we cover up the roots A poem by Lory Widmer Hess we cover up the roots we cover up the roots we shove them down deep where no one can see them we suffocate them into silence buried alive they... Continue Reading →
AuraA poem by Patrick Leacock Aura A lone, pale figure, Secluded by choice. Sitting. On a world-worn park bench. A plaque. A name of someone remembered. Etched into weather-beaten metal, Marking life's next stage slumber. I feel your aura. Like a... Continue Reading →
After days of deep grief A poem by Emilie Lygren After days of deep grief the air feels like ocean. But no amount of swimming lessons readied you for this fall beyond sight. You try to leave the house without... Continue Reading →
India: The Better Side A poem by Shamik Banerjee India: The Better Side Where every visitor is deemed divine,Whose fecund soil produces Indigo,And landforms have a picturesque design; Through whose broad swaths the Ganga's courses flow,Where sunrays crown (as if an... Continue Reading →
Oak Curiology A poem by Richard Spilman Oak Curiology From a nomad seed buried in ice, a dim white worm, throws off its windings, dry as vellum, breathes. Then all hell breaks loose-- waving masses of green on a stiff spine,... Continue Reading →
Tiny A poem by Aimee Green Tiny I remember the ocean that escaped me, revealing you at its low tide. Driftwood, debris, discarded pieces of the sea. A tiny message in a tiny bottle. I remember those battering waves: ignorance,... Continue Reading →
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