Above the Clouds by Francis Conlon

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Above the clouds, the heavens lay,In harmony with stars and cosmic play,So white and puffy are the clouds,Where wind and poems are allowed.Could I fly up there to stay? So many thoughts fly up to heaven,Prayers make...

I Give You This Lung by Francis Conlon

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I give you this issue, a smoker begun,A blue cloud expelled from his lung,Blow some my way, a feminine reply,Inhaling a weed’s scent floating by,A psychic invitation for the young. The filtered weed was viewed as tender,A...

A Valentine’s Secret by Francis Conlon

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] A valentine’s secret as I grow old,Is a whisper not so bold,But, still a matter of the heart,‘Tho we’ve ended up apart.The message’s silence I behold. O’er the years that compose history,Strong feeling tones are still a...

Essential Elixir by Francis Conlon

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Often skipped—the essential elixir,That will slake a thirsty mixer,The water is a potent potion,Easing the parched dry emotion,No sand blowing in this trickster. Hard ice, soft vapor, a running stream,A steady flow holds in my dream,Freely given...

Now by Alex Swartzentruber

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] You don’t have the time. No one does. But you have a moment. THE moment. [tabby title="Poet Bio"] Alex is a poet from Indiana. [tabbyending]