Poetry

The Azure Sea by Hongri Yuan (May 25, 2020)

"...Where there is no day and night..."

Secret of a Hero by Rehanul Hoque (May 25, 2020)

"...You could shoot at Achilles' heel..."

Ode by Eric Robert Nolan (May 25, 2020)

"...Delight me for a while."

Beneath This Body by R.M. Engelhardt (May 25, 2020)

"...Our voices Suppressed, Our hearts Denied..."

Spinster by K.E. Risen (May 25, 2020)

K.E. Risen is an avid reader who did her B.A. in creative writing and English and now writes poetry and speculative fiction on the beautiful west coast. She is a huge Harry Potter fan who secretly wants to date Snape.

Avoiding Stagnation by Alex Andy Phuong (May 25, 2020)

"Change is the only constant..."

Fallen Valor by Pranab Ghosh (May 25, 2020)

"...You gave away your integrity..."

The Hawk by Elaine Zentner (May 25, 2020)

"...Feathers glinting flecks gold and amber on cream..."

Medusa by Yasmin Hemmat (May 25, 2020)

"...How she cursed and lost her glory..."

Essential Workers by Frederick Foote (May 25, 2020)

"...with families and loved ones who deserve better and safer..."

New Kids' Register Riddles by Ndaba Sibanda (May 25, 2020)

"...if you are not here just say 'absent'..."

The Truth About Birds by Charlie Brice (May 18, 2020)

"...let a blanket of sky swaddle me in its splendor..."

No Time by Connie S. Tettenborn (May 18, 2020)

"...The thief of our time comes in stealth..."

An Old Yankee Stadium Matinee by Tony Gloeggler (May 18, 2020)

"You've cut work and feel free, giddy like the time you played hooky from sixth grade..."

words by Mike Zone (May 18, 2020)

"...no better sensation..."

Media Wise by Frederick Foote (May 18, 2020)

"The trick was dancing the news..."

Thinking of You Is Full of Comfort (#26 - 29) by Xi Nan (Nancy) (May 18, 2020)

The first in a series of poems with three-line stanzas.

Ode to the Mediocre by John Patrick Robbins (May 18, 2020)

"...I am never an outlaw, but I am a rebel to a lost cause..."

What Knight in Shining Armor! by Pranab Ghosh (May 18, 2020)

"Knight in Shining Armor" -- first in a series of poems. "...A shadowy figure as pale as the breeze..."

Not Aging This Year by Ndaba Sibanda (May 18, 2020)

"2020, she said, you had better know this..."

My Teacher's Question by Ahmad Al-Khatat (May 11, 2020)

"...what do you want to do when you grow up?..."

Green Bananas by Judith Alexander Brice (May 11, 2020)

"Don't buy them, not yet..."

Contingence by Sanjeev Sethi (May 11, 2020)

"...at times words bruise us..."

The Beauties on the Beach by John Grey (May 11, 2020)

"...they all have perfect bodies..."

A Stream by Probal Basak (May 11, 2020)

"...carrying weeds of sorrow, muds of pain..."

Tables Turned on Them by Ndaba Sibanda (May 11, 2020)

Nature has a way...

Last Sleep by Pranab Ghosh (May 11, 2020)

Sat by the River by Wayne F. Burke (May 4, 2020)

"...purling and deep from snow-melt..."

Legacy by Lynn White (May 4, 2020)

"...My mother liked things to be right..."

Mommy by Charles Cicirella (May 4, 2020)

"...In one split second everything changed..."