IN THE WIND by John Drudge
In the Wind
Over the ridgeWhere we came of ageWhere we saw the endOf forgivenessAnd the slanted windScratching tracksAcross backsOf forlorn beastsWhere we graspedAt strawsAcross nighttime starsAnd wept for the sorrowOf every tomorrowIn the wind
A...
Torquay Summer 2023 by Julia Vaughan
Torquay Summer 2023
Summer Twenty-Twenty Three is bigSo many peopleParked cars wiltingScorching hot, glinting windscreensTowels, chairs and boogie boardsDogs and Eskies
Not many hatsUV Index is Extreme
Bikinis are tinyG-Strings minisculeAbundance of fleshBottoms bouncingSupremely confident
Acceptable on the...
A LULLABY FOR HOME by Dibyasree Nandy
A Lullaby For Home
The floating white fire in the night sky dimsAn outline looms, is golden-hewnAcross the crag, beyond the cloudsOur home seen in the horizon.
It’s no mere delf, a realm at the hilly...
TOURNIQUET HEART by John Sweet
tourniquet heart
early morning coldspring sunlight yr sisterdragged through town by yrmother’s boyfriend and one of themlaughing and one of themwounded
shadows of silent buildings anddying trees and you were15 when you escaped
i was 22 when...
EVELYN by Carrie Magness Radna
Evelyn (no. 141 of Women’s names sensual series)
Mind’s racing every day, but today—it’s stillsince I hung up the phone, the doctor shared with me the news:My sister is now dead—
Now I am all alone...
BEAMING by William Combes
Ode to the Beast
Without doubtIt is my body,That sees, feels, and shouts.
Without doubt,It is my body,That perceives an accomplished clout.
It’s done so much,Become so much,Since in the soup it first crawled out.
It did so...
PRECARIOUS by Sandip Saha
PrecariousA tiny islandsurroundedby watereverywherea diver findslong columnof land downtouching seabedit is not a mountainno hard rockhow it exitsin turmoilof wavesin oceanstormcan’tfellit!
Dream disorders
I feel always awake in sleepmy limbs take rest, eyes closedbut mind is...