Poetry

"...His words were like magic and beauty..."

"...powerful currents that propel you forward, do not belong to anyone..."

"...In college she found a taller world..."

Kushal Poddar is a journalist, father, and the editor of 'Words Surfacing.’ His works have been translated into twelve languages, published across the globe.

"...to unravel the mysteries of the moon and the sun..."

"...you smile again at your Texan image of old fartdom..."

"...they crave what I discovered long ago, then threw it away..."

"...to be on time, to be off to somewhere..."

"...searching both for inner and for outer ways..."

"...I will reach my destination ..."

"...love stories sprout from the inscriptions on tree trunks..."

"...even so, they were better than nothing..."

"...too malevolent to be caught..."

"... masters of both configuration and color..."

"...During the small hours of darkness, memory unbuttons herself ..."

"...Next door the big dog emptied his water bowl..."

"...there are scant truths we own the script to..."

"...I live to make my own history..."

"...I stretched my arms towards the ceiling..."

"...After a while she didn't even feel them..."

"...I want to write in dusty pages..."

"... An early summer night...."

"...grateful for everything that they shared..."

"Long poles reach wired grids in ceilings overhead..."

"...the aroma of pot roast, sweet corn, fresh baked bread..."

"...Before the spring thaws truth from the bones..."

"...out of my sight and I walked away..."

Keith Hoerner (BS, MFA, PhD candidate) is founding editor of the Webby Award recognized <span class="tex-italic">Dribble Drabble Review</span>, an online literary ezine and print anthology series of all things "little-ature."

"The guillotine is a poor teacher..."

"..Could well lead into an opportunity much bigger..."