Poetry
Poem – Song of Innocence and Degradation (By Henryk Baranski)
Song of Innocence and Degradation I LOOKED UPON THE CHILDREN AS THEY SLEPT TOOK A HAND AND TESTED ITS PULSE PUT MY HAND ON A FOREHEAD JUST LIGHTLY ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THEY WEREN'T DEAD. AND THEN TO WORK LEAVING ...
Poem – fading scars are fading (By Robert Beveridge)
fading scars are fading Twenty-five years ago I unloaded a truckful of books. I'd done it a hundred times. Seventy-pound boxes into the back of the store, ten, twenty, before the bolt that jutted from the door handle caught my ...
Poem – The Snowman (By Marieta Maglas)
The snowman doesn’t know why the reasons are balanced perfectly by feelings. He was dealing last week with a snowstorm wondering how many snowflakes could fall. The snowman thinks of the pure joy of being alive. Now, the rain comes ...
Poem – Dreams Always (By Melissa R. Mendelson)
Dreams Always (For Paul Walker) - By Melissa R. Mendelson We drift along dreams across the silver screen, and we laugh. And we love, dreaming of falling deep into the arms of the one, who steals our breath away. Gorgeous ...
Poem – No Man’s Land (By Rony Nair)
van Diemen’s land eclipsed in artwork A solitary Joshua tree curling, fetal, looking outwards its instinct tailored, to fold itself in. and wrap yourself around your arms even as you scream "not here" take me somewhere else you say ribald, ...
Poem – Disintegration (By David Russell)
Disintegration The bottom fell out And all things gathered, Reverted to their origins In skips, on pavements, Fell to casual hands. But at the pit Of all exhaustion, The bottom of grip’s loss Are seeds and roots Of restoration Which ...
Poem – Sublimation (By Fabrice B. Poussin)
Sublimation The decades have passed it appears, a body has evolved into that of a giant, the soul contemplates the achievement so high, a little strange, exploring its surroundings once again in awe. Comfort and fear fill this heart, trapped ...
Poem – INDUSTRIAL ZONE (By Joseph Cavera)
INDUSTRIAL ZONE (By Joseph Cavera) Eight pieces click in consistent fashion, The body, none the wiser No freedom to smash in The function of the creation Which eases and tenses, Drops and rises, Its next move? There are no surprises ...
Poem – Beyond the Known (By Matthew Anish)
Beyond the Known - By Matthew Anish Let's join hands and travel beyond the known to worlds of imagination we can laugh with the people of twilight absorb their energy and feel their glow ...
Poem – AN OPEN LETTER TO GOD (By R. J. Erbacher)
AN OPEN LETTER TO GOD Dinosaurs lived on this planet for 165 million years and God was patient but then He said “This ain’t working out so good,” and He threw a big rock at the earth. Man has lived ...
