POEMS BY JOHN GREY: A Rush, Making Up, In Its Early Years
A Rushdogs chasing that car down& children grabbing at birds as they fly by—& even more chasing & trapping inside themselves—what do they expec...
Writing
POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: From the Beginning, Heaven Is Another Name, When I Found Poetry and more
From the BeginningThere is a hushfrom the beginning of time, where you can hear yourself blink.There is a hush,where a minute agowe were two million m...
POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: The Moment of Life, Two by Two, The Blame Game, What Really Comes From Me, Old Smokey
The Moment of LifeI don’t have any advice.But know that you’re alive,And alive is not dead.This is what being alive is like.
Life—an always-changing present...
IDENTIFY OR BLEND: Elements of Buddhism in the fiction of Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami is not the typical Japanese writer. His works have long been criticized for not being Japanese enough, and for the blended way in which he mixe...
POEMS BY GEORGE CASSIDY PAYNE: Nothing Scares Me More, Inside the Tent, Andromeda, Sound Waves of Absolute Zero
Nothing Scares Me More
Immortality is a
ruthless harvester
of data. Just moments
crumbling, into half-hidden
traces of prehistoric bones.Like the last remaini...
THE QUESTION OF SANTA CLAUS: I know undoubtedly he is real
At least that's what I adamantly told my peers who insisted otherwise. We were approaching that age … the age where childhood begins to fade away, giving birth ...
POEMS BY LIEZL DUFF: Not Like This, Today, Sad Goodbye, What Happened Next?
Not Like This
Take me,
Back when it was easy,
Water and wind.
You and me.
Lead me,
When doors were open,
Hearts were heard,
Words were spoken.
Love me,...
POEMS BY JOHN GREY: In This Quest to Live Forever, Marie from Kinshasa, A Good Time Is Had by All
In This Quest to Live Forever, There's Occasional Operations Involved
What do I know of my last day on Earth?
I do remember the surgeon with the very large sc...
POEMS BY RENEE PODUNOVICH: Darkening, Witness(ed), Allowing, The Self-Caring Sea
Darkening
I.Put the light out,go dark.Retreat back to the humming earth,her cloak opens to enfold youas you will unfold your subtle body ...