A journey to the top of Europe
By Sandip Saha — A number of colorful gliders were coming down from hills. We were sitting on a bench enjoying ice cream beside a green lawn
Mar 23
Love like winter skies
By Royal W Rhodes — Sometimes the host beckoned inside to warm a moment, a little while, like a poem's brief address and then the door
Mar 20
Seeing Sylvia At The Nursing Home
By John Kaniecki — The perpetually empty soap dispenser stands like a solitary somber sentinel seeking with what it cannot provide. I wave
Mar 18
In Praise of Mania
By Marjorie Chesebro — One might say a mental illness is an exaggeration of what is already there, hidden beneath layers and layers of
Mar 16
Mom Won’t Answer The Door Anymore
By Dwight Jenkins — Not sure Mom why I thought you’d give me notice when you were ready to die. You’ve left a deep hole in my heart
Mar 12
Into a Morning Yawn
By Glenn Marchand — I was a child when it struck—through darkness, benighted, lights seemed dim, love wasn’t ideal. Maybe grateful for
Mar 10
Cemetery Door
By Hector Rodriguez — Don't fear the inevitable. Embrace your ending. We enter and leave this world. We enter through the door of the womb.
Mar 7
CLEOPATRA AT MERSA MATRUH
By Anne Whitehouse — So many shades of blue existing together in a sea of clear water rippling over a beach of fine white sand. A massive
Mar 4
My Computer wants to 'Verify if I am human'
By Doug Holder — This is what my computer tells me. Is this an insult, or rhetoric that it spews? An ontological question, coming from some
Mar 1
Kindergarten
By Craig Kirchner — Mom said, "Don't go near it. You can go in the park, but don't go near the road." I was five, ready for kindergarten.
Feb 25
Those Birds
By JT Thames — Those birds...Flying mere millimeters above my head, wings whipping, slapping the brim of my ironically adorned Orioles cap,
Feb 18
Display
By Gary Beck — Nothing will happen to us here. People are always on the street so they may look at us, but they won't do anything. Summer's
Feb 15
Her Dreams Become Her Truth
By Carissa Kobel — In her dreams, a cradle rocks. Lullabies constantly in her head. She chose to chase a clock. It wasn't important to go to
Feb 12
A FALSE SKY
By Dr. Balesh Jindal — Stripped down trees by the gentle fall winds, the wind knocked her down. She was meant to slip and slide to the
Feb 9
THE POET EMERGES
By John Grey — What was done to the smallest was done to you in grades one through six. You needed only to look twice at a bigger boy and
Feb 6
Words that Burn Bright
By Daksh Bajaj — Don't bottle up the pain in your heart. Cry it out, let feelings play their part. Don't hold the fury burning bright. Weave
Feb 3
Time Machines Existed
By Melissa Molina — If only time machines existed so I could go back and speak with my younger self. A lot of sci-fi movies warn of the
Jan 31
The Love of Words
By Leslie Fiering — You loved words. You loved reading them, writing them or using them to teach. Whether you passed that love on to me
Jan 28
Boy Scout Cookies
By Peter Mladinic — “I’m selling cookies for the Boy Scouts,” you say, thinking, because my sister’s eyes in the photo suggested this is
Jan 25