OPEN BOOK by Dominique Williams
OPEN BOOKby Dominique Williams
The Consequences of a Dream
A bitter truth wrapped in translucenceA fervent hope dashed upon consciousnessA trip to UtopiaA descent into Hell
Memories revealed as an abandoned home;It’s paint and wallpaper peeling off...
ALIVE DAY by Ashley Ener
ALIVE DAYby Ashley Ener ALIVE DAY You don’t know you’re in something till it’s overYou don’t know you’ve made an impact till it’s pastEver changingEver stillOne minute you’re sixteen wanting to make a differenceThe next you’re...
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...
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...
CEILING FAN by Kyle Doty
CEILING FANby Kyle Doty Another Poem About TragedyI told you your sins were absolved.I did not tell you that I don’t have the authority.So I’m a liar.The truth is without you there wouldn’t be a...
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...
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...
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...
HONEY JARS II by Allie Rigby
HONEY JARS IIby Allie Rigby
Bones
Where I am from, women have brokenfingernails that dig in the dirtlike badgers, looking for bones. Bonesmean yes, a lovely spot for pansies.Plant two there. We scrub our handsbefore dinner....
GRANITE by Elizabeth Spragins
GRANITEby Elizabeth Spragins
Granite
a stream of pebblestrickles down the fractured face—rivulets of raintug an acorn from its tombdeep within the wrinkled rocks
~Mount Desert Island, Maine
Jewels
daybreak polishesdew drops pearled on linden leaveswith emerald fireiridescent damselfliesdance the...