The Banyan Tree, Auroville A poem by Jhilam Chattaraj The Banyan Tree, Auroville This wind is over a hundred years old— it has woven petals from the sun to teach silence under a Banyan tree. Root is trunk; trunk is... Continue Reading →
The Extra Mile A poem by Linda Conroy The Extra Mile I forget the purpose of this ride, the thread run through the day slips from my fingers as gulls flicker in a dappled light. Clouds swell and rain soon... Continue Reading →
Sunrise or Sunset? A poem by Joan Leotta Sunrise or Sunset? Staring into the sky as sun makes its appearance or slips away, I often imagine I can see beyond our atmosphere, beyond space, into the paradise that once was.... Continue Reading →
The Labor of Poetry A poem by Ronald Zack The Labor of Poetry With apologies to John Keats, Gertrude Stein, William Shakespeare, and Marianne Moore I don't remember if truth is beauty or if it went the other way around.... Continue Reading →
Memory's Home A poem by Cathryn Essinger Memory's Home -after "Salt and Feathers" by Katina Pastis Radwanski Here is the land of remembered things-- memory's dark home--where the salt of the earth is wedded to the sky. Here is salt... Continue Reading →
I Collect Mothers A poem by Miranda Diaz I Collect Mothers And reach my arms out, empty To be filled by each one They offer original absolution Names for the feelings I keep Below my heart Pills and petals to... Continue Reading →
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