I tried to sing with the choir today,
but my cat staged a rebellion.
You're reading Poetry
The World’s Mirror
Once upon a distant time
Somewhere in the reach of rhyme
As the flowing ages pass
The world was called a looking glass.
Fear is a Band-Aid
A poem by Vella Karman about how fear is something we use to cover up our wounds, trapping in the pain and infection.
Weep
Pale gray clouds drift together, a thick batting blanketing the brain. Moisture collects, clots and fractures into fractals that compile, weighing down the mind and heart and soul until the sweet release of heaven comes raining down…
Penciled Shame
Regret is a pencil, sharpened daily, etching blacker the sins of our past onto the page of our future…Â
Top 3 of 2024
Maybe you weren't paying attention, maybe you haven't been around for long, or maybe you just like rereading the best. Whatever the case may be, here are our top three: the most popular story, the silliest article, and the best poem! The Dragon Master What happens...
Until Faith
She bore within a doubtful heart—
the stony path, as hard as ancient rocks,
as tough as timber planks.
Shaping Stories
wearing too-small pajamas, a six-year-old child stares out the window, watching her mother right here strapped to a stretcher right now; sirens lash the driveway. the child hugs a one-eyed bear. Â the night etched forever like dates on a tombstone, but tucked away in...
Raindrops
Tears rake their gnarly clawsdown the hills of our cheeksbirthed by tangled emotionslocked insidethe cage of our ribs.Scraping up our throatsUp our eyesUp our souls. The saltwater beadspolluted with despairdrip from lashesOnto journal pagesInto the carpetDown our...