Poetry

"...stock letter nonsense with the name penciled in..."

"... Why were you born, my child?..."

"...death for me is a cartoon mouse hole in the wall..."

"...love every mother wishes for her offspring..."

"...When I read you, I read myself..."

"...One is unintended, the other is purposed..."

"...Me and Hazel. In the park..."

"...So much pain..."

"...we were in love, I thought or I presumed..."

"...scent of radiant sunlight warming black-eyed susans..."

"...and always the sound of trains in the distance..."

"...I stepped on an underground hornet’s nest..."

"...the man who brought the baby moose into his house..."

"...Abroad, afar, a distant drum cajoles with dead hypnotic dirge..."

"...United in their love of the natural world..."

"...Critics say things are rushed in this frantic, fast-paced craze..."

"Awakening to the call and response of geese..."

Paulette Calasibetta , a retired interior designer has been writing poetry for seven years. Living in a pastoral village in New Jersey, inspired by the landscape, reflecting on extraordinary places and extraordinary people that shape ordinary life.

Fhen M. is a poet. He was a writing fellow in a creative writing workshop. His poems were published in many poetry anthologies.

"...Hopes were adorned with the first ray of dawn..."

"...the backyard of my boyhood home..."

"...like a final embrace..."

"...I see faces I haven’t seen in a long time..."

"...I hear your voice, fragmented words in thunder..."

"...all the bums that voted against him..."

"...the works and legacies of real heroes speak for themselves..."

Afra Ahmad is a writer, poet, artist and calligrapher. Based in Taiwan, she holds a Bachelor's degree in English Literature.

"...Freedom keeps hope alive..."

Marjorie Pezzoli is a silk painter for 25+ years, a page poet who will pick up a microphone at various San Diego open mics. Her writings deal with grief, hope, cosmic wonders, and stuff that catches her eye.