FROZEN FLORA ~BY ALICE WILLIAMS
Jack
You have bested me again
Winter
With your clever endeavour
grasping on with your frost-bitten hands
Awaken sun and spite the cold
Poems
THE FAMILY LAGOON ~BY ANGELINA ROLSTON
The river,
Grains of sand
Underfoot,
Caressing my toes,
Beside me,
My father,
The one I listen to,
respect,
and reflect,
Speaking about anything or everything
FATHERS DAY~ BY AGNES WONG
One Year Ago
I see the melancholy in my mirror as I rise and remember
One year ago I lost my father the 31st of December
I hear a silence that replays its own piercing echo
One year ago an audience sat in mourning row after row
THE GARDEN OF HEAVEN~ BY KELSEY MCCULLOUGH
There is a garden in heaven so beautiful and bright like a choir of angels singing through the night.
The gates will open
To the sky above
Surrounded by those of the hearts that you love.
BELOVED~ BY VANDANA MARTIN
In childhood’s glow, my sister was sweet, a pure cherub
A rose in bloom, her laughter rang, in every room, her presence sang
I LOVE YOU BUT ~BY ABIGAIL CASOLA
Sometimes I wish that I
could end this miserable life
just because of someone like you
I hate you but I’ll miss you
you hurt me and you feel bad
oh, oh bad I love you
but you don’t love me back.
LOST DREAM ~BY SHEENA PILLAI SINGH
I lost my dream
somewhere, I thought
little did I know,
It was there, always
lying in the cold
alone and lucid..
VISIONS OF A MORNING DREAM ~BY POETICIA
Galloping a thousand heart beats
Did I catch my breadth outside the door
I closed it shut lest the beast run wild
Where in violent wait it guarded the gate
FLASH FLOOD ~BY CHLOE ROHDE-RAMIREZ
Feelings bubble inside,
Like boiling lava.
A volcano ready to erupt,
A storm making its way up.
But I push them down,
Say ‘Nevermind,
I don’t want to bother.’
And wonder when
MOTHER PEACOCK ~BY ANGELINA ROLSTON
In the late 18th century’s fold,
Corsets cinched, skirts wide, stories untold.
Araminta, Duchess Fair,
Titian locks in garden air.