RAV

by Frederik Lloyd

The darkness had a crack
and out of it came Rav, the first born.
No one knew why
no one had called him.
In that sense …

Starlight on Her Fingers

by Elia Ish Duncan

Luminescent sea.

Luminary ancestors, all their work flows by.

Seasons slip past wonder.

Mountains built on one last try.

Sea mists rise, …

The Man Who Loved Earthquakes

by Daphne Alexopoulou

I once knew a man who loved earthquakes.
Never have I ever felt God closer, he said, than in the big Mexican …

Unreported Miracles

by Daphne Alexopoulou

Not all birds find it easy to fly.
As they struggle inelegantly
to stay afloat,
the wind is not playing fair/
not for them. Necks …

An Artist’s Mantra

by Lusana Erekson

I Believe in Artists …. And Artists especially have to Believe in themselves… their talent, and that they will be sought and serve Clients

Dandelion Walk

Wallflowers grow on dandelion walk,
Smoothing the air with blossom talk
Speak to me as I blow the time,
Speak to me dear dandelion.

Wallflowers dance in furtive …

Coming Up For Air

by Marius Grose

My mother died quietly
her breath a tide that
washed out and out
so far beyond the ebb
no turn of Earth or …

Woman of Africa

by Monica Clarke Bennett

Woman of Africa
Why are you shy
To speak your wisdom?
Why are you shy
To speak your history
In a world which …

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Lifetimes spent refining action from intention.

While attitudes of platitude weld blinkers to perception,

Conception torn, each notion born, projected with invention…