I write what I deny to think in my own head. I surprise myself as I watch these thoughts become real. It feels like someone else holds the pen and writes things I didn’t know I feel. He writes all …
I am happy to announce that my poem “The Complete History of the Boy” is the poetry feature of the month on the The Common so ably edited by poet John Hennessy Here is part one of the poem: …
The making of toxic memoirs asI find myself driving to you Unable to find common ground I try to recall lively talks that used to be ours but the song that plays on the radiooverwrites all our static memories awayThe …
By BG I love to write my thoughts with paper and ink If only to get a response of what it is you think When I want to, I lay down and write rhymes In the form of poetry line …
I don’t know any more what it used to be Before I saw you at table sitting across from me All I can remember is I saw you look at me And I couldn’t breathe and I hurt so bad …
Never thought I’d be back here The familiar mistake like lighting up cigarettes Learning to forget Committing only to let goI burn up all our memories in vain to let the pain goEvasive clarity the epitome of cyclical timePretension masked …
When someone looks at the sea, Not when they are thinking vindictively About fame and why they didn’t get Their fair share, how to get back at Someone—then, the mind is free, Momentarily, the human ability to Look and be …
By AL Yesterday, fear was my greatest enemy Yet, today it’s a companion of mine And since no man can foretell the future Tomorrow we’ll see what we shall find The post Fear appeared first on Free Minds Book Club …
It’s the end of the worldI’m screaming to no one at allA lonely death of a lonely mind finding peace in its plightCaressing regrets of our timesSleeping with kindness at nightOh it’s the end of the worldEmpires of kings and …
In Baudelaire’s “La fausse monnaie,” which I have rendered as “Fake Money,” the poet is outraged when his companion gives a counterfeit coin to a beggar. Translating the poem, I aimed for a coherent and well-written narrative rather than a …