Literary Yard

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Poetry

By: JD DeHart much has been/could be said and will continue to be said but what of his own impression a collection of memories brief experiences, the man who will forever be 33 now that he has turned Another year…

Poetry

By: JD DeHart One after another like kiddos on a playground the facts lined up and chanted at one another playing their own mystical game At the outset, it looked innocent as they rotated and hooted on the school lawn…

Poetry

By: JD DeHart Does this day count and measure a day? At what moment do I stop counting? I can trace its invisible fibers joining morning to noon to the death of our sun

Poetry

By: JD DeHart They expect to etch and trace in glass and gas and plastic, making me fragile house promises, foretelling more beautiful skin and life, sending me into a frenzy of grabbing, but I pause at the revolving trap…

Poetry

In a condom commercial when a former porn star sensuously frolics on a sandy beach a band of moralists, allergic to strawberries, stand in unison to dutifully condemn the repugnant acts that might result in more rapes down the Indian streets……

Literary criticism

Dylan Thomas seems to be influenced by William Blake for his autobiographical poem Fern Hill where he puts his own life into poetic perspective and describes the personal evolution from innocence to experience. Fern Hill is, thus, an autobiographical poem where he…

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Fiction

By: Michael C. Keith What you wear to the grave is always safe from criticism. –– Sander Howling Alison asked her 81 year-old spouse what clothes he wanted to wear at his wake. “Huh? That’s a weird thing to say….

Poetry

By: Zunayet Ahammed (1) Reality is always harsh and hard. Men knowing its impact on life and earth Get no solace in life. We have nothing to do except to see and brood over a lot of things on earth…

Poetry

By: Sri Ram Your estrogen is escorted by many testosterone… To win your heart, I need to first fight a battle with those testosterone… By the time, I win the battle, you may be engaged… Unfortunately, If there is one that…