POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Daydreamers, Where the Forest Begins and more
A Love Bound in BarkLove is an arrow slicing throughthe air. A thin yellow banner between red slopes, where the river turns aside.Love is where the val...
Writing
INTERFAITH SURVIVORS: A story of four saints
Donovan couldn’t recall how long he’d been walking through the hot summer heat of southern Appalachia. All he knew was that he’d transversed roughly 300 miles ...
POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Buddha Taught, Meeting Toni Morrison and more
Buddha TaughtEverything is in flux:our body heat, the flowof blood circulating throughthe arteries, even the thoughts in our heads, and the soundsboun...
POEMS BY FORREST RIVERS: Mysterious Tao, Earth Dance, An Ode to One and more
Mysterious TAOEverything in nature is fleeting Leaves turn colour and fall awayTrees grow old and some decayCaterpillars undergo a glorious metamorphosisIn...
POEMS BY JOHN GREY: In Need of Flow, The Edge of Extinction and more
In Need of FlowI stroll home along the banks of the white river,my hair set afire by sunset.My mind is shared with the stream,its swift current, the bankin...
SOOTHE THE SOUL: 3 poems about love by Matt Buonocore
Locked in ThoughtMy Dear,All I want is your happiness,I want to see you smile.I’ve watched for years behind these bars,and I’ve waited patiently for you. Y...
THE ADVENTURES OF SAINT ISSA IN THE FAR EAST: A tale of three incarnations
One morning, Saint Issa, a 13-year-old Jewish mystic boy, made the fateful decision to leave home and set off by foot along the ancient silk trade route to Ind...
POEMS BY REBECCA SHEA: Planted, The Purple Room
I filled my watering can with holy waterAnd used it to water my lawnSo the grass would finally be greenerOn the side that I was onI got a priest to bless the s...
POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Where the Gods Dwell, I Need my Used Bookstore and more
Where Deer SleepMy three-year-old sonasked me where deer sleep.So I took him there. Steppinginto a space that is not meantfor fathers and sons, we founda r...