THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD ~BY LANDON L GOW
Daylight
does not burn for anyone.
The sunrise
does not break because it’s pretty.
2024
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.
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