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Poetry
The Abandoned Asylum
by John Grey Wind pierces the gaps in brick, the cracks in windows. The patients, nurses, doctors, have long gone. The current occupant...
John Grey
Bison
by John Grey When the tour guide says the word “bison”, my attention is elsewhere, far from this tiny fenced-in group to the great plains...
John Grey
Back to My People
by John Grey After a half hour of plowing through the eerie silence of the bay's depths, it was time to surface, a slow launch from the...
John Grey
Two Poems by John Brantingham
by John Brantingham This Season of Acorn Squash The acorn squash reminds me not of the holidays but of middle days in October when the...
John Brantingham
Generational Poetry
Poetry about the hardships of families
Granduncle Nyong
by Laurehl Onyx Cabiles My bachelor granduncle always sits on the corner of the terrace made out of bamboo, unpacking old Bibles, reading...
Laurehl Onyx Cabiles
Aug 17
Narcissus Apologia
by Ann Humphries Yellow narcissus preen in fresh mounded beds strutting lemon banners, fanfare for spring. Aren’t we pretty against...
Ann Humphries
Aug 10
Two Poems by J.D. Isip
by J.D. Isip Lavender Shrubs Never as many flowers as we imagined, yet see how sturdy they are, how strong the scent like your skin out...
J.D. Isip
Jul 10
Nature poetry
Bison
by John Grey When the tour guide says the word “bison”, my attention is elsewhere, far from this tiny fenced-in group to the great plains...
John Grey
6 days ago
Back to My People
by John Grey After a half hour of plowing through the eerie silence of the bay's depths, it was time to surface, a slow launch from the...
John Grey
7 days ago
Two Poems by John Brantingham
by John Brantingham This Season of Acorn Squash The acorn squash reminds me not of the holidays but of middle days in October when the...
John Brantingham
Aug 19
Love poems
Poems about love, sex, and relationships.
Blue Footprints
by Ann Humphries ~Moody Blues, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye Out west for weeks, my walkabout, I call him from phone booths, his deep-rooted...
Ann Humphries
Aug 11
Two Poems by Strider Marcus Jones
by Strider Marcus Jones I Follow You Into Night i sense you in summer wind and try to redefine the Other ring that binds us in this...
Strider Marcus Jones
Jul 2
Meeting Your Match
by Lynn White D H Lawrence once wrote that there were lots of good fish in the sea but as the vast majority were mackerel and herring,...
Lynn White
Jun 3
Death poetry
Two Poems by J.D. Isip
by J.D. Isip Lavender Shrubs Never as many flowers as we imagined, yet see how sturdy they are, how strong the scent like your skin out...
J.D. Isip
Unbreakable Bond
by Debadrita Sarkar The old lady picks up the auspicious white flowers, binds them with a black ribbon, all together. A soft match but...
Debadrita Sarkar
Two Poems by Ace Boggess
by Ace Boggess House Painters When they stroke their cautious marks over awning & eaves, gutters & trim, do they doubt themselves as if...
Ace Boggess
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