Late Afternoon
My spirit is lost in the late afternoon, As it drifts with the shadows that float in the air; It lives in the moment that dies all too...
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By Michael R. Burch
- Oct 8, 2018
- 1 min
Observance
Here the hills are old and rolling carefully in their old age; on the horizon youthful mountains bathe themselves in windblown fountains...
By Paul Gallagher
- Sep 17, 2018
- 1 min
Deep Down
Tired bends the lily Beneath its gorgeous flower; Weary stoops the pilgrim Drawn on by heavenly power. All the soldier’s glory Is grime...
By Adam Sedia
- Sep 10, 2018
- 1 min
The Seashell
An errant shape appears upon the sand, Borne from ultramarine depths to wash Among the turquoise waves’ relentless crash Upon another...
By Beverly Stock
- Sep 2, 2018
- 1 min
The Human Depot
A Human Depot, A resting place Full of dignity, history and grace. The monuments Are carefully tended there, Naming who rests where...
By Paul Gallagher
- Jul 30, 2018
- 1 min
The Farmer’s Jewels
Within a fortress prison, A stubborn yeoman sits within the cell That tyranny has chosen For him who would rebel. Of home and wife his...
By Michael R. Burch
- Jul 23, 2018
- 1 min
''Moments'' & Other Poems
Moments There were moments full of promise, like the petal-scented rainfall of early spring, when to hold you in my arms and to kiss...
By Daniel Leach
- Jul 9, 2018
- 2 min
ODE: SPRING MOURNING
The first soft days of springtime greet my eyes Like a young girl’s face, smiling fresh and clean, The sunlight falls, like hope, from...
By Beverly Stock
- Jul 3, 2018
- 1 min
On the Road
On the road to Climax, Georgia, Sunsets streaked a paling yellow, Riding in my car with a handsome fellow. We were driving day and night...
By Adam Sedia
- Jun 18, 2018
- 1 min
A Nameless Fossil
What creature’s frame, entombed in stone, Lies, though marine, in open air? As if it glimpsed the Gorgon’s stare, Hard rock outlines its...
By David B. Gosselin
- Jun 13, 2018
- 1 min
I Know Why the Red Rose Weeps
I know why the red rose weeps, Why she hides her tears in dew, As the summer breezes sweep From those seas of peaceful blue, And then...
By James A. Tweedie
- Jun 4, 2018
- 1 min
A Grief Observed
In dactylic hexameter Turgid the sea as it billows and foams in the face of the tempest. Wind-lifted wave-crests explode into diamonds...
By Omar Ahmad Alkhulaki
- May 14, 2018
- 1 min
Only if
If I am your priest Confess to me all, If I am your lover Trust in this fall, If I am your guru Then listen deeply, If I am your friend...
By Michael R. Burch
- May 7, 2018
- 2 min
Poetry
Poetry, I found you where at last they chained and bound you; with devices all around you to torture and confound you, I found...
By Shouvik N. Hore
- May 1, 2018
- 1 min
On the Epitaph of John Keats
Here lies One whose name was writ in water- O Delphic streams washing aged tombs by! A single glance spare when violets cry Near one...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 23, 2018
- 2 min
Father Hennepin and the Great Spirit
This concludes a third in the series of poems, based on the poet's journey to Niagara Falls. Read parts 1 & 2 & 3 here. Father Hennepin...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 16, 2018
- 2 min
Three Sister Islands*
Again I sit, as I sat long ago, Upon a rock, among the delicate ferns, While all around, the rushing waters flow In violent, impetuous...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 9, 2018
- 1 min
To a Northern Summer Morning
Soft, cool Northern Summer morning, You often greet my eyes in pleasant dreams, Old friend, who whispered to me in my youth Of love, or...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 2, 2018
- 2 min
Flight of the Ibis
In the golden light of the late Spring evening, A boy is dreaming on the backyard swing, Swinging and dreaming, as over the treetops And...
By Paul Gallagher
- Mar 31, 2018
- 1 min
Of Sense
‘Cross all the rise of history The greatest voices spoke to me, Warmed me like fire; I did not reply, But hearing I stood as in their...
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