Poetry

Covid-19, Week 11 -- A Dream by Judith Alexander Brice (Nov 2, 2020)

"...I need instructions, a direction to go. It's urgent, I repeat..."

Nights Adrift by Frederick Foote (Nov 2, 2020)

"...a release from summer's warm, wicked, wiles...."

A Health Timebomb Looms Large by Ndaba Sibanda (Nov 2, 2020)

"Living for months without a drop of water..."

Rebirth of Civilization by Pranab Ghosh (Oct 26, 2020)

"...That MEMORY That MYSTERY..."

Ghost Hunter by Aneek Chatterjee (Oct 26, 2020)

"...I meet ghosts in society -- tall, short, thin, fat, well dressed...

For John Dorsey by Mark Anthony Pearce (Oct 26, 2020)

"...I heard the sounds Of pots and pans Cheering and clapping..."

When You're Old I by Robert L. Penick (Oct 26, 2020)

"...Your tattoos have faded to light grey..."

Bone Orchard by Ferris E. Jones (Oct 26, 2020)

"...Come for me, for my death..."

On Mathew Street by Bruce Hodder (Oct 26, 2020)

"...outside the Cavern Club on Mathew Street..."

When an Accent Becomes an Issue by Ahmad Al-Khatat (Oct 26, 2020)

"...does not have a voice or a civil place in society..."

When the Watchful and Fearful Was Caught by Ndaba Sibanda (Oct 26, 2020)

"...He looked over his shoulders daily...."

The Listener by Robert Ronnow (Oct 26, 2020)

"New York City is where people who are disappearing go..."

Rain Walker by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal (Oct 19, 2020)

"...Bathed in salt rain you will find me..."

Love and Revolution by Rehanul Hoque (Oct 19, 2020)

"...sparks of revolution loom large..."

Contagion Is a Despot Poet by Eric Robert Nolan (Oct 19, 2020)

"...each arriving low, in permanent cursive..."

Sonnet 33, A Timeless Splendor by Ken Allan Dronsfield (Oct 19, 2020)

"...chasing the ghostly hoodoos and whatsits..."

Woman by Donna Dallas (Oct 19, 2020)

"...There are no more secrets..."

The Planetary Plan by Sanjeev Sethi (Oct 19, 2020)

"...the sledge that will be heaved at you..."

Reverence by Alex Andy Phuong (Oct 19, 2020)

"...Honor the past rather than dwell on it..."

A Short-lived Incursion into a Cave by Ndaba Sibanda (Oct 19, 2020)

"...In the dark he drifted and strained his eyes..."

Cottage Country by Ryan Quinn Flanagan (Oct 19, 2020)

"Do you ever see things in the carpet..."

A Declaration of Mass Destruction by Frederick Foote (Oct 19, 2020)

"...I am a weapon of mass destruction and social disruption..."

Death by Pranab Ghosh (Oct 12, 2020)

"...Gnaws at the walls of Decorum, propriety..."

Strings of the Light of Dawn by Hongri Yuan (Oct 12, 2020)

"...The gods smiled with stately grace and raised their glass..."

Coward by Brian Rihlmann (Oct 12, 2020)

"...maybe it's no different than before, but ..."

Haiku by Gopal Lahiri (Oct 12, 2020)

"...the pigeons flutter their wings..."

'What Have You Brought Us' by Banqobile Virginia Dakamela (Oct 12, 2020)

"...Her pay slip is engraved in her heart..."

Berth by Gary Glauber (Oct 12, 2020)

"...Alarms sound, the gates fall..."

Just Like Yesterday by Fabrice Poussin (Oct 12, 2020)

"...they act as if knights errant with their swords..."

Of Emoji Images and Insinuations ** by Ndaba Sibanda (Oct 12, 2020)

"...Think of animated emoji reactions to a post..."