Poem – A Dream (By Lynn Long)
A Dream You are but a dream… Existing in the soft whispers of a gentle breeze… Still… I wait… In the place where the white light meets the sea Where love lingers… Eternally
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Poem – Are We Real (By Melissa R. Mendelson)
Are We Real – By Melissa R. Mendelson The elderly couple sat in their chairs, waiting to be called. As they waited, they drew close, and he said, “What is Reality?” She didn’t answer. “How do we know, if this, we are real?” Still, no answer. “Does that not worry you?” She took a long moment to think, and then […]
Read morePoem – Love Letters of Old (By David Russell)
Love Letters of Old My love was stifled Between the gum and the paper – The sealed envelope was lumpy
Read morePoem – Dark Dream (By David Russell)
Dark Dream Out came the swarms of shadow things To make their dead messages, To find their story-forms, Glinting chitin delighting, Reeding the pitches. Down went the depths, encased and ethered, Numbing us to touch the greater. Down went the coils of lit signs, And made the questions dark and known, And made the answers dark and known […]
Read morePoem – Song of Innocence and Degradation (By Henryk Baranski)
Song of Innocence and Degradation I LOOKED UPON THE CHILDREN AS THEY SLEPT TOOK A HAND AND TESTED ITS PULSE PUT MY HAND ON A FOREHEAD JUST LIGHTLY ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THEY WEREN’T DEAD. AND THEN TO WORK LEAVING THEM ALONE AWAY FROM MY HEART BECAUSE THE THINGS I SEE AND DO AMOUNT TO AN ANGUISHED CRY OF […]
Read morePoem – The Snowman (By Marieta Maglas)
The snowman doesn’t know why the reasons are balanced perfectly by feelings. He was dealing last week with a snowstorm wondering how many snowflakes could fall. The snowman thinks of the pure joy of being alive. Now, the rain comes down in trickles to melt the snow, and he wants to let all the weight of fall to the […]
Read morePoem – Disintegration (By David Russell)
Disintegration The bottom fell out And all things gathered, Reverted to their origins In skips, on pavements, Fell to casual hands. But at the pit Of all exhaustion, The bottom of grip’s loss Are seeds and roots Of restoration Which in throbbing cycles Breathe out on pine and belt. The bottom stood solid.
Read morePoem – 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 within us The twilight people are ready for us They are ethereal, fantastic and by getting to know […]
Read morePoem – GALILEO’S GHOST (By Ray Gallucci)
GALILEO’S GHOST With Earth at the Center, Ptolemy ruled. Mathematically sound, for centuries fooled Who then passed as scientists to proclaim, “We know all the Universe; don’t defame!” When Copernicus proved the Sun’s the Hub, Those of Catholic persuasion wouldn’t budge. “Since the Bible’s declared, ’The Earth is It,’ Therefore anything new must therein fit.” When […]
Read morePoem – HOW I KEEP FIT (By John Grey)
HOW I KEEP FIT – By John Grey The sidewalks in the city are like exercise equipment. There’s a mix of long strides on the cement treadmill and the shorter, quicker gait of the elliptical workout. A few stand at the street corner, stationary pedaling while waiting for the lights to change. Some hoist brown briefcase dumbbells. Others try the […]
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