By: Christian Ward Summer Beginnings Clouds rollercoaster into rain.The block of flats oppositeis lighter than candy floss.Squint and you’ll see furniture,televisions, laptops, and Dysonvacuum cleaners levitating.The alley nearby – ruledby a gang of moss – is no biggerthan my thumb…
By: Vaishnavi Kolluru The secret to joyLies in a riverthat flows forward, making you believe its truth, until you reach the end. The secret to joyControls the waves of the oceanYou indulge in a small cold wavegetting your feet wetThe…
By: Nina Kossman Over and overthe darkness of sands,the stillness of waves.a tangled threadsaved Theseus’ life.Ariadne’s giftbecame Ariadne’s fate:a gift to be abandonedon a leaf-shaped island.Solitude is a gift.Theseus was so generous with gifts.Thank you, Theseus,for sailing away when I…
By: Melissa Aaronberg I wanted to try on the painTo see if grief would constrict me like a corsetOr settle upon me like fine dust.I will borrow the tears like wedding pearlsAnd hover around that dark shoreBut not too deep…
By: Jim Murdoch Sixth Time’s the Charm Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication – Clarence Boothe Luce First loves are forever, true or not— every fool and his frog knows that—but so are seconds and thirds and so-ons. What the book-smart…
By Karen Lee Stradford Fog I can’t see.No ideawhat I may run into.I’ll take my chances. I have faith.A better view is-waiting for meonthe other side. ### Grass looks greener It looks so perfect.Nothing seems out of place.Your organization is-impeccable….
By: Chandra Shekhar Dubey We are flying, we are flyingabove the ground, skyscrapersabove the river, green valesand forest deep above the pasturesdeep ocean where demoness meetsher lover above the clouds in the sky.We are flying ,we are flyingacross the colonies…
By: Daniel Millard Should not an artistStarve himselfDown to aGood fighting weight? Writing himself outTo be theChampion of his times Echoing back – calling to his matesReaching back to all of those paintedYesterday’sAges that he knew he would never haveSurvivedLight…
By: KJ Hannah Greenberg Not Rigorous Enough When words are rigorous enough to illuminate the discourse amidst dysfunctional adults,To create meaning from world leader’s remarks, to probe sundry romance novels, peopleContend that the breadth, external validity, & heuristic benefit discounting…
By: Hidden pen Lost in my thoughts (What if?)….What if it all a lie?.What if we get to heavenAnd don’t get inside,What if we get to the gateAnd see God at the other side?. What if we can’t go back?,What…