Poetry
Poem – Daily Paper on the Lawn (By Donal Mahoney)
Daily Paper on the Lawn An hour before dawn the paper is out on the lawn white in the moonlight a trumpet dozing after a long night in a jazz bar tired from playing but willing to play a last set for me not knowing ...
Poem – THE ESTHETICS OF SELF (By Peter Taylor)
THE ESTHETICS OF SELF Against the horizon, you must always consider three skies: the one you see, the one you think about, and the one that's really there. Our illusions falter on an edge we prefer to imagine, a definition ...
Poem – Bears Starving in the Woods (By Donal Mahoney)
Bears Starving in the Woods Long article in the paper this morning stops Tim from gobbling his bacon and eggs. Bears are starving in the woods. Too many cubs, too little food. There’s a plan to feed them. But no plan ...
Poem – Misanthrope at Sunset Manor (By Donal Mahoney)
Even as a child Charles couldn’t forgive other children not for something they had done but rather for who they were. They were inferior and couldn’t help it, his parents both agreed. Charles couldn’t stand any of them. This continued his entire life. Charles almost married a woman he ...
Poem – WINTER’S REPRISE (By Joseph Cavera)
WINTER'S REPRISE (By Joseph Cavera) I see ways gray days of frost form within I see the expressions of people worn thin I see the frozen flakes fall coldly slow I see the winter winds seep and rise I see ...
Poem – DAWN (By Ray Gallucci)
DAWN It shuffled across the savannah Toward shade from the rising sun. In each hand it carried banana Held firm by opposing thumb. An ape by all rights of appearance, Yet upright its ambling gait. To primate behavior adherence Except ...
Poem – Dark Secrets (By Angelica Fuse)
■ Dark Secrets from collar to corner, from newspaper print to blink screen, the bad news spreads faster than the pleasant stores of rescue, wrongs search for wrongdoer, like flashlights in the dark. Author Bio: Angelica Fuse is an ...
Poem – Seeing the Glass as Half-full or Half-empty (By Cathy Bryant)
There are many other possibilites. The busy homeworker sees more washing up to do. The cat sees something to knock over. The lovers see something to share. The conspiracy theorist sees that the water was drugged, and the glass had ...
Poem – Parents Night (By Donal Mahoney)
■ Parents Night Emma used to do real good in school her mother tells her new teacher. It’s Parents Night at Ryland Elementary. Mostly mothers in attendance. What’s the problem, her mother asks. Fifth grade shouldn’t be hard for her. Emma's never had a grade lower than ...
Poem – Into White (By Melissa R. Mendelson)
Into White Love was the heart nestled in soft, white sheets, beating with beauty, and glistening with rays of life. Love are the lights in a mother’s eyes as she brushes the hair of her young daughter and then takes ...
