Poetry
Poem – (By Nicolo Santilli)
sparks - By Nicolo Santilli peek into a distant world where the light is brighter so that some of its light spills through the opening for it lies buried as a potential in ...
Poem – Plain Girl Pretty (By Donal Mahoney)
■ Plain Girl Pretty Rose was a plain girl from a small town. She sang in the choir, never missed Bible study, left for the big city after high school. She worked nights in a shanty diner next to ...
Poem – “FOUR” CAST (By Ray Gallucci)
"FOUR" CAST The earth's been here four billion years, But humans mere four million. How often has the atmosphere Received a "global killing?" Have comets many seared the skies, Volcanoes oft erupted? What oceans parched till desert-dry And climates left ...
Poem – IF YOU THOUGHT THIS YEAR WAS BAD (By Ray Gallucci)
IF YOU THOUGHT THIS YEAR WAS BAD … (Based on "December 21, 2012: The Real Doomsday?" from http://www.viewzone.com/endtime.html) Doomsday forecasts I believe Offer humans no reprieve. But, unlike the common thread, Won't be we who strike us dead. No atomic ...
Poem – MORNING GLORY (By Joseph Cavera)
MORNING GLORY (By Joseph Cavera) Ever since she raised her hand And let her voice be known We’ve all been bowed to understand The altruism she has shown Now in the days she woke too soon, And in the nights ...
Poem – IN THE LONG RUN (By Joseph Cavera)
IN THE LONG RUN (By Joseph Cavera) Run to get the endorphins flowing Run away from the catastrophes you’ve created Run over all the bases in the game Run off on a tangent Run out of ideas, think once more ...
Poem – Closer to the Heart: Seven Chinese Character (By Yuan Changming)
Closer to the Heart: Seven Chinese Character 怒: anger results from slavery Rising above heart 愁: worry occurs when autumn Sits high on your heart 意: meaning is defined as A sound over the heart 念: idea is what today ...
Poem – By Simon Perchik
A click and its likeness can't change, curled the way rain yellows though you hold on almost make out the grin that could be yours --it's been years, minutes and even with your arms apart you have forgotten the smell ...
Poem – Drifting (By Melissa Mendelson)
■ Drifting Like a violent storm that rages outside and smashes my walls with its power is how I feel when my world grows dark, and I release my fury to salvage the remains ...
Poem – Coast (By Austin Alexis)
Heave of waves rushing toward shore, vast pulse of the sea, thickening, as mermaids hiss and murmur and seaweeds strangle themselves. Body of water, stupendous oceanic heft suspending me above my desire to drown here among broken shells. Massiveness lifting ...