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...
AT THE BREWERY DOWNTOWN by Hannah Kludy
AT THE BREWERY DOWNTOWNBy Hannah Kludy
Martyr has six definitions on Dictionary.comFire never looked so sinister to me, a moth in North America. We speak of martyrs as though...
VARIATIONS by Doug Bolling
Variation 47
Remembering de Chirico
Afternoon of heat the village asleep
Lovers drifting through as though
A...
SPIRALS OF SOUND Lisa Molina
Spirals of Sound
IIf One of us must dieI hope it is I.When I thought my son with leukemia was dead, I screamed at God,“Take me instead!”The wish still...
WAITING FOR RAIN by Edward Reilly
Muse
You disconcert me at times, silent at the door,
As in the morning breeze your long tresses flutter,
Eyes downcast as if...
BALM by Pitambar Naik
BALM
by Pitambar Naik
BalmPitambar Naik
Remember the havoc in your thick apple-red heartyour journey finishes in the middle of the rainy kisses how...
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...
TURN AWAY By Andy J Hale
TURN AWAYBy Andy J Hale
Tears of Stone
Arrival in the valley of the sunA bowl of mountains burningA drink of water filled with fireFor my...
STORM CINEMATOGRAPHY by Emalise Rose
while we’re away
lights on the bayflicker twice, then recedeto the crawl space of Summerwinds resonatingthe deep chilled wisconsin
And winter will whipwhile we’re away
GAME OF THREE by Lucia Coppola
THE SNAKE
Coiled up by the side of the trackswhile the train whizzes past, kicks up dead leavesthe overcast chill drizzles down fog and dreamsproject onto his reptilian stare...
