beauty…See all that is before you at once,Oneness…See all that is before you as it should be,Peace…See all that is before you as it sings in harmony,Joy…Give…
By: JK Miller Solving the World’s Problems Hunger is a nuclear reaction,playing in the pit of a Gaza girl’s belly.It is a Ukrainian boy lost in the woods. Mutant wolves run up and down their spines,tinkling xylophone vertebrae with a…
By: Tanjila Ontu He never raises his voice,even when I can tell storms are brewing inside him.With me, he’s calm—like soft rain on quiet nights. He tugs my cheeks,holds my hand,feeds me the first bitelike love is something he shows…
By: Arvilla Fee Dear Relatives Just look at all of you, now that Gran is gone,hands pawing through fragile wedding quilts.It’s too late to fall in love with rosebud china now;you were all too busy to drink her ginger tea….
By: Laurie Keim Father On A Rock Father stands on a rockrod in his handunbeknown to himtides are darkerand deeper than he can imagine.He casts always to the leftof twilight and never beyondthe horizon for fearlogic might failthe test of…
By: Sushant Thapa I Unveil the Veil The evening has a voice,It speaks in promises,But I want no dawnTo lift its veil,Today, I want to get drunkWith the nectarFrom the evening’s delight,In semi darkness.The river was onceA weeping bride,I take…
By: Ute Carson My knees sink onto the worn cushion in the confession boothas I lean my forehead against the mesh screen,hoping that not a priest but my mother could hear my pleas.“My sins were avoidance and neglect as I…
By: Charles Gibson A notable absence of a latch,resonates within the inhabitantswho resideth behind the doorof opportunities without guidance. Opportunities that are keyto the one who is lockedup behind the door of theirown self-imposed limitations… without the wisdom or desireto…