Poetry

"...He says he is going to make a movie..."

"...time reaches through weighty errors and trial..."

J.R. Barner is a writer, teacher, and musician living in Athens, Georgia, USA.

Taken from the poet’s upcoming book titled, "The Birds That Never Learned To Fly: We Have No More Tears", poems touching on such issues as critical energy challenges bedeviling South Africa and Zimbabwe, mounting frustration and disgruntlement of the citizens, and the beauty of nature.

"...A chariot arrives, slows down and then disappears..."

"...Only myriad of chances..."

"...Bereft of All daytime glitz..."

"...some smoke and smoulder..."

"...They attacked my birthplace and crushed my heart..."

"...real people on their way to their real jobs..."

Taken from the poet’s upcoming book titled, "The Birds That Never Learned To Fly: We Have No More Tears", poems touching on such issues as critical energy challenges bedeviling South Africa and Zimbabwe, mounting frustration and disgruntlement of the citizens, and the beauty of nature.

Rocío Iglesias is a queer Cuban-American poet. Her work has appeared in various print and electronic publications and can most recently be found in Firmament Magazine and Brave Voices Magazine. She lives, breathes, and works in Minneapolis, MN.

Mini Babu is working as Associate Professor of English with the Dept. of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala and now working at BJM Govt. College, Chavara, Kollam, Kerala, India. Her poems have featured in anthologies, journals and magazines.

"...Death still comes in the shadow of grief..."

"...If only they could imagine the ephemeral moments..."

"...another spark against back ground..."

"...Like statutes, it was open to interpretations..."

"...Search-drones scour the space-lanes..."

"...my spirit thrashed through sweat and dreams..."

"...Palm trees figs and dates in Damascus..." in Damascus

"...don't cool off in my drink..."

Sayani Mukherjee is a poet hailing from Chandannagar, a former French colony in West Bengal. She received her post graduation degree in English literature from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.She likes to engage her leisure in photography, cinema and arts.

"I wander in parched dryness..."

"...a growing gang of coyotes laughing..."

"...celebrating with yet more beer..."

"...he nodded at each as if all knowing..."

"...I often rechristen my days..."

"...To now quench thirsts within her oasis ever beckoning promise..."

"...tragically consumed, swallowed by life..."

"...the skyline of the city Has lost its pristine glory..."