INTO THE LAKE ~BY PHILIP BARTRAM
The sun skips like a flat stone
Across the unruffled water.
I enter with one exaggerated stride
through the skin of the lake,
down across layers of increasing gray
towards the center of the earth.
July 2024
BLUNT THORNS ~BY NWOGU CHIKA UGONNA
Our struggles are vain; life is void.
Darkness has reigned; can man be free?
The earth is curious…a valley of mystery.
TELESCOPE ~BY RAJNANDANI SINGH
Your starry white flower garden
A spectacle to behold—a blaze,
Now appears somewhat obscure
Is it the sight or my gaze?
PRICKLY DREAMS ~BY NWOGU CHIKA UGONNA
Through every realm lies a mortuary of dreams.
Where Oak trees fell.
There weeds bore trees.
ECHOES OF LOST LOVE ~BY CYRIL JOHNSON
Fading memories slowly linger,
Like mist on a rainy vesper.
On the coldest nights of solitude,
I think of your irresistible pulchritude.
UNNERVED ~BY MARWAH M. SHEBL
Walk
through your front door,
the house is dark,
even with all the curtains opened
and lights turned on
go to the nearest bathroom mirror,
a man lying on the floor,
A POET UNDER STARRY SKY ~BY JUSTIN JADE CASTILLO
A Clout to my heart,
Thought I was smart,
A Love from my heart,
till I fell Apart.
MY SOULMATE ~BY MAALAVIGAA RAJESH
Amidst the rain’s fall,
Skies so cold and dark,
Whispers of love in pain,
Curtains sway gently in dim light.
FADING MIRRORS ~ BY JANE SMITH
In the silence of the night, shadows stretch thin,
A whisper of hunger, a battle within.
Echoes of laughter, now faint, barely heard,
A struggle for solace in a world so absurd
TOMMY – MY RESCUE CAT ~BRENDA MCDONALD
Tommy my rescue cat
He was only one year old
When he came into my home
After being left abandoned
In his garden all alone
He certainly wasn’t shy
And in no time at all
He settled in quite nicely
With his antics I recall
Playing hide and seek