Poetry

Poem – A Nuclear Childhood (By Donal Mahoney)

A Nuclear Childhood   What if your parents  had never met had never married    had never yelled  at each other  and instead had wed   someone they loved and lived peacefully  all those years.   That would have been  ...

Poem – What Is Family (By Melissa R Mendelson)

Soft, golden rays of sun race across deep, blue water, breathtaking in sight, the touch of life, but the waters could run cold, washing conflict across the shore, and drown deep into misery, turmoil over time. But love never dies ...

Poem – Making an Attempt (By David Hernandez)

Making an Attempt An enclosed UBH hospital room is the first step to maintaining my privacy and treat my phobia to the outdoors. The second step is to visit a restaurant and eat a grilled cheese sandwich, along with mashed ...

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 – GEDANKEN WHAT I DESERVE (By Ray Gallucci)

“GEDANKEN WHAT I DESERVE” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment)   Albert Einstein went “gedanken” in his search fortheory knocking Galileo and Sir Isaac from their pedestals on high. There upon a light beam traveling, Einstein perchedto try unraveling All the mysteries of physics he’d ...

Poem – To The Last Detail (By Henryk Baranski)

To The Last Detail AND THE YOUNG WHORE PLAYED OUT HER PART AS THE FORGOTTEN SAILORS PLAYED OUT THEIRS SHE LOOKED SO LOVELY SITTING THERE ALL NAKED AND BEAUTIFUL ENTICING THE PRISONER TO RUN AWAY. AND HE DID TRY TO ...

Poem – Travelogue (By Gary Beck)

Travelogue Voyagers no longer disembark at decayed seaports, piers rotting where sturdy ships once docked delivering the wealthy the hopeful, travel plans replaced by accommodating airlines getting us to destinations so quickly there’s no transition between coming and going, just ...

Poem – DROWNING (By Ajise Vincent)

■ DROWNING   next year, when cavalries of storms shall come riding like the flood of noah & the earth convulses torrents on the passage of breaths i shall not swim with fishes or mermaids but savor the utility in ...

Poem – ANCESTOR WORSHIP (By Ray Gallucci)

ANCESTOR WORSHIP The Gothic doors beckon me in. I enter.  The nave is dim Though from the vaults the lights suspend And through the glass the colors blend. I forward step into the past Where medieval shadows cast. Distracted.  What's ...

Poem – WATER FOR PUERTO RICO (By Elaine Nadal)

■ WATER FOR PUERTO RICO (A Reaction to Puerto Rico’s Struggles) Dad always said, “No te ahogues en un vaso de agua.” “It means don’t drown in a glass of water,” I’d explain to my non-Spanish-speaking friends, wanting to share ...