Poetry

Volunteer

by Rafik Maharjan

Oh! God, send us a messenger of peace and love Who would change the world. Rain peace out of the cloudy sky Then, make a peaceful day out of a storm.   Oh! God, send us a follower of peace and love Who would remove the fog Stop violence with peace and love Then, make

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Together

by Simi Kishnani

It is our turn now, to make this change We stand by each other No one goes ahead, nor behind We are all equals, united, and bound so tight We hold hands, and step forward Invincible, victorious, and confident we sing the prayer Every note so right, and so precise Every hum, exact, as we

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Letter to the Known

by Akash V. Mehta

I received the most curious letter in the mail last Wednesday. It was apparently sent to a random address, and landed by chance in my mailbox…. To whomever the die is cast upon: I know not your identity, nor your character, But I know that which defines you, For I know that you, as one

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The Youth and His Fortune

by Maria Christian

In the meadow, we all have play’d, In the field where the tall grass sway’d, In the green, ’round yonder glen, Back in the days before “where” and when” Gone is the sunshine, bright and strong, Gone is the joy of childhood long Alone in the past, solitary youth stood Between child’s pasture and future’s

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Wall

by Pie Rasor

Inspired by the Penderwicks at Point Mouette: I fear I have writer’s Great Wall of China. It circles the busy, bustling town of novels and fiction. It has trapped the hills that surround the small hamlet of poetry. Only good words are not caught. Pie Rasor

Candle Poem

by Shelby Gray

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The Things That Passed

by Zachariah Claypole White

They wander past the streets or maybe the streets wander past them   The blurred melodies of car engines and horns and sirens swim past the forests of parked cars.   The stores trickle down the road. The last one is boarded and quiet   like the colorless sky and the chorus of traveler’s footfalls

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That Distracts Me

by Lexi Longo

There are few things That distract me so Like the sound of the waves And the way they flow One of these things Is the sky The way it breathes All the way up high But the one thing That distracts me so Is turning the pages From the book which I hold I am

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Legend

by Shelby Gray

The massive, miserable, misunderstood monster, Roars his lonely lament to the sky. Sorrowfully knowing, with all of his heart, That no one will hear his cry.   Fire flows freely from his enormous jaws, And the bravest of men would run from his claws. But his wonderful strength was something to take, And man claimed

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The Great Wind

by Tyler Stafflinger

I fly high in the sky And run low to the ground I kiss children’s faces Without making a sound I climb under fences And jump over sparkling streams I box with balloons And rustle the leaves I sneak through alleyways And sprawling backyards I’m in a big game And I play my best card

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