The Journal

Sandrine Letellier

Aug 25, 20231 min read

Sartorial

By Sandrine Letellier this way yes this way the avalanche lifts up her arms for dramatic effect looking down at this territory of...

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Emily Tee

Jun 27, 20231 min read

The Grapes Are Heavy on the Vine

By Emily Tee The year 2020 started with a torrential downpour. Our town was flooded, even made it onto the six o'clock news. The TV...

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Shikha S. Lamba

Apr 19, 20232 min read

Cleaning Up Too Soon

By Shikha S. Lamba You’ll be advised to scrape and scrub, and wipe down each messy conversation slammed against your walls. Each bursting...

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Emoefeoghene Akpofure Imoyin-Omene

Jan 18, 20233 min read

Corinthians Said

By Emoefeoghene Akpofure Imoyin-Omene Love keeps no record of wrong, yet I can’t help but remember everything. I remember the battle...

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Monika Trotula

Dec 12, 20221 min read

Shtetl

By Monika Trotula Round like a Passover pancake, a watchful and silent moon has ascended over the rooftops, daunting dogs. Kaddish...

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Kerry Trautman

Oct 17, 20221 min read

Usefulness

Ekphrastic Poem - Ancient Glass Vessels (Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, shelves 4A3 and 4A7) By Kerry Trautman decide what each...

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Trae Stewart

Oct 9, 20221 min read

Judgemental Elephant

By Trae Stewart I see you, Positioned on the dusty rose window seat, hidden among kawaii pillows and frilly curtains You stare, my...

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Toti O'Brien

Sep 4, 20222 min read

Morgana; Microcosm

By Toti O'Brien Morgana In the sparkle of dawn, it shines cream and pink under timid sunbeams—like a promise. Istanbul, how long have I...

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Laura Ferries

Aug 24, 20221 min read

A Cappella

By Laura Ferries I piece together these jigsaw words thread them together in broken verse spaghetti sentences spun around my tongue...

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Kevin Coffield

Jul 4, 20222 min read

Empty Boxes; Looking Out at the Sea

By Kevin Coffield Empty Boxes Words, tempered by time, stated and restated like cheap wine gone bad, corner me, push me into spaces where...

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Beverly M. Collins

May 21, 20222 min read

Naked Helium; Rural Memories

By Beverly M. Collins Naked Helium Someday, opinions held privately in the mind will float like balloons to be seen boldly by all as a...

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Sunil Sharma

May 11, 20221 min read

Crystals Carry Topographies

By Sunil Sharma The snow glitters under a cold sun, the sheets of solid snow full of tiny crystals along the sides of the roads, each...

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Bethany Rivers

May 4, 20222 min read

Your Map

By Bethany Rivers (After Louise Gluck) Destinations are unclear and million-fold. I have to find ‘end’ on the map. It’s usually another...

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Becky Bei

Apr 20, 20221 min read

Moon Woman

By Becky Bei The patriarch sits on the emerald chair in the dining room bewildered, bemused, at the jokes shared among his children,...

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Nikita Parik

Apr 12, 20222 min read

Mother Tongue; My Mother Speaks Odiya

By Nikita Parik Two poems from her newly published collection: Diacritics of Desire. Mother Tongue If you plan to rule over a people,...

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Duane Vorhees

Apr 1, 20221 min read

Love and Science

By Duane Vorhees Wasn't it Einstein who gave precision to relativity? They say a life without love is a cataclysm. Why didn't Einstein...

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Jack Pascoe

Mar 27, 20223 min read

Nature vs Nurture; A Perfect Storm

By Jack Pascoe Nature vs Nurture When you're hearing the cry of the chromatic crew and your heart is hankering for something that's new....

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Amit Shankar Saha

Mar 12, 20221 min read

Cryptology; Recollection

Two poems from Balconies of Time (Hawakal, 2017) by Amit Shankar Saha Cryptology Two black boats float under your irises, like...

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Ratika Bhardwaj

Feb 28, 20221 min read

A Ride with Time; Au Revoir

By Ratika Bhardwaj A Ride with Time Time, An inexorable chariot; Every receding second, A trailing memory; You blink, breathe, Strike a...

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Julie Sampson

Feb 24, 20222 min read

Roots; Laying out the Poem

By Julie Sampson Roots Bracing Budleigh's coastal air this cold January day I read the notice fronting cliff rock-samphire canvas,...

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