Etiqueta: poetry
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«Bull» by Wayne F. Burke
it was the first day of the Festival of Pamplonaand I was running like a motherdown a narrow cobblestone streetand heard a screamand looked backat one of the bullswhich had speared a big guywho went up in the airlike a rag dolland I ran in front of a fat guy,…
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“Tasteless” by Kushal Poddar
I devour the memories of viandsand lade my belly withthe food I cook. Four years sincethe pandemic numbed my tastebuds. “Smell is yet to return.»Says my aunt. I fill her plate with a second helping,hope she cannot guess my failure,but burnt hearts are hard to hide.She turns her head to the…
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“Vagabond” by Peter Mladinic
The fallen world isstars andtransgressions.A vagabond hops a boxcaroutside Scotland, Nebraska.To fight is not his future.In another life he grows roses.An autumn morningsilhouette in the sun,close to earth. Copyright © 2024 Peter MladinicAll Rights Reserved***Peter Mladinic was born and raised in New Jersey. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in…
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«Tybee Island» by Aruna Gurumurthy
December morning rainjounces on the window pane.Blankets crumple, eyelids flutter to the mystery of dawn. My sweetheart sizzles an omelet in a skillet,drizzles cheese and chives,a glass of orange juice bright and shining, as though I am about to drink the sun. On our bikes, we waft throughthe beauty of…
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«Christmas Wish» by Michelle Ayon-Navajas
it’s not bad to wish for more,but i am sad as i shut my doorfor Christmas wishes that may not come trueor hopes that will make us forever blue. nevertheless, let me tell you thisi wish this Christmas would be full of blissfor all of us anywhere in the worldas…
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«I do not cry» by Robbie Cheadle
I do not cryNo emotional releaseCan I findIn floods of tearsAnd verbal lamentationsPain collectsIn the cracks and crevicesOf my soulIt stagnatesBecoming old and staleStill, I visit itPoking at its dreary depthsWith stick-like thoughtsDragging it into the lightOf my current mindsetTo consider and examineSuppressed emotionRepressed heartacheContorted by exileGrows and thrivesBeneath the…
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“Christmas Tears” by Michelle Navajas
you have the habit of breaking my heart each Christmas,a tradition repeated through the years,and yet, each time, it still catches me by surprisewhen you do it again, this time. now i wonder what Christmas has done to you,for you seem the only one i knowwhose custom is to shatter…
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“SONGSTER” by Andromachi Benekou
My love is a vocalistaway of the marsheshe is my only hymnhe will bring me to you. To taste of your rainbowclimax of honeyin your garden as soon as I comefrom your heavenly arrows. Peacock fans its wingscheeks flamingafter the heart was floodedpleasure from buds. Copyright © 2024 Andromachi BenekouAll…
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“It’s not April 1st, Kid” by Akshita Singh
He said those words to me a few weeks ago. And I was annoyed. Really. I thought it had something to do with finally turning 18 and wanting to leave the whole “kid” thing behind. I was wrong. Or I think, I was depriving myself of the truth because I…
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“Rest Time” By Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld
When life gets me down and I am tiredand hope seems too far to reachsometimes it is better to just snugglefind a soft blanket and scent my pillowwith lavender for relaxationleaning into the possibilities of nothingallowing the mind to stop, reset, renewbefore spring calls me forward from my restand so…
