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Month of Ramazan. A haiku quartet by Anjum Wasim Dar

RAMAZAN Night of power it holds Crescent to crescent, blessings Miraculous time. Month of Ramazan Evil curbed, evil cleansed In thought, word and deed. Fast, pray, forgive, feed Purify soul, inculcate Gratitude, make peace. Duty fulfilled Solemn thanksgiving, as one We share treats on Eid. Miracle in the Month of Ramazan Every year,  Ramazan, theContinue reading “Month of Ramazan. A haiku quartet by Anjum Wasim Dar”

Sky. A poem by Kenneth R. Jenkins

Sky Maybe Somewhere up there Skyward High Beyond the distant clouds And stars And moon Maybe Somewhere up there Where planets hang in place The Heavens above Where Earth meet sky And all in between Of what there is Sky. Return to Journal Kenneth R. Jenkins is a freelance writer, poet, podcast host/producer,minister devoted husbandContinue reading “Sky. A poem by Kenneth R. Jenkins”

The Great Fools. A poem by Sean Fredrick Ragoi

THE GREAT FOOLS Man, The great conqueror, And the great divider Dispersing power while dispersing nations Like a displaced union, at peace, but at war Time, The great construct of man A great myth that we follow like sheep And praised like a deity It scatters the masses Using sun and moon to exhibit itsContinue reading “The Great Fools. A poem by Sean Fredrick Ragoi”

Reading a poem to my father. A poem by Bhuwan Thapaliya

Reading a poem to my father One evening to ward off the inertia stemming out of current pandemic I read aloud to my father, one of my favorite poems from Yuyutsu Sharma’s The Lake Fewa and a Horse. A high blood pressure and a chronic diabetics patient, though he can read only the headlines ofContinue reading “Reading a poem to my father. A poem by Bhuwan Thapaliya”

3 Haiku by Reinhold Stipsits

Nearby the poppies Anxious to open their core Suddenly they blush 16.5. 2020 Woodpecker´s delight Beetles sing: Here comes the sun There, out in the sticks 3.9. 2020 A murder of crows On parade at the skyline Must be Mardi Gras 16.2. 2021 Return to Journal Austrian, born in Lower Austria, Reinhold Stipsits spent mostContinue reading “3 Haiku by Reinhold Stipsits”

Pandemic vs Utopia. A poem by Mansour Noorbakhsh

Pandemic vs Utopia The cracked eggshell of your certainty spills Viruses, excuse me Plato we need social distancing and disinfecting the Forms and Ideas to pass the faith over. The destiny of humankind, now, puzzled, loses the intensity of an entire summer while people must keep their distances but flowers are blooming and fruits areContinue reading “Pandemic vs Utopia. A poem by Mansour Noorbakhsh”

3 poems by Lucilla Trapazzo

Transhumance At the crossing of rivers intertwining scarves, people migrate and birds camels, elephants and jute sacks. Under harsh shadow of torn skies in baskets women carry the cries of fathers and knives in the eyes of children. Replicating traces of love in a different horizon on the route of far away delusions. History isContinue reading “3 poems by Lucilla Trapazzo”

Spring Poetry by Lori D. Roadhouse

TIME OF RENEWAL Spring is coming days are growing lighter brighter shadows are shorter in the middle of the day and the warm sun whispers promises of renewal You are leaving us just as we begin to hope again just as the earth reawakens from a long cold sleep We will miss you Miss theContinue reading “Spring Poetry by Lori D. Roadhouse”