I Felt the World Ending When I Was Eight by Diana Keith

[tabby title="Poem"] I felt the world ending when I was eightI felt the vacuum of empathyThe ghoul of technologyAnd the great plan they had concocted togetherTo steal my future I stared into the cracked and gaping mawAnd something happenedI left...

The Unsent Letter by Kim V. Poetry

[tabby title="Poet"] I sit down to pen a love letter.Pour my heart out line by line.I think and overthink.Write and erase.I wipe the tears off of the page.This was easier in my head.The words began to flowAs memories flood my...

The Swan’s Tale by Francis Conlon

[tabby title="Poem"] The swan’s tale was once thought white,Something more was a fiction,A black swan not seen at night,Nor in the day, ‘til nature’s predilection. Together swans are a gaggle,Known for beauty and for grace,‘Tho noisy sounds as if a...

The Value Of Life by Julia Ann Masi

[tabby title="Poem"] The value of lifecan not be appraisedat the moment of conceptionWhen faith and politics challengeeach other to a duel The value of lifeis most often reckonedwith honor and respectprayingat the foot of a hospital bed The value of...

Roadkill by Dalia Astalos

[tabby title="Poem"] The boy on the bikelooked back as he rodecrunching fall leaves underneathspinning wheels. He wobbled onceand I shoutedLook forward!but he didn’t hear mebecause my face was turnedinto my windowas I drove forwardwhile looking back. I ran over a...