Month: May 2024

A Bayou Homecoming Empty airport near cargo. At 5 AM, the fluorescent light flickers And casts grim shadows. Bulky coats and woolen hats Flip flops in a suitcase. . They are leaving this place, Keening for change. He watches the ballet of planes Taking off and landing In the near darkness. Window seat for him,… Continue reading RELATIONSHIP Poem: CONNECTIONS, by Amy Claire Massingale

I’m in the last supermarket checkout lane And the kid in front of me starts whining for gum The crescendo is German opera, but The mother’s response is Credence Clearwater Revival The older stuff He’s in front of me at the concert waiting for his order Of chicken wings and an IPA from Oregon I… Continue reading RELATIONSHIP Poem: WHERE THE MUSIC COMES FROM, by Jill Bronfman

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Milk, does the body good,. Choking on another whyte savior. As we Pay no Mind to Marsha, Silvia & Every Black & Brown body that came before. We exist, We Persist. Consent is never an option Rape Murder Torture Abuse Violence Weaponized & gaslit to believe We are: Resilient, strong, brave… Nah, we are barely… Continue reading RELATIONSHIP Poem: STONE WALL, by Van Ethan Levy

New release: Fade Out: The Beginning Inspiration Countdown to Failure The Courtship of the Sun and Moon Nature’s Inspiration A Modern Day Cinderella Tides of Life Good Ole Joe Swimming with the Sharks Shorties: an Anthology of Shorties Away We Go: Travel Tips for Women A Day Late…

A man in a tweed coat climbs the stairs, We meet on the landing and lock eyes, We recognize each other’s soul, A special man who draws me in. I feel a connection deep and sincere, In that moment our love is real. We reach forward to connect, For a touch longed for so much;… Continue reading RELATIONSHIP Poem: On the Landing, by Eileen Moynihan

Chataka Never mind that I’m a brood parasite flawlessly matching the turquoise blue of babbler’s eggs never mind that I watch nonchalantly, my chicks being raised as their own I eat berries and caterpillars pressing the worms end to end to remove their guts poets build shrines where they spot me forest-dwellers watch me fly… Continue reading Environmental Poem: CHATAKA, by Vinita Agrawal