Brick by brick I’m full of doubt Trapped in this tower Looking out. Must be a better way I heard someone say Lose the battle now Fight another day. I wouldn’t wish this hand On anyone, the cards That I’ve been dealt. Life was made for living Bull by the horns I guess that metaphor … Continue reading Brick by Brick: Elton Plett
Alternatives: Cassandra Kulay
A slight bite of cold hides the moment Of recognition – do the far trees cry For what was done in a state of pain And panic, which cannot be undone? For some years, you were to sparkle Like champagne bubbles, effervescent And haloed with the variables of dreaming Latent love, your sapphire eyes and … Continue reading Alternatives: Cassandra Kulay
The Price of a Smile: Betty Carmichael
A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. No one is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it, and no one else is so poor but that he … Continue reading The Price of a Smile: Betty Carmichael
Last Generation: Robert St.Germain
What if we have pushed Mother nature too far? And we have left her broken and scarred. Every leaf, and every blade of grass is full of rage. And it is too late to turn the page. It looks as though these could be our final days. And we will learn that greed never pays. … Continue reading Last Generation: Robert St.Germain
Soul Star: Randy James Hoffman
Blue-green gaze Ice-fire eyes Ice melting Melting in the heart Glacier frost wings Talking water snow stars Deep deluge of blue Blue blue waters Ice-fire blaze Ice-fire kiss Angel body Soul guard Due to take me in rapture Bliss gaze fire Soul star Exploding Imploding Spanning stars and galaxies Wish ascension bliss Come real as … Continue reading Soul Star: Randy James Hoffman
My Habit: Peter Herget
My habit is waking up knowing that you are here with me. My habit is wanting to do everything with you. My habit is seeing you every day. My habit is being crazy with you. You are the habit I never want to break. My habit is being with you in every way. My habit … Continue reading My Habit: Peter Herget
A Ceiling: James Adamson
To the Glory of God To Gwyneth with Love The clouds are nothing solid Neither is the sun or sky Yet as with technicalities the clouds form a ceiling I suppose the surface of water is a ceiling for fish That whales and others flirt with And man has countless ceilings made of wood metal … Continue reading A Ceiling: James Adamson
Stellar Cortex: Spencer Elliot Carr
My mind skips a beat Heart racing To catch up As many synapses in the brain As stars in the sky Poetic But damn difficult to Figure anything out Synaptosome Like constellations Schizophrenia The Milky Way Neurology a cosmos
Angry Sea: Elton Plett
I think it sad The opinion you had Left you dancing alone Even the stars Are sharing a smile If only just for awhile And when you’re tired of Throwing stones, love At the angry sea Why don’t you Think it on through And come home to me There’s nothing better in this world Than … Continue reading Angry Sea: Elton Plett
Finding Yourself: Cassandra Kulay
It is difficult for us to trust after what has happened to each of us, what turns feelings to rust only experience left to teach, no medicine, no salve, no balm, in all our memories we reach for some perfect way to tell the story of our lives to mean we carry burdens and we … Continue reading Finding Yourself: Cassandra Kulay
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