Category: poetry

On Experiencing Time by Josh Glasson

Cynical Wordsmith With life spread out Seemingly infiniteIn either direction,But distinctlyNot so,It can be difficultTo elucidate the detailAmongst Everything. When significant momentsAre forgotten, Do they lose their importance? If the future is so far aheadThat it’s hard to predict, Is there any meritTo fanciful supposition? Why am I now?And why do my dreamsSeem to live […]

On Mistakes

Cynical Wordsmith Knowing the fallability of manIs differentThan expecting The mistakes to be madeAnd says nothingOn the appropriatenessOf judgement. I’ve found most actionsLess impactfulThan one might believe, And wrongness imposed,Not inherent. View original post Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Pinterest Tumblr Reddit Like this: Like Loading… Related

Relational Feeling

Cynical Wordsmith I never thought I would deserve love,And to be honest,I’m still full of doubts,But I’m accepting it easier.Hesitancy like the waterThat clings to stay inside the glassRather than spill out.I’m not so hard on myself now.I’m starting to knowWhen I should be upsetFor being walked onAnd when I should give someoneA place and […]

Old Things are More Beautiful by Clay Harrison

Old Things are More BeautifulBy Clay HarrisonArtist Steve Crisp Old things are more beautifulthan many things brand newBecause they bring fond memoriesof things we used to do. Old photographs in albums,love letters tied with laceRecapture those old feelingsthat new ones can’t replace. Baby shoes, a Teddy bear,a ring that grandma wore,Are treasures waiting there behinda […]

New Releases: Chattering at School and The Renegade

Chattering at School The poems in this collection include fun narratives on the surface, while containing learning and teaching moments as the poems unfold. The book has lovely illustrations and is full of moral lessons. The introduction to Chattering at School: Nature poems for children explains that these poems were written by a schoolboy aged […]

New Release: Irritating the Silver Lining by Dave Kurley

They say every cloud has a silver lining. This book of poems and photographs is the result of IRRITATING THE SILVER LINING with the grit of Dave Kurley’s imagination for the last couple of years. In here you will find a veritable downpour of little pearls, perfectly formed. There is love of many different kinds. […]

The Bee by Edwin Curran, artist Angel Dominguez

The Beeby Edwin CurranArtist Angel Dominguez The singing bee comes like a little ship,And docks beside a rose for cargoed wine,Its gossamer paddles spinning in the airA little plane upon the flower vine.It anchors in the bell upon its quest,And lulls its motor in the crimson bower,Then with its honey glides on to the west,A […]

Tranquility by Michael Escoubas, Artist Lisa Maier

Tranquilityby Michael EscoubasArtist Lisa Maier It is first lighthis favorite time of daywhen the world is stillsave for a twig-snapby an awakening deeror the slap of a beaver’s tailyonder where the streambends and eddies into a pool. Day emerges softly,mosses, ferns, and wildflowersperfume misty air withbreathless spices anointing lifein one unrepeatable momentwhen man and Nature […]

A Moment

Cynical Wordsmith I often forgetThe discordant upheavalThat is utter happiness.I can recall the feeling,But to have it bled into me,To have itForcefullyShot into this body,Is almost always unexpected.The words slowly fill my heart,And overflow freelyAnd the imaginative dreamscapes take shape,And as I look around into the glazed over eyes,I see them see me, for the […]

The Crescent Moon by Amy Lowell, Artist Joe Gilronan

The Crescent MoonBy Amy LowellArtist Joe Gilronan Slipping softly through the skyLittle horned, happy moon,Can you hear me up so high?Will you come down soon? On my nursery window-sillWill you stay your steady flight?And then float away with meThrough the summer night? Brushing over tops of trees,Playing hide and seek with stars,Peeping up through shiny […]