poem by Robert L. Martin
Religionless The poor man with no religion, with nobody to tell him who his enemy is, or what label to be classified under, or what despotic leader there is to punish him
poems by Nolo Segundo
The Book Lady She travels with grace through the caverns of books, searching for the neglected,
The Light in the Cemetery
by Douglas Young Ellis Hawkins and Julep McBride sat together on the high school bus taking them home on a late Friday spring afternoon. They had grown up next door to each other on Woodlawn Avenue across the street from the largest local cemetery. Born weeks apart, Julep and Ellis were playmates from the […]
poems by Stephanie V. Sears
On the Lake Something tells you that it will not be here forever Although highlights and shadows move Through the day in permanence.
poems by Ouyang Yu
Induction, a Short One People often say In this country There is no need for fiction making Life is fiction Reality is surreality
Translate? Trans-Great!
by Andrew Evans Well, I had done it again. I had gotten myself lost, in a new and bustling world city. My lust for adventure and culture had become a source of amusement to my family and friends. I was constantly blundering around blindly, oozing a false sense of confidence in my non-existent orienteering skills.
Csigák
by Zary Fekete In Budapest, if you wake up in the middle of the night by a flash of lightning and a burst of thunder when you go out in the morning to the rain-washed sidewalks of the city you will find snails. After every rain the byways of this grand city must be shared […]
Rebirth
by D.E. Nikci First, there was darkness.
“Poetry is the process of turning that raw metal of experience into an aesthetic object”
[interview with Nazmi Ağıl] by Monica Manolachi It is June 2023 and we are at the University of Bucharest, where the 24th edition of the Annual International Conference of the English Department of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures usually takes place. The small two-floor building in Pitar Moș Street, which has hosted the event […]
An Urgent Legal Matter
by Douglas Young Mimosa Mitchell was an 85-year-old “pillar of the community” and matriarch of one of the most prominent families in Petunia Springs. Indeed, for generations the Mitchells had been a significant presence among the town’s politicians, doctors, bankers, and accountants. Mimosa’s late husband had long enjoyed the largest medical practice in all […]