Poetry
Poem – ALAS (By Elaine Nadal)
■ ALAS – By Elaine Nadal I was told I have her eyes, her thick brows-- didn’t think much of it: We all have something of someone. My sister has Aunt Natalia’s smile. My brother has Uncle Silo’s curly hair ...
Poem – Never To Wander (By Ndifreke George)
NEVER TO WANDER Hell smoke has gone to rest And gradually I condense Like caged cloud in a fist of steel Bubbling in a helpless circumference The rope to winch is strained to shreds But in my sleeping wings Am ...
Poem – Malnourished (By Akor Emmanuel Oche)
Malnourished mild noon-time breeze, the sunrise clang the bells for ideal men to get to work. (shrug the dust off your shoulders) a poet embraces time by carefully walking a mile. thoughts of her rush in again.. like photography, your ...
Poem – A CHILDREN’S PARADISE LOST (By Joseph Cavera)
A CHILDREN'S PARADISE LOST (By Joseph Cavera) As I sit here This ground shifts Falling further Into roaring rifts The wind scatters As your toes touch the ground, Nothing else matters While you land without a sound Now enter this ...
Poem – Rethinking Things (By Gil Hoy)
Rethinking Things - By Gil Hoy I should have married a computer with high-speed internet at an early age. I wouldn’t have needed so much school. Just search for “Most useful info” and read on for four years. Grad school? ...
Poem – Removal (By Michael Roeder)
A new rising falls giving way to complete urgency of the now and gives glorious rise to the future. Pale towers of sheer strength tremble with the force of a billion suns give exuberant exultation to the oceans of the ...
Poem – Morning Coffee Can Be So Important (By Donal Mahoney)
A tragedy happened to Willie and Millie after years of marriage. All their kids were doing well and had nice families of their own but tragedy struck one dawn before Willie had had his morning coffee. Millie was on her third cup and Willie said Millie ...
Poem – Early to Rise (By David Russell)
Early to Rise In vigour, he did the splits in freedom In free vigour, he did the splits Freely, he did the splits in vigour, With vigour, he did the splits freely Vigorously, he did the free splits – He ...
Poem: How Leaving Home Works (By John Grey)
HOW LEAVING HOME WORKS I need highways, infrastructure that can differentiate between the town where I grew up and the place I need to be. And a Ford that’s up to it, getting on but faithful, its leather bucket seats ...
Poem – THINGS THAT GO “BUMP” IN THE NIGHT (By Ray Gallucci)
THINGS THAT GO "BUMP" IN THE NIGHT The comet was heading for Earth To impact directly on Perth: "Unless we avoid This death planetoid, Our lives aren't a plugged nickel worth." Too large to deflect it astray If even they ...
