Poetry – Dystopian Prayers 

By Tomiwa Morris Scold me not  O treacherous mind.  I tried to forget.  But the bullets of their   spiteful words triggered me. So now  l am back to endure   the eerie dystopia  I so badly wanted to escape. Where  I will defy and resist you  in that cold, familiar chapel.  I’ll repent for running away  […]

Poetry- The Call in the Night

The Call in the Night – By James Carroll They say you never forget your first  First love, first heartbreak, first kiss..  But you were my first everything.  I’m not scared of the dark anymore  Because you took me apart in broad daylight I held you in my arms like a god could hold the sun […]

Waiting room in hospital

Poetry- Anointed

By Lizzie Kelly The doctor brings it up. I have never asked for a way out. He offers it to me always. Fists clenched and convulsing.  Dead, dying unborn. That  would not be unusual, for a girl of your age.  The blood looks yellow, as it hits the floor, diluting from the  moment it leaves […]

Poetry- Us On College Road

By Paul Dylan Pink, blue sky of College Road tunnels through my mind,rows of houses joined togetheras a modern retro paradise. Walls are down when we are just ourselves.Without rent, blade, you’ll slice a grapefruit,show me inside. Babe, my tranquil eyes stream over your back like twilit rainbows. In the dark tunnel of blue faces […]

Poetry- In Celebration

In Celebration I lined the halls with your mothers bunting, I wrapped presents, carefully — I dressed myself up in satin & silver, I blew balloons until my face turned blue Because it all meant so much to you. Your face glowed like christmas lights, Your grin and laughter, You are eternally effervescent in memory. […]

i concede

Poetry by Jessica Anne Rose  i take it all back  your kiss drew more than gasps from me pulled trauma from places i had forgotten smiled tearfully and held me where i was cold let little me know it is finally time to go  i couldn’t know how it would feel you lured me out […]