Poetry
Poem – Bob’s Terminal Bay (By Frank De Canio)
Bob’s Terminal Bay Wracked by cancer, Bob Marley told his friend, “It’s not me, Camille.” No, it’s never me when self-determination’s at an end. For, navigating pain, you cannot see but knots ahead. And you’re preoccupied with hoisting sails against ...
Poem – Gasping on air and salt… (By Simon Perchik)
Gasping on air and salt and though you can hear the soup cool an ocean deep inside the Earth is bubbling under your skull exhausted --it's natural you wait for the soup to grieve louder and louder as if your ...
Poem – AT HOHENSALZBURG (By Ray Gallucci)
AT HOHENSALZBURG - By Ray Gallucci (in Salzburg, Austria) Upon this mountain high All comers I defy With walls that can’t be scaled And Gates in iron veiled. Above my Town of Salt, I, Hohensalzburg Fort, Defend where Mozart grew ...
Poem – Colorless (By Rex Begay)
Colorless There is no God Who prepared A heaven At the end of the book Nor are there holy ones Who brought us into the fifth world On corn pollen roads dusted with beauty No spirit no creators no love ...
Poem – Imblance (By Gary Beck)
Imbalance Disadvantaged, a common word in America, used to dismiss millions from opportunity, and as they succumb to idleness, crime, waste, many might have been contributors of worth to a declining society slowly being strangled by the privileged ...
Poem – Night Song (By Akor Emmanuel Oche)
Night Song silence sings a silent song silently, this monody from the diaphragm of mockingbirds, breaking every wondering In her synchronized tune; a wail here, a brawl there, then a chirp. birds whistle, -at night, birds sing, so does mother ...
Poem – Quick Picks (By Gary Beck)
Quick Pics A baseball player wanting to win stands for the National Anthem hand on heart, but not really listening intent on getting a hit. A concentration camp guard wanting obedience listens to a Beethoven sonata, swept away by its ...
Poem – Voyage to Italy (By Henryk Baranski)
Voyage to Italy AND IN GREAT PARNASSUS THE DWEEBS HELD SWAY SIFTING AND RISING FROM THEIR HARD BEDS BECKONING AND WELCOMING THE BECOMING OF THAT MAN WHO DRIVES DOWN THROUGH THE BUFFALO HERD AND THE HERD OF THEM PREGNANT AND ...
Poem – On Being Safe (By David B. Axelrod)
ON BEING SAFE His mantra starts out, “Warm, clean, comfortable.” He’s had his share of troubles — health, work, relationships. He’s never been consoled to hear, “Others have it so much worse.” Why would that make him feel better? How ...
Poem – LAND OF POETRY (By Joseph Cavera)
LAND OF POETRY (By Joseph Cavera) Today we sit here in this world Of speeches, media, and flags unfurled Some who live see the green and blue While others peer over a grayer hue For those who are felicitous- want ...
