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Written by Kuma Raj Subedi Australia Consciousness becomes a bane like a rat gnaws the head of the sane; layers of reminiscence when...

A WINTERS TALE The elderly man laced up his worn old pair of highly polished brown leather figure skates, eager and excited to take at...

A SNOWY NIGHT _Last night, I kept smoking until half-past 4. Cigarette after cigarette until I went out of them. Earplugs were plugged...

Two poems written by Carl Scharwath and narrated by Jeanette Skirvin "Abandoned" "Even a Poet Has Writer's Block" Carl Scharwath is from...

By Aliu Kazeem "Whatever comes as a challenge has also way to chance." © Aliu Kazeem "Life is a risk in giving tests to know our stand."...

My fortress fave song for Christmas season Can't hold back the rhythm 'till my Savior was born The melodic sound of His company Resides...

I'm glad my worse songs are the worst songs I've ever heard I'm under grand delusions of escaping the grave dodging eternity soundly...

Many nerds on this planet, Not show their guts and Achieve their aspired dream To me, they can't realize What they've inside. Though...

"THE MURMURING STREAM" Farewell to the murmuring stream Flowing away lives in cordial team Set like sun to somewhere with their seam...

"TO SHINE IN EVERY COLOR" Which plead I should share with you? I chose to evoke my solemnity, While you were sleeping in your sojourns,...

Dr. Yogendra Arya is gifted in both literature and visual arts. Recently, we chose him as Poet of the Week (January 8 - 13th, 2023) and...

© Written by Jeffrey Cejero Watching the stars at night While you hugged me tight, Gives smile And brings me to height, And sees all the...

On January 6-8, we offered a Vocabulary Word of the Week (Perseverance) to poets, who were required to write in the Triolet poetry form...

LEARN TO LOVE WOUNDS Continue the story In the folds of time In the days in the rain Even in storms Incessantly goes on Nothing stops it...

Dreams deferred are not stale like vegetables in pale and pink, Nor leak like water from a blocked kitchen sink; They have colors to...

I was always The passenger Who made the boat more likely to sink (Birth) I was born A little before my due date On the night when...

I am a bulb, thou art my filament. How would I glow without thy attachment? O thou ignite me inside And the glare goes outside. But for...

LANCELOT AS SHALLOT You are asleep, Wrapped in your cocoon Of silk. Where you weave blind tapestries On an island Sequestered with sable...

I lost so much of your beauty! A shop with no much except some necessities. The tick of every clock with fatigue Each second returns...

"The Poet's Jasmine" Let me sit next to you In a corner of blue The voice of your emotion' Still as calm as the ocean, You are the poet's...