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poems by A.E. Baconsky

[Five Poems from Corpses in the Void] translated from Romanian by Ștefan Bolea   Prophetic Anatomy   There isn’t any poison left only some pale fluids the sunburnt tongue cries in agony

Our Matchmaker was an Autonomous Car

by Jonathan Ferrini I checked in to the venerable hotel sitting atop Nob Hill in San Francisco greeting the cable car riders ascending California Street. It appeared in many well-known movies and afforded fantastic views of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco.

Honestly

by Kenneth M. Kapp “Honestly!” Little Bonny J waived her hands in the air. “Honestly, Mom, I didn’t eat those cookies. A girl has to be careful to keep her figure youthful. Even when you’re eight that’s important. You’ve told me that umpteen times. See, I do listen!”

Yiannis

by Kenneth M. Kapp                        Avrum couldn’t remember his own name. In truth, he’d forced himself to forget his name a long time ago: months, years, centuries ago. He laughed once, recalling that one year in a dog’s life is like seven of ours. “Ha, then I’m living one dog’s life for my mother,” and […]

The Cave

by Douglas Young      “How much longer before we get there?” Zelma asked from the back seat’s right window.      “Yes!” Tucker exclaimed with one hand on the wheel and the other hitting the roof of his old car. “Thank you, Zelma. I bet Nolana you’d ask within twenty minutes of our leaving, and I […]

The Legend of  Yellow Boots

by Raayan “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” [Sir Edmond Hillary]   15th May 2021, 13:30 Hrs, at about 8,300 m altitude on the Northern ascent route of Mt Everest  Norbu, a 39 year old seasoned Sherpa who had conquered Everest’s perilous slopes quite a few times, was now facing a blizzard […]

poem by Saima Afreen

Stay   We are our only home                                                                                sometimes we can return to when all the other homes are just dust or a memory

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