FLAME DIVINE by Nardine Saric
Flame divine. ( Read both ways bottom too top also)
Cover me in loves sweet notes for all that sound does travel well
And in my heart, I felt each feather
So softly I had fell
-...
GODDESS by Celine Low
Goddess
She was a goddess in his eyes
when he did not know her.
She knew marriage would take her
off the pedestal but hoped desire
and love could learn to live
on levelled ground.
But when pedestal crumbled
where...
A GATEKEEPER’S VIGIL by Helen Sokolsky
A GATEKEEPER’S VIGIL
I wander through carpets of heather and primrose
leaving behind a discordant arena
my salve is found locked in this garden
where a single flower can restore the soul
no strife present in this cloister...
THE CANYON by Daniel Senser
The Canyon
Over the course of eons, the flow of water
Has shaped the stone,
The sharp edges smoothed and rounded
By the water’s constant flow.
To weep is an honest exclamation,
A reclamation of the soul.
The rock is old...
SUPERNOVA by Alethea Jimison
Supernova
I wish that I knew to tell her that her laugh is a burst of light,
like a flashing supernova.
Her smile is the warmth of home.
The curve of her femininity goes on...
DEAR MAMA by Nikita Bhardwaj
Dear Mama
You told me I was born to be loved.
That I clawed out of the womb like a wild
thing, slick with my father’s breath
and the first smell of rain.
We were alone,...
PASSING TIME by John P. Drudge
Passing Time
In the vaguely
Haunted
Eventless days
Of wandering aimlessly
Over bridges
From bank to bank
Past smoky cafes
And cheap hotels
High on wine
And careless oblivion
Putting place
And tradition
Beyond the tangible
Striking
Of my tears
On cobblestones
As...
SLOW MOTION by Merlin Flower
Slow motion
Frozen in the depths
of the holiday, a horrendous
thought awoke,
and snared.
are friends
the real enemies?
you said you were broke
as I was waiting for the ‘ever running
late’ bus ruminating on
the mounting debts...
LOVE GAMES by Edith Speers
Love Games
Start anywhere
and with tongue or fingertip trace on your lover
the longest possible route to your favourite place
or your least favourite place
Start anywhere
and imagine the aging of your beloved
detail by detail...
I TOOK IT AS A SIGN TO START SINGING by Richard Grove
I Took it as a Sign to Start Singing
Inspired by Rumi Translated by Coleman Barks
Last night the full moon floated
in the stillness of my cool,
lake-view horizon.
I took it as a sign to start...