A Dream by Felicity R., Sydney, Australia, If someone handed you a dream A bubble golden bright You blew a little puff of air It floated through the night It drifted past the castle Where all the people there Smiled and found new hope that night And vanquished their despair If someone pricked that ... Continue...
Arteries, Veins, and Passing Lanes by Steve O., Reno, NV I dreamt of being a blue flying ghost weaving through rush hour traffic the whole world held up in gridlock except me (and him) just slightly ahead of me and just slightly out of my reach but I had to reach him cat and mouse chase on Interstate 77 I had the wind ... Continue...
Awakening by Juliet S., Radnor, PA I lift my eyelid And the world begins. A jagged edge jumps across the sky, Slicing the night with its flaming blade. Bleeding crimson rivers. The rays shoot out across glistening lake surfaces, Twinkling and winking. Continue...
Blown Kisses Lost in the Wind by Willow A., Grass Lake, MI Hush baby, don’t you cry, Just sing yourself an alibi, And if that alibi won’t do, The firing squad will see you through. Continue...
Dream by Jenny H., Suwanee, GA At day, you are a prisoner Bound to the earth With no means of escape At night, you are free And take flight With wings of silk
Geyser by McClain J., Kansas City, MO I don’t speak in full sentences just clips of phrases, stutters, and sputters, or sometimes overblown cacophonies fall out of lips like rain on a tin roof in angles and slants weirdly accented in a never-ending geyser of words. Continue...
Good-bye, Brother by Alex H., St. Peters, MO The sun sets Last call for good-byes, time to leave him. I stroll down a highway of memories halted by a sudden epiphany. Ten years of arguing, fighting, and bloodshed I don’t want to let him go. Continue...
Kerouac’s Morning World Creation by Caitie D., Jacksonville, FL His pen feverishly romances the eager paper as it did lay, lit by flickering fluorescent lights. This was The Dream and he was living it with an upturned thumb and a street wet with ideals he’s splashed with broken dreams as the cars crawl past him. Continue...
Lament For Lost Words by Lauren S., Livermore, CA Inky stains on my fingers Echo the night outside But the moon is veiled By clouds weighted down by rain, Waiting to fall, While simultaneously Lightning seeks out hearts to strike And blank screens Are devoid of light. Continue...
meliorism (MEE-lee-uh-riz-um) noun by Jennifer H., Hayward, CA I opened a book to pull the words out. I will admit that I never have and never will understand the meaning, or the use of a definition. Continue...
Party by Aixin W., Rochester, NY We feasted on salsa-dipped chips Licked our grainy fingers. We decorated golden masks And hid inhibition behind. Continue...
Reading by Abigail W., Battle Creek, MI we ditched that one day the last warm day of September but no one marked us absent or gave out demerits. they let us have that holiday before they packed me away to St. Vincent’s, Floor 6, Room 21. Continue...
Still by Samantha N., Philadelphia, PA Do old lips still sing in the shower? Rinsing wrinkles down the drain by Scrubbing thrift-store skin with fresh soap? Or are crow’s footprints too deep around wise eyes To trace the hesitant fingers of the curious middle schooler, The callous fingers of the ... Continue...
The Lawless Mind by Scheherazade K., Winter Park, FL When golden caskets horrors hold, And lead are filled with treasure, Is all that’s true that we are told So far away from pleasure? Harpies, Devils, Angels come To twist and change our fate, But how can we never succumb To what we can’t ... Continue...
Twisted Ribbon of Fate by Stephanie T., Cincinnati, OH Twisted ribbon of fate Tangled by the wind Detached by jagged, bloody scissors Never to be heard of again. Continue...
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