Poetry

Against Melancholy by Julian O. Long (Mar 27, 2023)

"...sitting on someone’s porch at night eating ice cream..."

Under a Canopy of Charming and Cheery Stars by Ndaba Sibanda (Mar 27, 2023)

"This poem explores a writer’s ways of reinvention and rejuvenation."

Society! by Pranab Ghosh (Mar 20, 2023)

"...I float with Thee atop the water..."

It Gets Worse by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal (Mar 20, 2023)

"...Be kind to those around you..."

Meta by Sanjeev Sethi (Mar 20, 2023)

"...Each sunrise-to-sunset, I test myself..."

Shiny Red Shoes by Peter A. Witt (Mar 20, 2023)

"...she ran here, there, everywhere, around the house, the yard..."

My Childhood by Ann Privateer (Mar 20, 2023)

"When I was a child I loved to watch men shave..."

Still Life by David L. Painter (Mar 20, 2023)

"...it had given added life to this quiet place..."

Sleep, by Richard LeDue (Mar 20, 2023)

"...you told your neighbour..."

When You Are Light Years from Anywhere by John Grey (Mar 20, 2023)

"...think a porch swing on a crisp October afternoon..."

63 Days in Arles by Sanket Mhatre (Mar 20, 2023)

"...They couldn't gauge the truth about their love..."

Philosophy of science by Patricia Saunders (Mar 20, 2023)

"...it may be that science is not complete..."

The Fifth Brigade Brutalises on the Fifth Avenue by Ndaba Sibanda (Mar 20, 2023)

"This poem explores the Zimbabwe government’s politics of prejudicial cruelties."

Genealogy of ruin by Debarati Sen (Mar 13, 2023)

"...closed the door to the world, and left it to perish..."

The Tribe of Jesus in the Philippines' Own Hollywood by April Mae M. Berza (Mar 13, 2023)

"...Who would direct this grand motion picture?..."

Unexpected Contact by Fabrice Poussin (Mar 13, 2023)

"...new smiles emerge from these untouched forms..."

Unlit by Nolcha Fox (Mar 13, 2023)

"...He says he is her lighthouse...."

Agonies of a Caged Lad by Mubarak Said (Mar 13, 2023)

"...the stars I see in the sky are the escaped bullets..."

An Altogether Different Slumber by Eric Robert Nolan (Mar 13, 2023)

"I dream in ones and zeros, in an ease of dormancy..."

Drawing by Jim Bates (Mar 13, 2023)

"...He still made it look so darned easy..."

Dialectics! by Pranab Ghosh (Mar 6, 2023)

"...They call it PASSION..."

Fishbowl of Dreams by Amrita Valan (Mar 6, 2023)

"...No end or shore to her oceans..."

Grown Up by Dessy Tsvetkova (Mar 6, 2023)

"...no more self-humiliation meanings..."

Babies on Fire by Ian Mullins (Mar 6, 2023)

"...as though witnessing some strange archaic ritual..."

Got Sleep? by Robert Ronnow (Mar 6, 2023)

"... In the last days you may be found sleeping in the laundry mornings..."

No Olives To Branch by John Patrick Robbins (Mar 6, 2023)

"...I will meet you there, as I did promise..."

Rites of Passage by Donna Dallas (Mar 6, 2023)

"...not for ponderers nor slackers..."

Searching for the Lighthouse by George Gad Economou (Feb 27, 2023)

"...don’t come dragging me out of the mist..."

Auditorium by JD DeHart (Feb 27, 2023)

"...The auditorium of my mind has three sections..."

Horses, Oldham by Donna Pucciani (Feb 27, 2023)

"...manes waving in the wind like laundry or random angels..."