Category Archives: Poetry

2 poems by Debra Black

Boketto: The Act of Gazing Into the Distance tap-dancing into the sea, gazing into and between the here and there, the formless formlessness, the never-ending horizon, edgeless perfection of nothing and everything, perfect emptiness. floating into the timeless sky graced by a single lotus, white translucent pearls in the sky. Wabi Sabi: Beauty in theContinue reading “2 poems by Debra Black”

4 poems by Michael Lee Johnson

I Age Arthritis and aging make it hard, I walk gingerly, with a cane, and walk slow, bent forward, fear threats, falls, fear denouement─ I turn pages, my family albums become a task. But I can still bake and shake, sugar cookies, sweet potato, lemon meringue pies. Alone, most of my time, but never onContinue reading “4 poems by Michael Lee Johnson”

3 poems by James Croal Jackson

Infinity Reservoir each time a glass is raised to mouth & drank each time it’s clear water’s the last to go take a river under forever dry ground or a waterfall bounding from nothing if the sky was ocean we’d drink it falling filling another cup to restore our blood where to place this treasuryContinue reading “3 poems by James Croal Jackson”

Mirage of Greatness. a poem by Gerald Seniuk

MIRAGE OF GREATNESS Oh Putin, how sad you must feel, humiliated and beaten back in Kyiv, which you boasted would be taken in three days. The embarrassment of all those tanks, strung out, unable to move forward, unable to escape, all proudly marked with your own nazified Zed— how you must dread having to lookContinue reading “Mirage of Greatness. a poem by Gerald Seniuk”

Floating Clouds. a poem by Bhoj Kumar Dhamala

Floating Clouds One day I encountered The floating clouds Upon which they asked. “Your life Floats like ours Are you not furious? For the wind that sweeps you away.” I replied, “I love wandering As a voyager to see the world Changing shapes for my composure.” Return to Journal Bhoj Kumar Dhamala (Nepal) is M.A,Continue reading “Floating Clouds. a poem by Bhoj Kumar Dhamala”

I won’t give you pathos for flowers. a poem by John Echem

I won’t give you pathos for flowers (For James Coburn, a tribute on his birthday) Steeped in the lost idyll of ancient times, The drumroll began to toll, As he sat withdrawn on a cobblestone, Beneath strokes from a belfry tower. “I won’t give you pathos for flowers,” A lad said to him. His gazeContinue reading “I won’t give you pathos for flowers. a poem by John Echem”

4 poems by Finn Harvor

BOY MEETS GIRL AFTER BATTLE 1 Pretty in the morning Disfigured by afternoon, The girl lies under rubble Where a soldier spots her, Not realizing that three hours earlier Everything else being equal, He would have felt differently And their meeting, Crump-thuddy And shot-staccatoed, Would had led to something more, A sequel. BOY MEETS GIRLContinue reading “4 poems by Finn Harvor”

2 poems by Pratibha Castle

Forest Eulogy I choose a druid oak to oversee your journey, rest my back against its gravelled spine, sense its heartbeat syncopate with mine. A winter past, we savoured wine sparkled to rubies by flickers in the grate, crackling bark, guzzling logs, bone chips and ash silky as the apple blossom talc you loved. NextContinue reading “2 poems by Pratibha Castle”

Plaything. a poem by Susmit Panda

Plaything Zip it! Don’t tell me that the world’s a hard place, man. I am the youngest of the Matryoshka clan. Don’t let no demon child dismantle, one by one The mother, daughter and the baby son. She sees, on my behalf, the dark, dark sky; She sees, on my behalf, how human beings cry.Continue reading “Plaything. a poem by Susmit Panda”