Peter Pan – Christine E. Ray

In memory of Dylan an image of youlingers at the edgesof my visionlurkingwaiting patientlyto catch me unawarepunch mein the solar plexushardfierceI see you straddlingno-man’s landat top of the jungle gymlate afternoon sun baskingyour golden curlsinto a halofeet firmly plantedin worn, dirty sneakersarms defiantly foldedacross fragile cageof your chestthere is somemischiefin your challenging gazebut there is …

Throwback Friday: Remember? – Christine E. Ray

do you lie awake at night remembering my cheeks awash in frustrated tears at my ridiculous longing for you and me together? your hand impossibly tender as it wiped those tears away followed by your warm lips suggesting that you didn’t think you and me together was so ridiculous at all? do you lie awake …

Indie Blu(e) Publishing Announces the Release of The Lithium Chronicles Volume 2 by Nicole Lyons

Need a last-minute holiday gift?! Nicole Lyons’ The Lithium Chronicles Volume 2 has just gone live on Amazon. A must-have for all poetry fans.

The Little Stranger – Christine E. Ray

we came to forget hoping distance time could ease our grief fewer reminders around us of what was lost to stop us dead in our tracks paralyze us with longing but we merely traded one house of sorrow for another glimpses of you caught from the corner of an eye echoes of your footsteps down …

Aftermath – Lynn White, Guest Barista

How can it be that someone I don't see, only think about sometimes, but never contact, or try to, leaves such a gap, in their final leaving. My life has not been changed. All is the same. So why the difference now that you're really in the past, when you were already part of my …

Love’s Labors Lost – Christine E. Ray

she had moved many times in her life not unexpectedly some belongings became lost were left behind inadvertently or on purpose when they caused her pain didn’t fit her life anymore couldn’t be squeezed into the overstuffed car before making her escape boxes had been ruined in a basement flood flotsam and jetsam from her …

Why? – Christine E. Ray

In honor of World Suicide Prevention Day You ask why as if there is some answer that could satisfy us that would make us nod heads in collective agreement Yes, we would say wisely he should have taken his life Yes, she deserved to be a statistic Ask instead how much pain a human being has endured …

UNWRITTEN – CHRISTINE E. RAY

In Honor of World Suicide Prevention Day Inspired by Phases  by Kevin Kantor & Sienna Burnett the suicide note she did not leave left a faint  imprint on the wooden table where they would sit and talk over cups of milky coffee the suicide note she did not leave rang like silence in his ears the …

Sentenced – Ian Perlman

forgotten by time or a lost way? a choice has been made, but not your own expect sadness, welcome it next it’s time to celebrate the core of happiness the time for excuses left yesterday inherit tomorrow’s sunrise before the ground drops making the terrain impassable your heart will be broken, but trust in the …

Kristiana Reed Reviews All the Beginnings of Everything by Kindra M. Austin

Austin has, yet again, created a masterpiece. All the Beginnings of Everything is a sensational collection which spans what feels like a lifetime. Separated into seven parts, Austin explores more in this collection than I feel she ever has done before; without sacrificing her trademark style. Her words remain sharp, raw and honest. Part one is succinct, …