By David R. Topper I was faced with the task of choosing a picture to put in her obituary. Where to begin?  You see, at my age I read the obits every day. And I must say that I often look at some of the pictures and mumble under my breath, “Couldn’t they find a […]

The Vignette

By Lamont A. Turner I carry every slight in my soul like splinters, Perforating my being, diluting it with foreign and odious matter. Every insult imbues my core with shrapnel Like hot lead from the rifles of an enemy impervious to my feeble assaults. My God how this added mass weighs me down! Clanging about […]

Splinter

By John Grey The Fate Of The Poem I let it go and the wind took it, or was that the mail. It had a thousand mile trek ahead of it through six states and who knows how much rain soaked it, how many dogs chewed it, which spotty teenage girl mistook it for a […]

The Fate of the Poem and Other Poems

By Eva Schiffer Sedimentary Rock Ground up experiences, suspended as long as the water is moving, disturbing its longing to rest, to settle, grain into grain, carrying but an echo of the sense the old rock used to make, before it gave in to the water. Layer upon layer of matter and time. Sedimentary Rock. […]

Sedimentary Rock and Other Poems

By Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein Things fall apart When you don’t know the people Once you used to know. Things fall apart When you don’t know the people Stabbing you behind your back Things fall apart When you don’t know What’s happening behind the scenes Against you Things fall apart When you can clearly notice […]

Things Fall Apart

By Ken Gosse Whose Time Is It, Anyway? I stared at its face and I dared it to grace me an hour of time, either way; one before or one after, for sadness or laughter (as if time is under our sway). A move into the future means now would be past and an hour […]

Whose Time Is It, Anyway? and Other Poems

By Akintoye Akinsola Partially Still Here It was on a quiet night And my jammed conscious state poured into a frozen canal Yes, we were told not to believe castles could be built in the sun But I wanted that to be untrue The speed boat flipped over, landing badly and my being was punctured […]

Partially Still Here and Other Poems

By Marchell Dyon A Testimony to a Life Now you can recognize your treasures from heaven Soaring with tattered wings; a guardian you have been. On this day, together let us sing. Let us speak of you with velvet voices. Harmoniously, praise your life of few choices. So many ways to be a woman form […]

A Testimony to a Life and Other Poems

Dear Universe, Just one question “When did I tell you that I wanted to read Gawaar-o-pedia??” Enlighten me about it. Yours Sincerely, A surprised believer.

Questioning you.

By Adrian So Many people view ants as pests, the obnoxious beasts that invade homes and causes damage to structures. But in reverse, known as ant-keepers, a small amount of people keep ants as pets. Ants make great pets because they are low-maintenance, budget-efficient, easy to find, and rewarding.  For low-maintenance, you will not have to give your […]

The Science of Ant-Keeping