A solitary gardener I was rendering the garden under my watchful eyes. Bones grew weary as the day strolls piecemeal. Like Adam's was there a helpmeet for me to make lighter heavy burden Her beauty transcends Belinda's and Her heart could drive nut the oceans. I'd let smile fly out of its nest: my mouth... Continue Reading →
Under the Mind’s Staircase by Robin McNamara
With the morning sun, rises the new fears. The night’s darkness Replaced by the day The silent footsteps And the unseen views Such are My ways these days. Chemical mind - diluted, Articulation, With the evening moon And the pilled friends. Photo by Bob Ward on Pexels.com About the Poet: Robin McNamara lives in Waterford... Continue Reading →
Scenes from a Fugitive by Michael Igoe
I assemble all I possess out of cold ground. At certain moments, something's rude, another thing prefixes everything I do. I manage to clear space away from the precipice. Both things, ground and precipice, are in order: one denies another in each wave of features. Time is occupied with what is inborn. These assessments under... Continue Reading →
Daddy by Leila Samarrai
You, with a wax masque of a Summer rain, inconstant scatterbrain Know: the love of fathers is hell on a st(ake)rand! You, with your limb more stiff than the dogmas of Lucifer. Who have you forgot to permeate: The Woman: who is a river ( for she flowed to you) The Daughter: who is volcanine... Continue Reading →
Walk Away by Yves K. Morrow
In the soles of your boots I followed you, piecemeal, down the stairs. Down and down you went unaware that your cruelty held me hostage. It's not an exaggeration to say that you were a psychopath and I am certain that there are others who suspected. Only a shell could protect against your trespass and... Continue Reading →