King Pentheus
by Z. I. Sadeq Take my hand Pentheus Together we’ll run through fields And swim in cool streams Laugh while the gilly fish bite our toes
Shahrak Gharb
[excerpt from a novel] by Layla Sabourian Tehran, 1984 Azadeh was comfortable financially, so she was the one that finally decided to take me to a psychiatrist. This was nearly unheard of in Iran, but it was a last resort for me. The ‘doctor’ was a man about fifty years old, with a salt and […]
poem by Maid Čorbić
I chew gum in mathematics class Bloody Monday he came to my school aware that I can’t recover from the weekend
poem by Sharafadeen Muhsinah
The forever poor parents The agony of child birth is second to none Noone is never willing to be barren Wealth,health all wordly materials does not define a parent The agony in childbirth is always a sweet pain for you
poems by Frank de Canio
This Movie Heiress (is bequeathed her agency) “Yes, I have been taught by masters,” she says when her aunt asks her, “Can you be so cruel?” Indeed, cruelty becomes her like fizz
poem by Greg Baines
everything soft petals cushioned by lips the words fall from his mouth withering grey under office lights. slow. no reason to.
poems by John Chinaka Onyeche
The Sunflower In My Father’s Garden As A Metaphor For The Return Of Our Ancestors. A Sunflower had sprouted out in my father’s garden in the morning, I showed it to him in the evening while we had walked through the garden. And my father told me that, it was a way of our […]
Family Reunion
by Douglas Young For as long as he could recall, whenever Fitzhugh asked his Presbyterian grandmother if she and Granddaddy Rainwater were visiting that weekend, the reply never wavered. “Well, if the Lord’s willing.”
poems by George Freek
I look at my past (after Tu Fu) I stare at mysteries in the air. Clouds drift in pairs, but their life is as brief
The Lego Man
by Bruce Meyer Timothy was told he’d never known his father. He found that hard to believe. Sometimes he would dream of a man sitting beside him as he assembled cars and houses from plastic blocks that fit together. He was certain those dreams were memories.