FALCON – A poem by Shola Balogun
FALCONA poem by Shola Balogun
Touch my lips with your tail, enthralling troubadourAnd renew your ties twice nowWith my triangular elements.No winding muse can measure your flightStill even with all the wisdomFrom the far east...
END OF WINTER – Poems by Gloria Monaghan
END OF WINTERPoems by Gloria Monaghan
End of Winter
recognize me if you canyou who were made before I was unmade (Canto VI)
I am in the third circle of rainand there is also snow, which barely...
CAPITOL GAIN – Poems by Thomas Piekarski
CAPITOL GAINPoems by Thomas Piekarski
Capitol Gain While Monterey is magical, San Francisco amply sublime, Paris radiant, London wondrous with resplendent cupolas, museums and bridges,Sacramento is the epicenter of modern progress.
This Capitol is where it...
A DRY BREEZE – Poems by Anwer Ghani
A DRY BREEZEPoems by Anwer Ghani A Dry BreezeThat evening with its breeze has planted in my soul an unforgettable tales. I don't like crying and as any man, I wish to fall in a...
SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN – A poem by Claire Emery
SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDRENBy Claire Emery
Your Sunday best never fit you rightYou preferred your tar to come from cigarettesInstead of inside the plays of a leather-bound book of judgementYou can flick a lighter more comfortably...
TRANSATLANTIQUE – Poems by Janet McCann
TRANSATLANTIQUEPoems by Janet McCann
TRANSATLANTICmy mind slides down your voiceinto your house of fifty years agolaughter and lightly kissed cheeksthe bottle of wine and the bowl of peachesthat were never emptymy mind slides down your...
A POET OBSERVES A POET – Poems by Thomas Locicero
A POET OBSERVES A POETPoems by Thomas Locicero
What Have We Done to Each Other?
What have we done to each otherwith our words, mine too honest,yours too public? You did not knowme when I lived...
ANTIPOESÍA – Por Xe M. Sánchez
ANTIPOESÍAPor Xe M. Sánchez ANTIPOESÍA Andes a la gueta’l Paraísu.MuyerCochePerruXardínLlarPerresUna vida afayadiegaUna derrotaEntaína,Les escaleresQue baxenAl infiernuTanEsperándomos.Préstame’l fuéu.Préstame’l fuéu.Préstame’l fuéu.Préstame’lPrés…P… ANTI-POETRYYou are looking for a Paradise.A wifeA carA dogA gardenA houseMoneyA comfortable lifeA defeatLet’s go,StairsTo hellAreWaiting ForUsI like the...
SONGS OF INSURRECTION – Poems by Ben Nardolilli
SONGS OF INSURRECTIONPoems by Ben Nardolilli
Office Politeness
Super politeness sweatsFrom the cubicle wallsAnd echoes through halls,Corridors I knowHold and reflectWhispers of thoseWho know meBut cannot see meApproaching at the moment,Come aggression,Come out from your meetings,Come...
COFFEE MUG by ABU MUSA TAREQ – Translated by Afruza Khanom PhD
COFFEE MUG by Abu Musa TareqTranslated by Afruza Khanom PhD
Coffee Mug
One vacant step away from you and-This poet will breathe through your most secret thoughtsBeneath the diamond studded sky, the poet walks along a...