Because Aging, Because Heartache
Because Aging, Because Heartache
By Sarah B. Sullivan
I listen because bad teeth make it harder to talk,
because overmedication, even if it is the right medication,
makes...
Longing for Shelter
Longing for Shelter
We build couch pillow forts before we learn to add.
We crave tiny tree houses before we can climb,
blanket tents before we’ve ever...
I am from Wanting and Having
I Am From Wanting and Having
Sarah Sullivan
By Sarah B. Sullivan
Aging
By John F. Rifenberg
My mind lives this fabulous life; it’s full of...
Gun Control
Gun Control
By John F. Rifenberg
Now,...
Blessings for All That is Missing
Blessings for All That is Missing
By Sarah B Sullivan
November 22, 2018
If you are hungry,
I wish for you a table
full of sustenance and grace.
Let us...
The Conflict, A Veteran’s Day Poem
The Conflict
A Veteran's Day Poem
By John F. Rifenberg
A baby cries in the night longing to hear his mother’s heart beating as she holds him...
Spirits of the Dead
Spirits of the Dead
By Edgar Allen Poe
I
Thy soul shall find itself alone
’Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone—
Not one, of all the crowd, to...
A Song of Travel
A Song of Travel
By Rudyard Kipling
Where's the lamp that Hero lit
Once to call Leander home?
Equal Time hath shovelled it
'Neath the wrack...
ICE Agents Storm My Porch
ICE Agents Storm My Porch
By Maria Melendez Kelson
The Indiscriminate Citizenry of Earth
are out to arrest my sense of being a misfit.
“Open up!” they bellow,
hands quiet...