Poetry

Poem – JUST FOR KICKS (By Joseph Cavera)

JUST FOR KICKS (By Joseph Cavera) There once was a fool named Scott, Who enjoyed kicking things a lot To his surprise, He met his demise, When he kicked a meteor that was still hot ...

Poem – With her name in your mouth… (By Simon Perchik)

With her name in your mouth more than a word, a morning and everywhere on Earth at the same time, in daylight though once every year you eat an apple in silence as if a whisper could pull the stars ...

Poem – SECOND SELF (By Roger Singer)

SECOND SELF - By Roger Singer The second self of me is the gift unwrapped. The adventure in need of a path. A stone to be dislodged. A bridge that crosses every part, leading to passions and fears. It’s a ...

Poem – IF YOU THOUGHT THIS YEAR WAS BAD (By Ray Gallucci)

IF YOU THOUGHT THIS YEAR WAS BAD … (Based on "December 21, 2012: The Real Doomsday?" from http://www.viewzone.com/endtime.html) Doomsday forecasts I believe Offer humans no reprieve. But, unlike the common thread, Won't be we who strike us dead. No atomic ...

Poem – WHAT LIES BENEATH (By Ray Gallucci)

WHAT LIES BENEATH At base of elevator shaft Lives planet I once knew (Preserved by technologic craft) On which earth’s surface grew. Beneath a roof of greenhouse glass Lies planet of my birth Supporting seven levels vast Of Hotel Planet ...

Poem – Checkpoint (By David Russell)

Checkpoint Lurching, they bluster – ghouls into the chasm. Fierce lava, blowing, nullifies their fall And dissipates harsh gravity’s concussion, Forces a seething screen of phoenix cowardice, Leaping to swell Into a fresh, mendacious crust, Tripping and throttling the led ...

Poem – A Bit of News Not Fake (By Donal Mahoney)

A Bit of News Not Fake   An article in the paper reports something one doesn’t see happen in America very often.   Eighty billionaires, millionaires and others close to that level in New York have written to    their lawmakers ...

Poem – The Waking Nightmare (By Henryk Baranski)

The Waking Nightmare IN THE WAKE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS I RISE AND BLINK HAVE I BEEN LAUGHING HAVE I BEEN CRYING HAVE I BEEN AFRAID OR EXALTED HAVE I SEEN MY UNCONSCIOUS HAVE I BEEN TO OTHER WORLDS HAVE I ...

Poem – AT HOHENSALZBURG (By Ray Gallucci)

AT HOHENSALZBURG - By Ray Gallucci (in Salzburg, Austria) Upon this mountain high All comers I defy With walls that can’t be scaled And Gates in iron veiled. Above my Town of Salt, I, Hohensalzburg Fort, Defend where Mozart grew ...

Poem – (By Nicolo Santilli)

sparks - By Nicolo Santilli    peek into a distant world   where the light is brighter   so that some of its light   spills through the opening     for it lies buried as a potential   in ...