I AM AN AFRICAN by Okoli Stephen
I AM AN AFRICANby Okoli Stephen I AM AN AFRICANI am an African,Not blackI'm dark, with bright brilliant colourBold and strongGiftedTalentedAnd craftyDark I amNot blackSo, don't pity meI am an AfricanNot a monkeyMy colour is...
BLAKEAN REPROSE by Alex Bastianini
SONATAby Trivarna Hariharan
LullabyListeningto our river’s old flow—I make peace with myself.
SonataWhat shall fillthe absence ofthe flowers thathave fallen fromour Kadamba?
ReflectionIn the stillnessof an autumn river—I meet a worlduntouched bythe mind.
FloweringBreath by breath—a peony opens...
SONATA by Trivarna Hariharan
SONATAby Trivarna Hariharan
LullabyListeningto our river’s old flow—I make peace with myself.
SonataWhat shall fillthe absence ofthe flowers thathave fallen fromour Kadamba?
ReflectionIn the stillnessof an autumn river—I meet a worlduntouched bythe mind.
FloweringBreath by breath—a peony opens...
LONELINESS IS RARELY IMAGINED by Richard LeDue
LONELINESS IS RARELY IMAGINEDby Richard LeDue
Because The Doctor Recommended Walking
Noticed a truck parked at your apartment,and wonder if you're seeing someone new.
Why do my legs betray me nightly,conspire with restless hands,who miss the fingerprints...
NOTHING LEFT TO SAY by George Freek
NOTHING LEFT TO SAYby George Freek
THE DEAD (After Mei Yao Chen)
A sultry breeze weakens,as the dying sunfalls like a ball of lead.A raven searches for carrion,hovering above my head.I walk the lake shore alone.I...
CERTAIN THINGS by Steven Lebow
CERTAIN THINGSby Steve Lebow
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Today is Tuesday.I have begun to think aboutcertain things.
Women, wearing tight skirts,pass me by. I make asidesthey don’t respond to.
A piece of paper hurries byand a tree shakes its fist.I move...
ALL THIS LOVE by Jared Pearce
ALL THIS LOVEby Jared Pearce Computer ChessI keep clicking undoto trace my losingstreak, to find outall my mistakes.If I go another way,if I had allowed my brotherto tag along more often,or if I had...
IN ANOTHER MAN’S POEM by Gordon Roberts
IN ANOTHER MAN'S POEMby Gordon Roberts
After the Service for RudianneAfter the serviceAfter the prayersAfter the family gatheringGoing through his stuffMy sister shows meHis All-Star Cons in blue suedeHis feet were narrowMine are wideBut I took...
ORANGES AND LEMONS by Aaron Fischer
ORANGES AND LEMONSby Aaron Fischer
Lines for Joey Ramone
(Jeffery Ross Hyman, 1951 – 2001)
When the last words of some conversationget lost in a spatter of crackle and buzz, I can almost hear again
the band roaring...
IN THIS GREAT AND COMPLEX WORLD by Carla Carlson
IN THIS GREAT AND COMPLEX WORLDby Carla Carlson GREETING THE BUSINESSMAN AFTER INDIA I have no sayover the sky’sgrey determinations.My husband drivesa motorized toothbrushinto his mouth.He’s still jet-lagged.A problem is a thingone must change.A kiss. A...