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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
A Silent Conversation: Ice Cream in the Sun
By Liz Roddin — The pint of ice cream was getting low, and we still hadn’t spoken. As I spooned, I looked at his downcast eyes and decided I
Jan 22, 2025
DEATH WALKS BESIDE ME
By Kathleen Poncher — Death walks beside me on majestic mountain trails and in murky hospital halls. I see you in ritual civility and
Jan 19, 2025
The amaranthine fairy
By Paweł Markiewicz — You are autumn fantasy, born from oak. Like rain of demand you fill chivalry. Stars of non-destruction need your
Jan 15, 2025
How to Visit El Sueño Americano: The American Dream/artist Tom Kiefer
By Barbara Simmons — Don’t read the curator’s words. They are only commentaries next to the heart of the matter. Instead, stand before the
Jan 13, 2025
“Questions”
By Christina E. Petrides — Did you end up like your dad? Spending evenings staring blankly at a television, nonspeaking at dinner, blending
Jan 11, 2025
HOW TO KNOW IF SOMEONE LOVES YOU?
By David James — You may find someone staring at you when you glance up from washing dishes, and they smile. They may bring you a hot tea
Jan 8, 2025
I have forgotten what touch is.
By Cerid Jones — I've forgotten what touch is. Lost in the long strides between reaching for things I'm never sure I've ever held.
Jan 5, 2025