Travel Diary
By Bhoj Kumar Dhamala — Inside
the aircraft, a man gets a call, and the lady irritated, loudly shuts up the man in calling. Sitting next to
Nov 9, 2022
Queen of Death
By Kelli Devan Edwards — The Queen of death awaits dormant in my bowel. Bejeweled in a crown of vessels, her prerogative when to drink and
Oct 25, 2022
That is My Name
By Nika Mavrody — To waste a call is to be alone, and there's only one way to say, yes that is my name, and you will not call it forth.
Sep 26, 2022
Oh! My Dear Face
By Ananta Kumar Singh — Never be upset. I didn't come to pimples. I didn't come to dimples. Oh! My dear face. Never be upset. I didn't
Aug 20, 2022
The Story I Write
By Chandra Persaud — I am the daughter of women, displaced, raped, chased, shaped by a history that cannot be undone. For history leaves a
Jul 24, 2022
Looks Can Be Deceiving
By Paul Rousseau — He is standing by a rural post mailbox, hair disheveled, beard scruffy, tattered overalls more dirt than cloth. I stop to
Jul 15, 2022
We are hit hard
By Maged Zaher — I am not hypocritical, I am morally bankrupt. However, I am sticking to the version of truth that goes as follow: whatever
Jun 7, 2022
Life's Creator
By Dr Shalini Yadav — Tired, scared, broken and silent. Keeping her inside weight on my shoulders, revising the definition as a woman.
May 25, 2022
Finally
By Holly Day — I finally get diagnosed and it answers everything, and I almost laugh out of relief because despite all of the horrible
May 7, 2022
Speed Grieving
By Hilton Koppe — My doctor is telling me I need to quit work. My psychologist and my wife are telling me I need to quit. So is my time as a
Apr 25, 2022
Aaj Mein kaun?
By Anita Nahal — Aaj mein kaun? Today? Yes, today, was warm enough for long walks with me. Pied pipers piping past paleness of the night.
Apr 20, 2022
Krapp's Last Tape
By Doug Holder — I am the widower who stares at framed pictures and talks to ghosts. I am an aging man who hears
voices in the cracks of
Apr 18, 2022
Three Poems
By Debbie Cutler — Mary and I talk into the night, sip dessert wine from Alaska,
dance to the throb of country blues or rap, listen to
Mar 21, 2022
Today's Me
By Lynn White — Maybe you’ll find me
in the language of my body, but not in the practiced gestures, the performance, the masquerade that
Feb 28, 2022
Where is Home?
By Pankhuri Sinha — Getting fixed in that infamous question,‘So where are you from?’or that question, asked somewhat more pejoratively, ‘So
Feb 12, 2022
Joy Stalking through Cancer
By Christine Cissy White — "I’m tired of fighting," I tell my palliative care contact, Jen via Zoom. "It's not a fair fight anyhow," she
Jan 15, 2022
When it Happens
By Lisa Reynolds — She said it would be like this; all heartache would come at once, then leave me in a sedated state,
where tears are
Jan 3, 2022
Reflection
By Sushant Thapa — Oh this forbidden path of poetry I walk. Meet me when the time is plenty. I will not be what you are afraid of.
Dec 20, 2021
My Grandma
By Maged Zaher — My grandma was mean and scared and scary. She would win the Nobel in fear. Ah, what I believe is harmful. Yet I don't have
Nov 28, 2021
June 10, 2021
By Audrey Geliga — I have been on a journey of self-love, self-acceptance, and self-rediscovery, for almost three years now. I thought that
Oct 26, 2021