New Times For Old
By Lynn White — It wasn’t the first pandemic and, as in all the ones before birds sang an opening chorus for the pollen laden bees to hum
Oct 31, 2024
A Look at Life
By Duane Anderson — What is next in my life? Being a hero, being a coward? I look at my life with no idea where it is going. Hopes and
Oct 28, 2024
The Meaning of Grief
By Emilie Brannan — Here I am talking about how I feel instead of reflecting on my sister, whose life was taken way too early. But I want to
Oct 25, 2024
THE CULTURE OF PEACE
By Dr. Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana — Discrimination and intolerance cannot strengthen peace. They are enemies for destabilizing the culture
Oct 23, 2024
All of a sudden
By Michelle Gubbay — No one noticed Lenny, but then all of a sudden Lenny began to play the piano. I had no idea that he could play. He was
Oct 17, 2024
This poem as a wish
By Ron Riekki — As a couples counselor who is a single, I daily wish I could exist with the bliss of struggle, of fighting for love,
Oct 15, 2024
In Interim
By Miriam Brantley — I sit on a bench in a courtyard, shaded by a tree with signs of a dying summer on every side. The mountain tops have
Oct 12, 2024
The Why of Abandonment
By Pamela OHara — This day is dedicated to you, but you are not here. The only thing that I wanted from my father was that he be here.
Oct 8, 2024
The Box
By Molly Arbuthnott — I carried my box of books and got rather strange looks as it fell from my arms yet again. It all began yesterday when
Oct 5, 2024
Love is being able to hold the pain with the love
By Eileen Nittler — There was no calm place, only the cruel bodyguards of grief—anger, sorrow, confusion, hopelessness. I settled for
Oct 3, 2024
My Path to 100 Years of Age
By Dr. Sidney Trubowitz — What it’s like to be almost 100. At this point in my life, I have a tendency to fixate on the physical—my trouble
Oct 1, 2024
SUFFICIENT
By Dee Allen — I understand this hatred well. The strong dislike for who's different. Our two people have endured slavery in the past. Then
Sep 28, 2024
IF ONLY THERE WERE NO PREDATORS
By John Grey — "That's nature, his father would say, as he put the unfired rifle back in its case. "Fox, coyote, raccoon, they all gotta
Sep 25, 2024
A Mother and Daughter
By Gaurav Ojha — Mother, when your dreams begin to crumble before the eyes, feel the sunshine you have been hiding to protect your daughter
Sep 20, 2024
A Day in the Forest
By Birdman313 — Watching and listening as the streams flow down, around and over debris in its path. Their destination is well traveled
Sep 17, 2024
Another Round
By Marjorie Chesebro — Ziprasidone – Seroquel – Tegretol, the newest sequence of pills for my mental health. My psychiatrist labels it
Sep 14, 2024
The Cruelty of the Blue Sky
By Doug Holder — I am frightened by its blue purity. Some say it makes a simple statement. There is indeed a silver lining but it is way
Sep 9, 2024