Archive for June 2020
OUR TRIALS By Christine Kennedy
We have all been tested in our strength to endure the trials of awakening. Coming to terms with what was, letting go, and loving again diminishes the pain and suffering of the past. My heart is full , I can see light over the darkness and greet each day with live. It took me a…
Read MoreUNTITLED By Rosella Gomez
My days are filled with so much pain she said I love you for her own gain white nights only exist in fairy tales and no one can hear these silent wails In darkness I stay kept from all light so no one sees what is, my plight the tears roll backwards so no one…
Read MoreCAKE IN BED WITH TENZIN by Carrie Pemberton-Ford
In celebration lunchtime with Fiona and bedtime in Australia with Tenzin. There was Tenz in Bed and she hadn’t been fed call Fiona, call Fiona! So Bren came over with chocolate cake It was moist and luscious, deliciously baked ‘Come over!’ ‘Come over!’ The Tribe came over with cakes and bakes There was Brandenberg…
Read MoreTHE SLIDE by Beth Haist
So tired of neglect in the corners, hate rumbling under my feet, flashes of chokeholds that flares so deep… I dropped it — today with that empty room mildewed and moldy- the walls that seeped nicotine like witch fingers , the broken wall and mirror shattered –I don’t know why I’m here again sitting up…
Read MoreUPGRADE by Fiona Goodwin
My operating system Has gone in for repair. Covid did it. It was overdue I kind of knew it was coming And when everything shut down It seemed like the perfect time like I had no choice. You see I was built for altitude But the old programming Made everything shake Above A certain height…
Read MoreCOFFEE FOR TWO? by DKLinda
“There’s a moment between sleep and being fully awake where you exist. The morning light breaks through the slats in the blinds tracing a line across the floor to where you’d lie— in my minds eye. I allow a moment of incredulity to creep into my thought, enabling the beliefs I’ve been taught. Could she…
Read MoreFrom a Chair in a room in a Old house. By Jen Curry
Sitting on a chair in the living room by the window. Fresh breezes turning winds blown curtains fly reaching empty spaces in the sky. Cools my face. Swishing sounds leaves swaying bird sing cat laps water from a white bowl. Car drops down in the manhole without a soul Everything takes a toll.
Read MoreThoughts by Maria Consiglio
Pray to be humble Pray to be humble, thank the goddess & gods out there, and all that we pray to, to find peace out there.’ Many humans are struggling ln so many ways The events that have unfolded in these days Have brought up so many emotions,’ It’s time to reach into our deepest…
Read MoreWHAT DOES YOUR SIGN SAY By Fiona Goodwin
Of course I wrote a poem But today it just doesn’t seem to cut it The glorious and terrible upheaval of this present moment Shut inside, and far away from loved ones when they most need us Riding roughshod over bigotry Opening to the realisation That we are part of a system That says that…
Read MoreA FORMAL INVITATION by Amy Larson
You are cordially invited to fall in LOVE. That’s right-in LOVE. Come inside. Leave your masks, your secrets and your shadow self at the door. That’s right-go inside. SEE the person that catches your eye BE the person that fascinates your mind NOTICE the person with the heart, soul and grace you admire Now embrace…
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