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by: Mar’Kata Rhaimes “I still mourn bitterly for my far-lost childhood innocence. Shall I yet again crave the mystic return of only the harmless parts of ignorance, Or shall I just secretly give in to this slow-killing protraction of quiescence…? “ -Mar’Kata Rhaimes

by: Guildford Windley The Seasons for Lovers ________________________________________ Summertime love, a kiss in the mist, of the old mist trail, or hiking hand in hand on a Redwood trail Laughing and joking while enjoying a glass of wine while overlooking the ocean at dinner time A foggy on the beach, as the ocean hits the … Read more

by: Guildford Windley Heartbeat _____________________ Heartbeat, Heartbeat The sound of new life Heartbeat, Heartbeat Hold you close to hear Heartbeat, Heartbeat A baby in my arms Two heartbeats as one Close to each other’s In each other’s arms Love, in each pang of the heart Three heartbeats as we come together Two people in love, … Read more

by: alexis karpouzos Don’t tell me the stars stopped to dream. Don’t tell me the birds don’t fly. Don’t tell me the kids stopped crying. Don’t tell me the lovers are lost. Observes occur around you. Listen blessings dropping their blossoms arround you. Don’t tell me!

by: Mar’Kata Rhaimes I’d never thought it’d be this hard for me to let you go, Forgetting that when I let you in, I never really took time to show you the way to my heart’s exit door. Even for the little time we’d spent together, I’d quickly learned to forget that someday you might … Read more

by: Guildford Windley A Tribute to a Friend _________________________________ He came to me way back then A cute little guy was he with big brown eyes and yes even with those big ears He bounced up into my arms, and with a loud bark, he licked my face A little puppy was he so many … Read more

by: Yasir Sulaiman Seen I had many beautiful stars, Seen I had many benevolent smiles, Thought I had, that I had seen paradise too, But then I saw you…. Heard I had a lot of heavenly sounds, Heard I had many eternal beats, Thought I had, that I had heard the Almighty’s voice too, But … Read more

by: Shirley Satterfield Happy birthday, self, everything ‘s okay now. You are making it. You’ll be just fine Until the day of of your competition. At 67 years young Life is really fun. No more worries. No more regrets. And I’m not done Until gone the sun. I’ve done my best To love someone- Even … Read more

by: Guildford Windley A Father’s Day Remembrance ___________________________________ Ripples in the fabric of my mind bring forth another time In a place, we left long ago, a rustic image of what there was Way back then, so many of those we knew of family, friends, and foes Acquaintances that had come and gone Faces of … Read more

by: Guildford Windley The Truth of who we are ___________________________ Tender is the night Tender is the lips I kiss The thought of you I miss In the haze of this mist Seeing where my life has changed You’re not to be found in this torment of mine It, not your lips sweet lady that … Read more

by: Yasir Sulaiman This is the back-cover of up-coming novel; Fire. It is thriller that speaks about sensitive issues in the Indian sub-continent. Religion, politics and corruption are the main facets. However, do not mistake this book to be a traditional thriller. It is more like a movie. There will be songs (poems), drama and … Read more

by: David Breakspear The chocolate boxed view of the house by the stream with rod and line dangling, waiting for the unsuspecting Bream______or Trout. Today is spontaneous, the sun warming my air of expectation. Hours pass in this idyllic setting, as do days. Now months have gone by. As I turn the nakedness of autumn … Read more

by: David Breakspear Within the tome, amongst the pages you’ll find, emotive words, from hearts & souls, of a younger kind. Unable to vote, yet parents they lose, Is something missing, from the headline news? Enforced separation, societies fault? Judgementally rubbing wounds, with the proverbial salt. To think the issue uncommon, or rare, no empathy … Read more

by: Shirley Satterfield Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Man Who Elevated Rap Rap music, it seems that one either loves it or hates it, And I think that one is more apt to love it if you’re still in your youth. But Lin Manual Miranda, a Tony award winning lyricist and actor, elevated this fairly new genre … Read more

by: Guildford Windley The Report _____________________________ The winds they’re a blowing The fog is a clearing The truth will be known You may hide behind the lies But the time is a coming Judgment day is nearing The con dance that you do The way you twist those words The gullible are drawn to your … Read more

by: Shirley Satterfield .The Paper The scholar and the printer Work to put the Paper out; One strains every fiber in his brain While the other his sinewy arms maintain To make the Paper shout Good News! Good News! This Paper you peruse Says Jesus died and rose again Our guilty stains to lose.

by: ArteLeonida Secret island in the shadow ???????????? like destiny like the end of a journey or a promise under the touch of a golden sky of heaven the pure beauty of just one moment ???????????? #poetry #wisdomoftheday #Dreamcatcher #dream

by: Shirley Satterfield Edgar Allen Poe, born in January 1849, liked to weave tales of mystery and macabre. And he often delved into the inner workings of a sick man’s mind often using rich symbolism to signify his character’s insanity in works such as the Fall of the House of Usher in which a grand … Read more

by: alexis karpouzos We are the gleam of infinite, the breath of light, the spark of life, the chain of being, the circle of the sheres, the scales of creation, the rise and the fall. We are what we are and we are not. We are the soul in all

by: Steve Cross #crossbyte When you have doubts about the way your life has gone, instead of asking yourself “what if,” ask yourself “what now?”