EITHER WAY IT'S BAD
By Stephen Philip Druce — Trapped and hitched or single and ditched, either way it's bad. Coupled and chained or rejected and shamed, don't
Nov 29, 2024
I Stand Here
By Kellie Brown — I stand here fretting. Hands clasped, clenched. Breath stalled. Dread drowns fragile, nascent dreams. I stand here
Nov 26, 2024
How They Came
By Thomas Elson — Their first day in group. Most will come bargaining, pleading, “Make me better, but let me keep doing what I’ve been doing
Nov 24, 2024
Robin and Eagle
By Jan Wiezorek — On a rooftop, an American robin, state bird of Michigan, commands his post, ordering elements, causing worms to hang and
Nov 21, 2024
About Me
By Rachel Turney — I change direction like a flock of small birds. I burn for seventy hours or even more. I clear ground on the way to the
Nov 16, 2024
The Greatest Year
By Polly Kreisman — Stacks of tomorrow morning’s freshly printed papers lean against a shuttered newsstand, bundled with rope like unopened
Nov 13, 2024
Touchdown
By Lina Lambert — “Get yourself a wife who watches football on two TV screens!” my husband boasted, “and rubs your shoulders at half-time!”
Nov 11, 2024
This night will punish them all
By Vandana Kumar — The music playing in a neighbor's home isn't happy. You wonder what it really is that makes you think it has that weepy
Nov 5, 2024
Renaissance of Genuine Creativity
By CJ The Tall Poet — Devouring poorly planned adaptations may motivate one’s creativity, the blandness blended well with detachable hearts
Nov 2, 2024
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 30, 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 27, 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 24, 2024
THE CULTURE OF PEACE
By Dr. Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana — Discrimination and intolerance cannot strengthen peace. They are enemies for destabilizing the culture
Oct 22, 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 16, 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 14, 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 11, 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