Poetry

"...naked branches remind me of tentacles...

"...I see moments that seem motionless..."

"...We have altered vocabulary beyond repair..."

"...all I took for granted and lost without honor..."

"...left to struggle with the bitterness..."

"...To cruise to the moon, to Mars..."

"...Every sweet heart will break..."

Vandana Kumar is a Middle School French teacher in New Delhi, India. An educator with over 20 years of experience, she is also a French translator and recruitment consultant. Her poems have been published in various national and international journals and websites.

"...I stepped on a caterpillar accidentally..."

"...No longer able to choose sides..."

"Not so known a voice Comes closer to you..."

"...Fifty years is a building's life, said the college pres..."

"...and no one here in love..."

"...they're not wearing straight jackets or foaming at the mouth..."

"...he looked around and saw devastation, dismay, and death..."

Dr. Ketaki Datta is an Associate Professor of English with Bidhannagar Govt. College, Kolkata.

Charlie Robert is a writer and poet living in Silicon Valley. His work is Punchy. Stark. Filled with creatures close to the earth.

"...that elegance of walk deer have when unafraid...

"...too deep for you and I to fathom at all..."

"...A masterstroke of contrast..."

"...This house is theirs..."

"...He has been named the nation's hottest footballer at the moment..."

"...one of the nicest human beings I've ever met..."

"...unlike bare rooms we rent to leave behind..."

Aleathia Drehmer is a lover of life who looks to find the small things in the world that people often pass by unnoticed. She is always writing poetry and is currently working on two novels.

"...Like a barren land he lies Looking at starry night sky..."

"A slight blanket of clovers..."

"...nobody to get a hold of my splatter-paint thoughts..."

"...You walk the clouds above me..."

"This smile was never meant for me..."