Joy Is a Radical Act
By Plamen Vasilev — In a world often riddled with chaos, injustice, and suffering, joy stands as a radical act of defiance against the prevailing narratives
Oct 7
Ask Me What The War Was Like
By Daniel J. Davis — Ask me if I was ever afraid. I'll say, "only sometimes." Ask me if I was in danger. I'll tell you I was as safe as anyone can be over there, and that I
Oct 1
Holding One Candle
By Glenn Marchand — I heard about a rock bearing witness. I listened to a rainbow as a sign. A man from invisibility received tithes from a forefather. Therewith
Sep 28
We Hold On To What We Know
By Debra Dolan — Jamie will always be my little brother, even though he was, quite literally, a big guy. He was the connector in our family. When my mother
Sep 25
Oh How I Love Thee
By Dwight Jenkins — Remember what you told me when you spoke with your heart? How we swore that no earthy distractions could keep us apart. Do you
Sep 21
I Call Him Pain
By Scott Frink — Self-healing might mend it someday, somehow. But for now, it stays that way as the mind drifts, like when sunny skies fade to gray.
Sep 12
Enough
By Traci Neal — Black woman, black teenage female, black little girl, you were made to be enough. Today, live in truth. Weary humans have a hunger for hope.
Sep 9
like Kafka
Jonathan Jones — If I thought one day, I'd be like Kafka at the end of his life, telling Max Brod to burn every single story he ever wrote, I'd be more
Sep 2
Sleepless Nights in the Tropics
By Evrard Klein — Tomorrow, as a joke, I'll tell a flowery version of this sleepless night, a pretty tale with no mosquitoes, a tale that will conceal the tears I shed to
Aug 29
Fallen leaves
By Bhuwan Thapaliya — Leaning against the trunk of an ancient pipal tree, he watched the fallen leaves twirl and dance in the wind. They had already died
Aug 22
THE EIGHTH MONTH
By John Grey — He is bumping. She is kicking. He/she is going for a spin. The miracles keep on coming. The fascination does not wane. You're
Aug 18
Gots to Break Through Somehow
By b. plainwilder — Thinking life's a waste of time and effort, just a sham, the mistake I make is not to see or understand. The ego needs deception,
Aug 15
All the News
By Gary Beck — Before TV news, newspapers were powerful. Radio personalities had a following, but the daily paper informed the pubic. Once TV
Aug 12
Drawing A Blank
By Lynn White — First I drew a blank, an empty profile, empty as I felt though I knew that I didn't suit emptiness and emptiness didn't suit me and that I
Aug 5