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Poem – rpm (By Abdulrahman M Abu-yaman)

September 30, 2024 Antarctica Journal

rpm (rhetorical paradoxi-metaphorisis) scleras, snow white pupils, dilated. brain box, sparking incandescently. he asks the physician: ‘tell me doctor, what’s my malady?’ stares at his sloppy zig-zag manuscript and replies ‘rpm’. not comprehending, he utters, ‘excuse me?’, physician expatiates: ‘rhetorical paradoxi-metaphorisis, a rare cerebral disorder in which the forebrain “wordyfactures” weird grandiloquent and aesthetic phrases and clauses sub- consciously, using […]

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Poem – Mammo (By Layla Lenhardt)

September 30, 2024 Antarctica Journal

Mammo At first, the grief was bare, an unsheathed sword, its presence sharp. But then it turned, slowly, into a faded tattoo on a hidden part of my body. I tried calling your phone last night. I don’t know what I expected, but I was scared. When I’m dripping in too much darkness, that same profound, welling of […]

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Poem – I Always Think About You (By Wafula p’Khisa)

September 29, 2024 Antarctica Journal

I always think about you Whenever I fail to tame tears Flowing and overflowing like Nile waters– Siphoning strength from a bereft soul And chasing sleep at midnight; Leaving me restless like an insomniac… I always think about you Once I falter cheering my spirit on: To endure gnawing loneliness That humbles me to bow To silence’s sorrowful songs! […]

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Poem – UNIVERSAL PALETTE (By Joseph Cavera)

September 29, 2024 Antarctica Journal

UNIVERSAL PALETTE (By Joseph Cavera) Trim your palette of ink they decree Royal Amethyst choirs send thee Responses from reading notes from long ago is key Gazing out, Viridian forests house a lush of trees While behind me dances barrel-fulls of Mahogany monkeys Burnt Sienna dunes seep strong tunes for free And cobalt gears turn here by Warehouse Three […]

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Poem – Because (By Allison Grayhurst)

September 28, 2024 Antarctica Journal

Because Because of you my heart has hatched its most treasured nerve. I am no longer nagged by the sulphur darkness that carves away the surface from my lungs. Because of you we have two more to join us on our journey. Two children, ruled by humour and the deep-drawn breath. I no longer need false conversation, struggling to […]

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Poem – Manhattan Landlord (By Gary Beck)

September 28, 2024 Antarctica Journal

Manhattan Landlord I ran a swell restaurant for many years on a good block in Manhattan. I wasn’t rich, but made a good living, paid my workers well so they were happy and passed it on to customers. Then my lease ran out. The landlord raised the rent, three hundred percent. There was no way I could […]

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Poem – Sponging Up Succor (By Frank De Canio)

September 28, 2024 Antarctica Journal

Sponging Up Succor I’m suffering through vinegary days, as if I’m Jesus at His Calvary. Arrested from my customary ways by modern versions of its harsh decree, I bend beneath the burden of my cross. Recalling laurels in Jerusalem, I’m painfully reminded of my loss who sport a fool’s cap for a diadem. As I secure my seat at […]

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Playgroup Politics

September 27, 2024 Antarctica Journal

There is something deeply suffocating about life today in the prosperous west. Bourgeoisification, the suburbanisation of the soul, proceeds at an unnerving pace. Tyranny becomes docile and subservient, and soft totalitarianism prevails, as obsequious as a wine waiter. Nothing is allowed to distress and unsettle us. The politics of the playgroup rules us all.

Poem – Whispers of Hope (By Melissa R. Mendelson)

September 27, 2024 Antarctica Journal

Whispers of Hope (Dedicated to Hurricane Katrina Victims) by, Melissa R. Mendelson Tears pour over endless cries as footprints vanish in the mud left behind by those whose world has been ripped away. Stranded in a place once called home, all the dreams slip away like moments in time that we took for granted. The golden days of life […]

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Poem – THE ADVANCING BIOSPHERE (By Joseph Cavera)

September 25, 2024 Antarctica Journal

THE ADVANCING BIOSPHERE (By Joseph Cavera) From the new, fly the old Species and spaces, forever fold into the zone of Daphne’s trees little finches none the wiser progression cannot freeze of course… They rang the tones of this old show years and years and years ago then old ships came to her feet and a […]

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Poem – rpm (By Abdulrahman M Abu-yaman)

Poem – Mammo (By Layla Lenhardt)

Poem – I Always Think About You (By Wafula p’Khisa)

Poem – UNIVERSAL PALETTE (By Joseph Cavera)

Poem – Because (By Allison Grayhurst)

Poem – Manhattan Landlord (By Gary Beck)

Poem – Sponging Up Succor (By Frank De Canio)

Playgroup Politics

Poem – Whispers of Hope (By Melissa R. Mendelson)

Poem – THE ADVANCING BIOSPHERE (By Joseph Cavera)