by D A Angelo
“Sometimes we need to burst the balloon”, a visiting seagull reminded the walrus, “and wade into new waters.”Read More »
Category: Words
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
by Sandy Ruiz
Confine yourself to a label and you will check the boxRead More »
but there is more than one path, more than one choice
to live your life.
Choose one and another, limitless
Inner thoughts and creativity of our mind are boundless
by Ruqia Ali
Unbounded thoughts like birds in the sky,
Flowing waters that never run dry.
Silent reserve, where introversion dwells,
Crafting tunes, like soft chimes and bells.
Read More »Schroon Lake
by Bill Foley
Dale stood frozen in the parking lot of the Essex Nursing Home like a decorative plant. Where am I? He felt the strong grip of a hand on his elbow leading him back inside.
“Come on, Mr. Malone. It’s time for Bingo in the recreation room,” the attendant said.
Dale tried to resist but the man holding his arm would not be deterred.
“I want to go home. I have to feed my dog, Teddy.”
“This is your home Mr. Malone. You don’t have a dog.”
“No one’s home. I gotta feed him.”
Read More »2 poems
by Samantha Moe
I miss threadingRead More »
my fingers through
my problems, my
hair, my god
you remember
the magic?
bookgenius
by Ariana Duckett
I wonder where I’d be without her. In a library, scanning the blurbs of books I’d never read. Halfway through a tunnel, unsure which side I came from. Playing with my hair to prove I was worthy of it, for the burden of the female condition can only be shouldered by some.
Read More »3 poems
Newark Penn Station
by Dave Nash
I saw you waiting at the front of the platform, I inched up closer. I hung behind the other commuters who allowed me anonymity. I strained for a better look.
I saw you on a good day, a lucid moment from my ennui; yesterday I would have put my head in my phone and waited for the train to pull in.
Read More »Self-Acceptance
by Megan Wildhood
I can hear it from the edge of the dark wood,
but I have to come to its brim to feel
the back and forth of the sea.
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