Poetry

Poem – In Time (By Cathy Bryant)

When we touch tentatively, kiss gently, vow to understand and love better, feel so much passionate remorse that we pour it out in streams of tears and caresses, apologise for our respective actions in the fight, and put things right, ...

Poem – FOR MEDICINAL USE ONLY (By Ray Gallucci)

FOR MEDICINAL USE ONLY When Medici once ruled the roost, To Renaissance they gave a boost In Florence, town of Tuscany, By prompting minds to wander free. To God no longer gave their vow, But Greeks and Romans lured them ...

Poem – THE LINT LIMERICK (By Joseph Cavera)

THE LINT LIMERICK (By Joseph Cavera) There once was a swordsman named Link Who wore everything from light blue to pink He unsheathed his sword As he confronted a demon horde Who beat him with clubs in a wink Ganondorf ...

Poem – Bob’s Terminal Bay (By Frank De Canio)

Bob’s Terminal Bay Wracked by cancer, Bob Marley told his friend, “It’s not me, Camille.” No, it’s never me when self-determination’s at an end. For, navigating pain, you cannot see but knots ahead. And you’re preoccupied with hoisting sails against ...

Poem – Siblings (By Allison Grayhurst)

Siblings   Her laughter breaks your fold, wedding you to your primal joy. Your extremes keep tune with her emotions, setting them close to yours and your canvas of sharp colours. She has no veil. You have no hidden chamber, ...

Poem – LETTING GO (By Joseph Cavera)

LETTING GO (By Joseph Cavera) There I was, just standing there, when what I wanted to do was forbidden- by law, no less. The opportunity was there, lying before me, in an instance I would not be graced with again ...

Poem – LET’S GO FLY A KITE (By Narges)

Let’s go fly the kite - By Narges Friend, gather the broken frame Change the eroded parts Attach the needed new pieces Allow new glue to dry Apply a fresh coat of color to frame Choose a vibrant shade for ...

Poem – DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOU (By Ray Gallucci)

DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOU (Based on the article “No Welcome Home” in The History Channel Magazine, January/February 2008, pp. 40-45; and other Internet sources) Ever hear of Sundown Town? Likely not, few tales around. History kept ...

Poem – CITY DAYS (By Joseph Cavera)

CITY DAYS (By Joseph Cavera) Tall, tin, and seemingly endless But if viewed from the top It appears quite bottomless- Lights are as myriad as the stars All lie on seemingly innumerable bars, Story after story Tale after Tale, And ...

Poem – Beyond the Known (By Matthew Anish)

Beyond the Known - By Matthew Anish    Let's join hands     and travel beyond the known     to worlds of imagination     we can laugh with the people of twilight absorb their energy    and feel their  glow   ...