Category Archives: POETRY

By Cristy Arreola The sunset looks nice  It has a hint of spice  But midnight is here  What will I hear?  My walk is really nice  It’s such a delight  When no one is here  I can hear you so clear  They try to distract me  I tell them,  Try and bring down the moon? Continue reading “Day and Night”

By Sarah Gilmore Herman looked in the mirror  And saw the dead Looking at him from the trees Rope around their necks Swinging them like fruit Bitter juice dripping from their bulging eyes Onto the leaves Strange fruit Rotting in the southern heat  Herman looked in the mirror When others saw glass He saw ghosts Continue reading “He Painted the Porch of his Pain Haint Blue”

By Elias Cauchy The tree outside the window How she twists and climbs                                      Reaching ever upward                                                     To pierce the sky itself                                               And the hummingbird’s nest                                        That waits ever so patiently                                In the understory of her foliage                                 Where the swaying branches                               Make a song so serene                                                 Like paradise The roots beneath the soil  How they burrowContinue reading “As Above, So Below”

by Danny Anaya de Leon Still,The silence becomes my enemy.Memories,Flashbacks to the places I9ll never be able to erase.Never,Leave my mind as I try to regain what your name meant to me.Leave,As I try to live.No,Good memories come to mind. Only films of terror.Matter,They say you do.How Much I,Try to remember the greenlight dying inContinue reading “Elevators”