ApocalypseBy Sri ChinmoyWithin, without the cosmos wide am I;In joyful sweep I loose forth and draw back all.A birthless, deathless...LoveDesire & PassionNatureStars, Planets, HeavensReligionThe SpiritualStanza FormsQuatrainMetersBlank VerseTechniquesImageryPassion + 6 more
The Book of Frank [“Frank is a”] By CAConradFrank is a young boy asleep in ancient Tibet what you thought was your life is really his dream he may...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingThe MindTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhilosophy
IntimacyBy Paisley RekdalHow horrible it is, how horrible that Cronenberg film where Goldblum’s trapped with a fly inside his...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathThe BodyTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImagery + 10 more
The OphanyBy Cyrus Console Rotor wash, or the downward-flowing Air by which our helicopters formed Imprints in the jungle grass beneath ...Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsReligionFaith & DoubtArts & SciencesSciencesMetersFree VerseTechniquesSymbolistTypes/ModesSeries/Sequence + 8 more
Like As of FireBy Isabel Duarte-GraySunday we lay hands on a girl of ten hand on hand on cornsilk hair. We sing the secret language sung...NatureSocial CommentariesTown & Country LifeReligionGod & the Divine
To a Wreath of SnowBy Emily BrontëO transient voyager of heaven! O silent sign of winter skies! What adverse wind thy sail has driven...NatureWinterLandscapes & PastoralsWeatherSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentReligionThe SpiritualLivingTime & BrevityStanza FormsQuatrainMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesOdeGratitude + 13 more
I WANT SKYBy BazeedIn the hiding hour of autophagy ghosts hang out all day and talk to us. An archival haunting demanding...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsReligionFaith & DoubtIslamLivingDeathRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesVerse FormsTechniquesAllusion + 7 more
Variations on a Black Cinema Treasure: Broken EarthBy Terrance HayesBroken EarthYear of Release: 1939Running Time: 11 minutesCast: Clarence Muse and unidentified boyI am...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityReligionThe SpiritualLivingHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesJobs & WorkingArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorPersona + 13 more
Ingmar Bergman’s Seventh SealBy Robert DuncanThis is the way it is. We seethree ages in one: the child Jesusinnocent of Jerusalem and Rome- magically...ReligionChristianityLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmEasterMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorGrief + 7 more
White EgretBy Chris AbaniA stream in a forest and a boy fishing, heart aflame, head hush, tasting the world— lick and pant. The...LoveDesire & PassionNatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsReligionThe SpiritualLivingComing of AgeYouthThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesMetersFree VerseTechniquesEpigraphImageryMetaphor + 13 more
Autumn Testament #12By James K. BaxterThe wish to climb a ladder to the loft Of God dies hard in us. The angels Jacob saw Were not himself...LoveDesire & PassionReligionFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineThe SpiritualLivingThe BodyThe MindTime & BrevityVerse FormsSonnetStanza FormsCoupletTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesSeries/SequenceDisappointmentGrief + 15 more
p1From the SkyBy Sara Abou RashedWhen I die, bury me in the sky— no one is fighting over it. Children are playing soccer with empty bomb...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsReligionIslamLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingStanza FormsTercetMetersFree VerseTechniquesAnaphoraImageryGrief + 9 more
p1First of DecemberBy Natalie ShaperoGod come on stop cutting me out of your photos God stop dragging the mouse around my shopworn body like...Social CommentariesReligionGod & the DivineLivingDeathThe MindDoubt & ContemplationVerse FormsSonnetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorSimileHumorMelancholy & Despair + 10 more
"Guard the Jade Pass"By Kimiko Hahni. I am in the middle of “The Fourteen Poems" by Sun Bu-er (“Clear and Calm Free Human”), Taoist and...ReligionThe SpiritualArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsReading & Books
p1The StairBy Kevin Young The heart, it hoards— how I know this— The small, strangled shining room Keats lost his life in—and...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingDeathGrowing OldThe BodyTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesReading & BooksStanza FormsTercetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 11 more
p1Prayer CircleBy Sa WhitleyMissus Kathy say, Jon gonna be alright. Miss Leslie say, Jon gonna be alright. Miss Brenda say, Jon gonna be, he alright...Religion
p1On Finding the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Dante’s “Inferno”By Omar SakrI slip into my insolence, sleek as an eel. I have walked so many ways around God I can tell you Holiness...ReligionArts & SciencesReading & Books
p1On Finding the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Dante’s “Inferno”By Omar SakrA lover undresses, with permission. Picture the body becoming real. I picture becoming real intimate...ReligionArts & SciencesReading & Books
p1On Finding the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Dante’s “Inferno”By Omar SakrI lift him out, whole and perfect. Said told me he would be here, chained by Dante To the eighth circle...ReligionArts & SciencesReading & Books
Excerpt from “Track”By Norman Finkelstein # Listen to the children who know their way about the forest and return with stories which the thief...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingLife ChoicesArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & Legends