Poetry

"...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.

Grant Shimmin is a South African-born poet resident in New Zealand since 2001. He counts humanity, the natural world, and the relationship between them as poetic passions.

"...who will work in your restaurants..."

"They didn’t hire her for her acting..."

"...observe nature’s fragile menagerie..."

"...a veil without form, a cosmic void..."

"Fruit flies atop of beer..."

"...the river glimpsed through roadside trees, the Androscoggin..."

"...It has windows cracked and dirty, a vision obscured..."

"...a queen once ruled..."

"...Please tell me more about your dream, darling..."

"... final farewell of releasing what had been your own beloved Mother..."

"...It takes you to old and new places..."

"...March wind rushes through the barn breezeway..."

"...it seemed I had been on this boat for years..."

"...I shall see you even in the dark..."

"...listening through the ceiling to my upstairs neighbor..."

"...as if you’re running away from ruin..."

"...the same people with whom you laughed, hugged, ate dinners, and yes loved are still there..."

"...It depends upon the readers..."

"...In Zim, the start of Feb saw the pitiless pulling down of the poor people’s houses..."