By Kevin RobertsMar 14, 20212 minChristineNo longer light, but not yet dark, We stand here in some space between And listen to a meadow lark; Last year she sang so sweet and keen...
By Jack DempsterMar 7, 20212 minAutumn BalladI. Leaves of crispy gold and red drift softly from the sky, falling down to the frozen ground without a sound, to shrivel up and die –...
By David B. GosselinFeb 28, 20211 minLay Down Your ArmorLay down your armor And play for me your precious lyre; And let me hear Your deepest dreams and frail desires. Lay down your armor And...
By Gleb ZavlanovFeb 22, 20211 minBarbarous Captivity & Truth SeekersBarbarous Captivity The stone confines the angel’s shape; It grips her hands with awful might; It clutches at her supple nape And hinders...
By Terry NortonFeb 15, 20212 minThe Monkeys and the Moon(adapted from a Tibetan folktale) In times long-past, there lived a band Of monkeys in a forestland, And as they rambled roundabout, They...
By Craig DobsonFeb 7, 20211 minOld Nights and Other PoemsOld Nights Was it incubus or succubus who – groggy, doe-eyed – walked me through the fine rain, sleeping? Older now, still wet from then,...
By Vera IgnatowitschJan 27, 20211 minSmall Child & Other PoetrySmall Child Small child with my eyes return my heart before you wander. Take the jewels. I wish you plenty. Place a flower’s petals...
By Paul GallagherJan 27, 20212 minUnnamedSoldiers make quick work of life; Quick as the slipping of a knife They abandon mother, child and wife And are no more. To them the...
By David B. GosselinJan 17, 20211 minChinese Mountain Man III: The ClimbWho goes there, wandering About the mists and the rains? Among the alpine crests And mountains’ crystal streams? A Chinese mountain man...
By Philip NikolayevJan 17, 20211 minHotelTime to recount the sparrows of the air. Seated alone on an elected stair, I stare as they appear and disappear. Tonight the deck...
By Brian YapkoJan 17, 20212 minSailor's Song & Sonnet to my LoveA Sailor's Song I’m going to sail the ocean I’m going to sail the sea I’m going to find my one true love And bring her home to me. I’ll...
By Daniel LeachJan 11, 20211 minTo a Girl in an Old PhotographIt was the eyes that first ensnared my sight, As if through the hazy, gray years were glowing, Like beacons in my soul’s long wandering...
By Adam SediaJan 1, 20211 minThe New YearThe fields stretch out, bare, icy: __Wide, blank, yet-unetched slates, Tabulae rasae, waiting __The chisel of the Fates, But deep beneath...
By Gleb ZavlanovDec 28, 20201 minDemented ChoirsBeware utopia’s demented choirs. Their melodies, with sweet, seductive splendor, Inflaming Man’s fantastical desires For liberty from...
By David B. GosselinDec 21, 20201 minLifeLife is like a waking dream, Ripples on a fading stream, It has laughter, it has crying— A beginning and an ending. It's dear like a...
By James A. TweedieDec 16, 20201 minCome Darkness & Twilight IdyllCome, Darkness Come, Darkness, Wrap me in your ebon mantle as a shroud. Freed from wearied weariness may I find peace Lost within the...
By Dan JabeNov 29, 20201 minColosseum Reverie & Other PoetryColosseum Reverie She’s ruined, though her shadows dwell, Forever reaching for the light, And crumbling blocks of travertine Still mourn...
By Michael R. BurchNov 22, 20202 minInsurrection & Other PoetryInsurrection She has become as the night—listening for rumors of dawn—while the dew, glistening, reminds me of her, and the wind,...
By Adam SediaNov 16, 20201 minNebulaWhen my time has come And helium Weighs down on my exhausted core, Spent from shedding light Through the endless night Until the fuel...
By David B. GosselinNov 16, 20201 minModern DreamsThe dreams I had have been forgotten now— The dreams I once believed I knew were true— The dreams I know will haunt me every day— The...