Category: poetry
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The Ruins
by Jen Mierisch I. In the nineteen-eighties, my parents’ house collapsed. Stubbornness split its beams, conflict cracked the foundation, friction wore away its floors. Walls rotted from the constant floods of bitterness and disenchantment. A lack of upkeep may have been to blame, or maybe its materials were mismatched, failed to fit, could hold no…
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death comes at any timemorning night, old or in youthare you ready now? beauty in alleverything that she isShe is one with God A Fortunate LoveFloating Among the BrokenOn a grey morning quite a bleak outlookbut it depends how you seeno morning is dark& Douglas Spiegel Douglas is an efficient, dedicated and diverse writer– continually…
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Eight Years Old empty swing laughter of their child still ringing Chicago Winters winter trees each robed with snowfall Japanese Garden moonlight koi fish swimming in dark water & Andrea Byrd Andrea Byrd is a Junior at Mississippi Valley State University double majoring in English and Mass Communications. She enjoys writing short fiction and poetry…
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Two Haikus
by Cat Kivett Smith Memory Records concurrent rainbow bleeds deep and then soaks around circular time layers The Dictionary dashed-up expression splashes neat over each side sentences knock dry & & Cat Kivett Smith Cat Kivett Smith is a high school student who works as a freelance writer, and has previously been featured in publications…
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Three Haikus
Patrick Karl Curley is a poet and performance artist from Sligo, Ireland. He is curator of Vagabond Voices poetry/performance event for Cairde Arts Festival, and hosts Illumnations open mic poetry at Bookmart, Sligo. He has previously published work in Black Heart Magazine, Crack The Spine, Hidden Channel, The Cormorant, and From The Depths.
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Cerulean-Inarticulate
by Patrick Karl Curley your body bathed in that blue, that blue the sky takes on just before the dawn breaks, on an August morning, while there are still stars. & Patrick Karl Curley Patrick Karl Curley is a poet and performance artist from Sligo, Ireland. He is curator of Vagabond Voices poetry/performance event for…
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Two Haikus
Tiffany Cahill is a fresh writer in the literary world with a passion for poetry in particular. Born in Alabama, raised in Texas, and now finding herself in a rural county of Wyoming, she has aspires to find what’s past the small towns she’s always known.
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Two Haikus
by Bethany Sharon Moore Unguarded, the soul rises to face the open sky: candor holds beauty. Sleep, forever rest. Journey ended, now pain free. Live, in memory. & Bethany Sharon Bethany Sharon Moore is a Tampa-based poet and musician that enjoys exploring many different forms of poetry. She enjoys the challenge of taking an idea…
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All of me knows how talking to each other works. No decisions get made. Always this makes sense and that sounds good or that is trouble but this is hell. On and on until in the end all suns explode, and that eternity we thought we had when. So much for that. Maybe one of…
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Cartography
by Emma Demopoulos The colors you braid into your hair Are painted on my heart Beaten by the wind and salt, They become memories of what they once were The words you write Are tucked in all my pockets They coat the inside of my clothes Reminders of what I can’t wash away The comfort…
Dream Noir 