High Price by Laura Mostert

[tabby title="Poem"] I took the coinsAnd gathered them roundAnd counted each oneThen filled my jarFor me this is a small start Seeding for changeAvoiding the greed that capitalists feedI just want to be freeAnd be my own man In a...

Glorious Ginger God Laura Mostert

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] This is a hymn for the ginger godWho lies buried beneathHis leaves perched aboveReaching for the sun Your magnificence excites meI can’t wait to meetTo touch your sacred faceTo consume your holiness Help me fightThis dreaded diseaseAntioxidant...

Emancipation by Laura Mostert

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Fourth dimensional cubesControlled by headsBourgeois are carefully packaged in onePetty-bourgeois in anotherThe indigent squashed in larger cubesForked tongue, snake-heads guard the eliteAs they need peaceful festivities Darkness covers the skyThe elders speak of the once radiant sunshineYounglings...

Cast this love by Laura Mostert

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Can I not cast this love into the seaAt least there it will be freeIt can choose to sink to the ocean floorOr drift with the tidesTo a faraway place Can I not cast this love into...

Scorching Summer Laura Mostert

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Like the crimson tide you riseFilling the air with your hot breathKilling all that's greenCraving an escape for some reprieveFrom you we cannot fleeThe ground cracks, expunged from every dropBeaches rivers are filled to the brimEven snakes...