By Oliver Cuenca Hollow mask of my mother, laid like crown jewels on the pillow of a hospital bed, that vessel, once so vital, now...

By Juliet Frobisher-Hought  My eyes aren’t trained like a star gazer’s,  So, I befriend stars who would see me  Die with the rising...

By Barbara Marie Minney Stare vacantly     open-mouthed     with blood-stained eyes at an empty      barren page forged cross   let go of...

By Alcuin Edwards Winter came and with her the long nights, cold and grim The lake froze over but the ice was often thin Though safer far...

By Autumn Grace Hartgrove In the dead of the night, where secrets hide, Penning tales of sorrow, where my demons bide. Each word a...

By Cliff Black In the small hours of the morning In that darkest time before the dawn He climbed up on the ladder And prepared to be...

By Haley Guthrie hunting and collecting the night he had selected was curated from sickness within. sixteen at a campsite down by the...

By Derek Ardita The heart of the city beats with the pitter patter of footsteps upon pavement…          They echo…          An...

By Anaiah Hervey I set the stage of my final dream; mushrooms peak above ground, shy as if pardoning permission leaves scrawl the sky...

By Harjeet Mander Rinsing off in the hospital shower. The water turns pink as it hits the white porcelain tray. But then red rain. A red...

By Fig Hi, it’s been a long time since you’ve been on my mind and I have no idea how to unwind you from it. My brain, a tangled knot and...

By John Drennan Did ‘You’ calm me once, with smiling passion? As we dove into the dark, of loves, long adventure, Taking life’s spool to...

By Zoe Torsney smashed it all he has windows and doors put his boot through when his hand went dead rolling a cigarette between bleeding...

By Ted Lawrence The adored texts, And the heart is filled, Of which? I cannot tell, As cold eyes well, A mind for sleep, Turns to an old...

By Gavin Elden Punches come in thick and fast Physical blows dampened down in fabric The softened bag absorbing it all in thuds...

By Chloe Spector The lake wraps its hands about my ankles, beckoning me down to the reeds and crawfish and muck, to lay in my grief in an...

By Megan Benham I want your hopes, your dreams and your nightmares. I want your inside jokes, I want your deepest fears And I want your...

By P D Proctor On my way to Hartley, I was accosted by a hiker named Bartley As he took his place by my side we continued ahead with our...

By Alice Chalk I am trying to outgrow The familiar pain Of loving you By rolling around In all the cliches I can find Like freshly...

By OBSCURIA Her name is old, a living thing, a thing with teeth and breath With blood as cold and lethal as an ancient curse of death She...