Poetry
Date to be Published: June 23, 2024
Poetry; a unique and beautiful way to express feelings and ideas. Weaving
words into perfect poetic prose, these authors remind you of your childhood,
bring comfort from the hardships of life, fiercely spur emotions, and tell
tales of old. All lovers of poetry will find a favorite here!
Featuring poems by Rhiannon Bird, Luke Dylan Ramsey, Ron Perovich, M. Kelly
Peach, John Grey, Michael J. Corrigan, K.J. Watson, Jonathan Reddoch,
Vanessa Bane, Stephen Schwei, Daniel Anaya, Dana Trick, Cara Hartley,
Douglas Allen Gohl, Samuel Samba, Monica Kakkar, Rizwan Akhtar, Emma
Laurent, Ebuka Stephen, and J.E. Feldman.
Excerpts
A Brief Ode to an Unseen Eclipse
Though we were not in the path of totality
Partial eclipse sighting was possibility
Overcast as it was, it was not meant to be.
Clouds thick and heavy
Obscuring the sun.
Butterfly
many sing your praise
while your numbers grow smaller
precious butterfly
Charcoal
I inflame your fire
giving you warmth you desire
fundamental fuel
Dear Author
Dear Author,
Thank you for the submission of your story for our anthology.
Your story has good bones.
For us to consider publishing the piece, you must make it more innovative
by changing the characters to amorphous blobs with no discernible age,
ethnicity, nationality, sex, or size.
Within the confines of ten thousand words, we also insist on more
descriptive descriptions of the futuristic setting while not getting lost in
describing the futuristic setting but rather concentrating on compelling
character development between the amorphous blobs.
Further, we insist upon inclusion of an enemies to lovers trope.
Yours truly,
The Publisher
a wintry shower
dusting of snow on the trees
as spring awakens
Elm
I sit in my house listening to house music at 6:23 AM.
The skies are gray and the birds have not yet started stirring
In the ugly Siberian elm outside my window.
My father hated these trees with their rough bark and leaves.
He despised their haggard appearance,
Lamenting the downfall of their handsomer cousins, the American elm.
I remember seeing technicians cutting off branches of trees
Spraying them with paint, sometimes felling the whole thing
In order to stop the spread of Dutch elm disease.
I hope my father would be pleased to know
About the efforts made to save the trees he loved
So future generations can appreciate them
As he always did.
Outside my window, an ugly Siberian elm is a dwelling place for beautiful
birds.
For my father
31 May 1936 – 28 November 2010
Ornery Owl is a wise old bird who seeks the truth behind the lies. She uses
her observations to heal the wounded soul. In essence, she is the spirit of
an odd little bird whose wings were clipped at a young age. She is at once a
whimsical manifestation of poetic expression and a fierce protector of those
targeted for derision by an angry and unsympathetic world. Depending on how
you perceive her, she can be either a goddamned delight or your worst
nightmare.
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