Michael Waterson is a retired journalist originally from Pittsburgh PA. His career includes stints as a seasonal firefighter, San Francisco taxi driver and wine educator. He earned an MFA from Mills College.
Inspirational Poems
Cost of forgetting by Sunil Sharma
Sunil Sharma is a college principal, freelance journalist, author and editor. Mumbai-based, he has published 19 books—solo and joint.
Instructions: On Getting Ready to Die by Gayle Kellner
Instructions: On Getting Ready to Die by Gayle Kellner Please take off my watch I won’t need time beyond the moment any longer Followed by my earrings There will be no one’s eye to catch, No partner to impress Slip off my shoes Let me put my bare feet in the grass One last time […]
On Cooking Krakens by Julie Irigaray
Julie Irigaray’s work has appeared in various international publications such as Southword, Banshee (Ireland), Shearsman, Mslexia, Tears in the Fence, Envoi (UK) and The Ofi Press (Mexico), among others.
He Sits by Sy Roth
He Sits by Sy Roth He sits in his garage, Dressed in black jogging pants, Black nylon jacket striped in white along the sleeves matches. The pants bottoms pulled up to his calves show White support hose Makes his ankles look like sausages. He sits side saddle on his plastic chair Ragged-thin flowery cushion […]
Bankruptcy and Real Estate by Weldon H. Sandusky
Bankruptcy and Real Estate by Weldon H. Sandusky I Failure has such splendor Coaxing you to rationalize Then tossing you a pint of vodka And chalking up a victory When your committed to the State Mental Asylum. II Success, similarly, wears such a deceptive Smile tempting you to light a Big Cigar. Poof! Bankruptcy. Poof! […]
Fruit Loops are never Enough by KJ Hannah Greenberg
KJ Hannah Greenberg, who only pretends at being indomitable, tramps across literary genres and giggles in her sleep. As well, she eats oatmeal and keeps company with a hibernaculum
Next Step by Inas Esse
Inas Essa is a freelance writer. Her poetry has been published in every day poems, poemhunter and Scarborough arts (big art book 2013). she studied journalism at the faculty
Gravity by Leanne Rebecca
Leanne Rebecca is a young American poet from St. Louis, MO. She received a degree in Creative Writing and Film, Television, and Interactive Media from Brandeis University
Blazing Fire by Amicia Rai
Amicia Rai is a PhD student of English Literature, specializing in Fairy Tales. She is currently exploring the art of writing poetry, fiction, nonfiction and screenplays
From the Cathedral Building by Neil McCarthy
If I could see through your eyes the city
from the roof of the Cathedral Building,
hear the wind through the nearby arms of a crane
All the Saints by Vijay Khurana
See here, where the floor is worn
that?s where they say she knelt before she died
full of grace, but how could she not be
Fifty Four by Carla Paolini
Fifty Four by Carla Paolini To give my thought a body I choose a corps de ballet I’d have it dance excogitate acrobatic tricks see it dancing about on the air I’d create suitable tools to enable it strengthen its intuitions an athletic corps endowed with poetic ripples hither and thither peepin’n the show enormously […]
Drinking Rum on the Shore by Fahredin Shehu
Born in Rahovec, South East of Kosova, in 1972. graduated at Prishtina University, Oriental Studies. M.A. in Literature. PhD in Sacral Esthetics- ongoing.
Actively works on Calligraphy discovering new mediums and techniques for this specific for of plastic art.
I am Loud by Natalie Copeland
I am loud,
Demanding attention.
I know when I am being charming